HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You

Excellent

Very useful for all vegetarians and vegans across the globe

Fantastic smoothies, breakfast and lunch meals to satisfy vegans and non vegans. Owner Brittany is very friendly and made our meal fresh in front of us. Fresh whole food ingredients in a relaxed environment. Will definitely be back!

Handy for travel, but clunky to navigate and cumbersome to update. Restaurant descriptions tend to downplay places that aren’t 100% veg, e.g., Asian or Middle Eastern eateries that might actually have better veg options than an all-vegan spot right next door. Ratings are also skewed due to limits on places that serve meat, and there’s a stated “4-to-6-week” lag in entering a new place because all listings must be vetted by Happy Cow central command rather than users. Not great for an app that I actually paid for, but still easier to use than Happy Cow’s litany of listings on the web.

Great for vegans and vegetarians who travel or just want some good new local options to try.

Poor UX design, especially when moving the map somewhere you’re not currently located

I use this app extensively on my iphone, it's excellent and has proved to be a great resource, local and aboard. however, on ipad, i'm perplexed as to why the developer would eschew from adding landscape support. for that, i'm knocking off two stars. why would i want to use this application in portrait mode when I dock my ipad on a magic keyboard? please add ipad landscape support. don't assume that people use their ipad the same way they use their iphone. thanks.

On July 27 HappyCow sent out a newsletter that featured an extremely frail and unhealthy looking woman who clearly had an eating disorder. The photos of this woman were very disturbing. I emailed them to ask for an explanation and apology and no response. I’m not sure what they have to gain by featuring people with eating disorders but I am no longer interesting in using an app from a company who’s values don’t align with mine.

This is my go-to restaurant finding app, and I recommend it to every vegan I encounter. It’s especially helpful for finding vegan food when traveling. One feature I think would be cool to have is a map showing all the places you’ve reviewed.

Great info. Easy to use. Also use it when traveling in other countries.