Vegan
Chinese
Indonesian

Small shop modestly furnished and offers Asian dishes. Mostly vegan apart from one dish containing butter. Shop is set back from the road and is easily missed and is not well-known by taxi drivers. Kitchen breaks in the late afternoon. Directions: from Jl Legian and Jl Pantai Kuta intersection, follow signs to Denpasar, or ask locals for "Sentral Parkir." Restaurant is on the right, near Alpha Sigma Cargo, 100 meters from Giant Supermarket-Bus Parking Halte. It's a 12-minute walk along the main road. Reported fully vegan August 2023. Open Mon-Sun 10:30am-3:00pm, Mon 5:30pm-8:30pm, Tue-Sun 5:30pm-9:00pm.


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66 Reviews

First Review by Michael Tait

tibe80

Points +457

Vegan
30 Jan 2020

Happy Belly

Delicious and cheap. The portions are a bit small.

MaGe

Points +146

Vegan
26 Dec 2019

Delicious Indonesian cuisine

Simple but good dishes. It was very tasty. I'll be back.

Pros: All vegan. Value for money

DimaTsey

Points +70

Vegan
20 Dec 2019

Very good vegan place!

Cheap and tasty 🤤

felixbaby

Points +13

Vegetarian
12 Dec 2019

Tom yum yum

Cheap and tasty food all vegan so spoilt for choice!

Pros: All vegan, Tom yum soup, Tom yum soup

Cons: Not great air con

Plantbasedescape

Points +418

Vegan
03 Dec 2019

Cheap vegan food

The food was pretty good not the best but good for the price.

chanelnightelf

Points +182

Vegan
17 Nov 2019

Lovely fresh food, very cheap

Eaten there twice since being in Bali and the food was amazing. We had chicken curry, fried rice, beans and beef dish, they were amazing. The papaya juice was so fresh. The Kentucky chicken was okay. The battered prawns are one of the best I’ve had, and Satay mutton was nice and spicy. All really fresh ingredients. Friendly staff. And the food comes out so quickly. We will be eating here again.

Pros: Fresh ingredients, tasty food, Lots of option, Very cheap

Cons: None

SamKyrychenko

Points +61

Vegan
10 Sep 2019

Great place!

Nice little diner-style restaurant, very cheap, excellent food. Every item on the menu is vegan. You can also buy some vegan snacks there.

Pros: Tasty food, cheap prices, vegn snacks available

Cons: None

RickWad

Points +44

Vegan
16 Aug 2019

Amazing

From the very first moment food touched my lips I fell in love with this place. Every single thing I ate here was amazing and full of flavour. I kept coming back for more and more.

Pros: Great price, Great service, Amazingly tasty food

mooingmippy

Points +170

Vegan
11 Aug 2019

OMG YUMMY

100% vegan
When ordering food it can be a surprise what you get but it all asian food with a few chicken nuggets not sure if that's westen thing or not.
We ordered meat balls with noodles and it wasent what we was expecting and what a pleasant surprise it was. So good. The food its full of favour and taste amazing. Infact I think its the best vegan food in this area. Me and mate already plan on going back every day while we are town. I'd quite like to work my way through the menu. Yes its that tasty. Local prices (cheap) they have a menu in English for you to read and a laminated picture page with many photos. Staff are lovely but don't speak English but they try when i speak really bad indo and they help me with my words. Hehe

Pros: AMAZING FOOD. cheap as chips!!!!

LauTengHui

Points +15

Vegetarian
14 Jun 2019

Tasty

Very tasty and affordable cheap price 4 dishes, 2 drinks, 2 rice, worth price IDR 104.000 only for 2 person (IDR 52.000 each person)

Pros: Lots of foods

KokoPaulli

Points +86

Vegan
12 May 2019

Typical Buddhist/Devotional style choices

Its all vegan, tasty and inexpensive. You could pass it by in the Blink of an eye and maybe check ahead to make sure they're open.

