Vegan
Italian
Western
Fast food
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Spanish

Small vegan restaurant inside Fañabe Plaza shopping centre since 2015. Traditional Italian dishes made vegan. Booking needed because the place is small with few tables. Under new management April 2024. Open Wed 18:00-21:30, Thu-Sun 13:00-16:30, 18:30-21:30. Closed Tue.


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246 Reviews

First Review by Salight

relaxdel

Points +95

Vegan
20 Oct 2024

Best meal in Tenerife

Fresh and tasty food. We went twice in the evening and had amazing meals. 2 or 3 course with so much fresh vegetables. With a few non-vegans raving about the food they received.

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-24

Pros: Flavour , Options, Staff

CursingQuokka

29 Mar 2024

They are usually fully booked, especially now with them closing for a couple of weeks and March 25th being their last day open. Maybe the empty tables you saw were already booked and there wasn't enough time to be seated until the party that booked would arrive?

BuenaVidaVeganBar

29 Mar 2024

We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced. As you have surely noticed, we do not have many tables, and for this reason, we strongly recommend reservations on every social media and website. Clearly, if we told you there was no room, it's because the tables you saw "free" were reserved for other customers. The fact that you were told there would be a one-hour wait for take-away is because, evidently, that was the wait time. Unfortunately, we do not have a separate kitchen for take-away; there is only one cook, and priority is given to serving the tables. For this reason, sometimes we do not offer take-away at all. The advice is to reserve, not just with us, but everywhere. Warm regards.

BuenaVidaVeganBar

27 Oct 2024

Thank you so much for updating you review, you came with the previous owners so for us is really important your new feedback!! 🙏

Hope to se you next time you are in Tenerife!! 🔥

VeganBeardman

Points +193

Vegan
18 Oct 2024

Great food & great service!

The guys are very welcome and helpful.
We tried the cheese plate and it was very good!
The lasagna & heura paella were superb! Very tasteful!
Amd the tiramisu is awesome!

Pros: Nice service

Cons: You have to look where they are

julxshn

Points +897

Vegan
12 Oct 2024

What a place!

The patio is nice and quiet and the staff was super friendly. I had beetroot carpaccio and tiramisu and the dessert was the best tiramisu I‘ve ever had. It‘s not a cheap place to eat, but definitely worth it!

DazFretwell

Points +228

Vegan
10 Oct 2024

Incredible Food

Absolutely loved this place. 3 course meal of beetroot carpaccio, paella and the most amazing tiramisu. Staff were very attentive and welcoming and they have local beers as well. This is what vegan food is about.

Pros: Beetroot carpaccio , Paella, Tiramisu

unbatt

Points +93

Vegan
08 Oct 2024

super tasty

Great food, great service, great atmosphere. Really recommend ordering the truffle burger and the tiramisu! 😍

Pros: Great food, Friendly staff

LidijaF

Points +28

Vegan
03 Oct 2024

Friendly staff, good food

Great vegan spin on spanish trad dish. Quality homemade kombucha. Would recommend.

Cheese board amazing!!!

Pros: Food, People, Drinks

Cons: Careful with truffle burger. Too pungent.

SinisaStojiljkovic

Points +34

Vegan
03 Oct 2024

BuenaVida Vegan

Very nice food, friendly staff. Would recommend 100%

mtyk

Points +192

Vegan
27 Sep 2024

Best restaurant

Incredible food and friendly staff. One of the best restaurants I’ve tried. I definitely recommend anyone to give this place a try. We went twice in one week, if we had more days we would have gone more.

Pros: Delicious, Lots of choices, Friendly staff

BuenaVidaVeganBar

03 Oct 2024

MattPreston

Points +60

Vegan
25 Sep 2024

Amazing Italian Food

Lovely people and lovely food. Definitely one of the highlights of our holiday! We had caprese salad to share, the very nice paella and the special which was a delicious courgette risotto. The service was friendly and fast and the dessert was incredible, so nice to be able to have a vegan tiramisu and possibly the best cheesecake I’ve ever eaten. We also had a free shot of limoncello each which was delicious. Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Tenerife!!

Pros: Delicious food , Friendly staff , Great atmosphere

Cons: Nothing

BuenaVidaVeganBar

27 Sep 2024

Thank you so much guys! 🙏🙏 we are really happy you enjoyed our food and service! Hope to see you soon!

