Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Chinese
Fast food
Take-out

Offers an extensive vegetarian menu including a variety of mockmeat dishes. Organizes monthly free vegetarian cooking training salon. Directions: 300 meters west of JingGuang Center at East 3rd Ring, next to Central Park and Vantone Center. Take exit A of Jintai Xizhao station on subway line 10, turn right at first light, then turn left on first light, walk 200m to see Chaowai SOHO building. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-10:00pm.


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33 Reviews

First Review by cyanibis

vegatonia

Points +348

Vegan
10 Mar 2024

Very delicious!

Edit: I went there again March 2024 and it’s still pretty much the same as in 2019. I would definitely continue to recommend it.

My hostel host recommended this place to me and I’m happy to find that it already is on happy cow. I was here today, late in the evening, and the food was delicious. They also offered to pack up leftovers (but there was only some rice left, so I didn’t need that.) The food was good and filling and it had a nice atmosphere where people go to relax and chat while eating.

It’s on the first (second) floor, when you turn left after coming up the stairs or the elevator.

Updated from previous review on 2019-08-27

Pros: Big menu with pictures, Walking distance from metro, Ask about any dietary restrictions

Cons: Most of the staff doesn’t seem to speak english

ADRIANPITTS

Points +162

Vegan
12 Oct 2023

Traditional Chinese Menu: no eggs or meat

Delicious and authentic. English menu helped as staff didn’t speak English. Slight confusion over starters/mains portion sizes!

Updated from previous review on 2023-10-12

Pros: Choice, Quality, Service

Aiwendil

Points +948

Vegan
13 Dec 2019

High quality restaurant

This restaurant is really nice. The atmosphere and interior is good and also the food is. We think we choose the wrong dishes because all other looked much better. Our two dishes taste good but not extraordinary, but we can imagine, that there are a lot of really nice dishes. You have to order rice separate! We paid 108 Y and were full. It’s more a higher class restaurant like the vegetarian tiger. They have English menu, but the stuff didn’t speak English, but the menu is in English.
It easy to find if you search in the second (in Germany first) floor. Trust the map and you will find it. Sat the front is also written vegetarian restaurant in English.

decagon19

Points +50

Mostly Veg
20 Jul 2019

Delicious Asian Vegetarian Cuisine!

Most of the menu items were vegan! I didn’t see anything on the menu that contains dairy or egg products, so I wonder if this is a vegan restaurant ... The food was delectable. The recipes stayed true to traditional Asian cuisine without satisfying flavor.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Inexpensive, Delicious

Rajjg

Points +203

Vegan
04 Jun 2019

Traditional Beijing dishes

Traditional Beijing style dishes.
They are very serious about serving Budhist style meals. It is a vegan restaurant and not a vegeterian.

Pros: Easy to bvb read menu, Decent decor, Great quality at a reasonable price

KG82

Points +42

Vegan
24 May 2019

The Spot

Always a joy visiting here. It’s turned out to be my regular spot as the menu is quite extensive. Pleasant staff. No english, but they have ways of communicating. A lovely bunch. Nice chill place for me. I love it!!

Pros: Menu is as English translations, Plenty options/large menu, WiFi

Cons: No english, No wheelchair access

Skutbag

Points +116

Vegetarian
05 May 2019

Not central but worth a short trip

You might be thinking: do I go to Vege Tiger near Tianeman square? If that is too busy for you, then this is a good option. Huge variety of mock meat dishes, very realistic (according to a friend). A la carte menu not buffet style. Lots of other veggie based dishes, I would say 80-90% of options are vegan, though I did not ask. Menu with English. No alcohol. Based in a modern building but traditional interior. Very reasonable prices allow you to explore a few options. Quite upmarket by Western standards but prices are very fair. You would pay 2x or more in UK for this. Brown rice as well as white. Various healthy drinks like wheatgrass.

Finally: I don't think the staff speak much English but unlike other reviewers I am not going to penalize them for that! We had no problems with service and that's what is important!

