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Chinese name 能仁斋馆, address 桂林市丽君路6号码. Remodeled in 2013, this vegetarian restaurant is located adjacent to the Nengren Temple inside the same gates. Offers a buffet every new and full moon, costs round 30rmb; other times order from the menu. Many mock meat dishes and a huge bowl of noodles for under 10rmb. Directions: at Xinyi Rd 信义路, just across the red bridge from downtown. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-1:30pm, 5:00pm-8:00pm.
Categories: Vegan-friendly, Chinese, Buffet
14 Reviews
First Review by Minni
Contributions +48
Lots of options and very popular - Edit
To find this place just walk past the beautiful temple. This vegetarian buffet has a great selection of mock meats and lots of options. The teas are especially good :) we arrived at 6 which is when the buffet started so it was very busy and crowded. Nevertheless the food was great!
Pros: mock meats, variety of options, teas
Cons: busy
Contributions +98
Amazing ❤️ - Edit
Amazing buffet next to the temple. Costs 28 rmb for all you can eat buffet. The staff is super friendly! Lots of choice, soups, desserts, tea, hot dishes, mock meats, fruits and veggies... a must go!! ❤️ The staff told me everything is vegan, and it closes at 2:30.
Contributions +36
big choice good taste - Edit
There is a huge vegetarian buffet and most dishes seemed vegan to me. Most of them taste delicious and even drinks and fruits are included in the 29 RMD fee. It closes already at 8 so better be there in time. I have serious doubts that you could also chose from a menu. The atmosphere is something between restaurant and canteen, but therefore it's a very authentic place. To me it seemed to be open every day as I went there more than once in a row, but I don't know for sure.
Contributions +321
Excellent food and price - Edit
Ate here three times in late September 2017.
It is at the first intersection towards the central Guilin train station from the Red (Orange) bridge (Lizeqiao). (Note that the red bridge looks like a grey-brown bridge at night!) The temple is clearly visible from the street. Go in through the temple gates and walk across in front of the temple hall to the restaurant.
The buffet is every day at both lunch and dinner time, not just at new and full moons. Hours seem to be 12-2.30 and 6-8 rather than 11-1.30 and 5-8. Wasn't aware of there being an a la carte menu also and don't really see how there could be as the buffet is on every day.
The buffet has a wide variety of steamed wheat bread type foods, salad components, fried vegetables, tofu dishes, soups, gruels, fruit and drinks. Extremely good value at 26 CNY per person. Fried items tended to be oily and some with plenty of chilli. Very popular and some diners very noisy. Some days there is a queue.
Can also ask to take away some foods (at extra charge).
Pros: Good food and plenty of choice, Easy to find, Cheap
Cons: A place to eat not for a quiet romantic dinner
Contributions +229
awesome! - Edit
must go-to. *so* many options (although I'm not sure they are all vegan—there was one tofu looking thing that tasted almost exactly like egg with an eggy consistency), very cheap (26 kuai for all you can eat, including about 10 types of soup, juice, tea, coconut milk, dumplings, baozi, cooked and raw veggies, noodle station, gourmet station, dessert, I could go on!) wonderful staff too. just make sure to get there before 8, when they close!
Pros: cheap, diverse options, all you can eat
Contributions +291
Best buffet I have eaten - Edit
Great buffet with many options for 26 CNY per person. Was very crowded with locals both times we ate here.
Contributions +125
fabulous - Edit
A 28 rmb buffet of amazing tasty varied dishes, including sweets, teas and salads. So good that I'm adjusting travel plans to make sure I can go there again
Pros: wonderful food, wonderful price
Contributions +24
Good find - Edit
I wanted a good meal after travelling from Yangshuo. I came across this place and was able to eat a vegan buffet run by A Buddhist monastery. The food was mainly Chinese and the buffet offered many vegetable dishes, stews, teas and raw salads. We were two adults, two teenagers and a baby. The place was stroller friendly and everyone enjoyed their meal.
Pros: There is a monastary worth visiting just beside th, Very reasonable price. I think we paid 45 rmb per
Cons: The interior is a little shabby.
Contributions +76
affordable, delicious - Edit
This place is amazing - cost 25 rmb ($3.84 US) per person for dinner buffet. It is super close to our hostel and the tourist area. We got there a little after 6 pm on a week night and were seated right away. Food was replenished quickly and lots of options.
Contributions +229
Best vegetarian buffet ever - Edit
The restaurant has an excellent vegetarian buffet with many many choices. Different Chinese and western salads, some types of mock meat, soups, several types of Chinese buns, teas, fruit juices and a number of different desserts.
The buffet starts at 6pm and seems to be very popular hence you might want to book in advance or you'll have to wait until there is a seat available.
Very affordable, for a family with two adults and two kids we paid 104 Yuan.
Pros: Very tasty, excellent price , wide range of choices
Contributions +75
A popular choice - Edit
For the travelling vegan/vegetarian in Guilin, this place is as heaven-sent as its location would want you to believe; even finding vegetarian food was a tall order in the small eateries throughout the town. As far as Buddhist buffets go, the food is of a high standard, though a little more expensive than usual. It also seems to be very popular with local families, at least at lunchtimes. As the seating is mostly large banqueting style-tables, it took a while to get seated as a lone diner; groups of two or three might also experience the same problem. The buffet itself is the usual array of vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, buns, noodles, rice, soups, none of which was boiled or fried to excess. The atmosphere is the usual pleasantness associated with these kinds of buffets, though markedly more boisterous due to the number of group diners. The restaurant is the closest HC listing to the city centre, but takes around 20 - 30 mins to walk there from the bus station or south railway station. Should anyone want to take a taxi, drivers are a tough bunch to deal with in Guilin, as one can expect in a tourist town. A taxi from the bus station or south railway station to this restaurant should not cost more than 20RMB (should anyone succeed in getting a metered cab, I imagine it would be even less) - do not accept anything higher.
Pros: Food, Atmosphere
Cons: Seating, Location
Contributions +16
Wide varieties & value for money - Edit
We went on 23 Dec 2015 & the restaurant having buy 10 free 1 promo.
Wide varieties of Chinese cooking style and definitely value for money.
Food were replenished fast.
Staff were friendly.
Recommended to try their Mushroom porridge which taste like mushroom soup. And do try their yummy Guilin Noodles.
Pros: Carpark available
Cons: Limited space n a bit narrow
Contributions +60
good food, pretty cheap - Edit
We went today and were surprised to find a few English speakers among the staff. Buffet was 33 Yuan each and the food was all really tasty and constantly stocked. Very popular and busy at 12:30 when we went but this wasn't a problem. We will eat here again before leaving Guilin
Contributions +250
Ok Buddhist style food - Edit
Contrary to the description, you don't need a reservation to eat here, at least outside of season. I didn't try the buffet, only ate a-la-carte, but the restaurant was almost empty.
Food was ok Buddhist style vegetarian food, nothing to write home about, but they get only 3 cows because a lot of the menu items weren't available - "mei you". This didn't happen only to me but to the Chinese couple in the next table too. If there are one or two menu items that they don't have, that's ok, but if almost everything is "mei you", I just think it's poor managing!
Pros: food's ok
Cons: not vegan, they didn't have a lot of the menu items
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