Vegan
Chinese
清水荷花 - 文殊坊店 serves a large variety of vegetable, tofu, and other dishes. Has vegan yoghurt. Note that it's not located not on street front - you have to pass through a shop and go upstairs. Address in Chinese 青羊区文殊院金马街58号. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-9:30pm. Last order: 8.30pm.
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25 Reviews
First Review by EnmarShaked
thesunrisedreamers
Points +1310
A huuge variety of vegan food - Edit
Easy to spot on the second floor and a few signs pointing the way. There's lots of dishes to order and even a few mini versions. Lots of Sichuan dishes!
Read moreThe dumplings with chili are good and the rice in leaf. The Kung pao is also good!
Wasn't sure about the vegan sausage and veg.
Guest
Yamakaji
Points +18
Sehr leckeres Essen - Edit
Haben verschiedene Gerichte ausprobiert und sie waren alle super lecker
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HugoCruzR
Points +33
Variedad de opciones - Edit
Es un poco difícil de encontrar y los precios son más altos que en otros sitios no obstante, la comida es buena y tienen muchas opciones.
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andreawe
Points +641
Shop inside the restaurant - Edit
The restaurant has a little shop and sells mock meats, hot pot bases, noodle soup seasoning etc!
Read moreWe also ate here for lunch, not convinced about flavours (eggplant was too sweet, pork pieces had too much sichuan pepper...) but nice atmosphere on the upper floor and lovely staff
Updated from previous review on 2024-09-12
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ShaneFoxFront
Points +1197
Great vegan options - Edit
Definitely better when you have Alipay so you can translate the menu. Vast amount of Vegan options love the fungi soup stuff! Great vegan meats, scary at times 😬
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katietheplant
Points +90
Tasty! - Edit
Lovely setting, lovely staff. there’s a paper menu or one on Alipay in english. Great food. also a shop for vegan stuff like hot pot bases or vegan meats.
Read moreWe had mapo tofu, kung pao chicken and aubergine . also sells beer which is a big plus! lots of vegan buddhist places don’t obviously
Pros: great range of dishes, beer!
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GlauciaMonteiro
Points +230
A must visit in Chengdu - Edit
I loved their food selection, I would recommend using Alipay as it has a translating service there, but the food was good, portion was big. I ordered too much food and sat there for 3 hours to people watch while I finished my very delicious meal.
Read morePs: I ordered way too much food, because I wanted to try many of the items on the menu but they only had them in full sizes.
Staff were friendly, the place was a bit difficult to find because the downstairs is under construction, but if you enter through the little opera house, go to the second floor and you’ll find it.
I will some items are vegetarian so not everything is vegan on the menu
Pros: Food , Location , Staff
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jenso
Points +421
Pretty good - Edit
A little pricey but quite good food. Very charming place too.
Read moreGo inside the theatre l, turn to the left and go up the stairs
Updated from previous review on 2024-05-12
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MelaniaGalatiNevill
Points +19
Delicious - Edit
Not the easiest to find, it's upstairs from a little opera house. The food was simply outstanding, fresh and full of flavour..we tried the Dan Dan noodles and the chili oil dumplings. Super yummy
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-05-08
Pros: Food, People , Location
Cons: None
Guest
NickTustin
Points +1086
Amazing - Edit
- mapo tofu - great
Read more- bamboo tripe in red soup - great
- Kung pao chicken - excellent
- yoyo pickled fish - excellent
Delicious tea too
Updated from previous review on 2024-03-06
Guest
Ninadejong
Points +121
Great! - Edit
I was so happy to find this place close to my hostel. Was better than the temple food in my opinion (although the buffet in the temple was also great for value).
Read moreOrdered 5 dishes for 3 people and we couldn’t finish. My favorite was the sweet & sout mushroom and the pancake (?) with chives.
Going back tomorrow!
Pros: All vegan, Delicious, Indoor seating
Cons: No english menu , No english speakers, Difficult to find (i used a previous reviews photo
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Wozza
Points +116
Very nice place - Edit
I've been here twice now and will go back again. Lots of options. It's a little more pricey than the smaller family type restaurant, but not expensive. If you have Alipay, scan the QR code on the table and it will take you to your menu. Alipay has a translate function built in so you can see what you are ordering.
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melanievi
Points +906
delicious - Edit
food here is amazing. they have many non spicy options. the menu is in Chinese but has pictures. they also have the QRcode menu (picture). no one speaks English. I tried the mushroom soup and it was delicious. you can get a simple dish (fried tofu or vegetables) for around 20-30 rmb or something more sophisticated (fungus) for 50-90rmb. a cup of yogurt is 12rbm.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-09-20
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Splimmie
Points +30
Fantastic! - Edit
The location on Happy Cow is indeed a little off. Search for 清水荷花(文殊坊店) on Amap. Locals helped me to get to the restaurant. It looked like they were renovating.
