A restaurant that is dedicated to serving Vegetables and Non-Meat Protein, one would think its a…read morenovel idea as more and more are opting for non-animal product food source in our more environmentally conscious society! Actually, this type of restaurants has been in existence in Hong Kong or China for hundreds of years if not more, it has a religious connection to most of these establishments as they usually are connected to a Temple or a Monastery that are either Buddhist or Taoist. Veggie Palace is categorized as a "private home kitchen" as it is officially not open to the public, all patrons has to reserve and will be contacted by them to go through menu selection. Prices are fixed, Lunch - HK$188.00 / Dinner - HK$268.00 per person Menu items are Omakase Style - as the Chef will decide what is best of the season and also according to personal taste. They will even keep a record of your past visits to make sure that the menu items you had perviously will not be repeated! Highlight items: Assorted Cold Appetizer as you can see from my photo, this has a variety of items, the centre is a mixed salad with julianne of cucumber, mushrooms, black fungus, and pomelo, it is then surrounded by veggie maki sushi roll, thousand year eggs, veggie ham etc. It is served with a light soy & vinegar based dressing, amazingly refreshing and tasty, I believe it is a signature starter that each table will get! And I am sure it will be requested even if they do not offer it in your next visit! The Mushroom & Vegetables Gyoza in Pumpkin Purée, savoury pumpkin surrounds this small package of amazing umami, the natural sweetness of the vegetables are brought to a new hight with the deep flavours of the mushrooms! Looks like a simple dish, but I am sure the Chef puts in a lot of thought and effort to make this a perfect dish!! As you can see, all the items are presented very well, and non of the dishes tasted the same! Contact them directly to make a reservation and discuss menu selection, and I am sure you will be a fan as well!!

We arrived in Hong Kong on a lazy Sunday evening. We found Veggie Palace near our hotel. The…read morerestaurant had more patrons than other restaurants around it, so we decided to eat there. We ordered 2 different Stone Bowl Rice set menu items. #2 with Eggplant and #4 with Lion's Head Mushroom (I believe called Lion's Mane Mushroom in the US) We liked both dishes including the accompanying Soup and appetizers. The Eggplant dish was savory without being greasy (Unlike most eggplant dishes cooked in a wok). The Lion's head Mushroom was very umami and had the texture and flavor of perfectly cooked beef cubes. Service was fast, friendly and efficient.

The servers in this place were horrible, rude and unprofessional…read more We had a few questions about the dishes and this one particular female server was very impatient and did not want to explain to us. There was NO language barriers since we all spoke Cantonese. At one point, after being asked a question about dessert, this server, not only did she not explain to us, she simply justed walked off! The food was not bad, but the service was so extraordinary horrible that I will not want to return!