Pros: Plenty of locally named options to choose from

Cons: Better to just point at the picture to choose

cornonthecob

Points +348

Vegan
05 May 2019

Cheap tasty food

One of the cheapest all vegan restaurants we found while in Bali. The food itself was tasty but not that high quality.
The restaurant itself was clean and had a fan.
The fake meat here was great especially the duck. It was so realistic that my girlfriend wouldn't eat it 🤣
Staff wasnt friendly but likely due to the language barrier.

Pros: Cheap cheap cheap

rachael_jasper

Points +145

Vegetarian
12 Apr 2019

Good place!

The food was made really fast, and the server was quit but kind! I would say disregard the reviews saying they’re mean because they are super sweet and tried to help us find a store with a plug adapter, super kind but very quit. Food is also great! Vegan Tom Yum soup is great!

Pros: Kind servers , Quick service

Cons: Kids were running around screaming

Albat

Points +66

Vegan
29 Mar 2019

Cheap, some tasty dishes, but grumpy waitress

👍 affordable
👍 fast cooking
👍 clean
👍 pictures on menu
👍 many dishes
👍 not too spicy
👍 gojek food delivery possible

o taste
o small portions
o short opening hours

-- waitress and owner seem to be grumpy or super shy
-- no chilled drinks
-- no desserts

Can recommend:
* Deep fried stuff(chicken and shrimp)
* Yellow Curry
* Sate
* Mie Goreng thick rice noodles

maynard7

Points +5211

Mostly Veg
24 Feb 2019

Not good at all

I'm really shocked that some people have called this restaurant amazing. Today I ordered the broccoli with "chicken" and the vegetable dumplings. The broccoli with chicken was just some steamed broccoli with some fried soy strips served in a broth. It was really more like a soup than what I was expecting. The vegetable dumplings turned out just to be fried wontons. Was the meal vegetarian? Yes. Was it healthy? In my opinion, not really. Too much fried food in the meal. In my humble opinion the only thing this restaurant has going for it is the low price. But I'd rather pay just a tiny bit more and get a decent meal elsewhere. Once was enough for me, and for those of you who liked it a lot ... good for you.

Cons: Food not tasty, Not creative at all, Too much fried food

happyyase

Points +522

Vegan
01 Oct 2018

Very delicious and fast served.

You sit in simple but nice restaurant with aircon. It is very clean. They clean the tables proper with soap after people leaving. That's a good sign!
The waitress might be more quite/ shy but i would not consider them as unfriendly! If you smile they smile back!
She came quick to bring the menu and also our drinks and food came after a short waiting time!
All is vegan and they have many options.
I had the "meat" in coconut seasoning. So tasty a bit spicy and thankfully a different taste from what i am used to after weeks in bali around. My boyfriend ds "chicken" with brocolie was yummi too! (The brocolie was perfect stewed!)
We two shared a fried noodles with veggies. Food comes in small portions. It was for me a good sized dinner.
My boyfriend had the papaya juice wich was not so tasty. My melon juice was nice and came like ordered without sugar. If you are very hungry maybe order two dishes. Or ask for some steamed rice?!
I will come back and can recommend this place!

Pros: simple place but very clean, aircon, fast served, very tasty, different flavours from what we used

Cons: Small portions

IlkaKoe

Points +104

Vegan
06 Sep 2018

Great food, juices okay

Lots of options and cheap!
We loved the food ! The juices werent as tasty as in other places but still okay.

bellaanasthasia

Points +180

Vegan
31 Aug 2018

amazing restaurant

Saya menyukai semua menu yang ada disini. Sayang toko ini tutup dari jam 3-5 setiap hari nya

Veganisedworld

Points +22

Vegan
14 Aug 2018

pretty average food

We went yesterday to that place and the waitress that served us looked really grumpy and pissed for some reasons. The food itself was average but cheap. I ordered some satay ketchup soy skewers (which I asked without ketchup but came with), I had also ordered a tom yum soup (which tasted nothing like this soup, more a spicy broth with mock meat, lemongrass and veggies). The mie goreng my boyfriend ordered was fine.
We ended up paying about $100K for 2 mains 2 sides and 2 juices which is really cheap

Pros: cheap

Cons: food didn't match expectations , waitress was grumpy

JHa

Points +41

Vegetarian
18 Jul 2018

good cheap food

Cheap food with lots to choose from. Nothing special.

