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

Pizza

Points +84

Vegan
01 Sep 2017

Addictive

We stayed in Kuta for almost 2 weeks and visited this restaurant almost everyday (twice) because it was just too delicious and cheap. We tried almost everything and nothing disappointed us.

The average price of food is in between Rp. 20 - 25k. I can highly recommend the Chicken Nuggets and Rice Porridge which we ordered every visit. They have a large variety of dishes which are easy to choose from due to the photos. The staff is very friendly and at least one lady speaks good English.

I also want to make clear this restaurant doesn't look scary at all. It doesn't look fancy either but that's because they're probably not that rich.


Definitely visit this restaurant if you want to do your belly and wallet a favor ;)

Pros: Take-out, Easy and varied menu, Super cheap

Cons: None!

Mikerson

Points +300

Vegan
28 Dec 2016

Surprise

It took a while to find since the sign is quite small. We enetered and weren't very impressed. It's a small restaurant that doesn't offer much in the way of ambience.

It was hot, we were hungry, we just decided to order and eat anyways. When the food came out we were amazed at how tasty they were. We ordered a second course since it was so cheap. Fake meats taste awesome and the veggies were great!

If you go don't be scared away. It's cheap and tastes great!

Pros: Fake meats taste great, Inexpensive

Cons: Looks scary when you first enter

erbavore9

03 Mar 2017

Nice review. For me it's mostly about the taste. I'm excited to go there especially after eating at mai3

Tengleelian

Points +41

Vegetarian
14 Jun 2016

homemade vegetarian food

Don't expect anything fancy here. It's simple delicious homemade dishes with fresh ingredients , no mock meat.

Virogen

Points +280

Vegan
20 Dec 2015

Disappointing

This is essentially a low quality mock meat resto. They didn't even serve tempeh - in Indonesia of all places! The dishes were small and unremarkable. The level of English spoken was low, which is fine, but I seriously doubt it is 100% vegan as a result - they likely don't realise some ingredients in mock meats are not vegan (ie, whey).

Pros: Vegan options

Cons: Low quality, All mock meat

vegnil

Points +112

Vegan
21 Nov 2015

Great food, great price and really nice owners!

This is by far the best vegan food I've been to in Bali so far. We were three people sharing seven dishes (they are not small, we were just really hungry and there was so much good to choose from) and we were amazed by how good the food was. The grilled (vegan) fish was amazing!! Also the nuggets, the Peking duck and well everything was so good. The fresh juice was also very very good.

Yes, it's almost only mock meat dishes.. and it is very well prepared and so much to choose from.

Don't expect rawfood vegetable dishes here, it's a vegan mock meat restaurant and one of the beat I've even been too (and I've been in many!).

Deeply recommending it! Oh, and it's an all vegan restaurant!

Pros: Great food and all vegan! , Great prices, Friendly staff

Cons: None

jesse558

Points +330

Vegan
25 Jun 2015

Amazing

Great value for money and awesome food. Had 4 dishes and 2 drinks for $8.50!!! The cheapest place so far with vegan options and very good food.
A place which should be given a lot more credit. Soooo much potential!!!!

Pros: cheap, good and filling

Cons: kitchen was apparently filthy

ole_ersson

Points +317

Vegan
04 Dec 2014

Convienent for those visiting Kuta

It's a short walk from the Legian Street bemo stop, about 15 minutes. Inexpensive and quick service. I tried 3 dishes on 2 occasions and found them mildly spicy. One was prepared as take away. There were hot red and green chilis that were firy but I could pick them out so the dish was quite nice.
If you are in Kuta, definitely worth a visit!

Pros: inexpensive, quick service, short walk from central Kuta

Cons: location on some maps is incorrect, staff speak little English

blinki

Points +955

Vegan
19 Aug 2014

Pleasant

Good was pleasant but nothing special. It's the sort of place I struggle to say more than that about because it's fairly non-discript. Cheap as you'll find and about the same as any $10 a meal Asian place you'd find in Australia.

+++VeGaNiSaToR+++

Points +1004

Vegan
08 Aug 2013

yummy

nice place. Take a taxi to go, he will have to call them to find the way and remember the road to go back by foot because it's not far. cheap.
Be carreful to take a bali taxi (blue) with counter, that will cost around 8000R, if you don't have counter, they will ask you 30 000 !!!!!!!!

fearless

Points +161

Vegetarian
19 Nov 2012

OK

We walked away paying far less here than any other vego restaurant in Bali, however, we did not find the food that enjoyable or tasty. Their "Bali beef" tasted more like burnt dried toast than anything enjoyable, it also had a really funky smell. Some of the other food was acceptable but I would not consider it worthwhile going out of the way for this place. In saying that if you are nearby and want a really cheap meal, pay a visit here.

Pros: very cheap

Cons: average food

ssbaby

Points +27

Vegetarian
05 Jul 2011

Nice Food

Lots of varieties. Opened as of 30 June 2011.

Michael Tait

Points +149

Vegetarian
23 Sep 2010

Great Food, Cheap as chips

Modest shop-front, Formica tables, spartan decor, and very little English, but what a treat for your palate. Great variety of mock meats, modest serves,super budget prices (abt A$5/head). You get lots of variety and leave satisfied. Try the Crab Soup, Crispy Pork, S/S Fish - to mention a few from a large menu. I went there 3 times in a week, and think it is the best in Bali. Check taxi driver knows the area. Hard to find, and set back from strret

Pros: Terrific food, large menu, inexpensive

Cons: Spartan, hard to find




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