Alright, I realize how important it is for me to write a review of this place, considering that I…read morevisited back in Nov 2016 and there hasn't been an English language review of it on yelp. Nov 30th was my penultimate night in Hong Kong (I flew back in mid-November for a visit and stayed 13 days), and as such, it was also my lunar calendar birthday (which I don't pay attention to). My favorite aunt & uncle insisted on a celebration, and with them pushing 80, I would lean towards something healthier. It was either the infamous Tung Po (東寶小館) in the Java Street Wet Market, or something dialed back. "How about something...vegetarian?" "Sure, your uncle knows a place near Jaffe Road in Wanchai". Wanchai is a commercial area near the convention center, and it's 7 blocks from the foothills to the sea - Gloucester Rd is an expressway on the water's edge, Lockhart is known for Filipino girly bars, Hennessy is where the trams run, and Jaffe is a mid-class hotel street. It's not entirely tour guide friendly like Causeway Bay, Sheung Wan or TaiKoo. Still, I know the south side of Wanchai, and the MTR stop is nearby (we are heading West, Uncle and Aunt will head East after the meal) and it's convenient for us. We met up on Hennessey & Stewart near the Caltex gas station, and walked to a tiny 60 seat restaurant on the ground floor, overlooking a rather quiet side street. First impressions? Elegant but a bit ostentatious. Mentions in the local press are prominently displayed near the door, along with some local culinary hob-nobbery, not quite Buddhism in creed. We made prior reservations and were seated near the window. First, a pot of puer tea (serve the elders first), then we ordered a few items. See, I am always perplexed by restaurants offering substitutes of meat dishes, the so-called mock meat movement. I like the idea of tempeh and gluten bits, but I just don't think it helps anyone to make them look like it came from an animal part (I mean, if the argument is not to harm animals...why make a mock pig and butcher it? If that's the case, make it a tofu infant. If eating that is wrong I don't want to be right). So my aunt decided to order some chitterlings (very Cantonese), some spare ribs, some vegetarian peking duck, a portion of tonkatsu, some fried noodles, and truffles fried rice baked in a pumpkin. The ribs and chitterlings were made out of gluten and tofu sheets and had a convincing texture, while the tonkatsu had a tempeh interior. They are not made out of meat, but for some reason, they were flavored like they were, and for a moment you do not miss it. The Peking duck were treated with the usual camphor savoriness and that crisp skin made you forget that there should be chewy morsels of duck meat underneath which were replaced by gluten strands. If you wrap it around the usual lotus bun "pancake" with the scallion and hoisin sauce, you might not catch on at first. I mean, it's definitely a weird sensation eating something that were flavored like it's made out of meat, with the sensation similar to meat, but not quite it. The fried noodles came in, and it was your garden variety vegetable fried noodles with mushrooms - good, but not great. The Truffles fried rice served in the pumpkin was tasty in that the rice was topped with a creamy mushroom sauce, and you were supposed to break off bits of roasted pumpkin into your rice. It was quite good. Dessert was on-the-house as part of the meal and features your usual platter of fruit (pineapples and melons) and an azuki bean based sweet dessert soup (your typical Cantonese tongsui 糖水). Overall, a great experience. It was a healthy break from some possibly regrettable meal choices during the HK trip, and I think the elders enjoyed it as well. The next time I am in HK I'll totally stop in for a meal.

I was happily surprised how good the food & prices were given vegetarian is not my thing. We had…read morethe "light lunch" set & it was plenty, interesting & tasty. I would recommend this to my vegetarian friends. Note this place is not vegan as they have eggs & milk. But you can order vegan.

Very friendly owner…read more They offer a selection for lunch, You basically choose 2-3 appetizers and a main entree. I had the yams, sushi platter, and japanese eggplant. I wasn't expecting the Chinese yam to look or taste nothing like a sweet potato since the japanese eggplant taste like an eggplant. I also had my first experience with cold vermicelli soup. I've never seen this option before in a Japanese restaurant. The strong lime taste made it refreshing even if unusual. Even after eating those dishes, i still felt hungry afterwards which makes this vegetarian restaurant in common with a traditional sushi restaurant.

We went there last evening for dinner. It was earlyish and they weren't as busy but by the time we…read morewere done, the place was filling up. Predominantly vegan, the place can be described as ovo lacto vegetarian. Jasmine tea, preserved vegetable dumplings with broth, fried noodles with vegetables, fried rice with chinese mahogany and an eggplant claypot was on the table. With a side of pickled cucumbers and mushrooms. The claypot eggplant was the star, flavorful and very tender. Spicier would've made the dish star-rier. It didn't occur to me that the fried noodles would be actually fried and not stir fried. Abundant mushrooms in that one. The fried rice was nicely done, crisp vegetables and all. The white pepper brings out the flavors. The dumplings were good, thin wrappers and mostly mushrooms in there. The broth was simple but tasted good, and I think it was the white pepper that did it again. They have non-Taiwanese / international dishes on the menu as well, so that maybe for another time.

