Lacto
Chinese
Take-out
Catering
Malaysian
Air-conditioned double storey building. Serves Chinese and Western vegetarian food with economic rice as well a la carte menu. Special dishes include bah kut teh, tomyam laksa, nasi lemak. Also sells a large selection of prepackaged food. Chinese name: 鹿野苑素食馆. Open Mon-Tue 7:30am-3:30pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm, Thu-Sun 7:30am-3:30pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm. Rests Wed. (Thursday closed if 1st & 15th of lunar month fall on Wednesday).
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34 Reviews
First Review by raphalla
GillVHibbitt
Points +656
Delicious noodle soup - Edit
Yet another good restaurant from Happy Cow.
Read moreFriendly, helpful member of staff.
Delicious noodle soup
Pros: Flavour, Clean and fast, People
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acinomonix
Points +108
One of the comfier vegetarian restos - Edit
If youre looking for a comfy place that serves all-vegetarian dishes, then this is it. But note that prices are a bit higher. For me, the dishes here are more easily recognizable (familiar). Loved their sweet n sour dish and their lemon 'chicken'.
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Durianwalker
Points +1761
Fantastic family owned and operated - Edit
Exceptional quality and selections. The bad reviews you see for this restaurant are from fake vegan trolls. Order from menu and/or serve up your own plate buffet style with the amount you desire of each delicious item. All Vegan now.
Read morePros: Massive selection, Great cozy seating environment, Nice soup selections like Laksa, be hoon, etc..
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gazvegan
Points +164
Expensive buffet - Edit
RM37 for 2 plates of cold food from the buffet. Ee Beng is better and cheaper.
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reuben.fitz
Points +61
Laksa is so good and so cheap! - Edit
7rm for a delicious, spicey and fresh laksa. Make sure you also try the satay sticks.
Read morePros: Price, Delicious
Cons: English maybe not so awesome but manageable.
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darila
Points +544
Tasty but not favorite - Edit
I ordered bee hoon soup. The lady couldn't help me to explain what is it, it was tasty but so much noodles for me. I didn't find it extremely interesting or super delicious. It was okay. The place was nice, there is also open buffet but obviously I was late for it.
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putri_deww
Points +48
Too many choices to choose from! - Edit
They have plenty of food options there! They have option for brown rice or white rice for mix rice. I can say there are more than 20 different type of dishes to choose from. They also sell plenty of vegetarian/vegan dry food, packed food and traditional kuih. Read / ask about the ingredients first as some of them contain milk in it. Price is reasonable. Clean restaurant. Nice auntie at the counter.
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RaymondYeong
Points +19
Ok - Edit
Excellent food and great service
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JustinFeldman
Points +162
veggie buffet of epic proportions! - Edit
Huge selection of exotic food at cheap prices. Specify you are vegan as a couple dishes have milk. Huge plate for $10RM
Read moreWill be coming back surely
Pros: delicious , huge array , cheap
Cons: uses milk in some items could be vague
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kashmere.kitty
Points +110
Great buffet - Edit
Went for lunch and I ordered both from the menu (important: they do not serve the full a la carte menu during lunch) and from the buffet. The buffet was very good. Had a huge plate of noodles, vegetables, mock meat and glutinous rice balls, dumplings etc. Loved all of it. I also ordered the laksa, which was disgusting to me. Probably just not my cup of tea, so I would still recommend them :)
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TheMinimalistNinja
Points +265
Quoted incorrect price - Edit
I had the satay there and it was good. Nothing mind-blowing as I am usually not one to eat mock meat. I really wanted to try it though and enjoyed it. I then enquired about the buffet and asked how much I could expect to pay. I was quoted that it would be between 15-20. The local price, at most places, is about HALF that. I wouldn't go there for the buffet.
Read morePros: Good satay
Cons: Was quoted 15-20 for buffet which is about double
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sanluvegan
Points +200
Okay - Edit
We went here on our first night in Penang. We had the green curry with "fish" which was good, and the laaksa, which was sour and I didn't really like it, but I guess it's a preference thing. The satay was okay, but I wouldn't come back because there are so many other, in my opinion, better places in Penang to eat. Also not sure what on the menu was vegan and what wasn't.
Read morePros: Good price, Many options
Cons: Not clear what's vegan and what's not
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tantantan
Points +1103
Charming Authentic Chinese Restaurant - Edit
The food was great, lots to choose from on the menu. The ambience is cosy and authentic, only locals! Bare in mind it's a low key restaurant, not refined whatsoever.. but that's part of the charm!
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TheHairyGamer
Points +120
Buffet and Menu - Edit
We only ate at the buffet while here but did go about 4 times. The food was great and it has fake meat made out of soy and other veggies. It was hard to tell at first that it wasn't real meat. It all tasted amazing, while not all of it was hot as it was sitting out until all gone
Read morePros: Good Food, Cheap
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stepru
Points +42
Awesome service - Edit
Food is good, full of locals, even if the place is not that clean, and most of all, awesome service. Super cheap. Vegetarian and vegan local dishes, delicious.
Read morePros: Service, Prices
Cons: Cleanliness
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Lisia_Kita
Points +122
Laksa rocks! - Edit
I found good reviews of this restaurant and their laksa on vegan food blog. We came there just to get vegan laksa. It was a jackpot! So fcukin delicious! Hearty soup with springy noodles full of umami and sour taste with fresh mint. I was there around 10 days ago and Im still thinking of it every day!
