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Serves meat, vegan options available. Busy restaurant near Wat Ched Yod serving many dishes with vegan cheese. Most other dishes can be veganized. Open Mon-Sun 8:30am-9:00pm. Last orders 8:15pm.


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22 Reviews

First Review by LilacHippy

SharonR

Points +2814

Vegan
20 Jun 2024

Top tea leaf salad

If there's a (vegan) tea leaf salad, I basically have to have it. This was one of the most unique ones I've had, and it was also up there on taste level. It came deep fried inside of a wrap (they called it the Burmese wrap). Lots of vegan options as well, including vegan eggs and cheese.

KarenSuksabai

Points +4246

Vegan
05 May 2024

A bit pricey

Previous review under this one! So I went back a second time and ordered the vegan ceviche, which came with mushroom meat instead of fish. There is an option for gluten-free tortilla chips, but they have milk so I went without. The portion was big and the taste was fresh and very citrussy. I enjoyed it very much. I also ordered a cold drip coffee with coconut milk that was lovely.

First visit - This was my first time here, and I'd heard the hype, but was a little disappointed. The vegan options were scattered throughout the menu - a mushroom burger, a couple of wraps, cheese Philly steak, a veggie stew, and a selection of salads. I was actually looking forward to eating one of the salad selection plates, but closer inspection revealed that all but one contained raisins - something I detest. Unfortunately, the salads are made in advance, and I was not prepared to pick them out of every dish. In the end, I ordered a deconstructed spring roll salad and a side order of ciabatta. The dish was pretty, but the tofu was not seasoned, and the dressing was way too sweet for my taste. They were happy to exchange it for a lemon vinaigrette. My meal cost over 250 baht, which is steep for a fairly unexceptional salad and bread. Maybe I just chose the wrong thing to order. I guess I'll have to try something different if I go back.

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-27

anautrecht

Points +2160

Vegan
16 Feb 2024

Great Place!

We went to only vegan and vegetarian places while in Chiang Mai, and the last evening we ended up here and immediately started doubting our choices! This place was great! Delicious food and kombucha, good service and a beautiful outside garden to sit in.

The portions were huge as well, and the menu and staff very clear on the vegan options.

They have this nice chewy mushroom meat alternative that you can sub for meat in those dishes, and good vegan cheese (although as everywhere in Thailand, it's not really melted). We liked the sandwich and nachos more than the wrap but all were delicious!

MKorvesis

Points +2338

Vegan
11 Nov 2023

Fantastic restaurant

Many delicious vegan options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desserts. They also sell zero-waste products, vegan snacks, eco-friendly products, and many more amazing things!

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-11

Pros: Many delicious vegan options, Zero-waste and eco-friendly products , Vegan desserts and healthy drinks

Patatine

Points +2638

Vegan
25 Jul 2023

Good choice but small smoothies

There is a good choice when it comes to vegan food. Most of the discesa can be made vegan.
The smoothies, though, are a bit small. I was a bit disappointed.
But the place is very cool ;)

Updated from previous review on 2023-07-25

luigi67548

Points +65

Vegan
31 Jul 2021

Delicious!! Vegan stew, vegan cheese toastie and wraps.

Excellent space, feels home-y, chilled area with great seating for work. The stew with sour dough, cheese toastie, vegan wraps and vegan tarts are delicious.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Ianthewander

Points +237

Vegetarian
29 Nov 2020

Great spot for a tasty bite

Sophisticated design. Outdoor and indoor eating. A bunch of green products for purchase. Not exclusively veggie, so check what you order.

Pros: Taste, Low price, Great healthy drinks

Cons: Parking - little for cars, Tricky to reach. Narrow roads., Closes early

jesscurrie69

Points +56

Vegan
19 Feb 2020

Great atmosphere

Really friendly staff

Pros: Lots of options

evoontoast

Points +1378

Vegan
23 Dec 2019

Know what you’re getting yourself into: EXPEN$IVE!

This place is the most expensive I’ve been to in Chiang Mai - most dishes are over 200 baht, and subbing vegan cheese costs extra. I’ve had the roast veggie wrap (which was really good), the quinoa salad w/ mango (which was super tasty and healthy), and the vegan spinach ravioli (which deff SOUNDS good but was lacking a little in “cheesiness” and flavour, and I’m left a lil dissatisfied).

