Vegan
International
Organic
Buffet
Fast food
Salad bar
Beer/Wine
Bakery
European
German

Vegan buffet restaurant, one of several outlets. Buffet is priced by the size of each plate, small or large. Features a variety of cold and hot dishes, from salads and antipasti to soups, currys, pasta, vegan cakes and pastries. Plant milks available for coffee and tea. Companion animal friendly. Open Mon-Sun 11:30-22:00. Kitchen closes at 10pm.


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367 Reviews

First Review by RogerPhillips

JudgeM

Points +21

Vegetarian
29 Jul 2025

Love the soup and variety of dishes!

Love the soup and variety of dishes!

koppi

Points +54

Vegan
27 Jul 2025

Sattgrün

Extraordinary vegan Restaurant, you have to visit when you are in Köln. Delicious food,you can take from a Buffet preparing a meal at your own wish, at affordable prices.

Updated from previous review on 2025-07-27

AlbaFlowers

Points +598

Vegan
25 Jul 2025

Primera vez probando

El concepto está genial pero al final se mezclan los sabores en el plato. Permiten “amontonar” pero es un poco caos. He estado en otros buffets que permitían levantarte a servirte más veces, lo que mejora ese tema.

Pros: Muchísimas opciones veganas

Cons: Se mezclan los sabores en el plato

Yoss42

Points +128

Vegan
24 Jul 2025

Excellent food

I'm not normally a huge fan of buffet style places, but the food here was excellent, and well worth checking out. The place is mostly self-service: choose which size plate you want, fill up with cold and hot food, and pay at the counter.
There's a pretty wide selection of food to choose from, but I recommend skipping most of the cold food (which they put at the front of the line) and loading up on the roast potatoes and cauliflower, which are particularly good. I also had a glass of Riesling which was fantastic. The only downside really is that the way it's laid out makes it very difficult to see what's available without walking past the queue.

Pros: Tasty food, Wide selection, Decent price

Cons: Difficult to see what's available in advance!

TorstenCo

Points +105

Vegan
23 Jul 2025

Really tasty

Loved the different options, everything was so tasty. Friendly staff as well!

Pros: Great that everything was labeled, Lots of outdoor seating , Friendly staff

Cons: Perhaps needs a few more ”simpler ” options

andreapö

Points +113

Vegan
22 Jul 2025

Grossartiges veganes Buffet

Essen ohne Überlegen - alles von Suppen, Salaten über warme Gerichte bis hin zu Kaffee- und Nachtischangeboten ist vegan und immer frisch. Ausserdem hundeffreundlich und stets nettes Personal.

MyrddinRiku

Points +72

Vegan
22 Jul 2025

Fabuleux

Petits prix adaptés au contenant et non à la quantité de nourriture, tu peux faire une pyramide dans ton assiette, c'est ok tant que cela rentre dans le récipient, le prix reste le même hahaha, donc super abordable, bonne nourriture, accueil chaleureux et la phrase "Until every cage is empty" ❤️💙💚

Pros: Prix très abordables, De grandes portions, Tout vegan et beaucoup de places

New_Marriner

Points +282

Vegan
14 Jul 2025

Maybe not

It's not one of the best restaurants in Germany by any means. It's perfectly competent, there's nothing actually wrong with it, but it's not got much in terms of character. It's sort of like a more varied but somehow less exciting Tibits (I'm basing this on my memories from before the London branch closed). It's certainly disappointing after going to Hiller in Hannover the night before, which is a real treasure. It suits Köln though. I struggle to imagine a great restaurant existing there. They've got a great concert hall and apparently that's about all they can manage.

Gary Yourofsky was eating there at the same time as me. Remember him? A small group were staging a protest in advocacy of veganism outside the train station, four of them standing in a circle holding television screens displaying abattoir footage, and playing R*******d through a speaker. They were wearing Anonymous masks, like teenagers used to do in 2008. I found the whole scene quite sad. The place of veganism in society and the forms of vegan activism have changed considerably in the last 17 years, largely for the better, and Gary still behaves exactly the same, as though time left him behind. Perhaps it left Cologne behind too.

Updated from previous review on 2025-07-14

marii

Points +421

Vegan
14 Jul 2025

One of the best in Germany

The best restaurant we visited in Germany. Pay for a plate and then put as much as you can on it, make the most of it! You have a choice of cold cuisine with salads and hot cuisine with different sauces. Both taste great. For dessert, we had a chocolate cake with cherries, which was also delicious. Definitely recommend!

Pros: Portion, Taste, Price

JanetNerd

Points +462

Vegan
13 Jul 2025

Delicious and all vegan 😍

Despite the pouring rain on our first day in Cologne and the crowdedness in the city due to Pride, we had such good lunch here!
I love the buffet style and that everything is vegan 😍.
You pick a plate size (small, medium or large), put and whatever food you like on your place and pay at the register.

I especially recommend:
- roasted cauliflower
- roasted pepper
- corn
- salted baked potatoes(!)

If we stayed longer than a few days in Cologne, we would’ve definitely come back here 🌱

Pros: All vegan, Buffet style pick what you want, Nice atmosphere and plenty seating

MDraco

Points +321

Vegan
08 Jul 2025

Pretty much a "all you can eat" restaurant

It's easy to eat too much here. The buffet is medium priced, but the plate system makes it well worth it (or, depending on you, kind of a steal...).

