Vegan-friendly
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Buffet
Take-out
Taiwanese

Taiwanese restaurant and buffet near Mariahilfestrasse shopping district. Offers a la carte menu and lunch buffet. Menu is vegan-friendly and consists of some mockmeat dishes. Location has a beautiful garden. Open for lunch and dinner. Open Mon 11:30-15:00, Mon-Sun 17:30-22:00, Thu-Sun 11:30-15:00.


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105 Reviews

First Review by carnilius

OpalWisteria

Points +32

Vegan
15 May 2015

Never want to eat anywhere else

This restaurant was so amazing. I was solo traveling for the first time, to vienna last week and felt homesick. on my second day i ate here and all was cured, seriously this food was so delicious that i just forgot my worries. now that i am home again, i am looking forwardvto visit vienna again just for this food!
i had the lunch buffet. lots of options and all of them delicious.

Pros: cheap, amazing food, friendly staff

Cons: none

Misanthropia

Points +2827

Vegan
11 Apr 2015

Perfect asian food.

The first thing you notice upon entering this restaurant is the amazing and authentic asian atmosphere and the friendly staff. Even though it is actually a vegetarian restaurant, the possibilities for vegans are numerous, which is not something you see in every vegetarian restaurant. The food was amazing, the portion sizes huge, and all that for extremely cheap prices - an all around great experience!

Pros: Amazing food, Friendly and forthcoming service, Cheap prices

babebibobu

Points +237

Vegan
15 Mar 2015

good restaurant

i like xu's cooking very much, although i prefer ordering à la carte, because the buffet is not that special in my opinion.
but we sometimes choose xu's (at midday) for family or birthday meetings, because the buffet and also the garden is good for kids - relaxing for the adults ;)

Pros: various choices (ordering from the menu), garden, friendly staff

PiK

Points +31

Vegan
29 Sep 2014

Excellent

We visited it twice, and were so happy we discovered this place. On both occasions we used the "all you can eat" buffet (check out their website for buffet hours, they also function as a regular restaurant). It was a great relief to us to be able to try many unknown dishes (but totally safe from meat) and discover new foods. We really stuffed ourselves with everything from appetizers, main dishes, salads to desserts, and chose from dozens of dishes. And for a very reasonable price. Also, they have a very nice terrace. If we ever visit Vienna again, we'll definitively come to Xu's!

Pros: Value for money, Diversity

Elisabeth_Vienne

Points +123

Vegan
06 May 2014

Great Asian food

This is one of my favourite vegan restaurants in Vienna! They have a really big choice of many different vegan dishes including fake meat. Everything I ate there was quite good!

The prices are totally okay for the portions and the staff is very friendly.

So if you are a vegan of Chinese food in vegan version, you have to go there! :)

Pros: Excellent food, friendly staff, fair prices

AndyT

Points +2377

Vegan
10 Apr 2014

Great vegetarian Chinese Buffet, many vegan option

XU's cooking is a vegetarian buffet place that offers both a la carte and buffet lunch and dinner.

The food might not necessarily be very healthy, but it definitely is tasty. I have been there a few times with meat-eaters, and they enjoyed the food and were impressed. Also my kids liked the choice and the taste, which is not often the case in vegetarian or vegan restaurants.

Staff are friendly and knowledgeable as to which options are vegan, and they make a delicious coffee with coconut mil,.

Pros: Great taste, good variety, Many vegan options, Price moderate

Cons: Some food might not be very healthy

Hanseat

Points +77

Vegetarian
30 Oct 2013

YUMM

Delicious lunch buffet at a very good price.
It is hard to stop eating, everything is so good.
I have eaten a la carte too and have never been disappointed.
Definitely worth a visit.

Pros: great lunch buffet, good value, large variety of dishes

rhelune

Points +183

Vegan
29 Oct 2013

My pig out restaurant in Vienna

I've tried only the lunch buffet so far. It's cheap, the food is delicious, there's a great variety, and only a few of the dishes aren't vegan. The staff is friendly and there's always somebody who speaks English.

The receipts are weird though (hand-written and only numbers, no item names) but the food is cheap, so I have never felt ripped-off.

Pros: delicious food, great value, friendly staff

Fiumara

Points +30

Vegan
29 Dec 2012

Perfect!!

Great service (very, very helpful), very fast, great food, big choice of vegeterian and vegan food. Maybe 90% vegan and 10% vegetarian. Not expensive and very big portions!
A must to visit in Vienna!!!!

Pros: helpful, great choice of food, excellent service

lizoox

Points +26

Vegan
26 Jul 2012

love it!

The menu is very big, the prices are fair, the food was delicous! There's a nice atmosphere as well.The staff offered to pack what I couldn't finish.
I came back for the lunch-buffet and it was great! I ate as much as I could (and maybe a bit more) for 6.9 Euro's. I am very critical when it comes to food, but honestly, I liked everything. The meat loving friend who joined me couldn't stop eating either.

Pros: Excellent food, Great lunch-buffet

vegan_ryan

Points +3869

Vegan
08 Jul 2012

Great place!

Went here a few years ago in a large group (approx 15 people), and the staff was still very friendly to us, which sometimes doesn't happen with a big group.

The food was exactly what I expected at a vegetarian Asian buffet, but it was really good.

I would definitely go back here. Everything I tried was delicious.

Pros: All-vegetarian, Friendly staff

Cons: None

xkillerx

Points +133

Vegan
29 Apr 2012

All you can eat

This review is for people who come from a background of NOOOO vegan or vegetarian places to eat where they live.

