Vegan in Berlin

03 Dec 2017

I have recently returned from a 2-week trip to Berlin and Munich. It was my first time traveling internationally since becoming vegan, and so I did a bit of research before going. In fact, I chose to travel to Berlin because I Google-searched “Best Places to be a Vegan Tourist” and found many lists in which Berlin ranked highly. I wanted to write this blog post to show others how easy is to be vegan in Berlin and Munich (the Munich info will be in another post) and to suggest some really great vegan restaurants!

I have personally visited each place described below and taken all the pictures myself. The map at the end contains additional restaurants that I did not go to but read about as having vegan options.

Restaurants

Kurfurstendamm

Vaust - (€€) Vegan, Pestalozzistraße 8, 10625. Transit: Savignyplatz.
Must try their currywurst and home-brewed beer! Best to make a reservation. Website Yelp

Whole-grain Bread with Grapeseed Oil and Smoked Salt, Home-brewed Beer
Whole-grain Bread with Grapeseed Oil and Smoked Salt, Home-brewed Beer.
Currywurst
Seitan-Curry-Sausage (Currywurst) with homemade curry sauce made of organic tomato ketchup and spelt grain bread. Gluten-free option made with tofu-sausages.
Two of the Lens
Beetroot and belugalentils, sauteed in balsamic and lime leaves, with yellow lentil cream, draped in rosemary-marinated pumpkin and tomato pesto.
Mezzelune
Half-moon paste stuffed with basil potato and onion pesto on braised eggplant, tomato-texmex sauce, Parmesan shrimp and herbal pesto.
Porcini Mushroom & Cabbage Risotto
Porcini Mushroom & Cabbage Risotto with fried pumpkin, artichoke heart baked in tempura batter and tomato pesto.

Bergmannkiez

Buddha Haus - (€€) Serves meat but has vegan options, Akazienstraße 27, 10823. Transit: Kleistpark. Website Yelp

Noodles
Dhal Bhat Tarkari and Vegetable Chau-Chau.
Momos
The last momo. I forgot to take a picture at the beginning!

Mitte

Momos - (€) Vegetarian with vegan options, Chausseestraße 2, 10115. Transit: Oranienburger Tor.
Website Yelp

Momos
Momos Experience, for 2 people to share. All 4 kinds of vegan Momos (Potato-Cabbage-Carrot, Pumpkin-Chickpeas, Broccoli-Shiitake-Tofu, Mushroom-Potato) and all 3 dips (Mitho, Lemon-Mint, Soy-Sesame).

Kopps - (€€€) Vegan, Linienstraße 94, 10115. Transit: Rosenthaler Platz.
Pricier but great ambiance and food. Best to make a reservation.
Website Yelp

Amuse Bouche
Amuse Bouche
Mushroom Appetizer
Mushroom Appetizer
Egg Salad Appetizer
Egg Salad Appetizer
Pumpkin Ravioli
Pumpkin Ravioli with Fried Sage and Sour Cherries.
Wild Mushroom Ragu
Wild Mushroom Ragu with Wheat Berry Risotto and Carrot.
Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi.
Dessert
Black Cherry Jellies.

Prenzlauer Berg

Chaostheorie - (€) Vegan, Schliemannstraße 15, 10437. Transit: Prenzlauer Allee, Eberswalder Straße or Schönhauser Allee.
Variety of vegan cakes to buy by the slice. Cake was good but kind of dry.
Website Yelp

Cake
Hazelnut Cake

Lia’s Kitchen - (€) Vegan, Kollwitzstraße 47, 10405. Transit: Senefelderplatz.
Website Yelp

Burger and Shake
Smokey BBQ Mushroom Burger (6.90€) and Chocolate Milkshake (5.50€)
Chicken Stripes Salad
Chicken Stripes Salad (6.90€)

Friedrichshain

Curry and Beer - (€) Serves meat but has vegan options, Warschauer Str. 16, 10243. Transit: Frankfurter Tor.
Website Yelp

Currywurst
Vegan Menu: 1 Seitan Currywurst, French Fries, and Drink (6.90€)
Menu
Menu

Papa Nô - (€€) Serves meat but has vegan options, Warschauer Str. 81a, 10243. Transit: Frankfurter Tor.
Website Yelp

Seitan and Curry
Chicken Skewer and Carrot Curry

Vöner - (€) Vegan, Boxhagener Str. 56, 10245. Transit: Ostkreuz.
Website Yelp

Dürum Vöner
Dürum Vöner (7 €)

Zeus Pizza & Pide - (€) Serves meat but has vegan options, Boxhagener Str. 29-30, 10245. Transit: Frankfurter Tor.
Ask for their vegan menu. They have a separate menu that’s all vegan and has a ton of options! Website Yelp

Pizza
Pizza with Mushrooms, Salami, Ham, Banana Peppers, and Cheese (9 €)

Grocery Stores

Veganz - Vegan, 3 locations in Berlin:

First Veganz Haul
Veganz haul from first night in Berlin!
Cafe inside Veganz
Cafe inside Veganz.
Another Veganz Haul
Another Veganz Haul.
Yet Another Veganz Haul
Yet Another Veganz Haul.
Sunflower Pin
I got the yellow sunflower pin from Veganz in Prenzlauer Berg.

Beer

The Reinheitsgebot, or “German Beer Purity Law”, is a Bavarian law from 1516 that states the only ingredients that could be used in the production of beer were water, barley, and hops. Since 1516, there is a revised law (“Provisional Beer Law”) of 1993, which states that only water, malted barley, hops and yeast can be used for any bottom-fermented beer brewed in Germany. This is good news for vegans, because it means German beers are vegan.

Allergens

All the menus have letters or numbers with a legend indicating possible allergens. These include egg and dairy but also soy, wheat, nuts, seafood, etc.

Shopping (Clothes, Shoes)

DearGoods Berlin - Clothing store that also sells handbags, Schivelbeiner Str. 35, 10439. Transit: Schönhauser Allee. Website Yelp

Avesu - Shoe store that also sells handbags. Schivelbeiner Str. 35, 10439. Transit: Schönhauser Allee. Website Yelp

Shoes
The vegan shoes I got at Avesu! The brand is Ahimsa.

Activism

I’m sure there are many opportunities to be involved in vegan activism. I did not actively seek these opportunities out. However, one night at Alexanderplatz I did meet a group of vegans who had a table set up and were giving out flyers. I stopped and talked to them and they said they were trying to end hunting, which is popular in Germany.

Anti-Hunting Flyer
An anti-hunting flyer that vegan activists gave me.

Map