Japanese
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Sushi bar restaurant but has vegan sushi, quinoa salad, and inari; smoothies and juices and 2 desserts which are vegan (chocolate and spirulina mousse). Specify if vegan.


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42 Reviews

First Review by twotrees

katiechurn

Points +922

Vegan
14 Jul 2024

Incredible sushi

The bbq jackfruit sushi rolls were sooo tasty! The cashew cream cheese was amazing although I wouldn’t describe it as cheese. The Middle East focaccia also looked amazing!

Mud

Points +26

Vegan
10 Jul 2024

Happy Banana heaven

Great vegan veg and fish menu
10/10 flavour and value
Staff friendly and helpful

RalucaElenaCeauşu

Points +399

Vegan
05 Jul 2024

Great japanese food

Super delicious food, lots of vegan and vegetarian food, fresh ingredients, healthy options, friendly staff. Highly recommended it! 💚

Pros: The various options , The taste , Knowledgeable staff

AnaMineiro

Points +57

Vegan
18 May 2024

Good place

Os tacos estavam ótimos, embora o preço seja excessivo para o que oferecem. Tem bastante escolha de opções veganas.

Pandawan

Points +643

Vegan
17 May 2024

OK

Am a bit worried, as this is apparently the best offering in the town.
Not a great offering to vegans, IMO.
Some dishes not available.
Dish we had was ok. Cocktails were quite good.

Cons: Quite a bit unavailable.

JulianHohl

Points +60

Vegan
27 Mar 2024

would give 5 stars

awesome. try everything😄it's delicious

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-27

Backstab75

Points +170

Vegan
19 Mar 2024

Some good vegan options

We had katsu vegan rolls and vegan tacos with jackfruit. Some other stuff in the menu. Seperate veggie/vegan menu.

Pros: English spoken, Understand vegan , Seperate veggie/vegan menu

SoniChka

Points +277

Vegan
27 Sep 2023

So delicious and sweet staff

Delicious bowls and other vegeterian and vegan options

bryonyhickson

Points +922

Vegan
13 Sep 2023

Nice Japanese

Lots of options, vegan ramen was great. Texture of the tofu wasn’t great. My food came with an egg but they just took the dish behind and removed the egg, doesn’t bother me but might other vegans.

Daphne91

Points +30

Vegan
07 Sep 2023

FANTASTICO!CONSIGLIATO!

Locale molto carino, personale tutto al femminile, super gentile! Il cibo è meraviglioso, il loro sushi vegano è spaziale! Io ho adorato il loto vegan katsu wrap e la loro vegan choccolate mousse, ma ripeto,anche il sushi vale assolutamente la pena assaggiarlo. Noi siamo stati 5 giorni a labuan bajo e tutte le 4 sere abbiamo cenato in questo posto. Consigliata la prenotazione perché è davvero molto frequentato. Se siete a Labuan Bajo,non potete non passare di qui, vegani o non.

SofieNilsson

Points +1821

Vegan
28 Aug 2023

Decent sushi

The sushi was good, not fantastic but good! The vegan Katsu tofu/chicken was not good at all. It wasn't tofu it was a gooey orange thing that barley had any taste.

You can order from them on grab!

NatalieHarris0501

Points +52

Vegan
31 Jul 2023

Lovely place in LB

The Vegan options were well marked, the food was incredible. Smiling happy people and delicious vegan food

Updated from previous review on 2023-07-31

Pros: Tasty , Lovely people, Protein dishes

Cons: Non!

CarryOnOnly

Points +371

Vegan
11 Jun 2023

Eclectic

Inside the restaurant is a very eclectic vibe. With pictures of naked women next to the Hindu god Ganesh, next to blue and white China, next to books about Bolivia! It’s not boring! They have clearly marked vegan options. I had vegan ramen bowl which unfortunately had barely any flavour. It was very bland. The raw snickers bar was perfect and very delicious!

Pros: Eclectic restaurant , Delicious dessert

Cons: Pricey

microfauna

Points +1886

Vegan
11 Nov 2022

Most, Best V Options in LB

Happy Banana is a Japanese-style restaurant on the east side of town. It’s a bit pricey compared to other places, but it’s your best bet for a delicious vegan meal.

The ambience is relaxing and classy and the service is attentive.

The vegan rolls were top quality while the wrap had a nice tortilla but was too bland for my taste. Maybe those who don’t like strong flavors will enjoy it.

Updated from previous review on 2022-11-11

Pros: Best vegan options in all the town

Cons: Pricey

Lillebror

Points +242

Vegan
06 Nov 2022

Quite a lot of vegan options

We had the vegan protein bowl, sushi and chocolate mousse which was all good, especially the chocolate mousse!