Mariatxe

Points +41

Vegan
22 Sep 2024

Amazing vegan restaurant

Their food is delicious, I’ve been many times and never dissapoints… love it!

BuenaVidaVeganBar

22 Sep 2024

Thank you so much for the review! 🙏

i don’t know if you know it but we have changed the ownership 6 months ago! So we don’t serve anymore the burger in your picture! 🙏 we hope to see you again to try our menú 😊

spookymog

Points +50

Vegan
08 Sep 2024

Delicious!

Turned up without a booking after searching for vegan food all day - BuenaVida Vegan did not disappoint. We had paella and it was delicious - we will absolutely visit again to try the other dishes. Highly recommend!

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-08

BuenaVidaVeganBar

08 Sep 2024

Thank you su much! 🙏 we hope to see you back these days!

Rumber

Points +1185

Mostly Veg
07 Sep 2024

Vegano Top

Pedimos una hamburguesa beyond y una lasaña muy ricas.
De postre tarta de chocolate y de queso.
Buenas atención y ambiente.

Pros: Burguer beyond

BuenaVidaVeganBar

08 Sep 2024

Muchisimas gracias! 🙏🙏
Esperamos verte pronto!!

karolina.mca

Points +260

Vegan
07 Sep 2024

Delicious

Tried the watermelon carpaccio, lasagna and truffle burger. The lasagna was not my favorite, I prefer them more cheesy but still very good! The watermelon carpaccio was phenomenal and felt scarily real. My boyfriend loved the burger, he said it was the best one he ever had!! I liked the burger too, but I think I would prefer the cheeseburger.

Couldn’t leave Tenerife without trying the double cheeseburger so we came back. I surprisingly did prefer the truffle one more. Something about the cheeseburger sauce wasn’t my favorite. But it’s still a really delicious burger!!!

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-06

BuenaVidaVeganBar

08 Sep 2024

Thank you su much Karolina! 🙏
We hope to see you next time you are in Tenerife!

Rafael_S_Roman

Points +181

Vegan
06 Sep 2024

Great food!

Burger:
I loved the Truffle Beyond Burger. In my past 10 years as a vegan and loads of different beyond burgers this one was standing out. The truffle sauce and the shitake mushrooms made it feel luxurious and really changed the taste. Furthermore often beyond patties are way smaller than the bread, resulting in meatless burgers on the sides and a chunk of beyond in the middle. Here they had it smashed so it filled out the bread. The cheese was also great.

Lasagna:
I think it had too little bechamel sauce. Whilst the tomato sauce was perfect the lasagna lacked the cheesieness.

The watermelon starter was great but lacked some base. Like a bit of bread with olive oil or so.

In total great experience.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-06

Pros: Smashed Beyond meat filling out the bread

BuenaVidaVeganBar

08 Sep 2024

Thank you so much for all your feedback Rafael! 🙏
We are very happy that you liked the burger!!
Thanks for the feedback on the carpaccio, we'll definitely add some bread!
Enjoy Tenerife!

JasonRivers

Points +45

Vegan
30 Aug 2024

One of the best burgers I’ve ever tasted 🥵

The food, the drinks and the service is absolutely spot on. Would highly recommend paying a visit if you’re in Tenerife. We went twice in two days and the food was perfect both times. The lasagne is great, as are the fajitas, and the truffle mayo burger is 10/10. My partner and I ordered one to take away and share, we added bacon, cheese and an extra patty, and it was insane 🤤

Pros: Incredible flavours, The fruit drinks are great, Friendly service

BuenaVidaVeganBar

30 Aug 2024

Thank you so much Jason! We are really happy you liked our food and service, for us is super important! Hope to see you and your partner again!

Lauralorien

Points +134

Vegan
16 Aug 2024

The best vegan Italian food ever 💚

One of the best vegan restaurants ever! If you’re into Italian food you will love this place. They offer a wide variety of traditional Italian dishes (such as lasagna, gnocchi), delicious burgers, poké bowls and fajitas. Deserts are unbelievably good (try their tiramisu!) 😍 and the staff couldn’t be nicer. 5/5!

Updated from previous review on 2024-08-15

Pros: Tasty food, Kind staff, Deserts

BuenaVidaVeganBar

30 Aug 2024

Thank you so much Laura!! We are really happy you enjoyed our food and service! Hope to see you back!

