Glo Fakafen - Reykjavik

Delicious veg options in the center for very good price

We got the vegan bowl and a vegan Mexican bowl, most things can be made vegan as they have something called Oumph which is a vegan meat substitute. My dish came with non-fried falafel‘s which were terrific, hummus and Tazaki dressing. I will say that the concept of dressing on the side does not appear to have reached Iceland. Countless times I’ve looked at somebody asked for dressing on the side they looked back at me in the eyes, nodded, and the dressing came on the food. But oh well it was very good. It is a fast food restaurant however and getting them to slow down to answer a lot of questions was difficult. My boyfriend is gluten-free on top of being vegan and it was not easy to find out the ingredients the different meat substitutes to make an informed choice. But it worked out and we were very happy with our meal.

Even though Happy Cow will not let me give it a five star rating because it is not fully vegan, it has more options and more flavorful food than many other fully vegan places in town! Definitely will go again.

This restaurant is located in a commercial part of the city I would not have visited except that I was booked at a hotel about 20 min walk away. I was excited to see this pop up when I searched vegan restaurants, as I had eaten at another location several years ago when I was last in Reykjavik. The vegan bowl was excellent, a mix of roasted vegetables, quinoa, mock meat and hummus with greens. There are a few other vegan options on the menu also. This restaurant does serve meat. Located in a small food court with Braud Co bakery (also delicious, although I don’t know about vegan options) and a Joe the Juice coffee/juice bar.

I ordered a spirulina bowl and some vegan croissants. This is an easy stop before your journey onto the ring road.