SophY_Travels

Points +398

Vegan
11 Oct 2022

Ate here every day - yum!

Luckily we found this place on the first night. The staff understood vegan and it was clearly marked. The food was very tasty, lots of options.

Cosy interior too.

Pros: Lots of clearly marked vegan options, Cosy interior , Great location

JessieNelson

Points +96

Vegetarian
14 Aug 2022

Cute place to chill

Delicious little restaurant in town. Lots of marked veggie and vegan options. Friendly and helpful staff.

Pros: Plenty of marked veggie, Vegan options available

Cons: Tourist prices but that’s to be expected

rcf717

Points +196

Vegan
23 Jun 2022

Best veg friendly place in LBJ

LBJ isn’t very vegan friendly (and covid has closed a lot of restaurants that were previously an option), but this place is great!! I went here several times over the course of 2 weeks, working my way through the menu, and can’t say I didn’t like anything. The vegan katsu wrap, the geisha bowl (very filling!), and the teriyaki tofu nigiri were my favorites. The smoothies were also delicious! Sadly, they got rid of their vegan ramen and vegan udon, which would have been great to try. A little pricy, but not the worst

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Expensive (tourist prices)

Nieve

Points +3969

Vegan
09 Jun 2022

Plenty of clearly marked veg options

Vegan options included a few sushi rolls, bowls, noodles, gyozas, soup, wraps, and more. I had the pachamama roll and some miso soup and both were quite nice! Tourist prices but not too high.

BrenMerlino

Points +24

Vegan
07 Jun 2022

Good vegan options, I had a bowl that was amazing. The place is beautiful,

Offering to change some eggs for another vegetable

ThomasdeHeus

Points +858

Vegan
09 Feb 2020

So so good

This place is awesome! Vegan and vegetarian clearly marked on the menu. After travelling through Japan last year, this was actually the best vegan Japanese food I'd ever had - in Indonesia! Pretty expensive but well worth the cost, try the tempura and ramen.

Clur

Points +228

Vegan
26 Nov 2019

Fresh tasty food

Came here a few times as it was just around the corner from my hostel; the first time for dinner when I had the mie goreng. It was really lovely and tasted really fresh and healthy. Not the biggest portion though. I did have this a second time and also followed it up with the raw snickers slice which I really enjoyed.

The second time I came for a breakfast; unfortunately the coconut yoghurt was out of stock so I couldn’t have the vegan banana split. I settled on the cacao quinoa granola with soy milk. It was really good, with generous portions of fruit but quite expensive once you add on the tax.


Updated from previous review on 2019-11-26

Pros: Fresh tasting, Good vegan options, Breakfast huge

Cons: Dinner portion not the biggest

VickiNewMath

Points +758

Vegan
11 Nov 2019

Enough options to keep coming back

I wish my stomach could hold every vegan menu item. They even have a vegan banana split for breakfast I have to come back for!

Pros: A lot of vegan options

Cons: Service is ok

emzie1983

Points +678

Vegan
23 Oct 2019

Healthy varied selections

Big choice of healthy food, Japanese inspired. Interesting and big selection of juices and smoothie
Salad bowls were very tasty, good mix of food and nice dressing - about 4 vegan options. Gyoza really nice - crispy and stuffed full of tasty filling! Very fresh and crispy veg tempura. Choc mousse and raw snickers bar desserts were delicious and very rich and chocolatey
Breakfasts served until 2pm, sandwiches until 5pm, so never managed to get those!

Pros: Good selection of food with vegan labelled, Healthy, Very tasty!

Cons: Quite pricey

Kailchip

Points +93

Vegetarian
16 Oct 2019

Happy at Happy Banana!

Hearty and delicious meals for veg and non veg friends. Favorites were the smoothies and sushi rolls (especially the Buddha roll). We just kept coming back for more! Also the coconut coffee was to die for.

pascaleehd

Points +378

Vegan
14 Oct 2019

Not bad

Stopped by here for a breakfast. Had vegan wrap and bf had vegetarian breakfast vegan style. Both were pretty good. There was loadsss of other vegan options available so I’m sure if we had the time we would have returned to try out a few more things. The restaurant and a weird smell though which made me feel a little queasy - we suspect it was maybe the fish that they use for the non-vegan sushi’s.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Good food

Cons: Bit expensive , Restaurant smelt funny

kateo921

Points +76

Vegan
24 Sep 2019

Pretty good. Air conditioning!

I had the vegan wrap- not bad. If you’re vegan and you order an iced coffee, make sure to specify no milk because the default is with milk. Nice service. I appreciated the air conditioning.




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