Nissi Vegan Méxican Cuisine: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Nissi Vegan Méxican Cuisine serves an entirely vegan menu from Suite C-6 on Research Boulevard in North Austin. The restaurant’s site calls it Austin’s first 100% plant-based restaurant and says all of the food is vegan. Vegetarians and vegans can order anything.

Soy and plant proteins stand in for the meats, and the menu uses the familiar Mexican names. Birria leads. You get three birria tacos ($17) on double corn tortillas with queso inside, plus a cup of consommé for dipping, hot sauce, cilantro, onion, and lime. Ramen Birria swaps the tacos for gluten-free rice noodles cooked in that consommé, and you can add birria soy protein. The online order page prices it from $10 to $15 by size. A Google reviewer quoted on the website says the birria let a vegetarian try the dish for the first time.

For the Taquiza ($16.50), you get five street tacos on yellow corn tortillas and pick a protein: Carne Asada, Fajita, Cheekn, Birria, Al Pastor, Picadillo, or Chicharron. That same list feeds the Burrito Plate, Nacho Plate, Taco Plate, and Chalupa Plate. A single street taco costs $4. The Taco Plate ($16.50) adds four tacos with rice and refried beans. The Burrito Plate ($16) wraps beans, your protein, lettuce, tomato, onion, cilantro, guac sauce, and cashew cream in a large flour tortilla, with rice, beans, and spicy pickled onion on the side. Carne Asada Fries ($16) pile fries with queso, refried beans, crema, guac sauce, and jalapeños. Pozole, Flautas, Tamales, and a Burger fill out the entrees. The Burger ($16.50) uses an Impossible patty with Violife cheddar, guacamole, vegan mayonnaise, mustard, pickles, and fries.

Smaller orders work too. Chips come with salsa, queso, or guac sauce, and the Mayan Gold Tostada ($7.50) layers avocado, cilantro, and onion on two hard shells. The queso is potato based, gluten free, soy free, and nut free, and the kitchen makes the refried beans from scratch. Fishless Tacos return seasonally for Lent, with banana blossom standing in for fish, plus ranch, Baja sauce, and pico de gallo. Dessert is Churro Nachos, flour chips dusted with cinnamon and vegan sugar and glazed with vegan chocolate. Vegan vanilla ice cream is an optional add-on.

Drinks include Hempchata, Tamarindo, Limeade, and Jamaica at $5, $6, or $7 by size, along with Mexican Coca-Cola, Topo Chico, and coffee. Hempchata is a rice and hemp seed drink.

Nut allergies need a look at the menu. Queso is nut free, but the crema is cashew based. Many dishes carry a GF label for gluten free, and the Taco Plate can be gluten free depending on the protein you pick.

Hours run Monday through Saturday from 11am to 8pm. Sundays are closed. Call (512) 994-8226, order online through Square for pickup or delivery, or book a table on the restaurant’s site. The Square page also sells protein by the pound for $16, with seven days of notice. You can also book parties and order catering for birthdays, corporate events, and weddings.

You’ll find it at 9012 Research Boulevard, Suite C-6, Austin, TX 78758. Go on a weeknight, order the birria tacos, and finish with the churro nachos.