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Vegetarian restaurant with 100+ seats serving Cantonese Buddhist veggie food. Ask about egg in dishes. Limited English spoken. At Causeway Bay MTR station Exit F. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-10:00pm.
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8/F, Goldmark, 502 Hennessy Rd, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
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Added by JohnnySensible on 24 Feb 2011
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20 Reviews
First Review by JohnnySensible
BenWiddowson
Points +78
Should be avoided, much better alternatives in HK - Edit
Food was not great, interesting textures on the mock meats, but is a good portion and comes quickly. Staff are rude and the service is bad. Save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else.
Read morePros: Good for sharing
Cons: Textures are not like the real thing , Staff are very rude
Guest
SteveMcBeef
Points +116
Nettes Personal - Edit
Das Personal war nett, man muss sich allerdings mit Händen und Füßen verständigen. Manchmal wundert man sich darüber, wie wenig englisch in einer ehemaligen Kolonie gesprochen wird. Das Essen war gut, es gibt viele mock-meat Gerichte die fast alle vegan sind. Das Geschirr ist teilweise kaputt. Zum Essen wird traditionell Tee und heißes Wasser gereicht. Die Klimaanlage ist auf sibirisch gestellt.
Read morePros: Personal, Auswahl
Cons: Kaputtes Geschirr, Kein Englisch
Guest
RitaTang13
Points +25
Well-know Vegetarian Chain store in HK - Edit
This is the vegetarian Tea Restaurant (Cha Lau). They have a great variety of food, good taste and fast serving of food. There are not much vegetarian places in CWB and this store close at 10pm which is good for those who work late.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-10-29
Pros: Great variety of food
Guest
RiceT
Points +1081
Consistent food quality - Edit
Haven't been to this restaurant for many years but it's definitely kept up with its food quality. Taste as good and portion is huge
Read morePros: Lots of fusion food options, Portions r huge
Cons: Takeaways boxes are chargeable, Portions too huge even for small group size
Guest
elna_ng
Points +45
Gaia - Edit
Have been to this restaurant for a few years now, am glad they managed to survive through the covid years. Good food, good service.
Read morePros: Lots of vegetarian options, Lots of Japanese options , Lots of local flavours
Guest
latinavegantraveller
Points +148
Worth it trying it out - Edit
I love the food.
Read morePros: Try the Strawberry Pork. It's amazing!, Sushi looks real ..
Cons: No napkins provided, A bit expensive
Guest
veganangiep
Points +483
Good value for money (lunch & tea time) - Edit
Environment: Traditional, busy, noisy
Read moreFood: Lunch has always been inexpensive. Food is in a big portion and comes with a big soup too.
Service: So-so. We had to wait though the restaurant was empty. The tables were close to each other and we got splashed with soup when the waitress was unloading two bowls of soup to the table next to us but dropped and spilled everything. Luckily we didn't get scalded.
Price: Low
Guest
Ashni
Points +2290
Huge range of Chinese food (vegans must enquire before ordering) - Edit
Visited this place multiple times and it's generally always busy.
Read moreReasonable prices. They have food half price between 3-5pm, and it's also discounted I believe between 5-7pm. They offer a good value lunch set.
Staff don't have much patience, given high volume of traffic and speak limited English.
Items containing egg are labelled on a la carte menu, but not items containing dairy (so you need to check what is vegan). Lunch menu is in Chinese only and has no labelling - when I asked, was told most of the dishes are not vegan (dairy in sauces which they cannot remove, many noodles with egg).
Lots of mock meats, if you're into that, or you can order carefully to avoid those. Dishes I’ve tried:
- shredded burdock appetiser (good)
- vegetable roll from Japanese menu (rly good! Had mango, avocado and something crunchy inside).
- veggie fried dumplings (good but outer piece was quite thick and inside was all green - would have preferred it to be mixed vegetables)
- cold tofu dish in delicious sauce with seaweed pieces (great)
- tofu in a soup with vegetables (not that good, soup lacking flavour)
- pad Thai style noodles (ok)
- fried rice with veg and truffle and avocado paste (tasted good but couldn’t taste any avocado so not sure if that was a typo and seemed a bit overpriced for what it was)
- rice noodle with mushrooms and mock meat as part of lunch set (ok). I liked the soup and tea.
High air conditioning.
Updated from previous review on 2021-06-09
Pros: huge menu , discounts at certain hours
Cons: busy , not friendly service (but not rude either), Vegans MUST check before placing order
Guest
EleonoraZavaroni
Points +26
Average food - Edit
I cannot say it was bad but overall I wouldn’t recommend it
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options , Good price , Some of the Staff speaks english
Cons: The food is not very satisfying , Quite noisy, Many options are not very tasty
Guest
RunEatWorld
Points +3627
Hit and miss - Edit
Large menu with non-vegan items clearly marked. The peking duck pancakes were fantastic. The baked eggplant with minced meat was extremely salty and oily, and not very nice. The pot-sticker dumplings were not actual pot-stickers but instead were deep-fried and didn't taste like much. Service was good and food brought out quickly.
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DavidFu
Points +50
Limited menu for solo diner; mostly mock meat - Edit
Limited choices for solo diner as the menu consists mostly of Chinese dishes with big portion. I ordered a Japanese curry rice (HKD79) and pay HKD 99 including the Chinese tea and bean sprouts appetiser (HKD 20). Cannot pay by card for bill below HKD 100.
Read moreOn a side note, an Indian family came and left either because they aren’t served or the food not suitable.
