Shanti Yoga Vegan Cafe

The food was filling and beautifully served. The two women working there were lovely and they taught me some basic Japanese as well as helping me to get around the city. The dessert was great too, in particular the matcha.

Friendly and creative staff.
Relaxing place to enjoy a healthy vegan lunch.
Food presentation-excellent!
If you are vegan I encourage you to support this vegan cafe.

We totally love this place since we are vegetarian. Price is reasonable with the portion given. We also love the host here who is so friendly and helpful.

Thanks to Happy Cow we found this amazing authentic Japanese restaurant in Hiroshima. We walked from the Hiroshima station and found it easily enough.
The staff are all soooo lovely and genuine. All have such great English!
The food was 10/10, massive portion size with dessert to finish! ¥1500 is a steal for this level of service and food quality / size. Do yourself a favour and go here, you won't be disappointed.

Upon reading other great reviews, my husband and I stopped into this place. On their website they recommend making a reservation since their space is small, and making a reservation is easy - just email them at the address provided on the website and let them know when you'd like to come (emailing in English is fine, since the woman who I think might be the owner has fantastic English.)

From beginning to end this is an incredible experience. The space where you eat is softly lit with natural light, and you sit on the floor Japanese style. Beautiful plants make for a relaxing atmosphere. The staff are all incredibly kind, and great care and love goes into making the seasonal menu. The tea and dessert was also amazing! Everything was delicious, and I although I felt a bit headache-y and tired when I entered the restaurant, I felt really refreshed and filled with energy when I left. The people who work here are very open to questions and are really helpful, so I was happy to have stopped in here on our first full day in Hiroshima. We highly recommend this place for other vegans, vegetarians, or anyone who wants to enjoy fresh, healthy and delicious Japanese food!

This is a mixture of shoujin ryori (traditional vegan religious food) and the odd western dish. The food is quite nice and uses a lot of Japanese ingredients that you don't see often (e.g. shishito chillies). It's a set menu of several small dishes, tea, dessert, and matcha (bitter whisked green tea, as used in a tea ceremony).
So no worries about ordering if you don't know any Japanese -- everyone gets the same thing.

The setting is semi formal, served in a screened tatami room. It's a good way to get a taste of ryokan or temple dining if you're new to Japanese culture.

The staff are super nice and there is at least one fluent English speaker. Highly recommended as a special occasion lunch.

One of the best vegan restaurants I have been so far. Vegan shoujin ryouri. Beautiful and delicious. The staff is very friendly and I loved the atmosphere. If I come to Hiroshima again, I am sure I will visit Shanti Yoga!

This restaurant was a phenomenal find on a hot day in Hiroshima! The restaurant is on the second floor, in a small sun filled room covered in tatami mats adjacent to a Yoga Studio. We had the set lunch which was super delicious and very filling. The food was extremely creative and the macha and dessert at the end of the meal were unforgettable!

Highly recommended!

Three key notes:
1. It's kind of tricky to find. Not much signage outside.
2. The place is small -- reservations are recommended.
3. You will be sitting on tatami mats on the floor - no tables.

This place is incredible and you need to come here once you're in Hiroshima. I love that they try to combine Japanese traditions with veganism. The way you sit is very traditional and the food is apparently Japanese temple food - according to the staff who explained the food and the culture to me in detail.
I can only recommend this place, it's a must try.

nous errions dans les rues de Hiroshima à la recherche de quoi manger végétalien. Nous avons découvert ce lieu superbe ou l'on mange sur le tatami, situé en dessous d'une salle de Yoga. ce sont des professeurs de Yoga qui nous accueillent et nous avons discuté avec l'une d'elle qui nous a très bien accueilli et parle très bien anglais. le plat était très bon et complet. nous avons aussi eu droit au dessert avec un peu de thé matcha. nous avons été enchantés de manger dans ce café et nous recommandons.

Vegan Cafe is neatly tucked away in Shanti Yoga Studio in Hiroshima, not too far from the Peace Memorial Park.

Open for a set lunch from midday until sold out and bookings recommended, we took our chances during a day of shopping and were in luck! The lovely staff asked us to remove our shoes and we took our seat on the floor on a cushion.

We were brought an amazing assortment of Japanese treats including rice, miso soup, tofu, pickles, salads and a sweet potato cake which was then followed by tea (we had matcha) with a slice of chocolate orange cake.

For 1500 yen, the meal is surprisingly filling and for the lovely, tranquil experience it is well worth it. The staff are attentive and friendly, genuinely interested in veganism and creating awesome vegan food.

In a city that is limited in vegan options, Vegan Cafe is a welcome addition to Hiroshima!