Soda Vegetariana SUSBIDA — Restaurant in Carmen

This soda is a tiny hole in the wall tucked between two other sodas. We walked right by it at first. Happy to find vegan Asian food in San Jose!

There's not much room but we found a table at lunch. We ordered the casado plate and some steamed dumplings. Both were good. I think the casado changes every day but this one had a variety of items with rice. Green beans, a "chicken-y" seitan piece, a piece of eggplant tempura, and a "chopped beef" in gravy plus sauteed cabbage with veg ham chunks. I would get fried dumplings next the but the order was substantial, 15 dumplings. The place is pretty dirty, though, so either put that aside or skip it. Service was...

Soda Vegetariana SUSBIDA was the first place we ate after arriving in San Jose. It was conveniently located near a large park, and it was also close to the hostel where we spent the night. It was easy to find and was an enjoyable mix of Oriental and Vegetarian / Vegan. A friendly local helped us order his fave plates and we enjoyed EVERY single things we asked for. At the end of our vegan feast we were also delighted at the affordability! We only spent 1 night and 1 day in San Jose, but if we ever get the chance to return, we would be sooooo happy. We enjoyed a friend rice with vegetables, dumplings and more. This place is WORTH the...

WOW - Don't let the size and shabby decor of this place put you off... I'm not vegetarian but wanted something light to eat that was close and this restaurant looked convenient. I ordered the soup with dumplings and was served a large bowl filled with very tasty vegetable soup, a chunk of carrot, some yucca, tofu and what looked and tasted like homemade pork dumplings. The taste and texture of everything was fantastic with a bit of chilli spice in the soup. I was amazed to be told the 'pork' was soya! This is more than just a convenient lunch stop - it's worth making the effort to have a bowl of this soup. At 4,000 colones you won't be...