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Vegetarian restaurant serving Korean dishes and Western dishes with vegan options. Featuring seasonal pickled vegetables. All dishes except for cheese pasta are vegan. Open Mon-Sun 12:00pm-3:00pm, 5:00pm-8:00pm.


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40 Reviews

First Review by HelenHaeryounGi

zuendy

Points +3996

Vegan
01 Dec 2024

Fantastic! Highly recommend

Favorite restaurant in seoul. Delicious, fresh, homemade food.
Everything vegan (except cheese pasta)
Right place if you love mushroom.
Lovely owner and relaxing calm small restaurant.

Updated from previous review on 2024-12-01

50%Dakini

Points +830

Vegan
20 Oct 2024

Like eating in a grandmother's kitchen

Good food, almost all vegan, all homemade by the chef/owner. The place feels like you're eating in her kitchen.

YSTai

08 Nov 2024

PhoebeHeins

Points +18

Vegan
30 Jul 2024

Yummy

The food was super tasty - would recommend

Diegors

Points +144

Vegan
25 Jul 2024

Bueno, pero no todo vegano

Me pedí una pasta que estaba bastante buena, y tenía muchas opciones.

La señora que lleva la tienda tiene una personalidad muy curiosa y me cayó bastante bien.

Pese a todo, no es vegano por una opción. Eso me molesta porque en todos lados pone "Go vegan" pero utiliza queso en ese plato. Por eso no le pongo 5 estrellas, pero todo lo demás perfecto.

Paolina

Points +51

Vegan
05 Jul 2024

Tasty homemade dishes

This is a vegan restaurant except for one single dish, homemade cheese pasta.
The owner, Mananim, is a friendly lady who takes care of service and cooking. No berevages available except for water just for letting other customers know.

Pros: Express food , Good value , Friendly lady

Cons: No beverages except for water

qwangle

Points +22

Vegan
27 May 2024

It pains me to write this

The food was great but the service was objectively awful. This is a single person run operation but the owner is clearly extremely stressed and projects that on to the customers. She speaks excellent English which was very helpful but... We tried to be helpful by stacking our plates before leaving and were announced to be disrespectful to the entire place before we left. While waiting to pay, we were effectively screamed at to go to the card machine as if we'd already been told to go there multiple times.

Pros: food was excellent.
Cons: prepare to be yelled at.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-27

KarenGilmour

Points +52

Vegetarian
24 May 2024

Homemade food

Great to have a choice between Korean and other cuisines.

Pros: Freshly made food., The pickles are also made by the owner., She is quite quirky, insisting in sterilised hands

Jumaroko

Points +64

Vegan
22 May 2024

Vegan lunch

Cute little restaurant offering all vegan meals (except for one dish with cheese). It is hard to find vegan korean dishes in the city, so this is the place to go to! The place is run by a lovely elderly lady and the food was great.

HelenHaeryounGi

Points +3511

Vegan
11 May 2024

Cute restaurant with Vegan/Vegetarian Option in Gyedong!

I liked this restaurant promotes their vegan/vegetarian menu outside! It is owner’s style of taste restaurant which is good to have own personality. She makes all the side dishes too. And it is very traditional soy sauce marinated. Food is humble and simple! However, the owner chef’s attitude is not proper as service business person which people can feel very rude and annoyed.

Updated from previous review on 2019-05-31

DmitriBurtis

Points +16

Vegan
26 Dec 2023

5 stars!!!

Can’t give 5 stars because the app won’t allow restaurants not fully vegan/vegetarian to receive higher than 4 stars. But a majority of the menu is vegan. This place is an absolute gem. If you want a true personal and wholesome experience and home cooked style meal, this place is a perfect choice. Mananim, the owner, is awesome and runs the entire restaurant on her own. I humbly ask for patrons to show patience and kindness towards your host, she does it all and deserves some love back

Bears0815

Points +78

Vegan
29 Oct 2023

Great vegan options

There where several vegan options. The owner can speak English and also a little bit German.
The taste and portion size was good.

Pros: Taste , Many vegan options , English speaking staff

MathisBBB

Points +97

Vegan
02 Oct 2023

Great

Vegan options clearly marked. The food is nice with a good price. And the lady running the place is so kind and funny.
I wanted to put five stars but apparently the app doesn't allow.

vorschlag

Points +95

Vegan
01 Sep 2023

Would like to give 5 stars

Beautiful small restaurant close to many tourist attraction. I had the rice cakes and it was fantastic.