Jazzi

Points +25

Vegetarian
08 Apr 2019

excellent!

had a wonderful night there, amazing food, lots of mock meat dishes. Big portions and reasonably priced. Find it on the second floor in section D

Pros: many options, very tasty dishes, menu has pictures, written in English and Chinese

Cons: Wasn’t easy to find

ChristineJensen

Points +141

Mostly Veg
05 Apr 2019

Our Favorite In Beijing

Healthy food, tasty and fast service and reasonable pricing

Pros: Vegan / vegetarian

Cons: None

aj579

Points +68

Vegan
23 Oct 2018

Highly recommended!

Very friendly staff. Not much English is spoken. Food is splendid! Very large menu full of mock meat dishes vegetables, noodles etc. and more! I wish I had taken some pictures but I ate all the food before I had a chance.

Pros: Tons of vegan options, Good clean restaurant , Tasty food!

Cons: A little tricky to find. Not hard though.

Librahi

Points +350

Vegan
18 Jul 2018

Very good!!!!

Loved this place. Very nice staff. Very little English but it’s ok. Picture menu. Had sweet and sour fish (very good), Coke Chick’n (incredible), bbq skewers (good), and dumplings (ok). I definitely would go back! Well worth the visit. Hard to find. Pictures in reviews helped!

thisisforthat

Points +119

Vegetarian
17 Jul 2018

really good!

it's worth mentioning the restaurant is located on the 2nd floor, right above Grond International Plastic Surgery Center

the restaurant is very nice, the food is amazing, and has all kinds of prices. there are several dishes under 25rmb which is pretty cheap for Beijing.
The sausage (26rmb) was by far my favourite, and the goose came in a close 2nd place!

Pros: Lots of dishes!

JeanBean

Points +39

Vegetarian
24 Feb 2018

Vegan and Vegetarian prepared in the Bhuddist way

My favorite place in Beijing for Vegan and Vegetarian food because it’s an actual dining restaurant. The menu is extensive and it offers creative authentic Chinese dishes. It tastes awesome. It’s not your boring way of vegan/veggie places where it’s salad bar and it offers some protein shake with zucchini pasta. This spot is truly a Vegan Treasure with a great interpretation of Chinese cuisine. The staff are very spiritual and friendly. Did I mention it’s Super well priced!!!!

Pros: Authentic Chinese Dishes as if prepared by Monks

SibelLagerdahl

Points +85

Vegetarian
17 Jan 2018

Delishious and reasonably priced.

Everything's we ordered was great! Amazing mock meats and mushroom dishes.
Some dishes are sharing sizes but not clear from photos.

Pros: no onion or garlic , all vegan , well priced.

Cons: little hard to find

Mimoli

Points +289

Vegetarian
01 Nov 2016

Good vegetarian food

Similar to other Chinese vegetarian restaurants we tried, this one was also very good. They have an English menu but staff is a bit limited. The prices are also similar, it should have $$ instead of one. Portions were a bit small. Atmosphere was OK but a bit noisy when full.

Ningus

Points +88

Vegan
01 Sep 2016

Out of this world! A favorite

This restaurant if my favorite in the world as I really like vegan asian food, especially chinese, but the real one, which is very very diverse with many types of vegan meats, many vegetable and mushroom dishes, soups, etc etc. They offer a great range of food, their especialty is vegan Buddhist chinese food, with no onion and garlic, they also have some thai food and other asian dishes. The flavors are amazingly rich and diverse, so whenever you go you must try as many dishes as you can, they are all very delicious, trust me. The place is great, impecably clean, the staff is friendly and very nice.

Updated from previous review on 2016-09-01

Pros: Amazingly delicious food, Very diverse and rich menu, Nice atmosphere and very clean

Cons: None

uomotofu

Points +326

Vegetarian
15 Nov 2015

A bit hard to find, but excellent

Finding the Chaowai branch of Tianchu Miaoxiang 天厨妙香 was actually a bit tricky. I suggest you take the metro (line 6) and get off at Dongdaqiao 东大桥 station, exit D1 (exit D2 is under construction, once it is completed it will be even closer to the destination). Hujialou 呼家楼 and Jintaixizhao 金台夕照 (line 10) are also an option, but they are significantly farther. Once you exit the station, finding the Chaowai Soho building is quite easy, but finding the actual venue takes a little longer.

