Lacto
Indian
Fast food
Take-out
This one is a snack counter on the ground floor inside the big building at Chung King Mansions. Small seating area. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-11:00pm.
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Ground Floor, Block B Chung King Mansion, 36-44 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Added by JohnnySensible on 01 Aug 2007
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10 Reviews
First Review by Digital Ghost
anothersun
Points +2259
Super tasty, had to come back - Edit
Everything I had was absolutely delicious and for HK level I guess reasonably priced. Came back here a second time during my three day visit to have "brunch". The guy who runs the store is also very nice and easygoing about explaining what's vegan and what's not. Also, I had no problems stomaching the food, as somebody mentioned here. 100% recommend!
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Koby
Points +277
Very OK - Edit
8 HK$ for a samosa.
Read more40 for a standard cooked dish.
I spent my time there while the nearby laundromat was working...
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platypus_w
Points +791
you get what you pay for - Edit
Considering the price I thought the food was ok. It is definitely not amazing, but ok for
Read morea quick, cheap and filling lunch.
I thought the Samosas were actually quite tasty.
Hygiene standards are definitely not the best..
Pros: cheap
Cons: not the cleanest of places...
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DZet
Points +976
low end - Edit
If you can stomach the type of place you can eat nicely here. Dish was acceptable in flavour, quite a big portion. Samosa was cheap and quit nice.
Read morePros: best affordable samosa's in town?, big portions, Indian
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JackTanner
Points +271
Disappointing - Edit
I ate at their 5th floor restaurant last time I was in HK and it's hard to believe they are the same place.
Read moreI asked for the menu but was told there was no menu and to pick from the counter instead. I chose rice, lentils and paneer + pea gravy then sat down... and saw my dinner being put on a plastic plate and warmed up in the microwave. Not quite what I was expecting.
The food tasted ok, not as good as the other Indian food I've had in HK but I guess for $40 it wasn't bad. It was full of local customers which they often say is a good sign, but I wouldn't eat here again.
Updated from previous review on 2017-07-24
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Stevie
Points +11765
Smrat Pure Veg - Ground floor, Hong Kong - Edit
The guy who sits behind the counter is at best disinterested and ambivalent and somewhat dismissive of his customers. On my last visit I asked him a little more about whether or not something I was pointing at was made with milk products. He then started raising his voice. This attracted the attention of another person there who tried to speak calmly to the guy serving. The server didn't seemed bothered though and made it pretty clear that my querying of the food content was unwelcome.
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Kelly Kelly
Points +3361
Disappointing - Edit
Once sat in the back (unfortunately after already ordering) we could see the place was dirty.
Read more50 Hong Kong Dollars for two small portions of curry and a couple of chapati's. We had 4 curries between the 2 of us. They were mediocre to "we aren't eating the rest of this."
We only finished about 1/2 the food served even though we were both hungry. Cooked in a microwave on a Styrofoam plate and saturated with oil.
We sat at a table that was dirty expecting it to be cleaned before they would bring the food. They brought over napkins and sat them on the table with no intention of cleaning the table. We had to ask for it to be cleaned. The floor below us had food spilled on it that was never cleaned up. I went to move the sauce bottle on the table and was left with sticky, gooey hands from the uncleaned bottle. That dirty of a place at 9am > I would hate to see the mess accumulated later in the day.
Would I or my girlfriend eat there again? Take a wild guess!
Guest
mike_veg
Points +296
Indian Food Stall - Edit
Indian Vegetarian Food stall inside Chung King Mansions.
Read moreYou have to scout your way inside the 1st floor and it's in the left end corner.
Please be advised that there are a lot of vegetarian/vegan restaurants or food stall inside Chung King Mansions
Simple,Cheap and Easy Indian pre-heat food. Good for take-out while on travel. They have variety of food and sweets and it's affordable. Avail of their budget meal.
I love Indian food!
Pros: excellent food, good value
Cons: noisy, small space for eating
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JohnnySensible
Points +7596
Not for molysmophobics - Edit
Still very, very simple.
Read moreDecidedly grubby.
If you are not "India experienced" maybe avoid.
They have cleared away some boxes so perhaps 6 people can sit there now.
This evening I had 2 alu (potato) parathas - 1 portion of channa (chick peas) - 1 portions of a gobi (cauliflower) dish - plus a pakora - all vegan - nicely spiced - all for HK$33 (just over US$4) exactly 'I am satisfied'.
Updated from previous review on Friday June 15, 2007
A difficult place to review. Not easy to categorize. Super simple - super basic - super cheap. Friendly - often quite exuberant staff. The "Sardar Ji" at the counter will forget your order within 30 seconds. Seating for 4 small people or 2.5 large people in the storeroom at the rear. Cooked dishes come down in the elevator from the upstairs branch of Smrat. Unfortunate name - the hellish Chung King Mansions building certainly has numerous rats but Smrat is clean. I eat there often - it is always a good experience. No menu that I have ever seen. Alu paratha's / channa masala / alu matar / tarka dhal etc. I do not bother with the microwave - room temperature is just fine for me. I also love Monty Python & The Goon Show.
Updated from previous review on Friday June 15, 2007
Cons: You decide
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Digital Ghost
Points +50
Terrible unedible food - Edit
The food here was totally unedible.
Read moreIt featured tinned vegetables, tomato ketchup and chapati with mould on.
When first asked they said it was vegan - however after paying they said they were unsure!
JohnnySensible
Partly untrue.
Read moreThey do not cook with tomato ketchup.
There is no possibility of mold on a chapati - they are freshly made.
Inedible - perhaps you could say 'not to my taste' - dozens of low budget travellers & locals eat here every single day.
Why should they know the word 'vegan'? - explain 'strict Jain' - no milk / cheese / butter / yoghurt.
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