In the city center. Closed during low season, but the owner is here anyway - it is good to pay visit so that she knows that there is interest. Look for the sign outside the restaurant that says, "Treat animals kindly by not eating them." Confirmed open, Aug 2016.
Categories: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Myanmar
18 Reviews
First Review by Maria Leiden
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great food - Edit
We had the tarka dhal and the veggie coconut curry with rice and plain chapati. Very delicious :)
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Super greasy and tasteless food, do not recommend - Edit
Finding a place to eat in Mandalay is hard. We went for the best rates restaurant on happycow, but were really disappointed. I had the curry which was super greasy and not tasty at all. Worst dish so far on my 2-month trip in Asia. My gf had the lentil soup which was at least edible, but small portions.
Pros: Good wi-fi and that's about it
Cons: tasteless and greasy food, staff not paying attention
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great food with a good price! - Edit
We have been here during all our stay in Mandalay. Close to the downtown. Excellent food, great spice, several vegan options, the waiter speaks great English. We tried fried vegetables rice - “fried” means prepared with a bit of oil and garlic. Very good. Chapati is very good also, lentil dhal. Pumpkin curry can be made vegan, with coconut milk... highly recommended! :)
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Real Vegan Food! - Edit
Great food, staff and also good price! The place has a nice balcony ambiance. We found it difficult to find vegan restaurants in Mandalay, so we went to this one everyday of our stay:)
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Pricey and insincere owner. - Edit
We ordered a simple vegetable curry dish with rice for two person. The dish is simple but tasty. Our only gripe is the price is somewhat expensive by local standards. Marie Min is owned by the same non-vegetarian/vegan restaurant owner located right opposite.
Despite being the only vegan/vegetarian restaurant for miles in Mandalay, we still couldn't get the bad taste out of our mouth from the fact that the owner essentially tried to con us into believing that we needed to pay 20,000 Kyats for a 'tag' (double the price for a rental Chinese underbone motorcycle) just to ride out of Mandalay to Pyin Oo Lwin some 67km away.
Pros: Friendly staff.
Cons: Insincere owner.
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Tasty but pricey - Edit
Marie Min is a nice restaurant that does a wide range of cuisines, from Indian to Burmese to Western. I had the potato curry with tamarind and coconut milk, it was tasty but the peas were not fresh. Their tea leaf salad was tasty and a generous portion. Decent vegetarian restaurant, although quite pricey (around 3000-4000k per dish). English menu and servers speak good English too.
Pros: All vegetarian friendly service, clean environment
Cons: expensive curry isn't amazing
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Great food - Edit
The food, service and everything was great :)
Would recommend the curries and the tea leaf salad.
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Good cheap food - Edit
Stayed around the corner from this place so we are here a few times. Everything was really cheap and the food was great. Definitely worth stopping by while you're in Mandalay.
Pros: Delicious
Cons: None
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POSTO TRISTE - Edit
Non bisogna aspettarsi di essere accolti con entusiasmo o anche solo con un soorriso in questo ristorantino di una famiglia locale cristianizzata con tanto di foto di Gesù e la Madonna attaccate ai muri. Servizio un po' lento, qualità cibo media, prezzi non bassi. C'è wi-fi. Secondo me si può tranquillamente bypassare e trovare cibo equivalente altrove. Di fronte c'è un ristorante Thai con piatti Veg che sembra meglio.
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Oasis in a vegan desert - Edit
Although it cost us a taxi fare every time we went, we really liked this restaurant. Nice people, consistently good food, in fact beautifully tasty at times, it was our saviour in our first stop in Myanmar and before we could get our heads around some of the street food.
Pumpkin curry, Tea leaf salad, Aubergine dip 3,500, potato curry with coconut milk and tamarind 3,500, chappattis, tofu noodle soup, a rather odd daal, pineapple juice were all good to outstanding with prices around the 2,000 to 3,500 Kyat mark it may be viewed as slightly higher than some places but I'd happily eat here again. Sadly some things were not yet in season but we never got bored eating there on 3 separate days. Plenty of choice for vegans and the man speaks good English, is very friendly and
Can adjust dishes to suit.