One of a few pure vegetarian restaurants in Wan Chai. The set up of this place for lunch is similar…read moreto Happy Veggies in Wan Chai and Art Veggies in Sheung Wan, but this is my favorite by far compared to the others. They're similar in the aspect that you get to choose 3 veggie dishes / sides out of 6 listed options. If you work in Wan Chai (or even just in the area) and want to grab a quick vegetarian meal, this is the place to go! I love eating here compared to the other two similar concept restaurants because the food is simply the tastiest of the three. Everything is just super flavorful and tasty. Also, unless Happy Veggies and Art Veggies, they give you a small bowl of rice in case you're the type of person that doesn't eat much rice, but then they give you the option to scoop more rice and soup. Unlimited rice and soup, at your service! The other locations only give you one bowl or rice and one bowl of soup. THUS, if you're the type to eat a lot, you will certainly get the bang for your buck here. I always leave this place pretty full and satisfied. Aside from the veggie sides being yummier than the other places, the portions are larger too for the same price. So... even though Happy Veggies is closer to my office, I still rather take a bit longer time to walk here and eat Liza Veggies' food. :) *FYI - they display their daily veggie options in Chinese... Thus if you can't read Chinese, I recommend coming here with a friend that can read Chinese OR just look around tables to see what others are eating to get a sense of what you would like to get. It is certainly not ideal for non-Chinese readers, but promise it is worth it! My Chinese reading skills aren't all that great too, but I still come back time after time. It's a testament to their food la. ;)

I'm a fan of different kinds of food - vegetarian food is no exception. I've been to this…read morerestaurant two times, both during lunch. Do note that it serves ovo-lacto vegetarian food, which means eggs and dairy are still on the menu. It is a street away from Times Square on the 25th floor, although don't expect spectacular views as blinds cover the windows. The medium-sized interior has a turquoise color scheme (except for the walls) and from my guess can seat 30 diners at a time. Tables are already prepared and after sitting down, you'll be asked what type of tea you would like to drink. I usually drink jasmine green tea for its aroma and subtle flavor, plus I don't have to purchase unnecessary drinks that I could buy elsewhere. Menus will be initially offered in Chinese but you can also ask for an English menu, which contains pictures and is laminated compared to the paper Chinese menu. We ordered the assorted dim sum platter, which consisted of char siu baau, spring rolls, steamed meatballs, and other staples. Since the dim sum comes in a large platter, it's better to eat it immediately when it's hot. We also had a fried rice dish with mushrooms and mixed vegetables, which was devoured quickly as it was so good. Our next dish was fried noodles (again with mushrooms) with chopped carrots and choi sum. The rich and creamy sauce slathered over the noodles tasted so much better that the soy sauce-based noodles I've had in the past. I really didn't miss meat the whole time I was dining here. The vegetarian food was that good. It was savory and salt had a light hand on the majority on the dishes. I think I should take short course on vegetarian cooking to know how to prepare these types of dishes.

Our elaborate meal had dim sum - of course! Fried rice for the child and mapo tofu. And some…read morewontons in sweet spicy chilli sauce. The dim sum was superb. Thin and translucent to the point of being almost entirely transparent. The fried rice was simple but tasted great. The mapo tofu didn't have that Sichuan spicy zing to it. We, nevertheless, polished it all off. With jasmine tea on the side. Certainly a place to visit with groups, but they have little low seated tables too, if you want a date meal. Fairly quick service and I know I mentioned the language, but our server spoke English. I know I'll be visiting here again. More photos and detail on the blog - vegetarianvoyager[dot]com. Link also in profile.

Vegans! Vegetarians! Even you, you Gluten Free'ers! Pure Veggie House is just about the only place…read morein Hong Kong where you have multiple meal options, so listen up real good. Try a variety of their dim sum, hot pot and vegetable platters, because everything is tasty, organic and fresh. The first few pages of the menu show where everything is sourced from, so you know it's a priority. There are even a few desserts to round out the meal. The dining experience itself felt authentic as you can get for vegetarian Cantonese cuisine - the staff was attentive, service was efficient and the atmosphere was really pleasant. There were a few Buddhist monks having dinner there too, so that's another sure sign that you're in the right spot. Pro Tips: - Tricky to get here via Subway, best to catch a Red Taxi - Located in a multi-level shopping building, just take the elevator up!

