Vegan-friendly

Spacious restaurant with fine dining ambiance and is associated with Buddhist organization. No onion or garlic used in the food. Also caters to the mass vegetarian office workers by having weekday lunchtime pack meal. Large menu with all kinds of dishes, such as old Bejing style tofu, savory pancakes, steamed buns with vegetable stuffing, steamed dumplings, pan-fried dumpings, and many kinds of vegetables in different sauces. Has an onsite gift shop. Relocated from 53 Dong'anmen St, Dongcheng. NOTE: Maybe closed September 2024 - please send updates to HappyCow. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-9:00pm.


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88 Reviews

First Review by xraysez

nbodara

Points +15

Vegetarian
20 Sep 2022

A very good place in beijing

The staff was very nice. A lot of options for vegetarian and vegan food.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Probably youll need to speak chinese

PurpleCurrant

Points +3898

Vegan
29 Mar 2022

A great experience!

After eating at Vegetarian Tiger five times in a row, I decided to try a different restaurant. I'm so glad I picked this one. Dumplings were delicious (generous portions!), the atmosphere was lovely and the staff was very helpful despite not speaking a lot of English!

formygf

Points +21

Mostly Veg
07 Jul 2021

Perfect date night

We checked the reviews over Dianping (local review app) and saw this restaurant had a very high rating, after arriving and ordering some dishes we knew why. The staff is very friendly and will speak to you either in English or Chinese, the menus are also in both languages. The dishes, well, we tried three dishes and all were flavorful. So I will definitely recommend this regardless if you are vegetarian or not.

AaronStreeton

Points +796

Vegan
01 May 2021

Awesome

My eyes were bigger than my stomach! Great atmosphere and delicious food. Amazing presentation of the food. The spring rolls were literally smoking as the were brought out. Great attention to detail. The waiting staff spoke English and the menu was clear what items and ingredients were

Updated from previous review on 2021-05-01

ThomasHa

Points +64

Vegan
03 Feb 2021

great Veg Restaurant

great menu, very good service (2 English-speaking waiters were available), reasonable price. I had a Beijing tofu and Wontongs, all very good.

Pros: large selection, delicious food

HarlieRush

Points +180

Vegan
24 Dec 2020

Delicious food, huge menu

The menu here is really extensive, lots of vegetable dishes, fake meats, and light salad and spring rolls. Somewhat pricey, 40-80 per dish, but worth it. They have Wi-fi and a nice bathroom. Some staff speak English and some don’t, but menu has English and Mandarin.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Nice restroom , Lovely ambiance

FrankieW

Points +2651

Vegan
22 Dec 2020

Chic vegetarian

The Chinese name for the restaurant is 福慧慈缘, in case one needs to show to taxi or DiDi driver.

It's very much a Buddhist style eatery, tranquility reigns.

The dining hall is quite large with a mezzanine section for more private functions and tea ceremonies.

The food is of the highest quality.

The wonton soup with mushrooms is excellent, as are the tofu dishes.

The staff are very attentive.

JRoss

Points +630

Vegan
22 Dec 2020

Great Beijing Find

This is a great choice in Beijing-probably the best price to quality ratio I’ve had here so far. Really tasty dishes like wonton soup, spinach and mushroom bingzi/pie and spicy tofu stew.

usi

Points +31

Vegetarian
10 Dec 2020

Excellent

Great food, huge selection, English speaking staff (chatty).
Easy to find, just walk a few meters in the alley.

Emi_Lia

Points +434

Vegan
05 Oct 2020

Great vegan restaurant

Great variety and quality of food, great staff and nice atmosphere not far away from busy wangfujing street.
Prices are average

PeckPohYan

Points +41

Vegetarian
17 Dec 2019

Yummy vegetarian food

Near [censored] fu jin, great food. We came back two times during our Beijing trip. Highly recommended

kittyeats

Points +210

Vegan
11 Sep 2019

Too oily!

Service: the place is well-decorated, makes one feel like visiting an old, well-kept Chinese gathering place. The servers, especially the manager, were hospitable and attentive to details.

Food: I ordered the spinach-mushroom pancakes, fake eels, steamed veg, baked sesame bread, mushroom soup, yam and blueberry cream.