We had spinach and mu-erh mushrooms (菠菜蘑菇), eggplants on an iron plate (铁板茄子), spicy fake meat and mushrooms in a pot (吊锅杏鲍菇) and deep fried battered mushrooms (善果因缘), with organic rice (有机白米饭) and bamboo leaf tea (青青子衿 or 竹叶茶). Everything was very good, especially the fake meat with mushrooms.

I must say I am not fond of Shanghai-style cuisine (less spicy and more sweetish and delicate than Northern or SIchuanese cuisine), and I still prefer the food in Suhu (in Wudaokou), but the ambiance was cozy, the staff efficient, the food excellent, and (last but not least) the portions generous. Now to the Wudaokou branch!

For those who can read Chinese, the restaurant website (you'll find the link in the presentation of the venue) is actually very helpful. It showcases the menu and activities organized or hosted by the restaurant (cooking classes, conferences etc. most of them Buddhism-related) and offers a lot of information about the philosophy of the restaurant, which is not that common for Chinese restaurants in general.
Updated from previous review on Saturday November 14, 2015

bluepaper

Points +69

Vegan
12 Nov 2013

chinese diversity

The restaurant at Dongdaqiao has also two places, but they are next to each other (same building). Both are noble.

The menu is a little different from typical Chinese restaurant food, e.g. you can offer 'shanyao-soup' which I've never seen in any other restaurant before. The food is quite delicious. Though I prefer the dumplings from Suhu (vegan restaurant at Wudaokou).
The tastes of the drinks are very well considered. I recommend the first tea on the menu (it's with hawthorn)

If you empty your plate you'll get a stamp on a card. After six stamps you get a can of tea for free. After twelve a meal ( < 30 RMB).
Next to the entrance is a shelf with books and CDs (about Buddhism and the importance of vegetables) for free.

Pros: everything is delicious, calm atmospere

fabioulin

Points +37

Vegan
20 Sep 2013

Excellent choice

Very good Chinese vegan food. Eventhough is classified as vegetarian at HappyCow, people at the restaurant claimed the restaurant is vegan.

Food was very good, tasty, spicy, everything you could expect in Chinese food, but vegan!

We've about USD 12/person (Sep2013).

Pros: Food, Deco

Cons: Slow

Minni

Points +248

Vegan
24 May 2013

Good,

This restaurant serves Shanghai-style cuisine, which I enjoy. I have visited both of their locations, in Chaowai and in Tsinghua.

The food is ok, nothing to write home about, but it seldom disappoints. Some of the dishes are really salty. Vegans should ask to make sure that they don't get dairy by accident.

I have found that this restaurant is good for bringing in visitors new to Beijing - it's easily accessible, the food is tasty and staff knows some English.

Pros: good for bringing visitors, shanghai style cuisine

Cons: not vegan, salty food

Michael Tait

Points +149

Vegetarian
26 Jun 2012

Classy, tasty, terrific

Located in Soho district, an upmarket commercial/retail area, it is housed in a modern commercial bldg, 5 min by taxi from Silk St Market (Y10). Modern decore, great attentive staff dont speak much English, but are receptive to sign language. Menu has pictures and English titles. Food very good, lovely presentation. No alcohol, but plenty juices. Best meal I have had in China in 3 weeks.
Michael Tait, Australia

Pros: Food , Service, Decore

Cons: No beer

Pitaya

Points +1191

Vegan
28 May 2012

Good quality food

I visited Tianchu Miaoxiang for the first time last Saturday for lunch. It was a nice experience. We ate broccoli, home style tofu, popcorn style fake chicken with chili, and cold peanuts-coriander noodles and had fresh orange juice and chrysanthemum tea. Cold coriander noodles were our absolute favourite, but everything tasted good and fresh. It feels like they really use good quality ingredients.

Atmosphere is like in typical Chinese vegetarian, buddhist influenced restaurant. Very peaceful, clean and clientele of mainly local Chinese customers. Service was really nice and polite. They also sell some products there, e.g. different kinds of teas that they also have quite a good selection on the menu.

Pros: Tasty food, Good quality ingredients, No eggs used

Cons: Some dairy is used, Location in a 2nd floor of mall

procrastinasian

Points +269

Vegan
16 May 2012

Good food, only one or two vegan dessert options

We were so disappointed to find out that almost all of the desserts in the back of the menu weren't vegan.