MonicaVegSchillaci

Points +91

Vegan
02 Aug 2024

Ottimo

Abbiamo cenato in due. Ottimi piatti vegani della tradizione italiana e non, con ingredienti di qualità e per lo più di autoproduzione. Consigliatissima la caprese (ottima la mozzarella veg di loro produzione con olio al basilico). Super lo smash burger! Porzioni abbondanti. Non si va via con la fame.
Personale giovane, molto attento e cordiale.
Tappa culinaria assolutamente consigliata per chi si trova a Tenerife.

BuenaVidaVeganBar

03 Aug 2024

Grazie Monica, é stato un piacere conoscervi!! 🙏 vi aspettiamo presto!

geem18

Points +61

Vegan
02 Aug 2024

Buenísino!!!!

Tiene un menú cortito, pero está todo increíble. Además cocinan con productos locales, y la atención es súper cercana. Volvería cada día!!!

Pros: Atencion, Ingredientes, Ubicacion

Cons: Menú muy pequeño

BuenaVidaVeganBar

03 Aug 2024

Muchisimas gracias! 💗
Tenemos una carta pequeña porque queremos hacer todo bien y con amor, y siendo solo dos personas en cocina no queremos hacer demasiadas cosas y hacerlas mal! 🙏
Pero hay una buena noticia! Cada fin de semana sacamos unos platitos extra afuera de carta (y siempre diferentes)! ☺️ Así que esperamos volver a verte pronto para probar mas cositas!!

Un abrazo 💗

geem18

05 Aug 2024

ThomMcK

Points +694

Vegan
25 Jul 2024

The holy grail tiramisu!

If given up on finding a decent vegan tiramisu but this restaurant has it! Starters and mains were all fine, very nicely presented. I thought my burrito was a bit lacking (more of a light lunch) compared to the delicious lasagne my wife had. Nice to eat outside but it is set in a very 00s shopping center. We picked a white wine but it was more of an orange one (so not as nice).

Pros: Tiramisu , Tiramisu , Tiramisu

Cons: Burrito was too light

BuenaVidaVeganBar

27 Jul 2024

Thank you so much Thom for all your feedbacks! We are really happy that you enjoyed our food, we are going to work on something different for the burrito 🙏
Hope to see you again!

MrsMac

Points +141

Vegan
20 Jul 2024

Excellent food

This is a small restaurant/ cafe inside a shopping centre. It is open two evenings per week up to 10 pm. We booked but think we would have been ok if we hadn't . There was a steady trickle of customers. As a family of three vegan and three vegetarian, It's fantastic to find places where we can be sure the food is vegan and where we can choose something off the menu. Between us we had the classic paella, negra paella, beyond burger, gnocchi, fajitas, tiramisu, cheesecake. Food was very tasty, piping hot, well presented and was served quickly by the friendly waiter . The tiramisu was excellent. It was more expensive than the other places we ate (hence four stars not five) but definitely somewhere to eat at least once whilst visiting the area. It's not too difficult being a family of vegan/vegetarians in Tenerife with there being a few places to try that are fully vegan and vegetarian......however if there was just one vegan in the group it would be a lot harder as I can see the main restaurants are full of meat with most not offering even one vegan option.

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-20

Pros: Tasty cooked food ( not processed), Good presentation , Good service

Cons: Expensive

LarrySnotter

22 Jul 2024

Also ate here, the food was superb. The paella Nègra was really nice and I could have eaten more. Great friendly service and a very relaxed atmosphere. The chefs were both interested in our reactions to the food and waved as we left. A good restaurant that deserves a visit.

BuenaVidaVeganBar

27 Jul 2024

Thank you so much for your feedback! 🙏
In our restaurant almost everything is homemade with fresh and quality ingredients that we buy at the local farmer’s market every saturday morning! There is a lot of work and research behind our dishes, that’s why we are a little more expensive than other restaurants.
We are really happy that you and your family liked our food! Hope to see you again!

WendySmetanova

Points +901

Vegan
06 Jul 2024

Really good Paella

I had paella and my boyfriend had fajitas. It was very good, but it was expensive and not so big portion. The staff was very friendly.

BuenaVidaVeganBar

07 Jul 2024

Thank you for your feedback Wendy!
in our restaurant almost everything is homemade, and with quality ingredients that we buy at the farmers' market on Saturday morning, and this obviously has a price, but we will consider increasing the portions! 🙏🙏
Hope to see you soon!

