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This Chinese vegetarian food restaurant opened in late 2008 by the former partner of Happy Family and Happy Veggies restaurants in Rowland Height (similar menu); was named Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant. Uses many food ingredients imported from Taiwan and China. Many faux meat dishes. The setup is modern and nice. Relocated from 140 W Valley Blvd 222. Reported closed November 2023.
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250 W Valley Blvd. B2, 2nd floor, San Gabriel, California, USA
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14 Reviews
First Review by pockymonster
VinT
Points +55
Nice taiwanese style vegetarian food - Edit
If you like Taiwan vegetarian food, this is the place to have
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Suong123Le
Points +54
Delicious! - Edit
Highly recommend people to come try this place out at least once. This is my second time here and will keep coming back. The mushrooms are a big favorite! Not really crispy, as the name suggests, it’s more chewy and sticky. The sauce for it is super yummy, though.
Read moreService is nice, not incredibly friendly but they aren’t cold. It’s in the middle where service is usually expected to be.
Pros: Good variety, Decently fast, Good sized portions
Cons: Some dishes may be more bland than others.
Guest
Bird215
Points +241
Worth a try - Edit
Ordered the Buddha plate. Pretty bland and oily. I probably should have picked something else. Everything else looked good
Read morePros: Huge selection , Nice place
Guest
bluue
Points +20
Tasty - Edit
Get the fried mushrooms!! They’re ridiculously good. Crunchy on the outside, but melt in your mouth. The seasoning is perfect too I came here for the first time with six non-vegan/non-vegetarian friends, and they were so impressed with the food that they even ask to come back here.
Read morePros: Must try the fried mushrooms
Cons: Parking can be crowded
Guest
universo
Points +53
Good Chinese Food - Edit
I ordered the Vege Fish with Crispy Soy Bean Sauce and it was steaming hot and delicious!
Read morePros: Good food, Reasonable price
Cons: Fortune cookies are not vegan
Guest
TinaCheong
Points +485
Good chinese food - Edit
I was feeling like some vegan Chinese food so I decided to order take out at this place. They have a daily lunch special which was about 9$ and it came with a choice of rice or porridge. I believe that there are more options if you are dining in but those were the only 2 for take out.
Read moreI ordered the pepper fish and it was made really fast. I was out of the store in 10 minutes! The dish itself was packed with flavor , and the lunch portion was decent enough that I had enough for dinner.
Overall this was a pleasant experience because I felt that the food was worthy of the price, and will be returning to try their other dishes.
Guest
sydroseee
Points +22
My new go-to Chinese food! - Edit
I’ve been here about 4 times now. And I’m in love. I️ order the orange chicken, tofu in hot sauce, sautéed green beans, some noodles and white rice. IT IS the best, I’ve brought meat-eater family and my vegetarian boyfriend and they all agree.
Read morePros: great food , reasonable price
Cons: nothing!
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Hungwy
Points +274
A cut above - Edit
We had the stewed vege ham and bean curd which was imaginative and beautifully tasty with very nice presentation (unusual for Chinese vegetarian restaurants). Stir fried noodles were not at all greasy. Congee wonderful and delicately flavored. In all, flavors were subtle, complex and clean. Service is very caring although English can be a challenge. Mostly vegan. Excellent experience.
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mcmickenj
Points +17
OMG Good!!! - Edit
Wow, this place is so good! Everything that we tried really popped. It's so nice to not have to worry about animal products in our food. I almost refused the complimentary egg drop soup, because everywhere else it has chicken broth. Tried the crispy oyster mushrooms and mustard greens with tofu skin and fresh soy beans that stood out as our favorites.
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Manish21
Points +33
um no - Edit
This place is not very good at all. Ordered a hot pot and it was overpowered with ginger. Told the waitress there was to much ginger and she said there was no ginger in the dish(the menu even stated there was ginger in it) then she told us our other dish was mad with the same sauce. Nope the sauces were completely different. Anyways they replace the hot pot with another equally bad tasting plate.
Read morePros: big menu
Cons: taste, parking
Guest
Chia
Points +3635
Another Vegetarian Chinese Food Option - Edit
I had read about this place on happycow, and here's my Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant review.