Read moreI wish I could taste it again…
The service was not so warm-welcome, almost rude and we felt a bit ignored. But who cares!
They make laksa from vegan heaven! ;)
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One Arab Vegan
Points +60
Delicious Laksa, plethora of mock meat - Edit
We visited this eatery on our first afternoon in Penang after seeing positive reviews from a few blogs and HappyCow. The Laksa was absolutely delicious; fragrant coconut milk, cilantro, lime and lemongrass broth with thick noodles and just the right amount of spice. The rest of the menu however left something to be desired as it consisted mainly of mock meat dishes which tasted far too realistic to be enjoyable. The "chicken" satay tasted identical to chicken nuggets both in terms of texture and taste, and the "beef" rendang was so akin to meat I couldn't even bring myself to swallow one bite. If you are the kind of vegan who enjoys and misses the taste and textures of animal protein then this would be your haven. The lotus rice was very salty and overcooked, dumpling soup was not bad (although also included mock meat shreds).
Read moreService was adequate, but restaurant surroundings could be cleaner, had a bit of an issue with flies around our table.
Overall, not the best vegan dining experience as far as my personal tastes are concerned,
Pros: Good value for money , Very good vegan laksa, Quick service
Cons: Too much mock meat, Unclean surroundings , Salty food, overcooked
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HengAdele
Points +13
very tasty! - Edit
Dinner
Read morePenang laksa - It's awesome!
Porridge - my 3year toddler loves it!
台湾红烧面 - still okay. Not very tasty kind
Dumpling soup - the soup is awesome
You can order their home made drinks with sugar level on preference.
Green bean and red bean 饼 - affordable!
Overall experienced is we had a good dinner! It definitely worth another visit!
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Brian Ash
Points +207
huge variety of dishes - Edit
A lot of variety... From economy rice to noodles and rice. Average RM 7/bowl but the portion is kind of small.
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jamescapsul
Points +66
delicious and friendly - Edit
all staff members were pleasant and interesting, their asam laksa was incredible. cheaper than I expected - rm 6 for the laksa.
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RinaEva
Points +600
Best vegetarian buffet in this area - Edit
Sometimes buffet means not fresh food with flies. But not here. This place is very popular and staff make new food often. Some dishes with vegetables only, some food with mock meat. But everything is so tasty!
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Neeruam
Points +134
Seems to be a popular place - Edit
The restaurant was crowded when I went there on a Monday evening. Mayba that's why the waiter took such a long time to give me my plate... However, three tables of customers who came after me were served before me...
Read moreAnyway, the food was delicious, good for the price. I had sweet and sour fake meat with rice, and even I took the small portions it was well enough for me.
Pros: Very tasty food, Clan and cosy place, Good quantity
Cons: Service quite long
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walter007
Points +7641
Warmth n love!!! - Edit
The owner of the shop said although the business hours is closed between 3pm-530pm but if you walk in and there are staff in the kitchen ( always will ), they will serve you too as the motto is to spread vegetarianism by providing convenience for others to get veg food ( not primarily for profit )
Read moreKudos!!!
Pros: various options, air-con and super clean, cozy with old structured building
Cons: lack of parking lot
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veggiebubble
Points +109
Best economy rice in Penang! - Edit
This is the best place for economy rice that I have come across in Penang. All of the dishes are really tasty. There is lots of mock meat but likewise quite a few vegetable dishes. Brown and white rice available. Very good selection of food. Nice takeaway options too - steamed buns and tasty treats wrapped in banana leaf (not sure what they were but tasted good!)
Read moreThe tables are kept clean and the place generally seems clean. It's located in a nice building and has air con.
Yes the man at the desk is far from friendly but everything else makes up for that ;-)
Pros: Good selection of tasty food, Air con, Clean
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vegelover
Points +292
Tasty food - Edit
This is first time visiting their restaurant after their move. Very near Lily's.
Read moreActually prefer old place. At this new place seem a bit cluttered. Like usual the Uncle ? boss sat the table and told you how much.
A few kuihs and even jian bao!
I think food wise is tasty but a bit expensive cf to other vegetarian places.
Not sure if they still have their very yummy Poh Piah & Lobak!
Updated from previous review on Thursday January 03, 2013
Forget to mention, they closed on wednesday.
Pros: Variety of food, Tasty
Cons: A bit expensive cf to others, Cluttered
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Teppiedoo
Points +130
Our favorite place! - Edit
Wonderful, clean, and delicious. Very affordable. Easy to get to on the Rapid Penang bus system!
Read morePros: good price, great food, easy to get to location
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dimitri
Points +129
Cozy place - Edit
It's cozy place with great selection of food:) it's jay style not real restaurant with cold dishes pre cooked so the quality is so so, however some are really good like the zucchini raw pasta and 1-2 other dishes. Notice that those they complain for msg that msg is in all south Asia in instant noodles, soy sauce, substitute meat, miso and many other variety of food. Unfortunate it's everywhere from cheaper restaurant to most expensive so in my own view is needless to mention it. I found negative reviews about this restaurant about msg when the same person list a positive review for another restaurant that is also use msg, so why to discriminate?
Read morePros: Cozy, Friendly people, Great Selection
Cons: Uncertain cost prices, Precooked food
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