The atmosphere and location were nice (we went for lunch - I could see how it might be weird if you went for dinner). The sweet and sour fish was really wonderful. Dumplings were good. We also got the lettuce wraps (I don't remember exactly what they were called), which weren't great, but were ok.

We really liked the crunchy black beans they serve before the meal! Try them :).

All-in-all, the meal was fine, but we didn't feel compelled to go back.

Amanda

Points +72

Vegan
05 Nov 2011

Delicious

I had dinner here a couple of weeks ago with friends and absolutely loved the food. I didn't much like the atmosphere, maybe better for lunch. It's hard to find, on the second floor of an office/apartment building, so too quiet at night. Not many customers, so the whole place was very hushed and more like a church than a restaurant. A lot of vegetarian restaurants are like this or used to be, but I'm more used to the usual, noisy places you find in Beijing. It would be a great place to have a quiet meal by yourself, with a book. But for a fun dinner with friends, not so much. Also our waitress was a bit too bossy - she insisted three times that we shouldn't order one of the teas we wanted and then told us to stop ordering food at a certain point as we would have too much. While I appreciate the idea of cutting down on food wastage, it's become a habit of mine to order extra and take the rest home for lunch the next day, so it's never wasted. So our first impressions weren't good. Fortunately, the food arrived and made up for everything. We had some spicy chicken, broccoli sauted in olive oil, dumplings and a couple of other dishes I can't remember, but we liked them all. It seemed lighter and healthier than some of the other vegetarian restaurants around town. I will definitely go back, but probably for lunch.

Pros: Delicious food, Cheap, Large and varied menu

Cons: Location and atmosphere, Preachy waitress

emsoprano

Points +46

Vegetarian
01 Sep 2011

pretty good

I like this place- I really do. They are really nice even if there is very little English spoken- my broken Mandarin got me around enough and there is a huge picture menu.

Some of the dishes I ordered were very good- I liked the sweet and sour fish a lot. And yes, the rice always seems to come late- but I asked some of my friends about this and they said that it is more of a tradition in Southern China to have the rice come with a meal- when I ate family style meals in Beijing, we never got served rice- just a different culture. But also, twice, my juice came out to me after I was almost done with my meal...I don't know- different way of doing things in different places. GREAT fresh juice though.

Some of the dishes have a weird after taste- I think it might be coriander that they put in a lot of the dishes? I'm really not sure, but it overwhelms some of the dishes- especially the spicy ones. It makes my tongue tingle.

I love the atmosphere. It is really clean and beautiful. I went there quite a bit. Really good prices for the quality of food and quantity.

Pros: good value, friendly staff, beautiful atmosphere

Cons: weird taste in some dishes

ChrisWood

Points +29

Vegetarian
09 Aug 2011

Still there, still great!

As a HappyCow reader, I always look at when somebody last reviewed a place as indicator of if the place is still there and operating.

As such, I've got little to add to the other great reviews for this restaurant, but just wanted to confirm that it's still around and serving amazing (and surprisingly cheap) food!

It is a little hard to find, admittedly. You're looking for what looks like an office tower block where the ground floor is given over to eating establishments. The restaurant itself is actually up one floor from ground.

If I had one quibble it would be that my rice only arrived after I was half way through my bean-curd! Other that, no complaints.

Pros: Excellent food, Good value, Air conditioned

tash

Points +72

Vegan
11 Nov 2010

...

we had a bit of trouble finding this place from the directions, as there about 4 different SOHO buildings! follow the directions and it is the SOHO building with a huge pink present outside.

however, we loved this place so much we ate there 3 nights out of 5 whilst in beijing. each time we had a huge feast which only came to about 40 yuan each (we are very greedy, so you can spend less if you have a normal appetite!) the food is fresh, delicious and satisfying, unlike some of the veg places where everything is oily and fried. i would recommend the dumplings as a side to your meal! also, they have a page at the back of the menu where you can choose from some 'staples' for about 10-20 yuan each, e.g. tofu over rice, noodles with tofu and vegetables, if you are really on a budget. amazing place, highly recommended.

Pros: cheap, delicious, good portions




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