Cafe Vux, Berlin, Germany
Oh how we love Sunday brunch! There’s something special about it, isn’t there? The friends, the food…the food, and the friends. I’m a big fan. In Berlin, there are several restaurants that host a weekly all-you-can-eat, pay-what-you-can vegan brunch. Cafe Vux quickly became our favourite place to hangout on Sunday mornings.
Cafe Vux Sunday Brunch - Jill's Plate
Cafe Vux’s brunch is full of healthy options. The buffet has many bean, grain and vegetable salads, as well as spreads, seitan, smoked tofu, fancy breads, fresh fruit and sweets. You can load up your plate as many times as you like. As you can see above, my strategy is to try a little bit of everything.
Cafe Vux Sunday Brunch - John's Plate
We went for brunch at Cafe Vux three times during our stay in Berlin. The buffet had the same items each time, but we never tired of them.
Cafe Vux Sunday Brunch
Cafe Vux Sunday Brunch
Here are some close ups…
Black Bean and Mango Salad
Pasta and Olive Salad
Beet Salad
Fennel Salad
Smoked Tofu
Seitan
Coconut Milk Rice with Cinnamon
Mini Muffins
The mini muffins are very popular and tend to be gone within seconds of being refreshed.
Bread Options
There are some fresh rolls, as well as sweet coconut bread (my favourite!), and olive & tomato focaccia. Make sure you try some bread with their lavender hummus. I will definitely try to recreate it at home.
Cafe Vux Vegan Cakes
Now let’s not forget about dessert! Chances are you will be full after enjoying several plates of the lovely brunch fare but don’t let that stop you from buying dessert to take home and enjoy later. We tried several desserts and were always super impressed with the light, moist cakes. It’s not everyday vegans have the chance to enjoy such beautiful and tasty multi layer cakes!
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Green Tea, Pistachio and Peach Cake
Nougat and Pear Cake
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake)
All of the desserts we tried were lovely but the traditional German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, known to most North Americans as black forest cake, was the best. This isn’t too surprising considering it’s Germany’s most famous cake. It had three layers of chocolate cake, lots of creamy icing, a layer of cherries and rich, dark chocolate shavings on top. Generous slices of Cafe Vux’s fancy vegan cakes will cost you €2.50-3.00 Euros ($3.18-3.81 USD).
There were so many vegan desserts but, of course, we could not try them all. Here are some that we admired from behind the glass counter…
Chocolate Walnut Pie
Cafe Vux Cakes
Coconut Cheese Cake
Cafe Vux Cakes
Cafe Vux Cakes
Brunch is pay-what-you-can, €6.00-9.00 Euros ($7.63-11.44 USD). Doors open at 11:00 a.m. and seats fill up fast so your best bet is to arrive early, especially if you’re with a large group. People tend to stick around for quite awhile, chatting, enjoying the food and atmosphere.
Cafe Vux
Cafe Vux
Cafe Vux also serves coffee, tea, smoothies, bagel sandwiches, soups, waffles and other vegan goodies during the week. But for the cakes alone, they are worth a visit any day of the week.
Cafe Vux
www.vux-berlin.com/
Richardstraße 38
Berlin-Neukölln, Germany
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The best food place (100% vegan) in Berlin! I was few times with friends from Poland here for brunch and for cakes and everytime it was fantastic! Highly recommended!
Najlepsze miejsce z jedzeniem (100% wegańskie) w Berlinie! Byłem tutaj kilka razy z przyjaciółmi z Polski na brunchu i na ciastach i za każdym razem było fantastycznie! Mocno polecam!!!
Makes me wish I’d been vegan when I visited Berlin. Guess I’ll have to go with my backup plan: moving to Berlin as soon as possible.
Looks like heaven to me.
Oh man, wish I could have been there, so much vegan food! Some day perhaps…
Everything looks fantastic.Perfect timing for this post because my son is heading to Europe in a few days and will be in Berlin for a week. I’ll send him a link to this great post!
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Awesome, when I go back to Berlin, I will definitely check that place out! Looks totally amazing
I can see why you wouldn’t tire of the same offerings – typically vegans get that one thing that’s available. With so many great choices, I would want to come back again and again to try them all!
please notice:
dear friends and guests
Autumn is approaching and it is time for some change. From September, we wish to give some space for new vegan treats and for a while will take a break from our breakfast brunch buffet.
With Vux, we wish to offer to you a place where you can enjoy our treats in a relaxed atmosphere. Further, we wish to experiment and indulge you with new delights from time to time. Due to the growing demand for the brunch of late, this was not possible anymore to the extent we would wish for.
Therefore the time-out with the brunch buffet.
Instead, additionally to our cream cakes, cakes, waffles, bagels and smoothis we wish to offer to you more sweet and savory bits and bites that you will find on a changing weekend menu. On this weekend menu, from time to time you will also find some of the brunch treats, so that you will not have to do comepletely without your favorite salad or spread. You can also look forward to other bits and bites like savory muffins with sun dried tomatoes, esfihas with spinach or seitan filling or various quiches as well as warming autumn soups.
Please also note our new opening times:
Wednesday to Saturday: 12-19
Sunday: 12-18
http://www.vux-berlin.com/seiten/eng_news.html
vux-berlin.com, 31.8.10:
“Dear friends and guests,
autumn is approaching and it is time for some change. From September, we wish to give some space for new vegan treats and for a while will take a break from our breakfast brunch buffet.
With Vux, we wish to offer to you a place where you can enjoy our treats in a relaxed atmosphere. Further, we wish to experiment and indulge you with new delights from time to time. Due to the growing demand for the brunch of late, this was not possible anymore to the extent we would wish for.
Therefore the time-out with the brunch buffet.
Instead, additionally to our cream cakes, cakes, waffles, bagels and smoothis we wish to offer to you more sweet and savory bits and bites that you will find on a changing weekend menu. On this weekend menu, from time to time you will also find some of the brunch treats, so that you will not have to do comepletely without your favorite salad or spread. You can also look forward to other bits and bites like savory muffins with sun dried tomatoes, esfihas with spinach or seitan filling or various quiches as well as warming autumn soups.
Please also note our new opening times:
Wednesday to Saturday: 12-19
Sunday: 12-18″
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