Pros: Big portions
Cons: Mostly mock meat menu , Staffs speak limited English and look unfriendly
Guest
huawhenua
Points +2769
Popular local eatery - Edit
This bustling restaurant is very popular with locals. Typically noisy and crowded. It can be hard to find a table, and solo diners will often have to share with others. There were many dishes to choose from, including Japanese and Cantonese style food. I really enjoyed the fresh hand-rolled sushi, the fried dumplings were too oily though. I was given complimentary tea and pudding with my meal, which was nice. Go early in the evening to enjoy discounted prices.
Read morePros: Discounted dinner prices before 7pm., Many dishes to choose from.
Cons: Limited English spoken., Noisy and crowded.
Guest
xycoa
Points +149
Lovely! - Edit
Some lovely dishes- especially the sushi. However, a couple of the dishes were very oily
Read morePros: Some great vegan options, Tasty, Tea was really nice
Cons: Some dishes were oily
Guest
carlosccr
Points +122
Food is amazing - service not so much - Edit
Amazing food selection all vegetarian, good selection for the spicy lovers as well and you got everything appetizers, mains, noodles, Rice’s, hot pot, etc
Read moreThe service unfortunately like most of the restaurants in Hong Kong it lacks of manners and smiles. But if you smile at them they smile back at you. ;)
Pros: great selection , amazing taste , convenient location
Cons: Service, not all staff speaks English
Guest
FlokiTheCat
Points +882
Gaia Veggie Shop - Causeway Bay - Edit
This vegetarian restaurant is located in the 7F of the last building of Hennessy street. The local is quite big and busy. The staff speaks english, at least the ones that attended us.
Read moreThe food is reasonably priced. The dumplings and the vegetarian salmon sashimi were particularly good, but we didn't like that much the rice skin noodles with sesame sauce. The sauce was too sweet for our taste and I personally didn't like the texture of the noodles.
The staff was friendly when we asked about the possiblity of taking the remains of our dinner in a take away box and they even offered us a dessert for free.
Updated from previous review on 2017-06-27
Pros: Reasonably priced, Nice food
Guest
cgb
Points +29
tasty mock food - Edit
nice place to get a huge range of fake meat & fish food. food was very tasty. free tea and nice seating. prices are ok. sometimes there is a reduction up to 50% depending on time (2-5 pm)
Read morestaff not very friendly.
Pros: huge range of food, meals containing eggs are marked.
Cons: unfriendly staff
Guest
Stevie
Points +11765
Gaia Veggie Shop, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong - Edit
Updated from previous review on Friday February 21, 2014
Read moreThe lady who runs this chain of eateries is very nice. In being compelled to report the facts I thus regret to say that she does not have any understanding of the concept of veganism. Any dishes that are on the menu are vegan by coincidence rather than intent. Trust their attention to detail in reporting egg and dairy content in dishes at your own peril. For example that the menu indicates that some dishes contain egg implicitly implies that dishes without that symbol do not contain egg. Only take that to mean that the chef doesn't add egg to a dish. Do not take that to mean that any ingredients such as mock are egg free. Also the do not take to mean that there is a high level of rigour in the kitchen to protect against contamination of non vegan ingredients via the utensils they use in the kitchen.
Cons: No understanding of veganism
Guest
nickb
Points +247
Large, busy, bustling dining experience - Edit
Gaia is a very big & busy restaurant with an extensive menu, including a decent vegan selection. Care should however be taken when ordering as the menu does not indicate which options are vegan and the wait staff don't seem to have the time or patience to be of much assistance.
Read moreThe food at Gaia is decent, but certainly not amazing. The food presentation left much more of an impression on me than the taste. The first time my wife & I went we ordered some Japanese-style dishes including roles & veggie sashimi. The presentation was really cool, but the taste wasn't great.
After that we mostly stuck with noodle dishes, soup & dry. We also ordered dumplings quite often. Each time the food was decent, but not amazing. The menu is very heavy with mock meats, which we tried to avoid.
Despite the food not being amazing my wife & I ate here quite often during 3pm & 5pm, when all food is half price. During this period, the price represents decent value for money.
Pros: Nice food presentation, Half price between 3pm & 5pm
Cons: Difficult to decipher what is vegan, Not a great customer service experience
Guest
sglcklch
Points +3055
Food OK in general except too many mock meats - Edit
Have had dinner here twice. Decor is nice, food not bad in general, just too many mock meats. They do offer set dinners where you can pick your combination of select starters, soups, and main courses at a lower price; but I suggest ordering a la carte instead, you will have much better choices. Also, watch out for traces of eggs and dairy ingredients as they might not necessarily be marked. Once I ordered a fried rice, the menu didn't say anything about eggs and it came with tiny bits of scrambled eggs all over which was impossible to be picked out. Just confirm with the staff when ordering.
Read morePros: decor
Cons: too many mock meats, eggs or dairy might sneak in
Guest
JohnnySensible
Points +7596
Memorable dishes....... - Edit
......but take at least one LOCAL Cantonese speaker with you to help you to order as they have little concept of 'vegan' - milk is hidden in some of the sauces.
Read moreThe chefs here are most excellent - creating highly inventive dishes.
Scaringly real mock meats - they even have life-like snails on the menu.
Don't stress if they get some of your order wrong - I have never had exactly what I ordered.
One of the waitresses really reminds me of Manuel / Andrew Sachs.
NOT fast food - some of the dishes can take 30 minutes to come to the table.
I love this place.
I am going to give it '5' because of the great food - for service the place maybe deserves '3'.
Guest
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