Western
Juice bar
Asian
Fusion
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Bamboo hut restaurant with 2 floors and about 8 tables in total. States right on the menu that they can make any dish vegan or vegetarian, and can change level of spiciness. Vegan dishes include noodles, curries, juices, soups, salads, and appetizers. Accept reservations on WhatsApp. Open Mon-Sun 8:30am-11:00pm.


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17 Reviews

First Review by maggiechr

Sparkelphick

Points +21

Vegetarian
05 Jan 2020

Purfect

Lovely atmosphere, staff and food. Friendly cats to boot. Grandpa’s pumpkin curry was beautiful! Wonderful project being run from here too.

Pros: Lots of options, Tasty food!, Support a local project for women

sunshine26

Points +109

Vegan
15 Dec 2019

perfect place😄

nice place with lovly people ! the food is very good and clean! if u looking for a good resturant with good price go eat there!
tgey also have gluten free dishes.

Pros: a lots of oppions for vegan and vegeterian

RotemMozes

Points +354

Vegan
15 Dec 2019

The best place to eat in inla lake

I love this place. The food is good, meeting nice people from all over the world.
The place is based on a good deeds and sporting woman's.
Talk to the maneger, she if a wonderful lady how does alot of good things.

Pros: Alot of options and all are good. , To good prices.

diditipi

Points +18

Vegan
26 Oct 2019

Awesome

The guy is cute and the girls who are working there are not only nice buy extremely talented. They pay attention to everything and take care of you in a way you'll feel welcomed at a friend's house.
The food is really tasty and there are plenty of choices, all delicious. Drinks are homemade, refreshing and for once in Asia, they are not plenty of sugar.
There are many vegan options and everything can be veganized. They offered me to do some pancakes without eggs and with soy milk, it's was delicious !
It's a must - go in town !

We also booked a boat tour for the day on the lake. It was amazing and the guy was really nice.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Everything can be veganised, Super friendly staff

Cons: Small portions for the salads

ZiZipawpaw

13 Nov 2019

Thank you for honest review.
And your beautiful time here @ Paw Paw.
We thank you for volunteering our community as well.
Next time we might be able to host you.
We will make salad potion bigger :)

Enjoy the rest of your trip
Zi Zi

MoooMooo

Points +13

Vegetarian
22 Oct 2019

My favourite restaurant in all of Myanmar!

Great homemade food, amazing staff, beautiful ambiance, an all girl team, vegan and vegetarian friendly, very affordable, and a great cause as well! I have tried almost all of the items on their menu, all are fresh, healthy, tasty and prepared in a very clean environment.

The best part is that PawPaw is more than just a restaurant, it is run entirely by women with the profits going to help the local community through a multitude of social projects that the owner of this restaurant takes on, from empowering young girls from local villages to assistance with education at the local schools. I highly recommend booking your boat tour/trek/taxi through PawPaw restaurant, for the best rate, and knowledge that you are helping the local community.

PS. Try the smoothie bowl!!

ZiZipawpaw

13 Nov 2019

Many thanks for feedback.
We learn only we as citizens need to be more responsible to educate our society and work harder for the positive change.
With all our hard work and your kind support we can eventually keep climbing on for a better home as Myanmar.

Zi Zi

eliina

Points +174

Vegan
14 Aug 2019

Wonderful!

Ladies that run the place are absolutley lovely! Most dishes I tried was great, that being said don't go for the tea leaf salad as other places do it much better. Plenty of options for vegans.

BridieMackintosh

Points +314

Vegan
21 May 2019

Beautiful

This place is so cute! Lovely ladies that work here!! The food is also delicious. The portions are not so big but still worth it!

Pros: Great menu, Tasty, Cook everything from scratch

Cons: Portions - quite small

mjveganfitness

Points +1693

Vegan
19 Feb 2019

Would give 5 stars

We went here for lunch twice as we loved the ethos behind this place - helping and supporting local girls and women by providing them with employment. The food was freshly prepared and cooked - you could hear them chopping away in the kitchen! They also list on the menu about vegan options and gluten free options are clearly marked too. There are smoothie bowls for breakfast and amazing Shan tofu noodles for lunch/dinner. Our only small critique was that the tamarind sauce didn’t have much flavour but aside from that we enjoyed everything we ate here. We also loved playing with the resident cat and chatting to the lovely owner. All the girls were welcoming and friendly, providing you with great hospitality. A must visit.

Pros: Vegan options, Helping local girls and women in the area, Good prices

Cons: No WiFi , Serves meat

smitsen94

Points +412

Vegan
13 Nov 2018

Fresh foods and friendly staffs!

I have had amazing breakfast and lunch there. After reasonable breakfast at my hostel I went to this place. I was doubting between smoothie bowl or just Burmese food. I asked the girl which one she would recommend me. Also I told her I’m vegan. She pointed to some meals. I decide to take Burmese stir fried vegetables with tofu and cashew. It’s very good prepared. I ordered dragon fruit and avocado smoothie, unfortunately electric was shut down. I got juice instead. It was not to drink actually. But the owner apologized for that. I don’t blame her.

