• Gongbin Sushi Guan 宮賓素食舘

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Vegan-friendly
Japanese
Buffet
Take-out
Taiwanese

Offers buffet as well food to order, all of which is vegan but does sell cakes that are made with egg and/or dairy. Has English menu but no English spoken. Location is 3 minutes from the train station. Open Mon-Sun 6:00am-7:00pm.


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14 Reviews

First Review by +++VeGaNiSaToR+++

jenthevagabond

Points +1220

Vegan
11 Mar 2025

"Today All Vegan" 🌱

Incredibly good! Extremely tasty! Warm brown (and white) rice at the cashier! Complimentary soup. English spoken. Busy!

Updated from previous review on 2025-03-11

Vast

Points +659

Vegan
04 Mar 2025

Extra special veggie buffet

Food like all of the vegetarian cold buffets in Taiwan, huge variety of tofu, vegetables, and faux meats. They always seem to keep the food cold which is not bad on a hot day and must help keep the costs down. You can eat a full meal for less than 100 ntd!

This buffet is a little more special for travellers since a couple of the workers speak a fair amount of English and they might ask you to write your reasons for being vegan so they can post on the wall or in their scrapbook to show locals and anyone who cares to read.

Updated from previous review on 2025-03-04

Pros: Inexpensive and good, Flavourful, Friendly

Cons: Most dishes are cold besides rice and soup

JakubKrett

Points +45

Vegan
10 Oct 2024

Really tasty and lots of variety fake meat and veggies

The staff was very friendly and spoke english. All dishes were vegan, some cakes contained milk but there were also some vegan. They asked us where are we from and to write a short note why are we vegan and stick it on the wall.

Pros: Great variety, Healthy food, free soup and sauces, Friendly staff

IngeRosalie

Points +13

Vegetarian
22 Sep 2024

Very nice and divers

We arrived around 10 am and there was a lot of variety to choose. Everything looked fresh and clean. The food was cheap and tasteful. The woman who helped us was friendly and spoke English. She asked us to write a note about why we became vegetarian. She already had a whole collection of stories.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-22

SakuraJennifer

Points +2752

Vegan
27 Mar 2024

Generally good, but oily

We went on a weekday evening and the food is generally good but there wasn’t much left anymore. The items we had were sometimes a bit too oily for our taste. But still yummy.

amitmit

Points +44

Vegetarian
05 Jun 2020

Poor buffet selection. Not clean.

the lunch buffet had poor selection.
many of the items were oily or salty.
The place was not clean.

Close to the train station and good to grab lunch to go or something....

ryanwhatt

Points +1000

Vegan
13 Mar 2020

Good, consistent spot

Went a couple times for dinner and was very satisfied both times. The woman running it is extremely friendly and was accommodating to my limited mandarin. I attached some photos of the front so it’s easier to find as it has no English signage out front.

Essdubz

Points +124

Vegan
23 Feb 2020

Really good A la carte

Went at around 5:45pm. Most of the buffet items were finished however a la carte menu was still going. Order hot and sour noodle soup and it was really delicious. Big portion and very filling with lots of ingredients. Definitely recommend if visiting Chiayi.

Pros: Great Hot and Sour noodle soup.

Cons: Buffet items seem to sell out quick

Tuulia.

Points +841

Vegan
17 Nov 2019

Nice steamed dumplings and a good veggie buffet

We went to this place about 13:30pm and some food options at the buffet were already gone or nearly empty. But the food we chose was quite good and cheap (pay by weight). I would really recommend the steamed veggie dumplings. Tomorrow morning we will go again to this place and take some dumplings with us to Alishan. (In addition it is to mention that we saw a rat running around the shop but however it was a quite clean food place)

Pros: good buffet variety , vegan options, menu translated in english

Cons: Rat inside the restaurant, food was a little bit too salty/oily

HelenD123

Points +93

Vegetarian
26 Feb 2019

Good veggie buffet

Not sure if it's the times that I went (45 mins before close and 1 hour after opening) but there really wasn't much on offer (maybe 8 dishes). What I did have was nice, in particular it was nice to have warm brown rice with my meal and the tofu was really good, if a bit salty. In the morning dishes didn't taste that fresh, i would've liked to see some more new options, but maybe at 8am I was too early.

Pros: Easy to find- very close to the train station , Nice staff and reasonable price , Long opening hours

Cons: Not much choice, In the morning dishes didnt seem very fresh

MinaNoir

Points +170

Vegan
28 Dec 2018

Convenient location

We didn't got to explore Chiayi much as most of our day was spent in Alishan so to have some vegan food options by the station was very convenient.
The staff spoke no English but was very kind and attentive and went out of their way to accommodate us.

Nice place also to grab few buns for your day trip up in Alishan.

samden

Points +1195

Vegetarian
23 Sep 2016

Great Place for the quick grab

We eat here twice. Once after almost all premade food was gone we ordered some soup and rice dish and it was very delicious and the staff was very friendly and helpful. The second time we take out from the buffet. It was a bit late and we eat the food after it was cold. I wasn't that good any more. But this is still a great place to have some food (for on the way).

Pros: Near the train station, Nice staff, Great to order food

Cons: If you come late, the buffet is gone.

kimmy2407

Points +29

Vegetarian
26 Jul 2014

Friendly staff, good range of tasty food

We visited for dinner and breakfast during our stay in Chiayi. The staff were happy to help and one younger lady spoke great English. If you want food to be hot go early. (They open at 630am!) It was quiet when we went and the atmosphere was relaxing.

Pros: Good range of dishes, Tasty, Friendly and some English

Cons: Food can be cold in slow periods

+++VeGaNiSaToR+++

Points +1004

Vegan
13 May 2013

Only one vegan place

Without taxi, it's the only one place you can reach by foot from the central train station. Nice staff, good and cheap food. Open every day, all the day !




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