Another great spot right on the ding ding in Central/Western. Behind a set of sliding doors, this…read moretranquil (at least on the weekends) and clean spot place is right behind the Western Market. It's self serve, semi-buffet style where you pay for the prepared dishes ($20/100g, min $38), and get as much rice, congee, soup, and warm tea as you'd like afterwards. No plastic utensils if you eat in (yay sustainable restaurants) amd plenty of tables. Food is tasty for vegetarian, with favorites being the sushi looking rolls and the taro. I suspect dishes will change daily so YMMV. Free stuff and paid stuff is all kept warm and tasted fresh (rice is mixed rice, which is yummier than just plain old bak fan). Soup is delicious too (drank 2 bowls!) Will be back soon - they make the veggies taste much better than I can cook at home!

Vegetarian buffet lunch. $20 / 100 grams including all the 5 grain rice & soup you want. Plenty of…read morevariety, tasty, & healthy. Mine came to $60 for a lot. Don't know why vegetarian everywhere can't be this good.

After having mostly great reviews of this buffet was eager to see how this was. Biggest plus for…read morethis restaurant is that it is all vegetarian. The day we went all the dishes were vegan, but three. So I classified this as even a bigger plus. There are enough signs on all dishes what allergens they had. The three dishes we saw had eggs a fried rice, a noodle dish and a Hot & Sour soup. When we went there was a lineup of about 5 but we quickly moved ahead in 5-10 minutes. It got a lot busier after we sat. But there are lots of tables and people keep moving out. Many in the line are takeout customers as well. The staff is very quick in clearing out the tables. Although there are clear signs that customers are supposed to take their dishes away and put the green waste (leftover food) in a bin and cutlery and plates separately. But some do not. The inside is clean and bright but the tables are bit tighter and but difficult to stand up and go for food. The food is good some deep fried fritters and most other items are healthier. None of them are overly spiced or seasoned. There are a few different spicy sauce bottles if you wish to. The food good and many dishes were completely changed when we went again. For about $100 HKD, you can't go wrong.

Love some veggies. And love me some buffet. This place is tucked away, super group friendly, good…read moreto try an assortment of delicious veggies/tofu/noodles/soups/rices/sushi/desserts with a little Hong Kong flare! Of course buffets are a bit dangerous because I have the tendency to go ham on them.... "lady in the street but a freak at the buffet!" ‍‍‍ but hey when there is so much to try why not get a little nibble of each dish!? Anyway, the Tempora style veggies were to die for, the range of flavors were delicious and not too out there for those travelers that aren't so adventurous, and the at home with family feel that you get when you come in is great! Serve yourself, feed yourself and put your dishes in the The clean up box! Simple. easy. wonderful!

If the girl down on D'Aguilar and Stanley had not been standing there with her giant sign…read moreadvertising the place, we would not have known VeggieSF was here (so it goes for so many Hong Kong restaurants). It is located about a block away from the street corners mentioned above and my husband and I thought it was a worthy place to stop in for a late lunch. We walked in around 2pm on a Friday and had missed the lunch crowds. We specifically had wanted to go to this spot for it being a vegetarian establishment and everyone on this earth (including us) could hazard to get more greens into their daily diet. Veggie SF spin on this is that with so many outbreaks in the world of listeria and other animal based diseases that have made it into the human food chain, eating vegan is the right choice to avoid all this. Early reviews mentioned a busy lunch hour and a surely staff, but this was quite the opposite of our experience when we went at 2pm (In Hong Kong, if you are with the 3 million people in about a two square mile radius that is trying to eat lunch, this is just a consequence of your environment...it is what it is and nobody should be shocked when an eatery is busy at lunchtime). We had a delicious meal and were impressed with the creativity the menu choices (spinach oyster puried soup was scrumptous!), weekly rotation of some new items on the menu (the mock chicken skewer was so good, you could not have known the difference from the real thing), the visual feast of "circa 1960 decor meets San Francisco neighborhood cool" to keep your eyes busy while you are sitting there (we especially loved the SF 49er display!) and loved seeing the owner there on sight. Everyone should eat more greens. Make it easy and fun for yourself and your family by disguising those greens binto the creative meals at VeggieSF. We will be back.

It's a super cute place. When I first stepped foot out the elevator, I thought, wait - is this a…read moretoy store? They just have so many vintage trinkets so feel like you're at a store than restaurant as you enter. It has dim lighting, and it's a small-ish space, so you feel quite cosy. DEFINITELY a great date spot! They were also playing swing jazz, which really was the cherry on top regarding ambience. I'm in love. The food menu was quite extensive. It was quite hard for me to pick as there didn't seem to be any way the menu is categorised. There's some asian-inspired dishes, some veggie burgers, pastas, salads... I went with a burger in the end. It was beetroot based center and came with small side of salad and pumpkin and potato wedges. Salad was good, with a light yummy dressing. The burger I was surprisingly impressed with, usually veggie burgers are more of a miss for me. I thought the beetroot was made to a texture really similar to mince beef - very yummy. The wedges though was more of a miss. It still looked grilled from the outside, but when you bite into it, it tastes like it was boiled. I think the kitchen might've done a shortcut in grilling their veg! Overall great experience, service was very friendly too. Not the best value veggieplace, but I think you pay for the ambience and for service. Will go again, and most probably with a man this time :)

There are so many restaurants in Hong Kong that you reeeeallllly have to like one to go back…read moremultiple times. For me, Craft Steak is definitely one of those places. Let's be honest- steak is friggin expensive in Hong Kong, but you get a perfectly cooked, good sized piece of meat for a very reasonable price ($288 for a 14 oz ribeye). A carnivores delight! The atmosphere is classy and the service top-notch. The host even remembered me when I came in. Sides (especially the fries) are a great compliment to the steak. There's even a special on Wednesday nights that includes several different cuts, salad and sides. If you're hankering for some bovine flesh, head to Elgin Street and indulge!