Some mixed veg/non-veg Indian and cafe recommendations in other sites were actually desperately bad. We've eaten in plenty of sketchy cafes and restaurants in India but the filthy roadside settings were comparable with places that our Indianfriends would not contemplate so if you are planning ahead, save yourself some wasted time and disappointment when hungry and go for Marie Min.
A 2nd alternative would be Diamond Ring Indian pure vegetarian and sweet centre which offers lovely Masala Dosa 1500 Kyats And chai 500 Kyats. Check timings 09-91002870, 5195494. as they closed the kitchen early one time around 8:30pm. Sweets were pretty good though! 117, 35th Street, between 75th & 76th Streets.
Pros: Flavours, Friendly, Nice upstairs setting with fans
Cons: Toilet downstairs not the best
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excellent - Edit
Wonderful to find this great veggie place in Mandalay where I really struggled to find anywhere to eat as most restaurants stank of fish sauce!! The food was delicious, loved the chapati.
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Great place - Edit
Cozy place, clean and very warm people.
The food was very tasty with the pumpkin curry being our personal favorite.
We had tofu vegetable curry, pumpkin curry , aubergine dip, rice, papadam bread and a bottle of water and paid 12.000 kyats.
Highly recommended.
Pros: Friendly staff , Good portions , Nice atmosphere
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Good Restaurant - Edit
Food is really tasty, try the ginger salad. Clean, quiet, prices ok.
Fruit shakes served with sugar, ask for less if you don't like.
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Good restaurant! - Edit
I liked this place. Mandalay is a very chaotic city, and here you can find some peace. Clean, wide choice of food, tasty dishes. I recommend it!
Updated from previous review on Monday November 30, 2015
Pros: good food, peaceful location , clean
Cons: It should have vegan pancake : )
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Good place with good selection - Edit
This is kind of a touristy place with somewhat higher prices (mostly 3000k as of early 2015 for dishes). They seem to have a lot of Chinese influenced dishes (a fairly big influence on Myanmar cuisine). They have good service and they now appear to be open until 10 PM. The food was good.
Pros: good food, good service
Cons: some of the food was a bit bland
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worth going. moderate price - Edit
Good food. My wife and I had a curry + salad and two steam rice: 6,500ks. Mains around 3,000ks. (Dec/14). A pricy compared to other restaurants (we had fried rice and soup in the evening at a local restaurant for 2,600 total). But worth going.
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Treat AnimalsKindly By Not Eating Them restaurant - Edit
Atmospheric seating on second floor overlooking a neat alley with antique shops. Owner helpful and passionate about vegetarianism. Food was good. We had okra dish which was very good. They used to be owners of similar shop in Bagan which was sold and is now the Moon restaurant.
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check out Marie-Min Mandalay - Edit
Visited Mandalay again in November 2009. Lot of new restaurants since I last visited in 2001. Also went to Marie-Min vegetarian restaurant again. Still a very nice and quiet place to sit down and have something to eat or drink. Everything is freshly cooked in boiled water. Great chappatis en vegetable curry.
A bit more expensive then the chinese places. And no beer. This is really a pitty. I heared that the price of a alcoholpermit is high. But the owner was thinking about getting one. Maybe by now he has.
The restaurant is moved from the groundfloor to the first floor where it gets a really nice breese. Friendly english speaking owner and staff. Owner told business is slack since in the LP edition of 2009 it was suggested the prices in Marie Min are a bit high. I found them comparable to what you pay in other traveler eatingplaces. I wrote down some information about the menu.
Vegetarian curry k1200; rice k300; chapati k300; fried noodles with vegetables and fried eggs k1500; somosa 7 pieces k1500; banana/papaya milkshake k1200; lassi/bananalassi k1200; coke k300; tea k300
But beware. Changing rates change fast in Myanmar. So prices are bound to change too! Check it out yourself en feel free to edit!
Pros: nice food, nice place, nice staff
Cons: no beer
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