Vitaminas24 — Restaurant in Rome

We grabbed dinner here last Friday evening before heading off to a gig. We shared the two best vegan, gluten free options (a burger and a veggie loaf), both with salad and we shared one side of potatoes. It was the best burger I have ever eaten (I will remember it forever). The rest was also very good but the burger was outstanding... We shared a litre of house wine which was also really good. The only down sides were the number of hawkers who kept coming in and harassing us to buy things plus a group of women who seated quite a while after myself and my male companion were served first. I am not sure if it was because he was a man or because I was predominantly speaking English (my friend is Italian and was translating for me to ensure we were clear on my allergies). I can't help thinking things like that are personal... I will come back but hope that things run...

I’d recommend foreigners who don’t speak Italian to keep away from the restaurant. I went there because of the high ratings but was fully disappointed. They charge 1 euro for service, but their service are below average…i came at 10 pm so it is not a busy time but I feel like they are either too tired to work or just don’t want to deal with foreigners. I have to constantly waving at them to ask for menu, to order, the menu is in Italian, the cashier lady doesn’t speak English, and they also charge 2 euro for water in refillable bottle which are free in other restaurants I went. Maybe it is the norm to pay for water in their restaurant but for the first comers and for foreigners, it would be a nice to give a head-up. Anyways the food is ok because it is quite hard to get green...

Luckily, this vegan/veggie juice bar, café and licensed restaurant was around the corner from our hotel. If not, but I knew it was that good, I’d have travelled much further. The venue, clean with calmingly minimal décor, wasn’t too busy, but then we visited early week. It likely has more atmosphere at weekends. Still, staff were welcoming, pleasant and relaxed, and looked like they enjoyed working there. Menus were clearly marked for vegan and gluten free. Most importantly, the food was superb. The escarole, olive, almond and raisin, chickpea flour crêpe with carrot and cumin cream, followed by chocolate sacher torte, was the best meal I had in Rome. They serve a wicked G & T also! Highly...