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南興素食店 is a large and lively cafeteria-style restaurant on the corner of Pracharon. Friendly people, buffet and cook-to-order menu, mock meats. Also sells packaged foods for takeaway. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-8:00pm.


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28 Reviews

First Review by Eric_

EsteiraHiwaizi

Points +584

Vegan
13 Feb 2024

Loved this place

Had delicious stir fried mock-meat dishes here, as well as some steamed buns and pad Thai to take away. The flavours were great and the pad Thai was the best I’ve had in Thailand - love love love.

tjasa_sal

Points +149

Vegan
21 Dec 2023

So good!

We loved the buffet and the dishes on the menu and came here a couple years ago once or twice and four times this time around. The grilled steak looking tofu(?) is perfection and so is cashew stir fry (the "meat" is incredible). We did not like 2 dishes - one that looks like minced meat (was very limey and had a spice we didn't like). The buffet was much cheaper and just as delicious.

donthavea

Points +92

Vegan
11 Dec 2023

Excellent in every way

The food looked great on the plate and tasted even better. There's a good range of dishes with plenty of variety on the menu. The staff are friendly and pleasant. It's not expensive at all.

Pros: Easy to find with a prominent corner position., Wide range of vegan dishes., Friendly polite service

Durianwalker

Points +1761

Vegan
01 Jul 2023

Corner location with lots of Vfood action

Alot of choices pre made. Made to order soups and thai dishes, juices, soymilk, coconuts, and other drinks. Quick service. Authentic thai food. A little More expensive than non-tourist cities. Still good price: 260baht for two big soups and one plate of rice with three servings of food on top, and two small drinks.

Pros: Tom yum soup, Yentafo soup, Green curry

hannearts

Points +3632

Vegan
11 Apr 2023

Lovely

Lovely place where you can pick your curries and mock meats/fishes. Mine (with pandan drink) came to 150THB, and that is after loading it was many of the available options. Delicious!

Pros: Interesting mock meats, Many options

Cons: No English spoken

debbielimbl

Points +50

Vegetarian
07 Apr 2023

Tasty Thai Vegetarian food

I went there for several meals these 2 days and have thoroughly enjoyed their offerings. It is a great vegetarian place to go if you are in Hatyai.

AndyOng

Points +16

Vegetarian
06 Apr 2023

非常棒的泰式素食餐馆

非常正宗的泰式料理,每一次来合艾我只会来这一家吃。他们家的臭菜真的好吃

Pros: vegan , very nice, best location

ChrisMcDermott

Points +49

Vegan
19 Feb 2023

Rad Na (Braised Noodle Soup) is superb.!!

Canteen/Buffet style place, basic tables & chairs but very good value and tasty dishes.! The Rad Na was one of the best i’ve had….I will be going back 👍🏻

Pros: Great Value, Very tasty local dishes

Jcj3ssi3

Points +1202

Vegetarian
01 Feb 2023

Very nice Tom yum

Tastes basically the same as meat tom yum. Good pad Thai and an amazing Thai basil fried rice! They also speak Chinese here. They also sell vegetarian instant noodles, canned curry paste, faux meat floss, etc

Updated from previous review on 2023-02-01

mat_r28

Points +1686

Vegan
27 Jan 2023

Awesome selection

They have a menu and also a buffet section with all things vegan! Mainly soy but also have many vegetable, mushroom, gluten dishes with were fantastic.
Went there twice in one day to get our fill! Offer drinks, soymilk and vegan snacks too. Highly recommend.

nishaaa

Points +3574

Vegan
23 Aug 2022

the best

definitely my fav vegan restaurant in hat yai and maybe even in thailand! they have so many options that you can order or just choose from the counter and lots of snacks and sweets too!

lalitachiquita

Points +17

Mostly Veg
11 Jul 2022

Small portion and tasteless

We came here because of the good reviews but cannot really understand them. Food did not taste nice and the small portion was definitely not worth 100 baht ( extra 10baht for small rice). I had number 6 from the menu which was mainly plain broccoli with mushrooms and a few stripes of carrot.
Maybe the food from the buffet is better, but will not come back to try it.
However the staff was nice and understood a little English.

Pros: All vegetarian menu

Cons: Expensive , Not tasty, Small portions

Louisechristin

Points +282

Vegan
11 Jul 2022

Will never go there again

The food we ordered was a big disappointment. First of all the portions were really small ( just some broccoli and a few mushrooms - costs 100 baht). The vegetables had absolutely no flavor. Same with the second dish, the vegetables came in a weird tomato sauce with maybe ketchup?! We went to the restaurant because of all the good reviews, but we can not understand them.

writingbymatt

Points +49

Vegetarian
02 Sep 2020

Fast and delicious

This place is so good- easy to find, and they have endless options. If it’s not on the menu, they’ll likely make it.

Pros: Tons of options , Affordable , Accessible

Mangsawirat

Points +294

Vegetarian
28 Sep 2019

Best​ in Hat Yai

When I first went here nearly 20 years ago it was only one shop house unit. About ten years ago they expanded by taking over the next unit.
The selection here is great and changes from day to day. There is one dish made with baby green vegetables (bok choy?) that I love.
There are also a lot of side dishes available apart from the pre-prepared curries e. g. sweetcorn fritters and different kinds of sausages.
There is also an extensive range of meals you can order (pictorial menu on the wall).