Everything was oily and my family left the restaurant having headaches; we don't cook with oil at home, so perhaps this doesn't apply to you...

The first few bites of the eels were good, but after a while they felt too sugary. I would not recommend the pancakes as they were bland and the most oily of them all. The yam cream was weird and the steamed vegetables were splashed in oil. I did like the soup though.

Price: 10/10

I desperately want to love this restaurant. The menu was extensive and I know the food was prepared with care as all of the dishes seemed so creative! I would come back again to try the seemingly less oily dishes! But for now, it's a 3-star :(. Next time, Beijing.

Pros: Super creative dishes, many many options, wonderful people, well-priced

Cons: Unhealthy (oily, sugary)

bzuzulka

Points +55

Vegetarian
18 Aug 2019

Very good food

Restaurant is near Wangfujing Street. The food is so delicious. So happy I chose this restaurant! Try dumplings ;)

Pros: A lot of option, A lot of space, Taste and price

Cons: No cons

jasmin.vm

Points +16

Vegan
12 Aug 2019

Amazing Food

The menu is huge, the food is amazing and the service is very good. Eventhough the options are endless the food comes very fast. (Honestly I have no idea how they do that!) I love to come here with friends as you can share a lot of different dishes. (You should try the lotus flower tea)

Pros: Many tasty options, Food comes fast, Good service

kanga2roos

Points +154

Vegan
16 Jul 2019

Very good food and the wait staff was very patient with us!

What a good find on our first night when we were hungry. Portions were perfect with some left over to take back for breakfast! Hopefully we will have a chance to go back!

Pdula

Points +164

Vegan
29 May 2019

Great veg restaurant!

We had a great experience here. The service was friendly and staff spoke English and were very helpful describing items on the large menu. Note that there didn’t seem to be a sign on the front, but someone came over when we paused and asked us if we were looking for Fu Hui Ci Yuan. The food was incredible with lots of different textures and flavors. I recommend ordering adventurously. The “eel” (sweet potato) and taro balls with spun sugar were extremely memorable. The dishes were more filling than we expected so we ended up over ordering, but the staff happily packed the leftovers to go.

Skutbag

Points +116

Vegetarian
05 May 2019

Mostly vegan, great interior

Lots of choices! We ordered a bit too much. Location slightly tricky to find. There is a lunch and dinner service, we only just got in at the last minute for lunch: be careful. Huge range of mock meat and veggie based dishes; not sure why this isn't marked as vegan, I couldn't see any that were non vegan. Strong Buddhist design interior, very attractive. Probably gets busy. Probably has other events. Seems to be a gift shop inside too! Great service, very attractive plating. Pretty close to main tourist spots.

SuzyJones

Points +681

Vegan
25 Apr 2019

Great vegan food

Really loves this restaurant with many many choices, we tried the duck pancakes, soup (ask no milk), spinach pie, dumplings, tofu Chinese sauce and all were amazing, we ordered too much so had to bring home food. All of this and two drinks cost 277Y. Would recommend, google maps has the correct address.

hummusnothate

Points +182

Vegan
22 Mar 2019

Tasty food and relaxing atmosphere

This is a wonderful place - lots of tasty vegan food, friendly staff, and a very calm environment. I went here multiple times when staying in Beijing and I would thoroughly recommend.

JenniferMarquiss

Points +26

Vegan
09 Mar 2019

Excellent Buddhist vegetarian restaurant!

Everything I have had here has been absolutely delicious and we have eaten here 3 times so far. They have a great just menu with pics. There is only one thing on the menu that seems to have egg, everything else looks vegan. (They do have meat alternatives so it’s possible the is not a real egg, not sure).

We took some dedicated meat eaters there and they loved it and came back again with us. Just really excellent food and experience all around!

Pros: Mostly vegan, Huge menu with pics , Good prices

coopernurse

Points +28

Vegan
25 Feb 2019

Amazing dumplings

My wife and I had lunch here last week and ate WAY too much.

The restaurant is inside a Buddhist center and the exterior of the building doesn't have any English. We walked past it a couple of times before some patrons who were leaving heard us mumbling about whether this is the restaurant and helpfully told us "yes that's the place".

Once inside you'll find a large dining room in a beautiful space. The menu is extensive and features a single dish per page (with picture). Our servers suggested marking our place with business cards so we could keep track of the dishes we wanted. Good idea.

