Cafe Harvest — Restaurant in Vienna

Awful. I use to go there before the pandemic started and it was easily my favorite dinning spot. The prices weren't terribly expensive, the ambiance was neat and the food was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, that is a statement I can proudly provide as a vegan foodie. But I went again today for brunch after around a year and a half.

The service was terrible (not really the fault of the staff, they were clearly understaffed), the brunch spread looked so unappealing it closed my appetite (mind you I had gone on a workout early that day and was still fasting from last night), I ended up ordering a carrot cake and a "from the house" mint lemonade.

The cake was absolutely disgusting. I've made better cakes at home and still haven't found them up to eating standard. It wasn't even properly cooked. It tasted of raw wheat. It was a "carrot" cake and yet you could not taste any carrots, it simply had "pieces"of carrots throughout the batter. The icing over it was like an acrid punch to your gut. I couldn't even finish a quarter of it and by the time I couldn't handle it anymore, I had lost all of my appetite.

Now, to the lemonade. That lemonade has never even SEEN a lemon. It was the most underwhelming "homemade" drink I've ever had the displeasure of trying. It was an awful shade of bright neon green (first red flag), it tasted like watered down mint essence. Like a what you'd expect from a cheap mint flavoured chewing gum, all of that at the extraordinary price of 4 euros and something cents.

In conclusion, I heavily suspect that the kitchen staff has been changed in this year and a half since the food quality has dropped sharply. Still, the prices remain the same.

So in the end, for one awful piece of "carrot cake" priced at 4,80 if I remember correctly and two of that disgusting "homemade" concoction I spent 14 euros. Worst 14 euros I've spent in all my life. I do not reccomend you going anywhere...

CAUTION: No credit card❌️, only cash💰💶. You will only pay by cash, you can EVEN PAY for a beverage you don't drink.

Details of my sad story are below: I'm so sad because this is the first time in my life that I have encountered such a rude business. I was accused of lying 😬

It was a cafe that I went to for 1 year. I had a bad experience on this evening. Even though I had 2 beers, the waitress claimed I had 3 beers. My friend next to me also witnessed it and he said it was only 2 beers. The waitress insisted on that 3 beers. When we said we were sure, then she asked me if I want 4 Euro back, so I said yes, of course. Then she came again and the safe was closed, she said that can't give us 4 Euros.

It was so stupidly. 4 Euros is not very important to us, it was worth a tip anyway. But it was humiliating that they were forced to pay for the beer we didn't drink.

Those who want to pay for what you do not eat or...

I was so excited to have an all-vegan brunch buffet but this experience was 100% horrible. I highly question the cleanliness of the restaurant, since I had to go through four dishes in the stack before I found a clean one. Also, a dog was running through the restaurant and sat on the couch near the buffet. As I was heading outside with my first plate of food, a kitchen employee was releasing a pigeon from a dish towel!!

I had a tiny bite of everything they offered and didn't enjoy more than two or three. My first bite was so pungent and sour it hurt my mouth and I can only describe it as paint thinner.

All this for 21€!! Like $30CAD. Go to Figlmueller for vegan schnitzel instead, or Swing Kitchen for an awesome full...