Read moreThe owners are previous partners at the Happy Family restaurant and then Happy Veggie Garden, both in Rowland Heights. Now they've come out and found a new partner to open up this venture. It's been established for over 2 years now, and from what I saw, the business was pretty good.
The restaurant is located in a busy shopping plaza, it's located on the second floor in a large space. The interior is nice designed with cool air conditioning for these hot San Gabriel valley days.
The menu is very similar to the other veggie Chinese restaurants in the area and nearly identical to what the owners' previous restaurants offered. There are many pages of vege mock meat dishes, some tofu meals, hot pots, stir frys, fried things, soups, and others.
My husband and I tried:
- a small dish of chilled seaweed (seasoned with oil, salt, and slices of fresh red chili
- dried stir fried green beans (does not come with any rice)
- crispy vege seafood rolls (nori rolled over a beancurd sheet that's filled with some vege stuff, then deep fried
- fried rice noodle with pumpkin
Complimentary hot jasmine tea was served with our meal.
Overall, I thought the flavors of the food was pretty good, and the veggies were fresh (though conventional and non-organic). However, we found every dish to be a bit too oily for our palate.
If you come at lunchtime, you can order from their inexpensive lunch specials menu where you get rice and soup with each main entree order.
Pros: quick service, large variety, comfortable setting
Cons: too much oil, conventional ingredients only
Guest
chobesoy
Points +1058
My default go-to veggie joint! - Edit
I can't believe I haven't written a review for this place yet since I am here all the time! That in itself is testament that it's reliably good and personally, a place for comfort food, and my mom doesn't have to lift a finger :) I've already used up my frequent eater card and gotten the discount. It's a happy place to eat anything on the menu, keeping veggieheads and meat eaters happy. To think of a couple of my favs, the pumpkin and tofu is simmered to a melt-in-your-mouth stage, and I love having an almond milk puff to finish off my meal. Everything I've tried here is good so ironically, I don't have specific recommendations other than that. Just depends on what you're in the mood for :) Staff is nice, it's simple and not high end dining if that's what you're looking for, but on a regular day, I'm always up for a meal there.
Read morePros: reliable, delicious, reasonable prices
Guest
SonjaCPA
Points +5270
Fresh and tasty - Edit
A non-veg Chinese friend of mine suggested going here as she likes it. It's on the second floor in a large shopping center on the corner of Valley and Del Mar. There's a huge parking lot as well as underground parking, but it was still packed full since it was a weekend in December. The restaurant space is large and nicely laid out.
Read moreThe menu notes the dishes where egg is added, which is helpful, but we were still concerned about the mock meats. My friend asked in Mandarin about it, but was just told there's no egg, so I didn't really get an answer about whey, etc., so we just decided not to have any mock meats which was fine since there were plenty of other options.
We started with a soup listed on the "new items" menu, but it was all in Chinese, so we confirmed no egg. It was delicious! It had all sorts of things in it - bean curd, wheat gluten puffs, chinese yams, chestnuts, and more. We also got the minced vegetable lettuce wraps which were a hit with our other non-veg friends. All the filling was already marinated, so there was no sauce to drip on our hands.
For the main entrees, we got crispy shittake mushrooms, lotus root with sugar peas, bean curd with napa cabbage, rice cakes with vegetables, kung pao shrimp and some special fish dish. We stayed away from the mock meat ones, but our friends were pleased with them. The thing that stuck me was how fresh and colorful the vegetables all were. It was a delicious meal and the fortune cookies were vegan!
Pros: fresh and tasty, large space, friendly staff
Cons: eggs in many dishes
Guest
pockymonster
Points +32
Good Memories - Edit
As a kid I always went to Happy Family restaurant, and Gourmet Vegetarian is actually Happy Family but reincarnated! They have all the staples, and favorites! Lunch specials come with Chinese dinner rolls, brown rice or porridge or Hot and Sour Soup. The dishes aren't too oily like many Chinese restaurants. I don't know the names of the things I ordered because I only know them in Chinese and my mom always orders, but everything we got was good, so you should definitely try it!
Read morePros: Not too oily, Brown Rice! :), Lunch Specials!
Cons: Kinda pricey for what it is- not lunch $
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