They always have two flavors of soup, which is priced separately and is a good way to eat well, while keeping it very affordable! A total delight in winter!

P.s: can be very romantic (met my ex-fiance there), maybe you'll meet your forever partner there 🙃

Pros: Amazing cost/benefit buffet (pack leftovers possib, Soup is always great and affordable, Cozy environment, with nice cakes and wine too

Cons: The food is somewhat high on oil content

PosDef

Points +39

Vegan
06 Jul 2025

Fresh and tasty

Tofu, cabbage, beans, potatoes, rice were delicious. Server kindly helped me avoid my food intolerances. Roast potatoes were especially yummy.

Pros: No waiting to use salad bar

DarioCavaliere

Points +56

Vegan
06 Jul 2025

Delicious

You pay for the dish's size, and then choose what you want from the buffet. Many different choices and good quality food.

Pros: Many delicious dishes.

LaLeeLu

Points +470

Vegan
30 Jun 2025

Beware of thieves!

This isn't the restaurant's fault, but please be careful to watch your stuff at all times in the outdoor sitting area.
I was here with a group of people and one of our bags was stolen by a thieve (and returned without money and ec cards later). The outdoor area is a public place and people will pass by the tables and talk to you - some might just be honest homeless persons and beg for money, but some might try to distract you to steal your valuables in a moment of inattention, like it happened to us.

The food is awesome, yummy, healthy, I can totally recommend it and I would go here again - but probably rather sit inside or with my stuff attached directly to my body. I advise you to do the same.

Pros: delicious food, friendly staff

Cons: thieves around outdoor sitting area

xbombx

Points +67

Vegan
07 Jun 2025

Die Gerüchte stimmen

Ich habe fast jede Komponente der warmen Gerichte probiert und vor Freude beinahe geweint. Jeder Bissen eine Wohltat.

MakanMakanMakan

Points +639

Vegan
01 Jun 2025

Awesome Value

This is a buffet style restaurant where you select a plate size and heap on as much as possible - the value here is excellent! Plenty of options including soups and a wide variety of hot and cold dishes - plus drinks, cakes and other snacks.

Honestly just all around good food at good prices. Large courtyard for outdoor seating - pleasant as on a nice day!

Most options were gluten free!

Pros: Portion Sizes, Variety of Cuisines

maltman23

Points +6345

Vegan
22 May 2025

Very good vegan place near central train staton

I had 90 minutes between trains at Köln Hbf (main train station), and a local friend recommended I hang out at this place. Good recommendation. Nice salad bar, really nice soups, nice buffet, and all vegan. I got a huge bowl of Lentil Soup, with really good bread, and a Tea. Very filling, and very reasonably priced. The staff were also quite friendly. There was plenty of outdoor seating under large umbrellas, which was welcome on this beautiful sunny afternoon.

Pros: Good soups, salads buffet, Friendly staff, Nice outdoor seating

DaveHarris

Points +479

Vegan
05 May 2025

Very good!

Food was great! amazing selection of food, definitely worth a visit!

Pros: Amazing selection, Nice venue, Friendly staff

Cons: Slightly expensive, Small plates

LyffLyff

Points +80

Vegan
05 May 2025

Best Vegan Restaurant ob Eartj

Love the concept of the buffet, the variety, the place itself and the food slaaaps.

Pros: Variety, Ambient, Food

bertgerritsen

Points +838

Vegan
26 Apr 2025

Vegan buffet

Vegan buffet style self service restaurant. Nice seating area outside. A lot of options and you can try a little bit of everything. Really good salad bar. Different style dishes. Many vegan cake options as well. The lemonade was also very good. Plenty of coffee options as well. Friendly staff, they also speak English.

Pros: Fully vegan, Delicious food , Dessert and coffee

Blackcorn

Points +184

Vegan
12 Apr 2025

Best vegan buffet in town

An incredible vegan buffet restaurant when you end up making huge plate of a bit of everything because it’s hard to choice with all these options! Definitely a place to eat with friends or colleague when you are in the city centre. The external terrace is great during the Summer

Pros: So many delicious choice!, Make your own plate, Terrace in Summer

shonamaule

Points +436

Vegan
10 Apr 2025

Fresh Vegan Buffet!

This is a must visit in Cologne - all the food was so fresh and there were tons of selection! A vegan dream x

Bretzel63

Points +153

Vegan
07 Apr 2025

Great spot in Cologne

"Sattgrün" is centrally located in Cologne and offers a varied buffet at a fair price. Highly recommended.

Pros: Buffet, Delicious , Location

kettermann

Points +1102

Vegan
05 Apr 2025

Great Buffet

Really good buffet in central area of Cologne.

LottiKarotti

Points +1583

Vegan
02 Apr 2025

Unglaublich gut!

Das Konzept, der Preis, die Variation und Qualität des Essens... unglaublich! Ich würde immer wieder kommen, wenn ich könnte. Ich mochte eigentlich echt alle veganen heißen Gerichte. Allergene sind auch gut deklariert.

MissGaby

Points +1190

Vegan
12 Mar 2025

Excellent food 😍

It was very difficult to choose what to eat in this restaurant because everything looked amazing, so I tried to make room for every dish opf this buffet 😁
Amazing food! 😋😋😋

justyfrog

Points +26

Vegan
09 Mar 2025

Leckeres Buffet

Eine tolle Auswahl an Leckereien am Salatbuffet - empfehlenswert!

Pros: Auswahl, Buffetform




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