Huy Vege — Restaurant in Bratislava

From my experience, Huy Vege has plant-based food of many different versions and usually of exceptional quality. However I have always kind of hesitated to visit them because first of all, it's not a vegan restaurant and second of all, it's not even vegetarian (as both happycow page and THEIR DOOR SIGN states). For me, to serve various animal products, whether it's flesh, ova or milk, is all on the same page, morally. However to state that you're a vegetarian place, and to serve animal flesh (and it's not like a recent change, they do so consistently probably not to lose customers) requires a very special kind of opportunism.

Come on. Serving flesh plus serving pure plants dishes, with nothing inbetween, doesn't make a restaurant a vegetarian one, anymore that being a vegan six days in the week and eating bacon on Sunday makes me a vegetarian.

And it's quite disturbing to dine next to people who eat animals. I'd give Huy Vege four stars for their cuisine and charismatic staff, but have to take away two stars for this unacceptable "public relations" trick.

Pros: nice staff, quality vegan junk food , selection

Cons: labels "vegetarian" but serves flesh, very busy on workdays, unable...

Update August 2014: prices have gone up quite a bit in the past couple of years, unfortunately the quality instead of going up has gone down, my last order was disappointing with chewy meat and the vegetables didn't taste fresh.

It's difficult to have high expectations when you're ordering five Bahn mi sandwiches for 18 euros. Boy was I wrong. Hands-down the best Bahn mi in Bratislava. The bread was crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside. The meat was marinated to perfection and the veggies had a beautiful crunch. All I can say is a heartfelt thank you and that I will be back for sure!

Update December 2022: I stand by my initial review, this place makes absolutely killer banh mi, I cannot...

FINALLY BANH MI IN BRATISLAVA!

I have been looking for Banh mi in this town for years and it appears to have been worth the wait.

Great atmosphere right off the main shopping street. Staff was friendly, menus in English, Slovak, and Vietnamese. Cash only for now. Super reasonable prices. I got the marinated beef (#8) and my buddy got the marinated pork and we were both super happy. Meat was tender and flavorful, the bread is made fresh on site every day and is super crispy and delicious, and the coriander really made the whole thing pop. I'll definitely be back on...