Centrale Végétale — Restaurant in Zurich

The two co-owners of Centrale Végétale, Boaz and Raphael, are both dedicated vegans and kindly explained the sustainable concept of the cafe to me on my first visit: Their homemade empanadas are filled with organic food-waste vegetables and and coated with a whole wheat dough. The sauces that come along with them are prepared with local and seasonal ingredients. And the best part is, all of it tastes absolutely delicious! One meal includes four NADAS (empanadas), three of them with a different savoury stuffing such as lentils, pumpkin & beetroot, plus a sweet one filled with blackberries (all the fillings vary by season). The two sauces are a vegan ricotta made with hazelnuts and a traditional yemeni sauce (s-chug) consisting of chili peppers, garlic and parsley or coriander. The price for one menu is 25 CHF, for students 20 CHF and the payment is made by TWINT. As it takes about 20 minutes to warm the frozen NADAS up, I recommend sending the guys a DM on instagram (@centralevegetale), saying how many menues you want and when you'll be there to pick them up, if you don't have the time to wait that long. Also, bring along your own food container to make your meal even more...

As a vegan I'm constantly striving to find new 100% vegan restaurants and I normally use HappyCow to do so. Unfortunately Nadas is not listed at all on the app so I had no idea this place existed up until recently even though it's just around the corner from my office.

I've already had a few lunches here and I have to say that I was positively surprised each time. They have a different daily menu every day which is great, and even though some of their dishes don't look great sometimes, they usually taste very good. Customer service is also quick & friendly.

I would certainly recommend Nadas & I will definitely...

I love the concept and the staff, super friendly and down to earth. The empanadas tasted great. We arrived at 13:00 so they kindly baked another batch which took some time (not longer than other restaurants but not instant like the customers before us). We got the selection plate including a sweet one but my plate had three of the beetroot version. I like beetroot but was a bit surprised. The very cool staff was open to feedback and brought us watermelon as an alternative dessert. I will definitely return and recommend this place because I want to support the concept...