Later at the lunch I came back to PawPaw. I ordered pumpkin curry with tofu and tomato salad. It seems that salad was little different than I ordered and pumpkin was ok. That’s sad. I hope they will improve next time. But I can’t help I love their idea of this business to support local women and girls. The owner is very kind woman. Definitely I would recommend you to stop by this very good and decent place. Look at pictures with their latest menu.

Pros: Fresh foods, Friendly staffs , Supporting community

Olive_Twist

Points +374

Vegetarian
06 Oct 2018

This place is the best

As far as veggie goes Myanmar it's the best, probably second only to the bus street in phuket town.

This place is super good. I got a few different salads and a curry. It was all great - sour and spicy add it should be. One thing I hadn't had before was a avocado salad. I would recommend it if the are on season.

On a last note, the restaurant also supports local ladies from the community who need it. If awesome local food isn't enough to get you to go, tossing in a little philanthropy should be enough to push you over the line.

Pros: Yummy , Cheap, Be a do gooder

Cons: You can only eat so much

Vanietti

Points +131

Vegan
14 Aug 2018

Tasty food + a great project to support

Food is tasty and freshly made. It’s true this is not a veg*n restaurant, but indeed they are VERY veg*n sensitive. In the menu they expressly say they can make you a veg*n version of almost any dish.
On top of this, Tzi Tzi (the owner) is supporting a social-responsibility project, here at PawPaw: they help young women by teaching them a job, they pay part of their university fees, they support single-women and their kids.
DON’T MISS THIS SPOT: you’ll have the chance to enjoy fresh, tasty food while supporting a fair development of Burma and their people!!
WELL DONE TZI TZI! :))

Pros: Vegan options, Social-responsibility project, Owner and location great

Cons: None

MillieHolly

Points +26

Vegan
04 Jun 2018

Had the vegan pancakes and went back for round 2 -

also had the coffee and coconut milk. The other items on the menu sounded delicious and wish we had more time to go back! Staff are so lovely and friendly and the restaurant is supporting local community schemes! Would definitely recommend

Cons: No cons.

ElizabethCostello

Points +36

Vegan
07 Mar 2018

epitome of loving kindness eating. would be 5* if allowed!

Had the vegan tofu and coconut curry here and came back for the pumpkin as well (which was my fave). Absolutely delicious and a welcome change from (albeit lovely) every day food I’ve been eating for a month around Myanmar. I would also add that this tofu is real tofu and not egg tofu and vegetarian and vegan options are labelled on the menu. Really cute place as well.

I saw the breakfast menu which looks gorgeous and they have their own baked BROWN bread which comes with the tea leaf salad and breakfast options.

I might also add that I’m delighted to see such positive reviews by vegans and vegetarians on Tripadvisor.

GeorgiaMay

Points +70

Vegan
28 Feb 2018

Don't go for dinner

We went here for dinner and it was not good. From what the other reviews say, maybe it's better for breakfast? We got two juices, both were super watery and bland. We got the avocado salad and the tomato salad, which were okay/average. We got the vegan shan noodles, they tasted like nothing and the noodles were mushy. I wouldn't go back and I wouldnt recommend this place. It was also really expensive, I know it's tourist prices but there are other places around with the same kind of food but better and a bit cheaper. The service was weird also. It's a shame the food is bad because it's a cute restaurant and it's cool that they actually put the word vegan on the menu.

Pros: Vegan options, with the word vegan on the menu.

Cons: Expensive for what it is. Horrible food & juices.

ZiZipawpaw

13 Nov 2019

We are so sorry for what you have experienced.
We had a very difficult stuff. She quit already long time ago. You should have mentioned to us. If so we can manage something for you and also we can find out right away.

We hope you enjoyed the rest of your trip apart from this experience. Thank you for sharing openly.

Soe Paw (manager)

CamilaSilvaL

Points +5946

Vegan
12 Feb 2018

the staff is the best

A really lovely place with a nice menu with vegan options. The staff is amazing and so lovely.
You can have a really nice breakfast here but they also have a separate lunch/dinner menu with vegan options.

Karloos

Points +57

Vegan
30 Jan 2018

The only place with porridge!

Great porridge served here, can be made vegan.

Vegan pancakes in the menu and they are tasty!

I had a couple of smoothie bowls which were good.

Portions are not huge so that means you can order two things ;)

All fresh made so takes a little while.

Coffee is not up to western standards, goto Genius Cafe on the harbour for caffeine hit (they have an AeroPress!)

Pros: Vegan pancake , Vegan porridge

Cons: Bad coffee , A little wait

maggiechr

Points +30

Vegetarian
27 Jan 2018

Lovely quiet place

We come here for a goood porridge breakfast and amazing vegan pancakes! They offer cooking classes as well. The staff are lovely. Do allow some time here, it can take a while but it is definitely worth it!




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