One of the better steak house in Soho. You definitely can find the cut you're looking for. The…read moresteaks are charcoal grilled, very juicy and delicious. Minus side, the waiters are super disorganized, at least 2-3 waiters came to our table and repeated the same questions. "- would you like to have wine?". "- do you want some dessert" and so on. I can't complain that they are not service minded. But it's really annoying when another waiter come and repeat the same question when its already answered. Its a bit pricey but if you get the asiaexpat supermonday.com card and you can dine 50% off on Mondays.

While I went in wanting to try their wraps or non-Chinese food, ended up ordering mapo tofu. They…read moreexplicitly used the term Sichuan and the person taking my order warned me of it being very spicy. Imagine my disappointment when it didn't look spicy. And the Sichuan fiery taste - far from it. On asking for any spicy sauce, she led me to their black pepper powder on the counter. And tabasco! The tofu was good and the rice, well cooked, hearty grains separated yet that slight stickiness to each other. But, that Sichuan spicy mapo tofu, nope. I was mighty disappointed. More photos and details on my blogs. Links also in profile. thevegetarianvoyager[dot]wordpress[dot]com nycbonviveur[dot]wordpress[dot]com

Not a bad little place for vegetarian food. The menu is in Chinese though. But great little place…read morefor vegetarians to eat. You can ask for a English menu.

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.

Po Lin Yuen is about 4.5 blocks from where I live and I'd have to say, it's awesome having a…read morevegetarian restaurant such close by for a vegetarian like myself!! Yes, I'm a fan! :) I rarely eat in here because I'd ALWAYS bring food back home and eat at my place, but I have eaten in here a few with times with friends, classmates, and relatives. Eating in here is good too. I just usually bring things back to my apt so that I can multitask and do other things while I eat. :) The food here is pretty flavorful and yummy if you like Asian vegetarian food. It's pretty small and tiny as it is being run by Asian folks more on the older side... But nevertheless, you can get tons of goodies here ranging from dim sum (both sweet and savory), soy milk, soup, lunch boxes ($25 - what an awesome price!), noodles, rice, etc. I always get their lunch boxes for $26 (add an extra dollar if you want noodles or rice noodles instead of rice). The selection changes on a weekly basis and with $25, you get your rice, side, and soup or soy milk. I always pick soup since I like their soup more than their soy milk. Give it a try if you're in the area. They have take away menus in both English and Chinese.

A tiny hole in the wall, with no sit-in seating -- so this only works if you're looking to make a…read moreto-go order. They have breakfast and dim sum specials for low prices, but I was here for dinner, so ordered a rice dish with mixed vegetables and tofu ($49), which came with lotus root soup -- don't think I've had a blander meal in HK. Perhaps I ordered the wrong thing. With so many good vegetarian places in HK, I can't really recommend this.

I was really impressed with how creative they got with their dishes. At one point, everyone at our…read moretable was asking each other, "Are you sure this isn't meat?!" The sweet and sour "pork" was a hit for my group. So was the vegetarian sashimi platter, where we all tried to figure out what the mock meat was made of. The "jellyfish" was also really good, and it was interesting that it was in a peanut-flavored sauce. I can't really comment on service other than it seemed quick. There was never a long waiting period in between dishes. I was on vacation with my boyfriend's family, and I don't speak any Cantonese, so they took care of the communication part. I did see an Indian family while we were there, so I'm sure communication should be fine if you don't speak Cantonese. This meal was towards the end of our stay in HK and it's a good meal to cleanse your body. Afterwards, you can walk the strip on Nathan Road and go shopping - walk off your meal!

If you think Hong Kong is a good vegetarian city because it's so diverse -- not completely true if…read moreyou want to get non-Western food. I think the trap is that dishes can *sound* vegetarian, but almost all common broths and sauces contains non-vegetarian items in it. Whenever I go vegetarian, I have a hard time finding more than one item on the menu at any cha chaan teng, because I know what actually goes in it. Which is what makes these sorts of vegetarian restaurants popular. Chinese vegetarian is not just "no killing of animals". They adhere to buddhist vegetarian habits, and don't use certain pungent vegetables like onions, garlic or chives in their cooking. That said, they are also somehow ok with making vegetables look and taste like meat. Gluten puffs that is chewy like a piece of stewed chicken? Sure! Soy protein packed together and sliced like ham? Why not. That is the sort of food you will get here -- vegetarian versions of popular pan-Chinese dishes, with the protein replaced by various plant-items ranging from the innocuous (tofu) to the there's-no-way-this-is-organic. Every bite brought me such surprise, because they do resemble the original dishes -- but it also makes me think, why? Are we not worthy to have vegetarian dishes that celebrate the vegetables on their own merit? That said, if you want some Chinese dishes but don't eat meat, this isn't bad and have a lot more variety of vegetarian dishes than other Chinese places. It also isn't bad for a good karma meal on Buddha's birthday. It just isn't something I actively look forward to.