Whenever I am in a 100km radius close to Wien i go there for lunch. The lunch buffet is awesome. Almost all food is vegan. All food is delicious. I regularly take non-veg friends with me and only get compliments and questions whether we will make it in time to have dinner at Schillingers, too. :D

Yes some food is greasy. But that is only "some", the choice is outstanding. It's dead center wien. Has free underground parking first hour, next hour is 1 euros each. Park there, go eat, pay extra 5 euros and you can roam around the city for the next 5 hours while your car is buried safely in teh underground.


but WAIT WAIT WAIT

I forgetz to mention the drinks list!! ZOMFG! both the alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks are chinese specialties. the soft drinks are wonderful mixtures with aloe and mango etc, while my drinking buddies swear the creamy wines are second to none. So make sure to drink their specialty beverages instead of generic globalisation crap.

Oh and the garden is just wonderful too. Not big but lovely to sit outside during a hot summer day to eat and relax.

Pros: all you can eat for dirt cheap, wonderful drinks, great location and parking

Cons: some food is greasy, poor english speaking staff

Anna Reimstein

Points +42

Vegan
03 Feb 2011

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I went there once in August 2009 and we ordered from the menu (no buffet for dinner?). Lots of mock meat dishes and plenty of pictures on the menu, to be honest though I didn't quite like the food, it was too meaty for my taste. My omnivore boyfriend loved his (vegan) mock-meat dish. I even asked the waitress if it _really_ was mock meat - apparently it's made from a mushroom base or something. I had a variety of "meats" in my dish (don't remember what exactly I had, sorry! Some kind of stew, I think) - "duck", "beef", "pork".

I want to go there again for lunch some time, I do think I'd find myself something yummy at the buffet.

Pros: mostly vegan, friendly staff, nice outdoor seating

Cons: no dinner buffet, mock meat too close to the real thing

kitchen witch

Points +65

Vegan
21 Aug 2010

very good faux meat

Fantastic! It has a great choice of (fried) vegan food. On the menù is written what is vegetarian (10%) and what is vegan (90%). Parking in the basement: tell them you've parked there, they will give you a discount card and pay directly at the restaurant.

Pros: good choice, value, friendly staff

Cons: fried

veggiegoth

Points +217

Vegetarian
22 Feb 2010

awesome!

this was my favorite restaraunt in vienna. some mockmeat dishes and non-mockmeat dishes. i sat outside on a beautiful evening. nice atmosphere and waitstaff.

nspanee

Points +251

Vegan
17 Nov 2009

drummmmmmsticks

we usually sleep in the somewhat shabby but cheap hotel next to this place. can park the car in the garage and lunchbuffet is just out the door. i think i took on about 4 kilos in 4 days. we just don't have anything like that back home......but after 4 days i just wanted to eat salad for a week. the stuff really is good but lot of fried things....
drummmmmmsticks we love you....

Pros: cheap lunchbuffet

Iines

Points +91

Vegetarian
26 Aug 2009

Grreat!

Lunch buffet for 6 euros! We went there twice.

marnia

Points +84

Vegetarian
14 Jan 2009

The dark lord Seitan is succeeding-

in his plan to make me eat myself to a type 2 diabetic early grave. We had enjoyed an evening meal at the other location and came here for the buffet, we enjoyed almost everything available and kept going back for more, it was very impressive, fantastic value and I recommend it to any reasonable people.
But don't try to fit everything on your first plateful!!!!!!!

Pros: Tasty, cheap, good service

danidancheva

Points +44

Vegan
03 Dec 2008

great taiwanese restaurant

right in the middle of europe I got all I love about taiwanese cuisine - this great mixture of chinese and japanese influences creates a wonderful experience. i managed to try the buffet only, but it was delicious!!! the staff were friendly, spoke both english and german so communication happened :)
definitely going back next time

Pros: vegan-friendly, tea in leaves, not bags, authentic place

limade

Points +33

Vegetarian
14 Aug 2008

very good selection

We went here a few times and always liked the dishes. The waitstaff is very friendly and they have a sweet little garden where you may eat outside. I have eaten in Vegetasia I and II and like the atmosphere here better.

morrowdoug

Points +37

Vegetarian
09 Aug 2008

Amazing!

This place was fantastic, and so friendly. Huge selection of different dishes (mock meat, noodles, rice, dumplings, etc) with an unbelievably underpriced 7 euros for all you can eat. They've got these nutty dumplings that are out of this world, and the waitress kept on trying to get me to eat more even when I was totally full! =) This location was much better than the other one, in my opinion. Nice garden setting and more selection at the buffet.

Pros: delicious, huge selection, totally cheap

tyranny

Points +67

Vegan
15 Jul 2008

Fantastic

I really enjoyed my lunch here. The price seems quite reasonable for an all-you-can-eat buffet in Vienna. The staff is lovely and understands what vegan means, and can point out what contains eggs, dairy, etc. The food itself was delicious. I tried a bit of everything, and the mock meats were good although too authentic for my taste.

Pros: tasty food, wonderful staff, good location for hostellers

matrosin

Points +168

Vegan
02 Mar 2008

went there about twenty times

when i go to vienna i go there. I think this is the best restaurant in town. But go there on midday when the buffet is open. You pay once 7 euros and you can eat as much as you want. It's so good!

Pros: all you can eat, in center

carnilius

Points +40

Vegetarian
12 Jul 2007

Not impressed

Maybe the lunch buffet is different, and maybe I would feel differently had I not come from a city with multiple vegetarian restaurants, but this was a negative experience. After being talked out of my choice, I was talked into a barely palatable and greasy dish. Yes, they brought the free plum wine, but that's the only positive. Overall, I would not recommend.

Pros: Close to hostel, Vegetarian

Cons: food, overpriced, waitstaff




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