Vegan-friendly
Chinese
Delivery
Take-out
Singaporean

Vegetarian cuisine menu offering dim sum, house-made noodles, stir-frys, and other Chinese dishes and desserts. A la carte menu is available for lunch and dinner. Located on second floor of Royal Square, Novena. Open Mon-Sun 11:30am-3:00pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm. Last order 30 min before closing.


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40 Reviews

First Review by herbman

veggiexplorer

Points +5114

Vegetarian
19 Jan 2021

Great selection! Friendly staff and good ambience!

Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant located at Royal Square Novena, has very good ambience for gathering/chilling and serve yummy Dim-sum high tea from 3pm to probably 5ish (I don’t know till when haha)! These foodie seems to be plant based and vegan OK🤩. They have high tea for 2 pax set but we went ala carte. My all time fav there has always been Pan Fried Veggie King Oyster Buns whereas my sister fancy the Carrot cake the most.

We had Hakka Truffle Trio Abacus (First time trying this hakka dish and like it that it’s so colourful and pretty! Good paring with the shroom toppings), Veggie Siew Mai Dumplings, Crispy Veggie Prawn Dumplings, Truffle Mixed Mushroom Dumplings, Veggie Shrimp Dumplings, Veggie Scallop Yam Fritters and Revitalizing Fruits & Flower Tea (refreshing and pretty pot!!!). All cost ~ 68sgd. Better make reservation before heading down~

Pros: Pleasant ambience. Chill vibe. Many seatings.., Variety of plant based foodie! , Delicious

Lurvveggie

Points +222

Vegan
28 Nov 2020

A place better for having tea-breaks

A restaurant with queue that requires at least 30 minutes wait when you go on a Sunday afternoon.
Nice ambience that may be a good place for meet ups with friends.

Pros: Consistent dish decoration

Cons: Not many healthy choices available

naomihhs

Points +1120

Vegan
15 Jul 2020

Huge buffet of vegan food

Wow! This is a huge vegan buffet. There are so many options, and the price for lunch is quite cheap.

Cons: I do not recommend the vegan sashimi

duckchocolate

Points +2014

Vegan
24 Jan 2020

delicious CNY reunion dinner!

my family of 14pax enjoyed our chinese new year reunion dinner there! we ordered 10pax set B from their CNY menu. ($498 ) pretty hefty but the staff were really friendly and i enjoyed every dish! you’re definitely paying for what you get as the quality and taste was great! the quantity is huge too & i left the restaurant with a huge food baby 😂

***: absolutely enjoyed

10pax set B 8 course meal:
1. prosperity yu sheng (veg abalone & konnyaku slices)
2. lotus classic platter
***3. double boiled soup w/ premium mushrooms and fungi
***4. homemade soya roll in thai sauce (tomyum flavour)
5. braised mushrooms w/ veg sea cucumber & abalone
***6. lion mane mushroom loaf w/ veg wrap
***7. sesame rice balls w/ dual condiments
***8. fruity loquat soup w/ white fungus & chuanbei

overall my experience was great and i hope to return for reunion dinner here next cny!
the restaurant also sells a couple snacks and seasonings near their counter & has buffet available which seems to be very popular!

Pros: good food, friendly staff

Cons: expensive

Strelka

Points +125

Vegetarian
09 Jun 2019

Great variety but not worth the price

I was there for the asian weekend buffet. The place is cozy and ambiance is great. Busy but not loud.
They had a large variety of sg dishes like laksa curry puff nasi lemak... all of which were okay, but nothing really amazed me.
For 30sgd... not worth it. You can find better stuff in hawker centres. But for groups its a good place to eat

Pros: Large variery, nice ambiance

Cons: Expensive

LeeZhengXin

Points +2122

Vegetarian
12 Aug 2018

Best Vegetarian Buffet

The best buffet in Singapore with lots of varieties. Ideal to bring overseas friends to try our vegetarian food.

