Prana Cafe Reviews Summary

Menu Variety and Options

Pros:

• "This place has amazing GF and Vegan options (they also have meat options)."
• "Very good vegan menu serving everything from soups, Buddha bowls to deserts."
• "There are also some vegan pastries and cakes sometimes on display at the counter."
• "I have now seen that they have introduced a non-vegan menu - which I look forward to trying next time I visit."
• "I ordered my mains from the non vegan menu, and my dessert from the vegan menu. I like how the choice and the quality of food was really good!"
• "We've been coming here for a while now as the vegan options are lovely and my son loves the cake, but now they've expanded the menu I can come here with my non vegan friends and family as they can cater for everyone."
• "The food is sooo delicious and the cakes are mouth watering, and the best part is no animals have been harmed!"

Cons:

• "The food was never good when a vegan restaurant, but it was worth supporting the ethic, now even worse food quality and service is still non-existent."
• "Prana still has a 'Plant Based' vinyl window decal, which would deceive people into believing this was still a plant based establishment."
• "So disappointed with Prana. This used to be one of the only places in Leicester where I could take the kids and tell my son he could have anything off the menu. Now that they've introduced the 'non veg' menu it's just another omni cafe."
• "There is nothing healthy about this menu. Standard fare, just labelled as 'healthy' for marketing."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The staff is very helpful and polite."
• "I have been to Prana numerous times and every single time- it has been an amazing experience. The staff are accommodating warm and helpful."
• "I also took my young baby, and it's the first restaurant where we were catered to. I was given a baby seat, and also cold water to cool milk down."
• "All of the staff are so lovely and it is situated in a very impressive old building with lots of comfortable seating."
• "The staff are very friendly and it is always lovely and warm!"

Cons:

• "And to make the experience even worse, the owners/managers are rude."
• "The manager gave me a cloth which wasn’t sufficient as pretty much the whole drink had spilt all over the table and all over me. The manager was quite unkind to me about it and said it was my fault."
• "The real let down was a waitress coming up to our table telling us we had to leave because they were closing at 4. Absolutely disgusting & I won’t be returning here with family or my friend."
• "We waited 30 minutes for the one person's food to arrive and another 5 for mine. Waaaay too long for a bunch of salad leaves three cold falafel balls and hummus."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Nice cute place tucked away from the main street. Right next to Leicester Market."
• "The decor is very nice with very cosy and comfy aesthetic."
• "Situated in a prestigious location next to the Town Hall Gardens, it’s like walking into a posh London or Bombay tea room."
• "Beautiful building, with great outdoor seating in the square."

Cons:

• "Prana still has a '100% vegan' sign, which would deceive people into believing this was still a vegan establishment."
• "The bright modern furniture detracts from the beautiful ceiling, the food bar’s appearance is uninspired and the wall lights are completely of the wrong era and don’t seem to add anything!"

Food Quality and Taste

Pros:

• "Ordered Buddha bowl on 2 occasions and it tasted nice both times. Smoothies here are nice too."
• "Me and my partner went for dinner here and safe to say we were blown away, we both ordered from the plant based menu and it did not disappoint."
• "The food, service and atmosphere is Amazing!"
• "The tofu curry tasted wonderful but was served luke warm and my rice dish had a lovely flavour but was incredibly salty."
• "Vegan deserts are amazing! I have not been that satisfied with anything since going vegan."

Cons:

• "The waffles were awesome. Pepperoni pizza was nice as well, however the dough didn't rise completely."
• "Had a terrible experience with an afternoon tea which my partner posted about before."
• "Very disappointing vegan pie. Low quality ingredients, not fresh, small portion and side salad was a few leaves with no dressing."
• "Not impressed for £7.50! Not a good experience to tempt people away from meat dishes."
• "The breakfast was not as advertised. No plant based bacon and the tofu was not scrambled, this without explanation."