Shangri-La Vegan - Telegraph

Menu changes daily and you have a moderate or full plate option. Moderate provides a lot of food, including soup and tea. Food simple, healthy, flavorful, especially when you add some cayenne to spice it up! Would go back.

Shangri-La Vegan is a great place to get satisfying vegan food. The menu changes daily, but always offers 2 sizes of their set meal. The set meal has 6 items on it. The day I was there, it was brown rice, beans, greens, cooked veggies, a salad and soup. Iced or hot tea comes with the meal. You can also order ala carte. They also offer desserts; pies and cookies. Pricing is in line with what you get. The restaurant which seats 52 and is decorated with prayer flags and scrolls, is very clean, has a friendly staff and prompt service. There are separate men's and ladies' rooms and both are extremely clean and well stocked.

We were the only people here at first. So I wondered about it but the food is fantastic! And more people came in as we were there. I could eat here every day!

ShangriLa Vegan's newest location offers 100% vegan, organic, macrobiotic eats in a serenely comfortable setting in west Oakland's Temescal district. Menu changes daily and is available on their website.
Our recent lunchtime dining experience was quite good, and will garner repeat business. Our full plates began with a well seasoned French lentil vegetable soup, followed by a mixed salad with basil lemon agave dressing, short grain brown rice, pinto beans with onion and garlic, collard greens with shiitake squash sauce, and sautéed cauliflower, broccoli, carrots and zucchini.
I substituted the black-eyed peas listed on the day's simple plate for the pinto beans, since black-eyed peas are one of my favorite legumes.
Since the simple plate is unseasoned, I used some of the available condiments to spice them up; garlic, black pepper & cayenne plus my own nutritional yeast blend that I carry in my purse (cause eating vegan means being prepared). The collards could have used a bit more de-stemming, and been steamed a tad longer. The shiitake squash sauce was a delectable grace note on the greens. Full disclosure, as a native Southerner, I'm a collard green connaisure, so...
Overall, truly delicious especially the soup.
We wanted to try the key lime and mango raw pies, yet they were out that day, so we opted for the strawberry and yes, it too was delicious.
Knowledgeable friendly service, with ambiance enhanced by meditative music.