They have 6-7 dishes. You can choose three for your meal, and you can also add a soup if you want…read more Rice is included. I had a great experience here today. I got choi sum, orange squash, mock ham, and soup. My companion also got the choi sum along with tofu in brown sauce and tofu skin rolls. Everything was very good. I like this place because it is a nice change of pace from the heavy focus on mock meats at other HK vegetarian spots. It was great that the vast majority of choices were recognizable veggies cooked simply and deliciously. Also, don't be deterred by the queue. We went a little after 1pm and there was a long line (probably about 20 people). However, the workers are efficient, so we were through in about 5-7 minutes. Well worth the (short) wait for a delicious meal.

Veg 6 in Causeway Bay was our most recent vegetarian / vegan restaurant exploration. Quite with the…read morelikes of a few others we've visited here, it had a lot of options, replete with dumplings, stir-fry, fried rice, noodles, tofu, and some Japanese rolls. The child had a bit of a meltdown as he was hungry and they were out of the mango rolls, but eventually made peace with rice noodles. We ordered dumplings that were dumped in a spicy, chilli oil dressing. They were excellent. Thin wrappers, subtly flavoured stuffings and a very feisty dressing. The roll was fried kale and veggies. We asked them to skip the eggs, and so that sauce topping was amiss here, but they tasted good, nevertheless, with a touch of wasabi and soy sauce. The stir-fry noodles were your usual, but that "pork" that it came with could perhaps be one of the best textured and tasting pieces of soy/gluten stuff I've had in a while. This was Saturday evening over a long weekend, and it was relieving to get a table without prior reservations at 19:30. More photos and details on my website - thevegetarianvoyager

Came in on our last day before going home…read more Veggie soft shell crab roll - yum! Almost like the real thing. The sweet and sour pork is nice too. The satay is very very good. Very tasty. The bitter melon claypot is also nice. Amazing vegetarian food.

Amazing! Simply phenomenal. As a vegan traveling, it's very difficult to find authentic local…read morecuisine that is veganized. Although this restaurant does use eggs, many of their dishes are vegan. I highly recommend this restaurant. First, their service is amazing. Our waiter had high spirt and was very considerate to cater to my needs. Not only that, but his recommendations led to an amazing and unforgettable experience. Second, their food is prepped with care and artistry. Vegan food is often very creative in order to mimic animal products. The food was outstanding and the menu items were vegetarian takes on authentic Hong Kong/Chinese food. Pictures and descriptions to follow of what we ordered

This Shanghainese style veggie spot was delicious and top notch. From decor and design to the…read morevariation and unique dishes offered, I thought this was a great experience. You have to navigate the bizarre elevators at World Trade Centre to find the one that will take you to the 10th floor. Kung Tak is also on the same floor at Ruby Tuesday, but don't let that be a deterent in you going to this wonderful restaruant. LOL!~ Being in the life situation of eating less meat these days, what a treat to enjoy a meal at Kung Tak Lam. All dishes had great flavor. Great quality vegetarian dishes, full of unique greens, tender tofus, delicious bean curds and Shanghainese noodles. The tofu dumping was a highlight for me and was so unique...it has the consistency of butter, but was soft, syrupy and tofu filled. Kind of a party in your mouth! A special Shanghai red bean flat pancake for desert was the icing on the cake! The staff was friendly, welcoming and available. The room is designed in soft kelly greens, cream colors and has a view of the harbor. The chairs and carpeting are up to date and do not have that warn feel, as is often the case in a Chinese restaurant. The room feels bright, polished and welcoming. Menu has pictures and is also in English.