All in all everything was pretty okay-good, but for the cost, I think there are better options out there. I just happened to come a few times with Omni friends. The seating area is also pretty nice.

Takes card (with a percentage extra)

sonjamitrovic

Points +54

Vegan
31 Mar 2019

Get the vegan cheese toastie!

I love this place, one of my favourite cafes to visit when I’m in the area. If a dish isn’t already vegan (and gf!) they can probably do it. Vegan cheese to die for and vegan scrambled tofu! Delicious house made vegan treats too.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Beautiful cafe with lots of seating , Friendly service

RebekaMacDonald

Points +22

Vegan
05 Mar 2019

DO NOT EAT HERE

Ordered the Mexican wrap. Paid 20 baht for vegan cheese and another 20 baht to sub chicken for mushrooms. Wrap came with NO cheese and CHICKEN. I was the only person in the restaurant...how do you screw that up? Got it for takeaway so I couldn't send it back. Super disappointing.

Cons: Expensive to sub vegan., They will likely screw up your order.

Madhu108

Points +20

Vegan
17 Feb 2019

Good selection of food. Service was fast and friendly.

It was very quiet and lots of sitting room. My waiter was nice and friendly. Able to pay with credit card.

Cons: Can be pricey depending on what you buy

falanglanna

Points +142

Vegan
10 Dec 2018

Nice atmosphere, mostly delicious

We like the place but go there no so often due to the price level. We like several vegetarian dishes, salats, the wraps with humus or avocado and some cakes. Good coffee can be served with coconut “milk“ (creme). Staff is very friendly and - with some few exceptions - attentive as well. Some staff is Burmese with English language skills but not Thai skills. 3.5 stars

Pros: Open air and indoor. Fresh made dishes.

Cons: Higher price, some times car parking problems, Airplane noise from time to time, Not fully vegetarian

KasperNowak

Points +85

Vegan
01 Dec 2018

Spiked with Chicken

Me and my partner went to this place expecting a good experience based on the reviews and great vegan options. We were happy to find that there was vegan versions of more or less all the ingredients on the menu. I ordered the Mexican wrap and asked what the vegan version would have instead of the chicken and sour cream, the waiter explained that I could get it with faux meat (mushroom) and vegan cheese, which sounded good by me and I ordered it along with a vegan sweet potato salad.
The Wrap was served and after eating one half, my partner asked for a bite. She noticed something with a meaty texture, which turned out to be tiny pieces of fried chicken. The manager explained that the chef just looked at the word Mexican and made the regular one, and of course apologized. Another guest in the restaurant started laughing and the manager started laughing as well and smiled through the whole episodewitch made me quite uncomfortable.
The manager asked what we wanted in order to rectify the situation, and since not much could be done at this point, we said that we wouldn't pay for the food that we had received.
We went home and I threw up everything that I ate into the toilet.
It is sad since the place has a good potential, but it is quite pricey compared to other places in Chiang Mai that serve similar food.
If you go to Food4Thought, please triple check that your vegan food is actually vegan and doesn't contain meat or dairy when you receive it.

Pros: Vegan options

Cons: Chef doesn't read the order, Expensive, Staff laughing at serious issues

blissful_brittany

Points +130

Vegan
12 Jul 2018

great find

Ate lunch here one day after touring around on our bike all day, it was just what we needed, we got the tofu scramble with gluten free toast and a vegetarian sandwich, they accidentally made the sandwich with chicken on it but before we took a bite we noticed and they remade and fixed it up straight away, besides that it was really lovely! saw them making sun dried tomatoes on the roof with the natural sunlight rather than a machine which was pretty cool!

Pros: big meals, cheap meals, gluten free vegan options

LilacHippy

Points +12720

Vegan
30 Mar 2018

Amazing Breakfasts

Wonderful restaurant that although is not completely veggie they have a vegan version of almost everything, even eggs. Slightly pricey but worth it. Different menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Morning oats are amazing.

Edit March 2018: They have changed their menus and have heaps and heaps more vegan options including sandwiches, vegan cheese dishes and two different vegan burgers. Lots more cakes too. They also sell vegan chocolate (although it's expensive.)

