Buddha Bodai - Mulberry St

This is in NYC's Chinatown. It serves standard chinese food--but all vegan. The food is quite tasty, and the portions are generous. It is not necessarily a healthy place, with a lot of faux-meats, but tor those who love--and perhaps miss--Chinese food, this place is a winner.

I went on Chinese new year.. I was told it be a ten minute wait for takeout but was over 30, however the food was the bomb! 3 dishes for 11 dollars. I met a local vegan in the queue who ordered for me.

My husband and I shared steamed dumplings, pumpkin soup, General Tso's chicken and Baby Bok Choy. I thought every dish was bland and the flavors uninspired. My favorites were the dumplings and the baby bok choy. The pumpkin soup had no flavor and the General Tso's Chick'n needed more sauce. And it was very sweet. I expect more flavor excitement, especially in Chinatown!

Very good

Clean, pleasant and very accommodating.

This restaurant is, without exaggeration, the best Chinese food in all of New York City. I lived in the city for three years and frequently visit for work, so I have eaten my fair share of Chinese food in Manhattan. While I used to enjoy exploring new restaurants, I now only eat at Buddha Bodai and instead explore the menu --- I have yet to find an option that I dislike. I make a point of eating here at least once every time I visit, and highly recommend it to everyone I know who lives in or visits the city. Seriously incredible authentic all-vegan Chinese food over here!!

I wish they could open a venue in my country. Heavenly food. Free Chinese tea.

A destination! Where else can you get vegan dim sum!?? And it's delicious, and reasonably priced to boot. Fast service. Authentic recipes--except for the meat, dairy and eggs, of course! Love it!!

This place is Vegetarian Chinese Food Perfection ... and it's kosher too!!

We had here one of the best meals I've had in years. It's run by Kent who was the original original owner, who ran the other one in Chinatown and even before that opened the original one on Main St. in Queens.

We had the BBQ Meat as an appetizer and its INCREDIBLE (Friends of ours say it tastes just like pork). The Hot and Sour soup, as it always was, was filled with lots of content and had a flavor I could have chugged. We had the chicken chow fun which had a light sauce and was cooked perfectly, the basil Meat had a unique flavor and had great vege meats in it, The Lamb Casserole is exceptionally delicious, and the sesame chickens sauce was mouth-wateringly good with the most perfectly al-dente broccoli.

The prices are fair and the portions are generous. The $7.95 Lunch specials are not to be missed, they have a big choice of mains and come with a good portion of rice and a soup or egg roll.

Everything we had here was cooked and made to perfection. The restaurant is also a little nicer than the original and the service was top notch.

As I write this, I'm dreaming of my next visit.

Absolutely amazing food! Steamed "pork" buns are my favorite! I take my vegan and non-veg friends here and everybody loves it! pretty fast service and authentic food! The manager, Kent, is a really nice guy too.

I shop at May Hwa Vegetarian store at 213 Chester Street NYC.

http://www.maywahnyc.com/Default.asp

I asked them if there are any good vegetarian restaurants in the area; they recommended Buddha Bodai at 77 Mulberry. I visited this place last week and found the food was so good that I'm going back again next week. Everything they make is vegan and super delicious! The hardest thing is that you can't try everything during one visit. I will definitely eat there when I'm in the neighborhood.

Absolutely loved this place! In fact I'm writing the review whilst still sitting at the table. Truly enjoyed our meal! Will definitely return every occasion we get!
Taste delicious and large portions.

Vegans have a hard time in China Town if you don't speak Chinese. So, veg*ns tend to go to one of a few locations. It's nice that this is a new one, even if it's pretty much the same menu.

What do you order when you're here if you've never been here and there are 1,000 choices? Well, dim sum and veggies, of course. Dumplings, rice noodle rolls, shui mai, stir fried spinach, stir fried string beans, stir fried watercress, baby bok choy, choy sum, tofu in cedar sauce, pan fried noodles, turnip cake, taro dumpling, sticky rice and sweet sticky rice... of course.

Ok, I am drooling just thinking about their food. The dim sum comes in steamers, so order a few for a good use of vertical space on your table. So tasty, you will not know what to order! You can't go wrong!

Lunchtime special: $7.50 for soup, massive three-item portions, brown rice, tea, and peanuts (!). Absolute bargain. All of it delicious. Well worth it. Nice service from the Malaysian waiter too.

This establishment is run by the original creator/owner of Buddha Bodai on Mott Street [which was taken over by his landlord]. The karma is much better here,at 77 Mulberry Street. The food is as delicious as ever. Exceedingly friendly and helpful staff.

We love this place! During our last visit to NYC, we were on our way to the original (non-affiliated) Buddha Bodai, when we realized this location was slightly closer to our hotel. We decided to stop by and check it out. Our only complaint about the other Buddha Bodai, is that the customer service was temperamental. As it turns out, the folks that we thought provided the best customer service at the other location, moved to this restaurant! They recognized us immediately from our last visit, and as predicted, provided excellent service. We visited a few times while we were there. The food is excellent, and the menu is very similar to the original Buddha Bodai. There are a few extra items on the menu, and they also offer dim sum during extended hours (at a slightly higher price).

We visited this restaurant recently. It is new, but has a similar name as the Mott St. restaurant, now called Buddha Bodai One. The new one, on Mulberry st., is called Buddha Bodai Kosher Vegan. The two are not affiliated. I heard that some staff from Mott St. came over to Mulberry St. The menus are basically the same. A very few items are marked in the photo menu as having egg (e.g. Durian pastry).

The food was excellent. We had steamed taro dumpling, seaweed sesame roll (very delicate and good), straw bass in black bean sauce (always interesting), sliced veg fish, and stir fried pea pod leaves (always a favorite).

Service was good, although the young waiter seemed inexperienced.

It is always good to have another vegetarian/vegan choice of restaurants. This one is good, the Mott St Buddha Bodai remains as good as ever too.