Lacto
Chinese
Take-out
Asian
Breakfast
Singaporean

Located at basement 1 of Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. There are several stalls in this cafe selling noodles, rice and drinks.
Estd in Feb 22. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-3:00pm, 3:00pm-5:00pm.


Venue map for Lian Xin - 莲芯膳坊
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22 Reviews

First Review by Masterkimhoe

gracewainwright

Points +167

Vegan
27 Oct 2024

Peaceful meal

I ate off the set daily meal so was very cheap.
Big portion.
Lots of seating.
Can pay card.
Easy to find.

Pros: Tasty food. , Clean and peaceful eating space. , Accepts card

Cons: Used disposable cutlery , Closes at 3

cartonsfen

Points +247

Vegetarian
05 Sep 2024

Buddha 🦷 relic temple

They have a great selection of vegetarian food at reasonable prices. The place is a bit small, but the atmosphere is cozy.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-05

Pros: Veggie pancake

CaptainRuin

Points +105

Vegan
11 Jun 2024

Easy, delicious and cheap

Great variety of vegetarian food, not too busy on a Monday morning and very nutritious and cheap.

Take the lift down to basement level 1 from the right hand side of the temple entrance.

Pros: Delicious, Cheap, Healthy

IssyFidderman

Points +519

Vegan
02 Jun 2024

tasty food, very reasonably priced

We got 3 large plates for $18 (Singapore dollars - about £10:50). There was a variety of choice and there were lots of local people there which suggests it’s good! There are not physical menus and so you just point to what you want - while things are not marked clearly vegan, they seemed not to use egg (and it is all vegetarian) so aside from the deserts, it mainly was vegan and people were helpful pointing out what wasn’t. The food was really tasty and it’s a really nice place to eat before visiting the temple!

silvercj

Points +44

Vegan
07 May 2024

Good food, small price

2 veg and rice or noodles. 3$ incl tea. Can’t be beat.
Such few places where one can eat plant based in the city

brandonlow

Points +235

Vegetarian
18 Mar 2024

Tasty and affordable vegetarian food

Tasty & healthy caifan with less oil and not salty

Pros: Inexpensive , Few stalls to choose from

vegankuntz

Points +1331

Herbivore
01 Feb 2024

Lian Xin, Buddha Tooth, Singapore

They don't menu mark vegan items.

Pros: Inexpensive

Cons: Vegan items not menu marked, All vegan wouls be even better

SKNg

Points +2108

Vegetarian
11 Jan 2024

Vegetarian food

Payment for food definitely needs improvement. Carrying food and drink to queue for payment after ordering the food is both impractical and stressful for the older people . This is true especially on first or fifteenth day of lunar month

Updated from previous review on 2024-01-11

TinyTangYuan

Points +331

Vegetarian
14 Aug 2023

Lovely vegetarian foodcourt at temple

It's a blessing to have a vegetarian dining place at temple accessible by public/office go-ers and alike. They have a caifan stall, noodle stall (under revamp as of Aug 2023), and western stall. They also sell drinks, desserts (really good!), bread, and other things like tea powder.

Pros: Lots of tasty options, Affordable for CBD area, Lovely vibes

Ivytann

Points +248

Vegetarian
16 Jun 2023

Spacious and cheap variety of food

Cheap price and they also have western food. Ambience is good.

Pros: Decent price, Good ambience, Good portion

GrayHorwitz

Points +2024

Vegan
24 May 2023

Cheap and tasty!

Almost all vegan; just ask. Underneath the beautiful temple!

LishaRaghani

Points +38

Vegan
14 Apr 2023

Great variety of Cheap and good options.

Great variety, and they have 4 stalls: mix veg, chinese, western , drinks n dessert.

For mix veg you can select noodle and 3 dishes for $4. Great variety of options to choose from.

For Chinese they have a Menu every week with different dishes of the day. My fav is the laksa (Wed) and Char Siew (Tue n Sat) .

Western comes with salad, soup and main dish. You can ask for only the main dish since soup is not vegan and I think neither is the salad dressing. They have a menu that changes every two weeks.

Get there by 1pm to avoid disappointment from items being sold out.

Pros: Cheap and good food

Cons: Hard to tell what's vegan

ColinChew

Points +3824

Vegetarian
19 Feb 2023

Western dishes disappointment but the local ones are a hit!

Love the local dishes - tried the fish beehoon and the soup was deep with ginger, fish is super crispy! The free sambal chilli condiments has chunks of meat in there! Truffle spaghetti is average, pea soup is amazing!

Pros: Superbly affordable, Dishes change everyday, Fast service

Cons: Crowded most of the time, Little or expensive parking

ran001sg

Points +430

Vegan
16 Jan 2023

Nice atmosphere with good food

Pleasant environment with a number of options featuring Eastern & Western foods. Reasonably pricing & crowd is expected during lunch time.

