• CLOSED: Minder Vegetarian 明德素食 - Eslite Mall

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    Closed

  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Chinese
Buffet
Fast food
Salad bar
Take-out
Taiwanese

Part of vegetarian buffet restaurant group, this one is in the basement of Eslite's flagship mall. Offers pay-by-weight buffet spread. Reported closed January 2024.


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15 Reviews

First Review by sglcklch

nishaaa

Points +4631

Vegan
05 Aug 2023

wow!!

sooo many unique vegan foods to choose!! the worker said everything is vegan!

Huraiquire

Points +9595

Vegan
23 Jun 2023

Yummy food, cheap price 👌

This place hasn’t been updated since 2019, but not much has changed and it is very much still up and running. Best of all, it may even be fully vegan!

I didn’t see anything non vegan and they even have a vegan label on the board, although most things aren’t actually labeled.

It is a classic pay-by-weight buffet style, and you take your food on a tray. As mentioned in a previous reviews, this place is in a food court, although they do have their own limited seating.

They are abundant in a variety of tofu.

They accept cash or payment for your metro/transport card.

Updated from previous review on 2023-06-23

Pros: Cheap and tasty, Good variety of flavors, Seems to be vegan!

Cons: No labels (allergens?)

MelissaJaspers

Points +57

Vegetarian
14 Nov 2019

Veggie buffet (

Buffet where you pay the weight of your dish.
There are a lot of options, but didn't think the flavor was great.
Thw good thing is, that it is inexpensive. I paid 100 for rice and veggies.

You can get a box for take away or otherwise a plate.

The good thing is that this place is in a food court. So it is great when you go out with meat loving friends. Everyone can get something they like.

Pros: 5 grain rice option , Affordable

Tuulia.

Points +786

Vegan
01 Nov 2019

Good plant-based foods

A good buffet located in the Eslite Mall (floor B2)

Pros: variety

Cons: no labels/ingredients listed, not so many spices are used

AnthonyBravey

Points +667

Vegan
02 Jun 2019

The Best Buffet!

This place is incredible, its tucked away inside a department store and does not open until 11am, but it is well worth a visit.

I believe they have the best selection and tastiest selection of food I have ever had at a vegetarian buffet in Asia. Some dishes clearly have egg in them, but I believe the majority were vegan. The desserts and sweet section was very impressive here too.

I could easily eat here everyday if I lived in Taipei.

Staff were friendly and plenty of locals were eating here, give it a visit and you will not be disappointed.

Pros: HUGE VARIETY!, Reaosnably priced, Quick, easy, fast food.

denn

Points +553

Vegan
05 Apr 2019

Great place, excellent food

Clean, nice staff. Best one yet

Dragonking

Points +423

Vegetarian
02 Dec 2018

One of the better pay by weight cheap buffets

This pay by weight vegetarian buffet is one of the better ones around Taipei.Its easy to find and has a fairly large varied assortment of dishes.There are even a few very tasty interesting dishes.Otherwise the dishes are similar to most of the buffets in town
I have visited many times over the Years when I want a quick cheap dinner.Worth the visit if you want to sample Chinese vegetarian food, and not not pay an arm and a leg.

Pros: Inexpensive, Wide selection, Easy to find

RaadBimurto

Points +65

Vegan
27 Aug 2017

Cheap & Delicious Asian Food

Had a nice selection of food, cheap & delicious. We tried atleast 2/3 of the food. Some were okay, some good, some delicious, all vegan

Pros: Cheap, Delicious & Filling, Convenient Location

HaileyPoLa

Points +1118

Vegan
07 Jun 2017

The food is nice

Minder Vegetarian - Xinyi is the same as the one in Eslite Dunnan or the one inside the Taipei Main Station. Great food, plenty of vegan options (avoid the wrap with mayonnaise), and pretty affordable. I love their turnip cake, fried tofu skin, and different kinds of stir-fried vegetables.

The only downside about this place is that since it's a vegetarian buffet, if you go a bit late after lunch/dinner time not much food will be left.

Pros: Nice food, Convenient location

MishyCow

Points +159

Vegan
23 Mar 2017

Excellent buffet

Excellent buffet with great food selection. Even have wraps!
Price is $25/100g which is very cheap.
Sign advises that none of the food contains eggs but I think some contains milk.

Pros: Lots of food choises, cheap!

Cons: none!

Love@Sunshine

Points +407

Vegetarian
02 Dec 2016

Wide varieties to choose

Located 10mins walk from Taipei 101/World Trade Ctr. A wide range of varieties to select. You pay by weight of the food u place on your plate. U can have a choice to go with rice or without. It's at the Basement 2 of eslite shopping mall's food mall.

Cons: Price : Moderate

mollymolina25

Points +10

Non Veg
22 Nov 2016

Affordable vegetarian!

Came here after searching for a vegetarian place. It's located at level B2 of Eslite Xinyi, in the foodcourt. If you take the lift down, it will be on your immediate left. The lunch crowd moves real fast, so you need to decide what you want quickly. It's affordable and a plate of food cost me only NTD126 the last time I went. Have been here several times now!

sept152007

Points +25

Vegetarian
07 Aug 2016

Eat here!!!!

This place is wonderful! Selection is awesome, food is good and price is affordable. My husband who is a meat eater enjoyed his food as well.

Pros: Cheap, Lots of options

MarkJNewtonArt

Points +45

Mostly Veg
09 Feb 2016

Wonderful selection

We stumbled on this by accident in the Eslite food hall basement. The range of food was superb and we were able to fill up our plates quite well for only $130 each. Different rice options are available too (multigrain was my personal fave) for an extra $7-$10.

As with most buffet places, don't expect drinks to be available, but you can take in a takeaway drink if you wish (no-one has dsapproved of us doing this just yet!)

If you're missing some Western food while out in Taiwan, you can also have hash browns - try to catch them while they're hot! :-D

Pros: Fantastic selection, Friendly staff, Fresh vegetables

sglcklch

Points +2969

Vegan
22 Sep 2012

Convenient for a quick bite

Dropped by here for lunch after browsing around in the Eslite building. Setting was nothing fancy, but the location couldn't be handier as it was right in the food court in the basement. They served a pay-by-weight buffet with tons of choices. Everything was egg free as stated on a sign and it wasn't hard to figure out which one might have dairy just by looking. Soup, rice, congee and noodles were not included and cost an extra TWD10-20 each. I got a whole plate piled up with all kinds of food plus a bowl of multigrain rice, and together with my partner's plate, our meal set us back only TWD300. Food was pretty tasty to boot. The only thing I didn't get was when I asked for some regular water the staff simply said "we don't have water". Very weird, why they refused outright to provide water to customers was beyond me.

Pros: good food, cheap, selections

Cons: no water




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