Pros: Great selection , Delicious food

Cons: A little bit more expensive than others

Nodders

Points +48

Vegan
17 Jun 2019

Veg meat here

Food is fair but a little expensive.
They have a great selection.

DavidRiff

Points +190

Vegan
02 May 2019

Very nice food, speak English

I like this place, they are a lot choices of fake meat

VeganFoodQuest

Points +1463

Vegan
26 Apr 2019

The best in town

We’ve been going here for years and have tried a few of the other options in town (when they are open) and for us this is the one. Clean, bright and plenty of seating. Helpful staff and a huge variety of food. Open all day too which is unusual for this type of restaurant. Highly recommended.

windygirl

Points +56

Vegan
13 Dec 2018

Delicious variety of food from buffet

We had been 'making do' with rice, vegetables and noodles but were craving real vegetarian/vegan food. Upon reading reviews here and realizing the restaurant was only a ten minute walk from our guesthouse, we headed out.
Num Heng was easy to find and, at 7 pm about half full - a couple of other travellers, a large family gathering and several individuals.
Some of the staff speak English and, as others have mentioned, we were offered free water.
There was an extensive menu, but we headed directly for the buffet. We had a choice of white or mixed rice and then were able to choose as we wished from the dozen or so dishes in the buffet. It was difficult deciding which items to choose as they all looked enticing.
The food was delicious - curried dishes, sautéed greens, mushrooms, some of what looked like tempeh and a variety of other flavours.
We enjoyed every mouthful and plan to return there for a late breakfast before leaving Hat Yai.
A great find for us and a definite recommendation for good food at a cheap price.

Pros: good value, friendly staff, great variety of dishes

Sljnsn

Points +323

Vegan
11 Jun 2018

Great selection

Cheerful lady gave me a portion of rice and then put portions of whatever I pointed at from the buffet on top. Turned out to be so delicious, especially the fake soy meats, that I decided to get another helping to take away for my train journey later - each meal was 70 baht which is OK. They also sell lovely little snacks if you want more train journey rations! Centrally located near the Odeon.

Pros: wide selection of cooked food

Cons: could have served a bit more!

Cqveggiefinds

Points +11581

Vegan
01 Mar 2018

Really good!

Visited this restaurant a few months thanks to google maps (I haven't had the HappyCow app back then).

This restaurant is fully vegan and specialises in Authentic Chinese Thai dishes.
We had about 15 dishes ranging from Glass noodles salad to stir fried petai beans, and they are all amazing!

The food are mostly spicy, most of them even had a handful of bird's eye chilli in it. So if you can't eat spicy food, do inform the staff.

All or most of the staff working here understands Southern Chinese dialects and Mandarin.

Pros: Amazing food, Affordable

MarcusPowell

Points +22

Vegan
02 Feb 2018

Really Nice Food!

It is hard to find, closes at around 6pm, but is right on the corner of pracharom street, decorated yellow on the outside. Wasn't a menu per se, you go up and kind of choose which dishes you'd like and they pile your plate really high! They don't speak any English here which isn't too much of a problem. The mock meats are plentiful and really convincing.. almost too convincing!? Really nice, filling food though for a really really good price! I had a HUGE plate with 3 different mains on and a drink for 75 baht! Staff were smiley and im sure what i ate was vegan!

Pros: Huge portions, so cheap

Cons: hard to find

Sterling

Points +415

Vegan
19 Jan 2015

Liked it!

Honestly, I have no idea if what i ate was vegan or not. I went there because its listing on happy cow.
The food tasted good, good sized portions and it is very cheap.

Nice friendly people.

Had a bit trouble finding it. It is a corner not far from the Marker in happy cow. But I van't set the marker right myself unfortunately. I asked in a hotel lobby nearby to find it and they knew about it when i mentioned "it's strictly vegetarian".

Would definitely go there again!

Pros: good food, nice people

troysantos

Points +58

Raw
18 Aug 2014

Typical Chinese Vegetarian

I ate there once or twice. It was okay. I have grown quite tired of the Chinese style though. Oily or spicy or salty. I had fried pumpkin and it was okay but the rice sure didn't help. Dry and boring rice.

Thetruthpaint

Points +63

Vegetarian
26 Feb 2014

Nice Place

Nice Place! All Menus are with pictures and in latin letters in the wall. Lot oft mock meat stuff.

Pros: Friendly, English Speaking, Good Price

jeroenkusters

Points +674

Vegan
24 Jan 2014

Good food, lots of options

Food is very good. Both buffet as a la carte. Not expensive.

Pros: Tasteful, Openingshours

anarchistanimal

Points +563

Vegan
19 Mar 2013

Great, bustling eatery

This is a lovely, large, lively cafeteria-style restaurant on a busy corner in town. You can choose from a buffet or a menu of about two dozen dishes made to order (the menu has big pictures on the wall and Thai descriptions available, but no English). I was hungry and so had two dishes: crispy mock-duck and a mushroom and broccoli stir-fry, and rice. It was all fresh and delicious and only cost 160 Bat. They also sell some vegan snacks and packaged goods to take-away.

Pros: Lively, Tasty, Lots to choose from




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