Pros: Lots of choices

Cons: It gets too crowded at times.

consciouscookieee

Points +630

Mostly Veg
21 Mar 2018

Wide variety of buffet food

Here are my favourites from the buffet spread:
- The whole dim sum area, including the vegetable dumplings & steamed pumpkin cake
- Green Bean Nonya Kueh (more of a tasty savoury-sweet pastry XP)
- Laksa (wasn’t spicy and was made with coconut milk :) I mixed it with the fish porridge which made a tasty concoction hoho)
- Morindae Radix Eucommia Soup (it had dong gu / chinese mushrooms)
- Chinese Yam (Huai Shan) with Passionfruit Sauce
- Salmon: didn’t taste like salmon, but the texture was somewhat like fishcake which I liked :)
- Mini red bean pau (it was of the normal standard but I like red bean so :3)

Pros: Wide variety of cuisines

Cons: Vegan options are not labelled

Sweetveganneko

Points +1540

Vegan
12 Mar 2018

Favourite buffet in a long time

Having tried the other vegetarian buffet in singapore, I have to say this is so much better! There was a large spread of food available, such that I was super spoilt for choice, and everything was at least decent quality, with the dimsum surpassing many of those I tried outside. Especially after experiencing immense disappointment with vegetarian siew mais. I especially loved the appetisers and freshly cooked vegetables, which were gone within minutes and constantly replenished such that they remained warm even when left without heat (thus no overheating). The availability of large tables also meant that this place is great for large group gatherings during occasions such as family dinners.

Do remember to check if the items are vegan, as some of my friends made the mistake of consuming multiple servings of pumpkin salad before realising that it was mixed with yogurt, and having mashed potato before realising there was butter.

Pros: Great spread, Good quality, Quick and constant replenishment

Cons: servers may not be clear about what contains dairy

gooty

Points +251

Vegan
10 Mar 2018

Great variety

Their buffet was great. Always crowded on weekend.

Pros: Most items are vegan.

AshleyLim

Points +10

Non Veg
12 Dec 2016

Nice food

Buffet looked good, but were probably too late for that. One of our dishes was named haory mushrooms, but don't think they were mushrooms, though they were tasty!

Peace ...

Points +3320

Vegetarian
19 Sep 2013

Buffet @ Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant

Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant is situated in the Quality Hotel near Novena. I have been there many years back and recently, we heard about this restaurant from few friends. So, we decided to bring our new vegetarians friends to try their cuisine.

We went there twice within few weeks to taste the Asian Buffet and the Steamboat Buffet. The food here is nothing fancy, but it is full of simple things that are perfect for buffet lover!

When we were there for the Asian Buffet on a weekend, the place was full! We were glad that we did make a reservation before heading there. Besides, the wide range of dishes, there were salad bar, dessert, a good variety of drink option, Japanese sushi, Dim Sum, few varieties of soups and other local and Taiwan favorities like vegetarian laksa, vegetarian congee, vegetarian chicken rice and the like. Pretty impressed with the diversity of the buffet menu.

As for the Steamboat Buffet @ S$19.80++ which only served on weekday (Mon-Thur). You get to taste some Dim Sum, salad, Japanese sushi, dessert etc. Quite a good buffet spread!

bandita

Points +123

Vegan
19 Jul 2008

Delicious!!!

Little pricey but excellent taste and variety. I prefer the steamboat buffet over the asian buffet.

Pros: tasty, much variety

Cons: pricey, inconvenient location if no car., too cold

Veronica01

23 Nov 2010

whats the difference between the two buffets please? What does steamboat even mean?

bandita

22 Feb 2013

For the steamboat buffet, you have a choice between 2 pots of soup broths...a vegetable one and/or a spicy one. It cooks right at your table so it stays nice and hot the whole time. And then at the buffet line, you have all sort of "seafood" selections to choose from to cook in your pot, as well as all sort of vegetables, won tons, noodles, etc. Make sure you make a reservation before you go. Last time I went, that was a new requirement. Enjoy!

herbman

Points +168

Vegetarian
15 Dec 2006

Wonderful food

Wonderful food I had my ROM at the location. definately value for Money.




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