We stuffed ourselves on dumplings and various stir fry dishes. Everything was fantastic.

One oddity: we ordered pots of tea which were elegantly served. A few minutes later the server brought over a bowl of popcorn and said that was included with the tea. I'm not sure if this is a standard practice, but it was new to us!

Pros: Huge menu, Amazing food, Staff speaks English

Cons: Pricier than other places we ate at in Beijing, A bit hard to find

vegannoyings

Points +16

Vegan
23 Feb 2019

Best vegan option in the area

NOTE: As mentioned by other commenters, the address given by Happy Cow is wrong but the Google Map shows the correct location - halfway down Xila Hutong, one street north of and parallel to Donganmen/Jinyu Hutong, depending on what your map calls that particular street; Xila Hutong runs between Wanfujing and Donghuanchengen South Street.

We visited this restaurant 4 times in a week. We were enchanted by the friendly staff and the huge menu.

On our first visit we over-ordered (but still ate everything since it was all delicious). We especially recommend the fragrant beef, the eel, the jujube soy milk, the kebabs and the sausage and mushroom braised stew. This is also the only place in BJ where we found vegan Peking Duck; this dish was not spectacular, but it was an important part of the Beijing experience which we otherwise would have missed out on. The aubergine served inside an aubergine skin was 'excellently soft and pillowy' according to my partner, and deserves a special mention as our favourite dish.

The picture-per-page style of the menu does cause some choice paralysis, as it makes it very difficult to remember what you want to order. However, too much choice isn't necessarily a negative thing for a vegan in China, and was somewhat refreshing.

Also note that some dishes (e.g. the rice tofu) contain egg. Make sure to ask 'Zhège yô jīdàn ma?' ('Is there egg in this?').

If one of the staff asks you to view the temple below the restaurant, note that, although this is NOT a scam, it is quite weird, and not really a temple. Only agree to do this if you fancy spending 20 minutes nodding quietly at expensive paintings and handcream. I've seen my fill of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

George85

Points +400

Vegan
03 Jan 2019

Good vegan food in Beijing

The entrance is changed and doesn’t look like the pictures here. Sorry I forgot to snap a photo. It does say the name of the restaurant on the building so just look for that.

I dined alone and ordered a few menu items, dumplings, spring rolls, and the tofu with meat (ma pao tofu like). The dumplings and spring rolls were great, but the tofu tasted like they accidentally put too much salt. I love salt so for me to say this is a big deal. It was almost inedible. Presentation of the food was on point.

The dining room is surrounded by small shops. It was early on a holiday when I decided to go and was the only one in the restaurant with about 10 staff there. The staff were okay but it was a little weird in there.

Anyway, recommended if you’re in the area.

Pros: Large selection of food, Good taste, Great presentation

Cons: A little pricey for Beijing, Atmosphere can be creepy

dontbedaft

Points +609

Vegan
22 Oct 2018

Hidden gem

I got a bit lost trying to find this place but was glad that I persevered. Huge menu with pictures and the service was prompt and food tasty. I would go back in a heartbeat

Pros: Wide menu, Servers speak some English, Accepts credit cards

Cons: Hard to choose with such a large menu :-)

slawrence

Points +40

Vegan
13 Sep 2018

Great food!

Great lamb stew and chicken dish, definitely recommend

arostganomo

Points +68

Vegetarian
10 Sep 2018

Expensive but worth a visit

We ate here on our first day in Beijing and returned for a second visit because we loved it so much. For China it's quite expensive but we felt the food was worth the price. We had among other dishes the faux eel, meatballs, and tofu in peanut sauce. Also some little sausages that were a little too meaty for my taste. But really, every fake meat we had here could fool any carnivore.

One important note: the address listed here is wrong but the map shows the correct location.

Pros: realistic faux meat, friendly staff

Cons: on the expensive side

Veggiedancer

Points +224

Vegetarian
28 Aug 2018

Love love love

I have been to Beijing many times over the last 6 years. I always come to this restaurant at least once a visit. The atmosphere is clean and peaceful. The staff very kind, English is spoken a little and the menu is all photos. They use a lot of mock meats which I personally love. It is a great place to try “Beijing Duck”.




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