Read moreAnyway, the dishes are super good! I took the leftovers with me and had them for breakfast, still were super tasty.
Updated from previous review on 2023-09-13
Pros: Taste, Friendly staff, Easy ordering
Guest
neil7908
Points +436
Delicious - Edit
Good vegan food is hard to come by in China but this place was a real stand out.
Read moreThere is a huge range of dishes to chose from, with every kind of classic Chinese dish you can imagine. The staff don't speak English but they were very friendly and ordering was easy via a QR code on the table.
Everything we ate was excellent and the price was reasonable.
The location on Happy Cow/Goggle Maps is a little off. We eventually found it by putting the Chinese name into Amap after spending 10 mins using the Google location. I've added a few photos to my review but if you come across a Starbucks, you are close. There are public toilets in front of a sign for the restaurant in English, but you have to go round the back to get in. It's a bit confusing but we were pointed in right direction by some locals. I've added a few photos to help.
Pros: Great food , Cheap , Tasty
Cons: A little hard to find
Guest
MadeleineDuToit
Points +53
Easy to order and tasty vegan menu. - Edit
Not easy to find, but the Google maps is mostly accurate. It's inside a arts and craft centre so you have to poke around using Google maps. Prices are reasonable, food are tasty and super easy to order as the app is in English. It's close to the Zen Hotel.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-07-06
Pros: Vegan, English menu
Guest
yehadut
Points +2089
Meh - Edit
The 龙抄手 (wontons) were not bad. The 麻婆豆腐 (mapo tofu) was not good, just tested like mala powder.
Read moreNot so easy to find. The entrance looked like the shop was a renovated space. Inside it looked like a closed food court. But after I went up the stairs I found the actual restaurant area.
Guest
JRoss
Points +630
Extensive and Enjoyable - Edit
An extensive, interesting pure vegetarian menu with local dishes such as clay pots, noodles, rice etc. Some more unusual salads, stews and tofu options too.
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FrankieW
Points +2670
Huge variety of vegan dishes - Edit
Known by its English name as "A lotus on the water", this restaurant will leave you spellbound by the huge selection and variety of food on offer.
Read moreIt was almost overwhelming to have so much choice. For this reason I think the restaurant deserves repeat visits.
Pros: Varied
Guest
MichaelRobinson
Points +3368
Saved The Best To Last - Edit
After being very let down by the temple restaurant close to here, I wasn't expecting much. We spotted a sign from the street for vegetarian restaurant but also one for Water Lotus (I think this is it so may have changed names?). Anyway we went upstairs and were seated, it was rainy out and quite cold inside but very nicely decorated. WE asked the waitress if it was vegetarian or vegan and she came back with a translation saying they are vegan. The food we ordered was similar to dishes we have had at Michelin star rated Wujie in Shanghai and they were as good if not better! The sweet and sour lions head mushroom was beautifully presented, the batter crisp, the sauce not too sweet just perfect. If only we'd come here on our first night instead of our last! We had a nice chive bread, some noodles and mixed vegetables, I tried a sandwich which was nice too. Downstairs is a shop of products the weirdest being vegan chicken feet, just why?
Read morePros: Lots of options, Delicious, Friendly staff and nice interior
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RickH
Points +63
Great, and actually there! - Edit
Lovely food, but had wasted too much time looking for another elusive vegan restaurant in Chengdu, only to find out that when they say they close at 9 pm, they mean it. We were given a 2 minute warning to eat up at 8.58 pm
Read morePros: Easily found, follow 2nd most recent reviewer.
Cons: Closes punctually.
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Koby
Points +277
Just great - Edit
Here’s how to get there easily:
Read moreFirst arrive in the crossing between Shuncheng st. and Jianghan rd.
(Simply find it in your mobile maps).
There you’ll see a new street starting called Jinsi st. with a long wall on it’s east side.
Go along the wall and a few meters after it ends look above and you’ll see the store circular sign. It's here in the photos.
I also added their business card.
Updated from previous review on 2019-10-06
Guest
flocko
Points +62
Empfehlenswert - Edit
Sehr gemütlich, komplett vegan. Authentische Sichuan Küche. Zum Teil sehr scharf. Ich werde wieder kommen
Read morePros: Komplett vegan. Tee kostenlos
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DanielBert
Points +126
my favourite in Chengdu - Edit
I found this by chance on my way to the the temple.
Read moreFood was great - especially that 4 treasures dish I had (see picture). I recommend getting dandan mian instead of rice. It's pretty cheap, very yummy and comes with a peanut sauce.
It may seem a bit expensive compared to other places, but considering what you get I think it is still among the best value for money in Chengdu.
Pros: amazing food, huge variety of dishes
Cons: staff can be a bit inattentive
Guest
EnmarShaked
Points +92
Amazing - Edit
Best vegan food I have had since started traveling in the Far East.
Read moreAlso sells vegan yogurt- haven’t tried it yet but I’m very excited to do so.
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