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CLOSED: Legend Vegetarian Restaurant
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Vegetarian
In the Chinese Cultural Plaza you will find this vegetarian Chinese restaurant. Specializes in mockmeat dishes and dim sum service with foods including vegetarian char siu or vegetable bao, veggiepork hash, stuffed look fun noodle, stuffed bean curd, half moon, stuffed mochi rice wrapped in lotus leaves, desserts. Lunch hours for Dim Sum, close around 2pm, then re-open at 5pm for dinner (call to confirm). Reported closed to HappyCow.
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100 N Beretania St (at Nuuanu, Oahu), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 96817
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Last update on 05 Dec 2012 by Guest
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8 Reviews
First Review by jbglidd
westcornersville
Points +659
Definitely Go for the Dim Sum - Edit
They had really good dim sum here, including stuffed tofu skins. The price is moderate--around $11 (including tax) for a 3-item dim sum lunch. They have a menu as well (around $10 per entree) with the usual chinese vegetarian fare (including mock meats). They're in the back of the Chinese Cultural Plaza near the river--and there is also a Legend's Seafood Restaurant very close by (keep looking for the vegetarian restaurant if you've found the former). Note that they're closed for dinner, other than for special events.
Read morePros: great dim sum
Cons: closed for dinner
Guest
msvegan
Points +377
Great Dim Sum Lunch - Edit
I would recommend this place for their Dim Sum. The rest of the menu is standard Chinese Veg with an emphasis on mock meats etc.
Read moreThe deep fried Taro puffs on the dim sum are delicious.
Pros: Delicious Dim Sum, Fast service on Dim Sum, Pure veg aside from Custard tarts
Cons: Poor service outside of dim sum, hectic atmosphere when busy
Guest
SuzieMuchnick
Points +63
Legend Vegetarian Restaurant - Edit
My husband and I were visiting the Foster Botanical Gardens which are walking distance from Chinatown, Honolulu. I plugged into happycow for closest vegan restaurants and LEGEND was one of them.
Read moreForget about parking on the street. You have to park in the parking garage and we were there on a Sunday. So was everyone else.
There are several renditions of LEGEND, but the vegetarian one was easy to get into. NO waiting.
The other bloggers are right. There's no help with what to order and the Dim Sum waitress arrived "demanding" to know what we wanted. Forget about the ambiance. The dim sum was worth the trip and we also had the fried rice with gluten.
We loved it.
Pros: price, choice, quiet
Cons: no help with menu
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scarletp5
Points +35
finally I can try dim sum too! - Edit
Ate the dim sum from the cart and nothing from the menu. You need to know what you want or else be enthusiastic about whatever the waitress is currently pointing to. Typical service from Asian-run restaurants -- don't expect to be coddled and chatted up, because in Asia waiters don't work for tips. By the time we were done there was only one other table occupied, which might explain why the cart never came around after the first time without having to ask. And be very clear about whether or not you are actually ordering something you're asking about; we asked if the tarts had real egg and replied with "ok", which was interpreted as an order of tarts not as an acknowledgement to their answer of "yes, contains egg".
Read moreAnyway, the food. If you've had dim sum before you might not be too impressed, but if not then good food plus novelty goes a long way. Some of it was a little boring so we made good use of the soy sauce on the table. Oh, and ask for a plate of the sesame balls to be brought from the kitchen. I really wish we'd eaten here a few more times because I'm still craving dim sum and Hawaii is far away...
Pros: variety, price
Cons: hidden behind Legends Seafood, non-vegan egg custard dessert, typical Asian service
Guest
JoeyDj37
Points +18
Unique Vegetarian Menu!!! - Edit
It's quite true that this place is hard to find...I almost turned around when I saw Legend Seafood...
Read moreFinding it tucked away in the alley to the Chinese Cultural Center was a relief...Now I had to decide what to try. I had the Dim Sum, well priced and wide variety to choose from. Too bad I had gone alone, it was very filling.
i went back the next day and the waitress, Yee, suggested the Pork. Again, a large serving. You'd either need a mate or a large appetite when you visit there.
I left with a take out of Assorted Tofu and Gluten, and another serving of Pork!!
Pros: Great Chef, Dim Sum
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SonjaCPA
Points +5270
Veggie Dim Sum! - Edit
We ended up eating here twice on vacation since we liked it so much the first day, we came back the next day. We saw another party of three do the same thing! Steamed buns, bean curd rolls, mochi rice, fried taro, dumplings, red bean sesame balls, so many yummy things! We totally ate too much. Everyone was very friendly including the manager and/or owner we spoke to. The waitresses would come right over with the dim sum cart when you got their attention. We had no problem parking in the garage and finding the place.
Read morePros: veggie dim sum, lots of variety, ample validated parking
Guest
bcveeg
Points +31
Great Value for Your $ - Edit
I just recently visited Legends and had a positive experience. It was quickly evident though when my friend and I sat down that the menu was set up for a group of people to order many dishes to share. I wanted veggies and mockmeat together with some rice and after explaining my desire they brought a healthy serving of broccoli, mockmeat in a spicy sauce that was delicious. Also a small (3/4 cup) cup of rice on the side. I had to take my leftovers home, as the serving was ample. It was exactly what I wanted and I would suggest to others that if you don't see what you want on the menu, talk to the staff. My non-vegetarian friend was a bit intimidated and chose a veggies and noodles which was too much for one person. We came out with doggie bags and our bill was just around $20 total.
Read morePros: Good value, Healthy portions
Cons: Staff friendly, hard to get attention
Guest
jbglidd
Points +71
Good Food, Large Selection, OK Service - Edit
Very large selection of all kinds of mock meat dishes and traditional dim sum. Food tastes great, the service isn't so good. Need to practically beg for water and refills forget about it. Worth trying at least once however.
Read morePros: Great Food, Large Selection
Cons: Service, Staff
Guest
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