PaulNorton1

Points +31

Vegetarian
19 Jun 2024

What a Joy

Food and service both excellent

Updated from previous review on 2024-06-19

Pros: Food options , Service, Drink options

Cons: Setting

BuenaVidaVeganBar

19 Jun 2024

Thank you so much Paul! 🙏 really happy you enjoyed our food and service! Hope to see you soon

Sweet.child.of.mine

Points +94

Vegan
17 Jun 2024

IT WAS My favorite Vegan place in town

Must visiting place. Probably one of the best Vegan places in South of Tenerife. Balance of tasty and healthy meals. They have very delicious burgers and Tiramisu is worth to try.💚🍔💚🍧💚🥧

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-21

Pros: Tasty food, Great service, Good quality

Cons: Tiramisú could be bigger size

Sweet.child.of.mine

21 May 2024

I want to update my review. Since April this business has been owned by new owners and there are no my favorite dishes anymore. I just wrote my opinion in one of the comments in this app about my apologies that there are no famous dishes in their menu anymore and they blocked me on Instagram😓.... It's a bit pitty that new owners don't accept different opinions. I think we live in a free world and we have our rights and freedoms to express our point of view about everything. 🌍 It's really strange that they blocked my Instagram account for commenting and so on. I am really confused about that. It's doesn't goes well with peaceful and open-minded vegan lifestyle 🌱🙏💚

BuenaVidaVeganBar

21 May 2024

Hi Amber, as I already replied to you privately, no one has blocked you on Instagram, I really don't understand where your comment comes from.
you came to our restaurant demanding other people's menu, we changed the menu because we want to bring our idea of ​​cuisine, not that of others. It is our restaurant, we don't start making other people's dishes just because you want it.
you haven't tried ANY dish on our menu (just the caprese that was the only dish of the old menú) , when you came you demanded special treatment even though we didn't know you. We believe that relationships with customers are built over time, if you had special treatment with the old owners it's not our problem, we will not make other people's dishes just for you. we are very sorry for these comments, we accept every feedback but from someone who has really tried our dishes not from someone who is just mad about us changing the menu.

Vegan_blackunicorn

14 Jun 2024

Highly agree with Gintare, owner can't handle any criticism. Not nice person.

Sweet.child.of.mine

14 Jun 2024

Moreover in private chat they continued arguing with me and called me as a spoiled client... Imagine 😅🤐🫣

Vegan_blackunicorn

14 Jun 2024

Sweet.child.of.mine

14 Jun 2024

BuenaVidaVeganBar

15 Jun 2024

We have reported your comments and I hope they will be removed. you were both rude, both personally and privately. but above all you Vegan Blackburn, who wrote that you gave us a star for not having the paper menu when it was a lie, given that we have the paper menu and it was also shown to you! Rudeness is not welcome in our establishment. we're just sorry that there are people like you, full of hate, who can't wait to destroy people who are giving their souls for their restaurant. shame on you

bocika90

Points +24

Vegan
15 Jun 2024

Fantastic!

Fantastic italian food, kind service, great prices. 🌱💚

BuenaVidaVeganBar

15 Jun 2024

Thank you so much!! Hope to see you back soon! 🙏

susannaferretti

Points +12

Non Veg
15 Jun 2024

Eccezionale!!!

Esperienza davvero fantastica! Ottimo il cibo con piatti di alto livello. Materia prima freschissima. I ragazzi simpatici e professionali. Consigliatissimo!

Pros: Ambiente famigliare, Cibo ottimo e di grande livello, Personale gentile e professionale

BuenaVidaVeganBar

15 Jun 2024

Grazie Susanna, é stato bellissimo conoscervi! Speriamo di rivedervi presto!! 🙏

Pluto99

Points +46

Vegan
28 May 2024

Would reccoment again


They offer a biolocial Cola from Germany which id very nice.
The Food was very tasty. We tried 2 burgers which were both phenomenally good.
The Staff was very nice and also very fast as we told them that we would only have an timeslot of one hour.

Pros: Very nice Staff, Very delicious, Very fast

BuenaVidaVeganBar

28 May 2024

DebbieRosenberg

Points +130

Vegan
27 May 2024

Delicious food

The best scrambled tofu I’ve eaten!! Each plate looked so tasty

Pros: Delicious food, Good portion sizes, Reasonable prices

BuenaVidaVeganBar

27 May 2024

Thank you so much Debbie! Hope to see you soon!




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