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| Vitao was a 100% vegan upmarket cafe/restaurant on [[Locale Oxford Street|Oxford Street]]. It has now closed, though as of late 2017 the owners run a weekday lunchtime market stall outside the American International Church on Tottenham Court Road, just around the corner. |
A 100% vegan upmarket cafe/restaurant on [[Locale Oxford Street|Oxford Street]]. |
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The information below is retained for historical purposes. |
Previously known as VitaOrganic <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/2759955621/ photo]</small>, it changed its name to Vitao in mid-2010 and then again to Vantra. It also moved from Wardour Street to Oxford Street in late 2013. The system of serving food may also have changed — the comments below relate to a visit in August 2008, and we haven't visited since the rebranding/move. |
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<div class="old_info"> A 100% vegan upmarket cafe/restaurant on [[Locale Oxford Street|Oxford Street]]. Previously known as VitaOrganic <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/2759955621/ photo]</small>, it changed its name to Vitao in mid-2010 and then again to Vantra <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/90117465@N00/14166855590/ photo]</small>. It also moved from Wardour Street to Oxford Street in late 2013. As of January 2017 it seems to have changed its name back to Vitao. |
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* [https://saltandsheikh.com/2014/01/26/vantra-tottenham-court-road/ Salt And Sheikh review] |
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* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/6412.htm London Eating comments] |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]], August 2008 (at the old location).</div> </div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]], August 2008 (at the old location). Opening hours taken from the Vitao website, December 2013.</div> |
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category='Now Closed' |
category='Cafes,Takeaway,Totally Vegetarian,Vegan Friendly,Vegetarian Friendly,Wholefoods' |
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postcode='' summary='Now closed; was an upmarket vegan cafe on Oxford Street.' website='http://www.vitaorganic.co.uk/' website='' |
postcode='W1D 2DW' summary='Upmarket vegan cafe on Oxford Street.' website='http://www.vitaorganic.co.uk/' website='' |
A 100% vegan upmarket cafe/restaurant on Oxford Street.
Previously known as VitaOrganic photo, it changed its name to Vitao in mid-2010 and then again to Vantra. It also moved from Wardour Street to Oxford Street in late 2013. The system of serving food may also have changed — the comments below relate to a visit in August 2008, and we haven't visited since the rebranding/move.
It aims to sell organic, gluten free, no sugar food. Some food is live. It sells food by the 'scoop' at lunchtime.
secretlondon had a takeout box in August 2008. Four of the abovementioned scoops half-filled a large box and cost £5 to take out (it would have been more to eat in). A variety of hot food was available and some salads (dressing on the salad cost 20p extra). The selections of hot vegetables were labelled things like (something) chakra, with no additional explanation. They had raw vegan chocolate cake for £4/slice (takeaway).
secretlondon's verdict: The food was nice, but it was pricier than Beatroot and some of the marketing triggered my Bullshit Detector. If you're into raw wholefoods you'd probably love it though.
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