Pros: Decent options on menu, Reasonably pricing , Cool environment

Cons: Can be crowded during lunch time

xinru_t

Points +8963

Vegan
03 Sep 2022

Air-Conditioned Food Hall, Mostly with Dairy

Formerly Five Insights Hall 五观食堂, now renovated into an air-conditioned food hall known as Lian Xin 莲芯膳坊, located at the basement of Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. Menu changes daily and there is a suggested donation amount for each dish. There are several stalls serving allium-free vegetarian mixed rice, noodles, Western food, as well as drinks and desserts. Eggless according to the staff. Dairy is not clearly indicated in the menu, and unfortunately is included in many dishes especially Western dishes. Really hope they can switch to plant-based dairy or have vegan options to be more inclusive.

WongSiowWai

Points +1745

Vegetarian
19 Aug 2022

Clean and spacious

Will be good if they could label which items are dairy/ egg free.

Hope they could change western and daily special every quarterly.

Updated from previous review on 2022-08-19

Pros: Economical, Spacious, Clean

SilverHo

Points +30

Vegan
24 Jul 2022

My neighbourhood eateries

Simple and clean

Pros: Simple traditional mixed vege dish , Mouth-watering Wanton Noodle, Friendly service,cool atmosphere,reasonable price

Cons: Slight noisy when crowded

SharonChua蔡妼㛔

Points +20434

Vegetarian
19 Jun 2022

Lots of good food, recommended

Tried the following items:

1. Mexican wrap with cauliflower soup and coleslaw
Everything was perfect, most recommended.

2. Tomato pasta with mushroom soup and salad
The mushroom soup was nice, pasta not bad for its price, recommended.

3. Gratin rice with carrot soup and salad
The rice, soup and salad were all good, recommended.

4. Burger set with tomato soup and coleslaw
Everything was quite on point except for the size of their burg, recommended.

5. Chicken chop set with sweet potato soup and salad
This might be on their future menu, i love the mashed potato and mushroom, most recommended.

6. Mac & cheese with potato soup and salad
Overall very cheesy and creamy, not bad, worth trying.

7. Carbonara with pumpkin soup and salad
Overall very cheesy and creamy, not bad, worth trying.

8. Salsa butter corn rice with sweet potato soup and salad
Liked the butter corn rice and black pepper mushroom most, soup and salad were quite good too, most recommended.

9. Laksa
It was to my liking, tasty, generous portion, lots of ingredients, most recommended.

10. Mushroom noodles
Like the mushroom much, the meat balls taste good too, recommended.

11. Fish soup
Lots of ingredients, filling and flavourful, recommended.

12. Char Siew noodles
Tasted best with some of their sambal chilli, the dumplings we're good, recommended.

13. Soup noodles
Light yet tasty, lots of ingredients, good, worth trying.

14. Hotdog bun
The hotdog bun was soft, cheesy and flavourful, recommended.

15. Coconut bun
The coconut bun not bad, worth trying.

16. Curry puff: cheap and good, $1 only, definitely one of the best curry puff in town, most recommended.

17. Brownie and sugee cake
Both the brownie and sugee cake were good, solid and not too sweet, recommended.

18. Mushroom pie
Not bad, worth trying, on the healthier side, could be more flavourful.

19. Mixed veggies rice/ bee hoon set
Tried some of their dishes and bee hoon before, i like the bee hoon, dishes were all quite tasty too, recommended.

AndySG

Points +521

Vegetarian
13 May 2022

Good variety, tasty vegetarian food. Have desserts too!

Menu changes daily, have Chinese and Western options. Good dining environment.

Sianleowww

Points +25

Mostly Veg
20 Mar 2022

Different option everyday

Have mixed rice, noodle, western, drinks&dessert station to choose from. One main cost around 4 to 5 sgd

Ambiance environment for dining as well.

Peace ...

Points +3330

Vegetarian
12 Feb 2022

New look. New Vibe. Dinning in the Temple!

Finally, it is opened with a new look and vibe! Have been popping by in the past few years on and off for the delicious and affordable vegetarian food in this temple.

Happy that within the temple there is a delicated cosy vegetarian dinning place. Remind me of the special experience of dinning in the Vegetarian Restaurants within the temple compound, when I visited temples overseas.

Enjoy walking in the temple to soak in the calm peaceful vibe and have some good vegetarian food. Rediscovering the peace here while living in the uncertainty wolrd. Nice!

Masterkimhoe

Points +125

Vegetarian
10 Feb 2022

A very relaxing place to enjoy a peaceful lunch.

Very clean environment with Buddhism relaxing music playing while dining. Excellent!

Pros: Excellent environment to quietly enjoy a meal., Clean quiet place at basement of Temple., Staff politeness




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