East St. Restaurant,Store,Cafe,Bar in Nelson

Name: East St.
Address: 8 Church Street, City Central, Nelson, New Zealand
Telephone: 6439700575
Rating: 4.8

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East St.

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#47 From 227 in Nelson

9.5

419 Review

Ambience

9.5/10

Food

9.5/10

Interior

9.5/10

Prices

9.5/10

Service

9.5/10

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Price & Cuisine

$$ Mexican, Cafe, Healthy , International, Beer restaurants

Establishment type

Restaurant, Store, Cafe, Bar

Dietary Restrictions

Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan, Gluten Free

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+6439700575

8 Church Street, City Central, Nelson, New Zealand

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Having seen Nelson Provincial Museum, it's time to have a rest at this restaurant. According to the visitors' comments, Vegetarian dishes here are tasty. Many guests come to degust nicely cooked tofu, tofu salads and nacho chips. The truth is that you will really like good cheesecakes, chocolate mousse and brownies. Clients visit East St. to drink delicious craft beer, cider or draft beer. You will be offered great latte, lemonade or tea. The atmosphere of hospitality of this place highly depends on the staff, that is energetic here. If you want to experience prompt service, you should visit this spot. Prices are found adequate here. You will appreciate the terrific decor and quiet atmosphere of this restaurant. Google users awarded East St. 4.7.

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Steph K

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A month ago

Excellent experience at East Street, lovely interior/ decor and courtyard, staff super friendly, attentive and efficient. I’m not vegan or vegetarian but really enjoyed my meal (see photo). Others’ meals looked delicious too. I don’t personally like alt milk coffee so didn’t try it here and they don’t open till 12 anyway. Would definitely come back for food - must be pretty with the lights in the evening. Dogs welcome!😉 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Judit Angeli

4 months ago

What a great experience! This was our second time visiting the restaurant! We had the burger, garbanzo fingers, and Buddha bowl plus desserts, coffees and drinks. Absolutely wow, delicious, beautifully presented and such a cool place. I didn’t take enough photos as we ate them before I had a chance. I just wish they were open more as we would come a lot more frequently. Sundays please! Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $30–40 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Happy Buddha Bowl

Hayden Strand

3 months ago

My partner and I were out for our final night visiting Nelson. Found ourselves enjoying the best meal yet! We had the ‘crumbed hot pot’ and ‘kissadeer’. Both meals were absolutely fantastic, the vibe and the staff were amazing. Wish we found this place earlier!!! See you again soon. Service Dine in Meal type Dinner Price per person $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Konni Starr

9 months ago

When you walk in it’s an instant wow, the decor is amazing! I’ve been here twice now and both times the food has been on point with some of the best vegan food I’ve had. The first time I got the nachos which were amazing. My friend got one of the salads with falafel and it looked good so I came back a couple of days later and ordered it. It was really tasty, it had so many different flavours which had the sourness from the pickled cabbage and the nuttiness of the tahini and the seeds which made it really well balanced. My dad got the sandwich and fries which he said he really enjoyed, we also got the immunity tea which was really yummy. I’m here on holiday and I intend to come back at least once again before I leave.

Daniel Russell-White

3 weeks ago

I've been here lots of times. On my own or with my wife, & other people. Never heard a complaint, & have always enjoyed my time. Tejas & Vicky are superb people with beautiful hearts. Best restaurant in Nelson award goes to East St. I've been a chef for several years in my life & have sampled the whole menus. I've never been served anything that wasn't delicious & abundant here, & Five Stars 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Service Dine in Meal type Other Price per person $30–40 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Kimchi Pancake

Misha Gildenberger

6 months ago

I adored this place. Super animal friendly, my dog was allowed inside while I had a delicious veggie meal and a cocktail. The atmosphere is the most beautiful I’ve seen in New Zealand. I’ll be back! Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $30–40 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Hugh Hucklesby

A year ago

Excellent spot for GF and vegan food. Not a vegan myself but definitely still enjoyed the meal. Super quiet when we went but still had a good atmosphere. Friendly staff and good sized portions of food. Definitely recommend it. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Stephen Spencer

2 months ago

I didn’t release until I ordered my coffee that East Street isn’t just vegan friendly, but exclusively vegan, so I declined the proffered multiple alternative milks for my latte and went for the juice instead. It was a great choice. The salads, and drinks were all generous serves and extremely tasty. A great place for lunch even if you’re not a vegan, and there’s plenty of places nearby to get that proper coffee. Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Revan Kon

TLDR: I hate to do it to a city's only vegan restaurant, but we literally could not finish our food, it was not good, nor fresh. Food: we were so excited to find an all vegan restaurant in such a small town. Unfortunately, it became clear right away that the high ratings come from a lack of competition (or maybe they just had a bad day). However, we ordered coffee and a chai latte. The coffee was bitter and tasted old. We also ordered nachos, breakfast scramble, and chickpea fries. The nachos had a pool of grease in the bowl we've never experienced with nachos before making the entire bottom greasy and soggy. The "cheese" was quite bland and every ingredient tasted canned. The chickpea fries had no seasoning and looked great but tasted like nothing, we tried one and left the rest. Lastly, the breakfast plate was just there. The tofu scramble did not have any liquid aminos, nutritional yeast, or black salt to make it taste "eggy". It just seems like tofu and turmeric with nothing else. Overall, very sad and we had to go get food elsewhere, leaving hungry after paying the bill. Service: nice, but seemed very distracted. We visited after opening so we were one of only two tables, so it wasn't like they were busy. Service was average. Atmosphere: a very cute interior that got our hopes up for the overall meal. Probably one of the nicer interiors for a vegan restaurant in all of NZ. Service Dine in Meal type Brunch Food: 1 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes Garbanzo Fingers

Rana Corinne

Delicious Vegan food and such friendly staff! Beautiful plants & decor, loved the record cover menus too 😊 Definitely worth a visit if you're in Nelson! So cool to see a fully Vegan eatery 💚🌿 Service Dine in Meal type Lunch Price per person $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes Stuffed Mushrooms