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• Great desserts, though mains are a bit bland and overpriced

We appreciate the fact that Yogi Cafe is offering healthy food and much of it is vegan. However, having been to the original Bophut location of Yogi Cafe (R.I.P.) in its golden days, and having enjoyed it a lot, we had high hopes for this new location at Central Festival, but found it a bit of a disappointment. This current incarnation of the Yogi lacks the heavenly "wow" flavor of the original, yet retains its celestial pricing, making it a poorer value proposition. The meals at the new Yogi Cafe are still fresh and palatable, but merely average in flavor, tending toward simple and bland (and the texture of the burgers is now mushy and dry). The merely-average quality of the food makes it hard to justify the way-above-average prices — especially considering that Samui now is blessed with completely vegan restaurants where one can get food with twice the flavor for half the price or even less. The shining exception is the desserts: Yogi Cafe still does absolutely scrumptious vegan desserts, and if you're in Chaweng it's worth stopping by just to satisfy your sweet tooth, if nothing else. If you do plan to have a full meal here, be sure to bring plenty of cash, as it's easy to drop in the neighborhood of 500 THB per person with mains, drinks, and desserts. A place charging prices this high really should accept credit cards for the convenience of their customers, but they don't. Updated from previous review on 2017-02-26