Viva - Karlsruhe

In carlsruhe there are so much more and more vegan offer. we went to dinner, but at the end bought 1 drink and left the place.

Huge selection Buffett style vegetarian and lots of gluten free as well. Hot and cold food, salad bar and dessert! Well priced, pay per weight! Everything I ate was tasty and it was busy!

I really enjoyed the food at Viva. The vegan selection was well marked and abundant, and I found the prices reasonable (I was there in the evening and heard it was cheaper then, towards the end of the day They had a big selection of buffet items, which you could mix from individual salad ingredients to antipasti, spring rolls, ready-made salads, warm dishes, and desserts. You can put all you want on your plate und pay per weight of the food. I enjoyed the taste and quality of the food. Maybe it was just the evening we were there, but people were rather quiet and the atmosphere pretty cold (which didn't bother us, as we were lively enough : ). The only thing that bothered me as a vegan was that you could tell that non-vegan customers used tongs from the feta in the vegan antipasti dishes.

The reason I love this vegetarian self-service restaurant so much, is their big salad bar with many vegan salads. I really like that they do not only have typical salads like lettuce, carrot or tomato salad, but also special combinations. For example, I had a Spanish potato salad, a mexican salad with kidney beans and corn, a couscous salad and many more. I have rarely been to another restaurant which offers around 15 different vegan salads. And the good thing is, you choose which salad you want (the plate gets weighed at the counter). Sadly, the hot vegan dishes did not satisfy me as much as the cold options. Some were delicious, some were vegetarian and others lacked flavor. Updated from previous review on Friday November 06, 2015

A bit difficult for people who don't understand German to figure out what's in some of the dishes but is overall good. a bit lacking in atmosphere. okay prices considering the location I filled my plate with food and paid 8 euro