Pros: Nice owner , Many vegan options

LorenzoHoner

Points +71

Vegan
27 Jul 2023

Awesome food from an awesome lady

Place has more vegan options than not and they all seemed really good. The Awesome Bibimbap was really good

jerryremkes

Points +158

Vegan
17 Jul 2023

Quirky place with lovely food

It’s very conveniently located near the MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) Seoul and the Gyeongbokgung Palace, in a lovely little side street with galleries and little shops. The old lady running this quirky little restaurant is super nice; they’re all her own recipes and the food is great. About 10 vegan dishes and 4 non-vegan options; a balance I’d love to see in any other restaurant! Most of the food is Korean but there’s one pasta dish too. There were only 5 tables but we were the only guests; might take a bit longer perhaps if all tables are taken.

Pros: Lovely cook / host, Characteristic restaurant , Cheap and tasty

Zeberka12

Points +1590

Vegan
01 May 2023

Disappointing

I am sorry but the food was extremely greasy 😮‍💨
Spicy and how mushroom soup had basically no broth in it….
Not to my taste 😩

Julylia

Points +37

Vegan
26 Apr 2023

Great vegan Korean food

Really good food with loads of vegan options. Everything home made, and the owner is super friendly and speaks English.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-26

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Korean food

wincoop

Points +569

Vegan
25 Apr 2023

Vegan with character!

This old lady is a character you want to meet. Her food is delicious. Made on the spot in her one woman kitchen. And all in all is a one woman show. Very nice!

Pros: Great food., Nice lady

Cons: 5 tables of 2-4 people so may be full

VeganBec

Points +1022

Vegan
10 Apr 2023

Quirky and very tasty

Chef is a funny lady who tells it like it is. She’s a one woman band, doing it all. Bipimbap was tasty, fried Mushrooms were delicious, all organic and non-GMO. Our Omni friend enjoyed her non-vegan dish too.

Cute messages from past diners on napkins helped to decorate the shop.

w.garczyk

Points +22

Vegan
02 Apr 2023

Not worth the money. The bibimbap looked like some leftovers.

the rice had very little toppings. The portion was small. The dish was very basic. Very little banchan.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-02

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Poor service, Very basic food

Ti2

Points +137

Vegetarian
16 Feb 2023

So good!

Many vegan options here, and the owner cooked each meal to order in the back kitchen. She was really lovely and the food was so delicious with spice levels adjusted to my taste. Prices were also very reasonable.

If you want a fresh meal and warm service this is the place to go!

Pros: So many vegan options, Friendly owner

dannytt

Points +269

Vegan
03 Feb 2023

Unique restaurant

Perfect for lunch when visiting the contemporary art museum, this small restaurant is a unique spot in an exciting neighbourhood.
The interior is surprising and the food very delicious.

Pros: Delicious food, Nice options, Nice neighbourhood

Cherie_Si

Points +43

Vegetarian
19 Jan 2023

Homemade is great!

There are a lot of vegan options in the menu with home made ingridients.
We had the Bibimbap and the spicy rice cake.

Although the portion of the Bibimbap is a bit small, but the sauce and the ingridients are all very delicious. The rice cake is chewy and the sauce is very tasty.

Homemade is the best.

I will definitely go again!!!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Homemade

Cons: Shop a bit messy

KadiHarmon

Points +8258

Vegan
05 Jan 2023

Mostly vegan!

I love visiting the neighborhoods near the palace so I was happy to find this place. The lady was so nice! I tried the mung bean dish as well as the spicy mushroom and bok choy noodles. Both good.

MatthewGrech

Points +19

Vegetarian
09 Oct 2022

Lovely atmosphere and great food

Came here for lunch on a rainy day and it was the perfect spot! Indoors feels very homely and warm. The food was so hearty and delicious, we tried the mushroom noodles and the mushroom soup and we were not disappointed! Perfect meal for a rainy day

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-09

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: None. Great experience

idanshavit

Points +63

Vegetarian
01 Oct 2022

Mixed feelings

We had an odd moment when we went into the restaurant.
The owner shooed us to the entrance and yelled at us to clean our hands.
We were the only foreigners that entered the place, and she never asked that from the locals that entered after us and didn't sanitised their hands (made us feel a bit odd).
Any how, the food was decent. The noodles weren't good, but I really liked the spicy mushroom soup.
This place have a lot of vegan options which is really great!

MartaPf

Points +986

Vegan
16 Sep 2022

Close to Gyeongbokgung

Small restaurant serving mostly vegan food (4 non vegan options, that my non vegan friends said were not very tasty).
I had the spicy rice cakes with mushrooms, it was ok, nothing to rave about.

It’s a good option if you’re around Gyeongbokgung Palace, and the neighbourhood itself is pretty cute to walk around.




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