I was here once before maybe 5 years ago so maybe I remember the buffet being bigger and more impressive. A vegetarian friend had brought me then and I was surprised at the variety and freshness. On this most recent visit it looked much smaller. Here is my breakdown:
-Rocket, tomato, and cucumber salad: good and fresh vegetables but it came with some white dressing mixed in. I would much rather have had the dressing on the side, and the salad would last longer anyway.
-Kale salad with cherries?: nice! not too chewy, as kale can get. The fruits were a nice touch.
-Hummus: good but better with more garlic and tahin.
-Tzatziki: ok, but I would prefer more garlic
-Falafel: crispy outside! pretty good but maybe some more salt and parsley
-Potato salad with yogurt: ok
-Pickled beetroot: looked very much like the kind from a jar, with some sesame seeds sprinkled on top as an afterthought. I do love pickled beets though so I did eat some of this.
-Oven-roasted potato wedges: ok
-Red rice salad: ok
-Spinach lasagne: didn't taste of much and I think it was unfortunately sitting out too long because the noodles had gotten so thick from soaking up all the sauce and steam.
-Mayo-based pasta salad with peas: ok
-Fresh bread: seems like thin pita. not great, didn't have much taste.
-Chili dip: pleasantly spicy, I ended up putting it on everything.
-Garlic dip: N/A
-Oven-roasted beetroot and parsnip?: N/A
-Celeriac salad: N/A
Although there are quite a few choices, they are a bit boring. I think the price (89 dkk for lunch, 99 dkk for dinner) is fair for the quality and variety, though I would personally like to eat somewhere else where the execution is better. Almost everything was... just OK. Most of what I ate was the hummus and falafel with chili in the pita. Though the falafel was crispy, there are so many places in Nørrebro that do it better and have great bread to go with it.
For the food alone, I would give 2 stars. Maybe you think I am being harsh but I volunteer at a folkekøkken where we make decent vegetarian/vegan food and ask a fraction of the price. However the service was good and the place is kept very tidy, including the bathrooms. Our server was nice enough to give us the lunch price even though we arrived at 3:58pm and ordered at 4pm, right when it changes to dinner service. Although it is only a 10 dkk difference, it was very cool of him. Also they have some hand sanitizer by the buffet and all of the items are clearly labeled gluten-free, vegan, or vegetarian. If you are a very hungry tourist or have vegetarian friends in tow, give it a shot. read more