Madre Tierra

Of all the cities I visited in Spain, I did the least research on Toledo. (We were only there for an afternoon.) I had several places bookmarked, but didn’t really make any notes on them. So when we approached Madre Tierra, I had no idea it was a vegetarian place. Back home, that would send me scurrying away, but my fiancée lamented how much she missed vegetables after so many nights of the holy tapas trilogy of meat and carbs and oil. I relented and we went inside.
I was pleasantly surprised that Madre Tierra was the kind of vegetarian restaurant that actually offered some tasty flavors for people who like more than a bowl of twigs.
I had the arribiata (spicy) pizza (10.40 €) and really liked it. We also started with some veggie dumplings (10.90 €) that blew me away with flavor. Because we were so stuffed from the day’s meals, we ended up boxing up the pizza and taking it back to the hotel. It held up as cold breakfast the next morning.
With wine and water our total tab for two was 42.20 €.
Normally, I wouldn’t be caught dead in a vegetarian restaurant, but Madre Tierra has an extensive menu with things even the most voracious carnivore could enjoy.
One weird thing about Madre Tierra — the hand driers in the bathroom are not plugged in. There was some kind of air freshener thing in the only outlet. Am I supposed to unplug that, then stretch the hand drier cord over the sink with wet hands? Bizarre. Also, they have motion sensors in the bathroom, so if you’re not moving, the lights go out. Dumb.

Wonderful surprise for vegetarians and vegans in Toledo. Excellent healthy, tasty food and service. They even invited us to look into the kitchen when we showed interest in how the food was individually prepared to order.

We were a group of 5 hungry people and followed Unilocal rating to this place. However it was not as per our expectations (especially after 4 days of amazing food in Barcelona!) — the breaded cheese & spring rolls were great but the rest of the food — musaka, wok rice noodles and even the salad was too oily. however the ambience was really good and this may be the only option here in Toledo for vegetarians.

The only vegetarian restaurant I could find in the whole of Toledo — the alternative would have been a vegetable paella in one of these ultra-​touristy cafés.
This place is huge! I went late in the afternoon so it wasn’t very busy. Service was excellent and so was my Mousaka with Seitan (though, come to think of it, seitan cubes wouldn’t be my first choice in this recipe — soya chunks, maybe…). It was a main dish and I expected a salad or accompaniment of some sort but there was none, so I’d probably have a starter next time. Desert was very good if fairly standard (brownie with ice cream) and coffee (americano) was ok (from a Nespresso machine rather than a real espresso machine).
A lovely place away from the tourist trail yet very close to the Cathedral. Don’t miss it.

Fresh, fresh, fresh ingredients.
We had the country pizza, scallop with tufu and the second salad on the menu with goat cheese and they were all delicious.

So who knew, and excellent vegetarian place in the land of ham and crusty bread.
It was a recommendation from the Rick Steve’s book, as we were staying at one of his recommend hostal, right around the corner, so the location was convenient.
We were looking for change from the tapas bars and ham/​bacon.
Excellent pizza — the mushroom + caprese was really good — flavorful with a enough spice to keep you interest. The wife had a wonderful salad full of fresh ingredients and a sweet goat cheese.
Honestly, it was so good, it was tough to even think of this restaurant as only a vegetarian place.

We liked everything we order!
— rollitos de verduras — delicious!
— crema de verduras — love it!
— crema de espinaca was just ok.
— salads
— canelones de espinacas
Fue el unico lugar vegetariano q pudimos encontrar en Toledo y fue genial :)

Like all the reviews here below, we concur you will find this a welcome oasis of clean healthy eats in an otherwise tapa filled city.
A beautiful warm atmosphere of bohemian chic welcomes you into a feast for your senses.
Seven years of trajectory makes this a seamlessly run kitchen and dining area.
We are on a clean diet of raw food and though they offer cheeses and dishes with dairy and eggs we stuck to the mostly raw unprocessed dishes, which were satisfying to the belly.
Ample variety of choices and delicious desserts. So subtle and flavorful.
Affordable and exquisite at the same time.
You will be charmed.

Ambiente y música agradables. El local es tranquilo y esta bien decorado. La comida sabrosa y variada. Servicio correcto. Recomendable.

After the endless eating places featuring hanging hams, boring salads, and potato chips for an appetizer, this restaurant listed by Rick Steves was wonderful. It wasn’t that easy to find, but was so beautiful and welcoming when we walked in. Although spacious, we were the only people there for lunch for nearly an hour. The decoration, the music, and the relaxed pace of our excellent meal were a real treat from the busy streets around Plaza Zocodover. Everything we had was excellent and although it wasn’t inexpensive, it also didn’t cost that much more than some truly disappointing meals we have had in our 2 weeks in Spain.

This was a wonderful surprise to find, and a welcome break from the seemingly unending parade of tapas restaurants that all serve pretty much the same items. It is recommended in the Rick Steves guidebook, so we gave it a try for lunch.
We were welcomed by a very friendly hostess/​server who spoke very little English (and we speak very little Spanish), so she gave us the Spanish menu and the English menu, plus a little pocket translation dictionary. We did our best to order in Spanish and she was patient with us.
Our meals were absolutely incredible. I ordered the tofu and mushroom croquettes which were served with a light basil pesto. Mouth-​watering! The bread was «gratis» and served with fragrant Spanish olive oil.
I enjoyed this restaurant and wish we encountered more like it during our trip to Spain!

Attempts to be fine dining vegeterian. Very nice décor. Quiet background music from an Irish female la la la vocalist. On our visit there were only a few tables occupied, but also only one server. Service was very slow. The onion soup with cheese was excellent except too salty. The signature salad excellent. Rather expensive even for a toursist town: soup and salad for two, one beer, one bottle of water, one dessert, 1 coffee, one tea, 54 euros (approx $ 76) before tip.