Vegan
Chinese
Take-out
Asian
Mongolian

Plant-based vegan restaurant, which offers mostly Asian and Chinese dishes. Has children's menu. Non-smoking and no alcohol. English, Mongolia, Russian spoken. Able to cater events. Relocated in 2022, previously known as Luna Blanca and located at 16 Tourist St, FPMT Buddhist Center. Currently located on the first floor of Khudulmuryn Ordon, behind Khangarid Ordon, on the west side of Sukhbaatar Square (Enter through the south (Trade and Development Bank’s) door. Reported closed February 2023.


36 Reviews

First Review by Pea

Unk

Points +1316

Vegan
27 Mar 2016

Excellent

I visited on a quiet Sunday mid-afternoon. I enjoyed the Mongolian combo plate. It was an odd choice for me, with several forms of fake meat (which I generally don't order; I'm almost exclusively plant-based, unprocessed). It was the fun choice: as close to eating Mongolian as I will ever come. It was beautifully presented and tasty. Pleasant service, nice music and they spoke English better than I.

Pros: Service, taste, presentation and "fun"

Cons: Kind of a long distance from my house. ;-)

heloisepe

Points +313

Vegetarian
23 Jun 2015

Delicious food, great staff

The mongolian combo plate is really delicious for those of us vegans who want to taste the famous mongolian "fast food" for once. They have several other dishes, some are western like.

You can order some side rice and other little dishes for a really small price (approx 1000 T) if the usual plate is not enough.

The staff is also very helpful, joyful and friendly.

After coming to this restaurant, though we were eager to discover some other food and places, this place had been so delicious that we came back to treat ourselves a second time.

parksaj

Points +87

Vegan
28 Mar 2015

Blanca, you beauty!

After reading the reviews on happycow, I decided I had to check this out while in UB. I was not disappointed!

For mains, my girlfriend had the soy meat chunks with mash potato/gravy and I had the 'Mongo Combo Plate'. We were incredibly happy with these after a 30 hour train journey from Beijing!

We also had the ginger and sesame tea (which I loved, but too sweet for Emily) and a smoothie (quite small), and finished it all off with the chocolate cake. All were brilliant.

We liked it so much we went back for round two a few days later. This time, we had the 'Mi Favorista' and another dish that I've forgotten the name of, both were real tasty but fairly small portions.

This time we tried the seabuckthorn juice, which I'd highly recommend, and we finished with the ginger and cinnamon cake w/ walnuts on top, which we both thought was delicious.

Overall, a really lovely place, friendly staff with varied menu, brilliant drink choices and most importantly of course: fantastic food.

Pros: Easy to find, Fridge with mock meats to buy, Helpful and friendly staff

Cons: Slightly small portions

benzol

Points +91

Vegan
02 Mar 2015

delicious, but not all fresh made...

We had been there five times. It's maybe the best vegan restaurant in UB. The salads are fresh and tasty. Try the carrot salad! yummy!
The vegan cakes are the same like at Cafe Amor. The mock meat dishes are tasty, but the mock meat and the sauce are convenience food out of the plastic bag. You can buy these convenience food also there.
Try also the ginger sesame tea.

Pros: good service, delicious food

Cons: use convenience food

WarrenBeaterferd

Points +22

Vegan
11 Feb 2015

Best of the best

Not only the best vegan restaurant in this city, but one of the best vegan / vegetarian restaurants I have ever been to.
High quality ingredients and at the lowest price! Nice service. Friendly atmosphere. Easy to find. Highly recommended!

Pros: Food quality, price, service

vegannomad2

Points +2936

Vegetarian
07 Jun 2012

Great good and ambiance

Delightful service, ambiance, food, huge selection of eat in and take out vegan food. Quiet side street location very close to the city center. Three of us tried several entrees and deserts - everything was good. Would definitely go back. Amazing for this small city to have over 30 vegan restaurants. Quite a delight.

Pros: Tasty food, Great ambiance, Friendly staff

RichBeBe

Points +833

Vegan
20 Jan 2012

Close your eyes and pick your can't go wrong

Once we went there went no where else. The service, good, atmosphere, it was all perfect.

Pros: Traveler friendly, Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

m@earthville

Points +10767

Vegan
30 May 2010

Tasty, friendly veggie heaven in Ulaanbaatar

Luna Blanca is one of my new favorites. I ate there several times while in UB, so i got to sample almost all of the menu, which is essentially vegan except for a few items with optional cheese (clearly marked on the menu). For my taste, everything was quite good.

The restaurant was founded by three sisters, and all the cheerful staff are meditators. Some speak English quite well.

Faves: Mongol Combo Plate, Ariun Zoog, Chef Salad, vegan cheesecake, ginger tea with sesame

Good: Luna Blanca special soup, homemade noodles Mongol style, Yin & Yang (vegan BBQ fish), chocolate cake, cookies, hawthorn juice

OK: Shish kebab (fine, but less interesting than other comparable items, IMHO), muffins, seabuckthorn juice (recommended only for the adventurous)

Note that the place can be packed with locals during the lunch rush.

As of May 2010, the map is wrong, so to be clear: Luna Blanca is about a block and a half west of Sukhbaatar Square. Start at the National Museum of Mongolian History and walk westward down Juulchin Gudamj (the same street as the entrance to the museum), and you'll find Luna Blanca less than 2 blocks down on the left, behind a "Japanese garden" that's more like a small park.

Pros: Very tasty & almost totally vegan, Friendly, comfortable atmosphere, Very good value for the quality

Pea

Points +88

Vegetarian
30 Jun 2009

Delicious

This place is really great. We eat here every day while in the ciy. Delicious salads (the chef salad is superb) and very good fake meat dishes. they also sell the salad dressing and 'meat'. Vegan cakes, herbal teas, english menu, nice staff and not expensive. A little vegan/veggy heaven in a very meat and dairy country. very popular with mongolians and westerners, dont miss it!

Pros: excellent food, good price, nice atmosphere

Cons: none




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