Updated from previous review on 2016-03-21

RawChefYin

Points +4655

Vegan
26 Jan 2018

Western vegan food. Yummy!

We had to check out at 11am from our Airbnb so decided to come here for lunch and chill. Have read about this in the blogs and since it was a 13-minute walk away, we headed there. Turned out to be a great choice!

We had the following:
1. The Orchard (Salad) 159 THB
Fresh fruit with avocado, chickpeas, nuts, carrot and cabbage on greens served with strawberry vinaigrette. Requested for a vegan version.

2.The Avocado (Hot Sandwich) 129 THB
Avocado with "vegan scrambled eggs" (it's actually a slice of seasoned tofu so it's not exactly scrambled), tomato, romaine on on vegan ciabatta. I

3. The Mushroom & Kale (Hot sandwich) 159 THB
Pan-fried shiitake mushrooms, Thai-kale and capsicum topped with dried tomato. Served with house roasted chilli mayo on vegan ciabatta. Requested for a vegan version with no parmesan.

This restaurant serves meat but has vegan options clearly marked. It also states that most items on the menu can be veganised. The focus is on local, homemade and they're also part of the ugly food movement.

We enjoyed all the dishes we had. Super yummy! I loved how huge the salad was and the sandwiches were really full of flavour. Definitely recommended.

Pros: Everything can be made vegan

lolamuy

Points +46

Vegan
11 Nov 2017

amazing vegan options

Lovely café, great atmosphere. Plenty of vegan options for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also, plenty of non-vegan dishes could be made vegan with easy swaps. The staff was very happy to offer that. They have vegan cheese, tofu, vegan bread, etc. Great place.

Pros: lots of vegan options, easy to swap

MyVeganJoy

Points +583

Vegan
02 Aug 2017

Overpriced, Ungrateful Staff, very slow service...

Our experience of August 2017 was bad. Our drink order was messed up, and our bagels took about 40 minutes to arrive. When we mentioned that to the guy who took our money, he had a "I don't give a rat's ass" condescending attitude, and didn't even apologize. So we ordered 2 bagels and the waitress acted like she's never heard the word vegan before - when it's all over the menu - very poor training. Then we asked if the Tea comes in a teapot (very common in Thailand and asia) or in a cup. We gestured 3 times the pouring movement and the shape of "teapot", to make sure she understood, and she confirmed that tea comes in a teapot, so we ordered 1 chai to share. So 10 minutes later we get ONE cup of chai. We explained that we were told it was a teapot (otherwise it should be half the cost), so they took away the cup, split it in 2 smaller cups and brought us the lukewarm tea that also tasted like [censored] because they put too much coconut milk. Then we waited for over 30 minutes for our bagels to arrive, and by the time they arrived our tea was cold!!! This is ridiculous. And considering that they charge 2x as much as they should, the pathetic service and quality they provide is just outrageous. It's too bad owners of that place don't give a damn about providing a decent service. Skip it and go elsewhere. Everywhere in Chiang Mai was better than that. * Also, they have some sick art upstairs of people looking high on drugs with their heads wrapped in plastic bags, suffocating, - may not be safe for children, etc, so watch out.

Cons: Overpriced, Very slow service, rude staff

Rosa veg

Points +2060

Vegan
13 Apr 2017

Vegan options

Very nice place and friendly and good English speaking staff. They have a huge menu and most of the dishes can be veganised . We tried their smoothies and salads and portions are quite big
We tried their hummus but was too spicy and not really an hummus , just a spicy cream that doesnt worth to eat. A little bit expensive for Chiang Mai but the quality of the food is great

Pros: Good quality

Cons: Pricey, Spicey

doughnads

Points +42

Vegan
24 Dec 2016

Amazing breakfast

Extensive menu, not entirely vegan but almost everything could be made vegan. Slightly pricey compared to other cafes but the food is amazing. Homemade kombucha and really good coffee. Also, they have kittens always playfully running around the garden!

Pros: good food, great coffee, gorgeous garden setting

Cons: pricey, food takes a while

Veganhustle

Points +188

Vegan
26 Nov 2016

tasty and pricey

Only thing keeping me from going back is the price. Breakfast bagel and smoothie ran me just under 250 baht.




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