Pros: big portions

Cons: Rude/uninterested staff.

LucasYarid

Points +414

Vegan
27 Apr 2018

Vegab and cheap

Great all vegan restaurant with a lot of options such as noodles, soups, fried rice and fried appetizers.

I had thr fried shrimp and was impressed by how much it looks like the fish even tho I have never had the original before.

Pros: Vegan, cheap.

Cons: Might not be the cleanest.

clarebear185

Points +75

Vegan
11 Jan 2018

amazing!

This little gem pleasantly surprised me and my partner, had some amazing vegan food and was so cheap we could hardly believe it! $13 for 5 dishes & 2 juices. Incredible and we’ll definitely be coming back for more while we stay in Kuta :)

Pros: cheap, delicious, variety

Cons: difficult to find

veganairman

Points +309

Vegan
18 Nov 2017

Great vegan food, even better price

Had dinner here after a 30 minute walk from our hostel on Legian and so glad we didn't give up after not being sure we were going the right way to find it. There was a large group already seated and having dinner but there were tables free so we sat down and scanned the menu.

I read from other reviews that everything was vegan but the descriptions of many items made us a bit cautious as they used words like chicken and duck and beef. I realize now in the indonesian language translation it probably said somewhere it was all fake meat but as it was our first time we didn't want to order something only to find bits of real meat in it.

Now I can report that everything was great and vegan and we want to go back asap. And it is super cheap I think my server made a mistake with our bill because after ordering 3 dishes and 2 drinks, and a bag of snacks to take away the bill was only 21,000 IDR which is less than $2 USD. It was our first night in Bali so I think my tip of 5,000 IDR was a bit excessive but hopefully it made up for the server's apparent mistake.

The kentucky nuggets were amazing, even if they were deep fried. The noodles and the vegetable dishes we had were also very good. I didn't know about the free rice but I would have asked for some had I known.

Pros: Good Food, Amazing price, Amazing selection and variety

Cons: difficult to walk to

ViktorijaGor

Points +276

Vegan
25 Oct 2017

Very cheap & very tasty

It's a humble little (yet very popular!) eatery offering a number of traditional Chinese dishes, such as Peking duck or sweet&sour pork veganized (great meat alternatives, btw!). We ordered 'duck' and 'chicken' alternatives and everything was very delicious.
For 3 meals along with rise and 2 freshly squeezed orange juices we only paid 89k.
If you are are looking for some fresh and healthy options, you will not, however, find them there.

P.s. don't forget to ask for complimentary rice (Nasi), which is free of charge.

Pros: 100% vegan meals with meat alternatives, Very cheap & delicious

AaronLeow

Points +29

Vegetarian
19 Oct 2017

Good Taste and Cheap price 😋😋😋

A restaurant with Chinese food ,
Taste good and good service

Cons: price cheap

KateMoore

Points +123

Vegan
20 Sep 2017

soooo yum and sooooo cheap!!

We had the most delicious food here & for not even half the price you would pay at western restaurant!

DiscoStu

Points +1001

Vegan
09 Sep 2017

Not again!

Cause the Tasty Vegan was closed, we tried to find something else vegan in this area and find the Happy Buddha.
It doesn't looked cozy.
The menu ist 95% about fake meat and some NasiGoreng varientes.
Nothing fresh, nothing healty. I was really disappointed.
I had the fake chicken und NasiGoreng. Nothing but spicy.
Not again.

Pros: Very cheap

Cons: Just about fake meat.




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