Where to eat vegan in Madrid? Top spots for plant-based foodies
I recently spent a couple days in Madrid and the vegan food scene blew me away. I got to visit a few spots, but there are so many more to try and I will definitely be back!
If you’re visiting the city soon and are wondering where to eat vegan in Madrid, here are some recommendations.
Freedom Cakes
Freedom Cakes is a 100% vegan cafe. It’s very cozy and colourful, I’d imagine it gets quite busy around 5pm but I managed to get a table when I went at 1pm.
I was going to get a vegan burger but their pancakes looked too good not to try them, so I treated myself to a sweet lunch.
I had the Lotus and Caramel pancakes (you can choose how many you want). The presentation was on point. I would have preferred fluffier pancakes, but they tasted really good! There was a generous amount of toppings, especially whipped cream (I didn’t manage to eat it all).
If I had stayed longer I would have definitely come back to try one of their cakes, which looked absolutely divine.
I paid 6.50€ for a stack of 3 pancakes and 1.90€ for a macchiato
Chocolateria 1902
This cafe is one of the locals’ go-to for churros at any time of the day. Although not all churros are vegan, the traditional Spanish churros recipe is.
Chocolateria 1902 is a place where you can get vegan churros as well as vegan chocolate sauce to dip them in. I was a bit skeptical before visiting this place as some reviews I read online mentioned that the vegan sauce was watery and not very tasty. I personally found it quite thick and chocolatey, not bad at all!
I enjoyed my breakfast there. Churros were good, service was quick and it was about 7€ for 4 churros, chocolate sauce and a soya latte.
Honest Greens
Honest Greens’ motto is “Eat Real Food”. The concept started with a trio of entrepreneurs who decided to create a restaurant that offers healthy and delicious food, served quickly and affordable.
Honest Greens has now several locations in Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon. The vast majority of the menu is plant-based. The products are ethically sourced, organic when possible and the dishes are freshly prepared.
Where I went, there is a huge salad bar next to the till and you can see the staff prepare the food, which is really nice.
I tried this place for lunch and had the Wild Mediterranean Salad Bowl which was full of flavours. It combined simple ingredients but everything was really tasty, perfectly seasoned and/or cooked. I enjoyed everything, from the sweet chili sweet potatoes to the avocado spirulina cream and the portobello mushrooms.
It cost me about 11€ for the salad bowl with no extras and some of their homemade lemonade (on tap). A pretty decent price for a fresh and healthy lunch that is served in 5 minutes!
I liked this place so much that I came back the next morning to try their breakfast. At the location I visited, the breakfast was served next door to the main restaurant. The layout and atmosphere were more like a coffee shop.
I got an almond cappuccino and the coconut chia pudding. The coffee was great and so was the chia pudding. Nothing exceptional about the pudding itself but one of the toppings is their house-made macadamia granola, which was absolutely delicious.
Frutas Prohibidas
Although slightly out of the city centre, this little spot can get quite busy at lunch time and I took one of the last tables available when I arrived around 12:30pm.
Frutas Prohibidas is a fully plant-based restaurant which I really wanted to visit, to try their “Venedict”, aka vegan egg benedict. I had the most simple option, one piece of toast with avocado and one “egg” but you can double up and/or add chips.
I’m not too sure how they make the “egg” (I think it’s soya-based) but it looks pretty close to the real thing and they achieved the runny yolk effect. I wasn’t blown away by the taste and I’m not sure I’d have that again but I was super curious about it and I’d recommend trying this dish just for the experience!
I had a passionfruit lemonade (really nice) and also got a peanut butter cookie for a snack later on. I was expecting a real cookie texture, easy to bite into but this one was more something that you have to cut with a knife.
The PB filling inside was gooey but the outside was rock-solid and I couldn’t break a piece with my hands nor bite with my teeth. Not a big deal and it tasted good, but don’t expect a soft cookie! Overall I paid about 11€.
Delish Vegan Doughnuts
The name says it all! If you fancy a delicious vegan doughnut, this is the place to go! They have 3 locations in Madrid and also do deliveries. All the flavours sound incredible, from Strawberry cheesecake to Salted caramel macadamia and the doughnuts are rather big.
I was glad it was fairly quiet so I could take my time to choose which flavour I wanted, which wasn’t an easy task. The staff was really friendly too.
I went for the classic PB and jelly doughnut which has a very generous jelly filling and a PB glaze. It really, really hit the spot!
It’s 3.50€ for a doughnut, cheaper than most vegan doughnuts in London.
Las Muns Empanadas
Las Muns have a lot of addresses in various cities, including Madrid. They currently have 2 vegan options: a Vegan Cheeseburger flavour for those who love the meaty taste, and the Humita one which I absolutely love, filled with sweetcorn, vegan cheese and a delicious vegan bechamel.
I went to the Las Muns spot located in the Food Hall of Canalejas in Madrid city centre, perfect to sit down for a quick lunch in the middle of a sightseeing day.
I paid 10.50€ for the 2 empanadas + 1 drink formula.
Other vegan addresses in Madrid
I didn’t get a chance to visit these spots but they have excellent reviews, interesting menus and I’ll check them out next time!
Mad Mad vegan: Their burger menus is very tempting! I also spotted carrot cake in the dessert options, one of my favourite cakes. I must go back to Madrid just for this.
Go Vega: Two different locations and a menu revisiting popular dishes with a plant-based twist, from burger to curry and poke bowl.
Distrito Vegano: Mainly vegan tapas and fast-food, such as hot dogs and burgers. Sounds great for a quick lunch or dinner!
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