Vegan-friendly
Chinese
Take-out
Small place with an extensive menu of soups, appetizers, dumplings, noodle, rice, mock meat, and vegetable dishes. Over 200 items; seemingly all vegan. REPORTED CLOSED, SEP 2016.
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68 Mott St (at Canal & Bayard, Manhattan), New York City, New York, USA, 10013
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13 Reviews
First Review by A.Z.P.
Michael Tait
Points +149
Rudeness is provided for free - Edit
Sep 8 2014 My wife and I went for late lunch. The waiter, a Chinese woman in her 40s was so rude and abrupt my wife offered the remark "You don't seem very happy" The grunt was the reply, and it went downhill from there. Tasteless corn soup, sweet and sour fish was fried in batter was oily. Fried rice bland and soggy, Mushroom and vegetable also lacking salt, taste, appearance. All up, a failure
Read morePros: location
Cons: Rudeness, Bland food
Guest
stretchwithgumby
Points +171
No Frills Diner Food - Edit
What you see is what you get. Simple, satisfying. No gourmet experience but I am totally satisfied.
Read morePros: Location
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kindlizard
Points +1144
not good - Edit
the food was bad. service too. cash only.
Read moreif you like guessing at a huge menu and being yelled at when you ask reasonable questions, this place may be for you.
nothing was very good, it all just kind of 'was'.
Cons: greasy, staff, cash only
Guest
VeganYUMYUM
Points +106
blah - Edit
If you're looking for good faux meat, go somewhere else! We ordered a variety of meats, and they were all squishy and hard to choke down. The beef was the only exception...just stay away from everything else!
Read morePros: large portions
Cons: squishy "meats", everything tastes fishy
Guest
steveveg
Points +3067
Excellent choice for a vegetarian meal - Edit
This is a small, unpretentious place with tasty and decent food. The extensive menu has many possibilities. The staff was very accommodating; I wanted a low salt meal, they said they would put the sauce on the side. This worked perfectly. The portions were very large. Overall I would come here again - food was good, service helpful and fast. Atmosphere is down to earth.
Read morePros: excellent food, helpful, friendly staff, big portions
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DaisytheHedgehog
Points +116
Highly disappointing - Edit
I'm vegan, and I have often eaten noodles and dumpling dishes in Chinatown. I wanted to try this all vegetarian restaurant, but was really disappointed by the lack of originality and flavor of the dishes. In addition, they had shark fin soup listed on the menu!!! Even though I was assured it was not meat, it still really bothered me to see it. The meal was way too expensive for what it was, and the service was lacking. Overall, I would rather go to a non-vegetarian restaurant than go to this one.
Read morePros: All vegetarian
Cons: Lacks flavor, Bad atmosphere, Shark fin listed!
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Poundie
Points +19010
Chinatown mainstay - Edit
The food here is pretty tasty, if not over healthy, and the portions are big and service is fast. The decor is not fancy by any means. When on jury duty, I have eaten here for lunch on a number of occasions (it is near the courthouses), and found it more than satisfactory.
Read morePros: good price, good food , good portions
Cons: not great food, bare bones decor, not particularly healthy
Guest
markc7
Points +99
Huge portions, but you get what you pay for - Edit
I was a bit underwhelmed by this place. Staff were friendly and the service was lightening fast. But in my opinion the portions sizes and ridiculously cheap prices don't make up for the mediocre quality of the food. I ordered one of the "house specials", and was disappointed.
Read morePros: Huge portions, Nice staff
Cons: Food not great tasting, Not licensed, Greasy
Guest
Chandra
Points +60
Lot's of selections, OK food - Edit
This place certainly has a large selection of vegetarian dishes. The food was OK and the price was reasonable. If you need a quick take out and you want 100% vegetarian restaurant, you could grab a quick bite here.
Read morePros: Large selection, fast, cheap
Cons: OK food
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YogeeYoga
Points +17
Pretty Good - Edit
Good food for a take-out. Don't prefer sitting there to eat.
Read morePros: Good food
Cons: Needs re-modelling
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raphalla
Points +776
Acceptable - Edit
The food is generally authentically Chinese, a bit oily, but it was still acceptable. The service is fast, but the waitress wasn't very friendly though.
Read morePros: Price, Location
Cons: Service
Guest
navski
Points +122
worst meal of my life - Edit
I've eaten at literally dozens of Chinese vegetarian restaurants and this meal was the worst I've had at ANY type of restaurant EVER. Rude waitress slapped down some of the nastiest vegan food I've ever had. One earlier re viewer's comment about them giving "no thought to presentation" was a gross understatement. This food was an inedible pile of thawed frozen carrots and peas in corn-starchy glutinous sauce. I guess it's possible that the chef was out with a last-minute family emergency and they couldn't find anyone to fill in for him...but beware!
Read moreCons: terrible food, rude service, it still costs money!
Guest
A.Z.P.
Points +639
The plain and simple king - Edit
House of vegetarian is by no means a fancy establishment. It is small, simple and generally quiet. It is also the best vegetarian Chinese food in New York. The Iron Steak is absolutely tantalizingly good in texture and sauce. For an appetizer i very strongly recommend a mix of the Hot Steak Kew, curry and sweet and sour glutens (a chinatown specialty). The portions here are enormous. When you order the spicy tofu the amount of tofu, vegetables and sauce you get is incredible. The prices are fair with entrees starting at 7 dollars. Ive eaten on and off here for about 15 years and I've never found the service here particularly friendly. House of Vegetarian is not a romantic or exotic place to eat, It is a clean quiet little restaurant in chinatown that doesnt attempt to provide atmosphere and gives little to no thought on presentation. House of Vegetarian instead concentrates on the quality of its food which is unsurpassed, which is why for the tastiest, most delicious and authentic Vegetarian Chinese meal in New york you have to go to House of Vegetarian.
Read morePros: Best Vege Chinese today PERIOD, Very large portions, Good value
Cons: No weekday lunch special, Lacking atmosphere, NO Kosher supervision
Guest
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