Vegan in Rome - My Top 3 Favorite Places including Flower Burger

Since many of you on my Instagram have requested a vegan in Rome guide I decided to list you what I explored below for you. My main Rome blog post will follow after this one!
I tried a good amount of places and also spotted loads of vegan goodies in the supermarket. I was pretty surprised how much you can actually get there as I couldn't find anything about that online in advance. So this is a good 2019 update as you have SO many great vegan options there :) 

For breakfast we usually had toast with different topics such as jam(which is usually always vegan) and found different spreads like olive and artichoke. We tried to find hummus but it's quite rare and the ones we came across didn't look good at all. I also can't believe how expensive peanut butter there is(you should know how obsessed I am with anything with peanuts). It's about 5-6€ for a jar so like the triple amount we pay here within Germany D: We bought fresh tomatoes, banana and then found different vegan things like these vegan chocolate croissants(also available plain and filled with apricot jam) as well these kamut pastries with blueberry filling(a bit dry for my taste). My favorite were definitely the soy yogurts which we got in coffee, coconut and on the last day found coconut based yogurt from another brand but with mint flavor. I loved the coconut soy one!! 

As we are speaking about the supermarkets let me show you a few pictures below from different corners in markets I came across. This is just a tiny part of what I have spotted actually:

I still regret that I didn't take this almond spread with me it looked so good D:

And below my FAVORITE vegan cookies! I didn't find anything online before. I really spotted these by accident. You can also have a look into the ingredients list here. Buy them if you spot them anywhere around! I got them in a small supermarket in Pigneto.

Now let me list you my top three vegan places which you HAVE to check out! 💜

Number One:

Flower Burger

On Friday we went there for lunch and got to try their burgers with sides as well the desserts. The special thing about Flowers Burger are the colorful buns whereto obviously had to take the black one haha. They even had a purple one as special back then. Would totally try that one I hope they'll bring it back! My boy got the pink one. All of them were super tasty I can't even tell which was my favorite. For the sides you can decide between two different kinds of potato wedges or edamame beans. There are a couple of different dips and sauces you can choose from too such as the Magik sauce, mayo, rocktail or tartarella sauce. For dessert we got to try the Flower Cream, The Coco-Nuts as well the Chocolate Salami Roll which seems to be a popular thing in Italy. My favorite here was the Flower Cream as ours had chunky brownie and nut bites in it and it's really refreshing in the summer heat. If you love rich chocolate go for the chocolate salami! So allover these burgers not only look freaking good but were probably the best I had so far as it came with loads of sauce(I hate dry food) and it was all fresh while the taste was not too greasy or like fast food but still filling. You can also find Flower Burger in The Netherlands, in France and other cities within Italy.

Number Two:

Okay firstly let me mention that the Italian gelato is by far the best on the world! I think I'll never have ice cream in my country again it's not even comparable with Ben & Jerry's which now would taste just like a sweet chunk of sugar to me. If it comes to ice cream in Rome I firstly have to say that it's very low in price and if not then just go a few streets further as otherwise it's a money trap for tourists. 3 scoops with scone are usually between 2,50-3,50€. One place near the Trevi Fountain wanted to charge 6€ for 2!! which is a joke to me. We firstly tried ice cream at a place called Olive Dolci which is full of different vegan sorts to choose from. It is very very good and worth a visit if you're around.

But. The BEST place is definitely:

 Il Gelatone Roma

This ice cream. Is out of this world. And for the price of only 2,50€ for three huge scoops together with a vegan scone. You can't just only go there once. They even had a full vegan counter with flavors like Nutella, Caramel, Pistacchio Nutella, Chocolate, Vanilla and not to forget all the fruity flavors like apple, pear, lemon basil, melon, pineapple and so on. It's insane! We tried like 11 different flavors together in total and our favorite was definitely Nutella as it has pure "Nutella" through the ice cream base. My second favorite was the apple one. So good I could cry as I already want to have it again! 10/10

Number Three:

Lastly my third favorite was a fancy restaurant place called

Rifugio Romano

They had a whole vegan card with loads of different foods like calzone, pizza and focaccia. But that wasn't enough yet. They also have loads of pasta options(including vegan carbonara), lasagna, "meat" dishes, starters and vegan desserts. You can check the full menu on their website. We decided to go for pizza which was so yummy!! We were super full already I would have loved to try the vegan Tiramisu afterwards. I also wanted to go there twice to try their vegan carbonara but didn't make it in time. This place is absolutely recommendable if you want to enjoy a full menu of traditional Italian dishes.

On Wednesday we also went to a place in Monti called Aromaticus which was okay but it's not on my top list. I had a Power Bowl which was pretty tasty and good to have in the hot weather. The vegan cheese on top was the bomb tho!! Right next to the place you can find Grezzo Raw Chocolate. I was really excited to try their raw sweets as I'm a huge sweet lover. We tried the vegan Tiramisu which was pretty disappointing to me especially for the price. I expected a stronger coffee flavor. But their ice cream is great! Very rich and intense. Especially the Hazelnut one was good. You can definitely taste the quality here. 

When we went back to Germany we found vegan food at a café at the Campiano Airport which was so surprising. They had a vegan sandwich as well some kind of vegan carrot cake, muffins which I think were vegan too and also apricot jam filled croissants which we got for breakfast along with a soy americano coffee. So there are great options for vegans!

I hope this review will be helpful for your next Rome or Italy trip. I tried to keep it short but if you have any specific questions feel free to leave them below! 

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