Vegan
Thai

Offers traditional vegan Thai food. Some dishes are pre-made, and there's also a made-to-order menu in English. Choices range from tomyum and flat rice noodle in gravy to papaya salad and green curry with rice. Moved out of the location across from Sahathai Department Store to this place off Karunrat in 2015. Reported closed January 2022.


27 Reviews

First Review by PreciousJamesPowell

OscarRydelius

Points +132

Vegan
13 Feb 2017

A must visit!

We been spending tree days in Surat Thani and tried most of the vegan Jay restaurants here. This is by far the sweetest and most delicious place in this town. Staff is amazing the food is wonderfully and the price almost to "good".

And as previous review states they even offer food for free to people whom can't pay for them self.

A must visit if your in town. The happy cow address is a bit wrong so walk a little further and look for the yellow vegetarian sign. Because this place is filled with love!

Pros: Delicious, friendly staff, loving atmosphere and low price

Cons: none.

hojidong

Points +5692

Vegan
19 Sep 2020

Wow! Best food!

Loved everythinng in this place! The buffet includes a lot of different dishes. We always skip the rice and try as many dishes as we desire! They also do a la carte, i.e. salads etc. We came back to this place several times as it was just so so good! They also have a finger root juice which is awesome (no added sugar of course). Oh and they have complementary hot ginger and turmeric tea!

sasharadar

Points +44

Vegan
04 Mar 2020

Cozy vegan place

The soup was for 60 baht. The portion is big, and the soup was delicious.

Pros: Local cousin , Cozy, Cheap

herbotits

Points +637

Vegan
18 Feb 2020

Hidden Gem in Surat Thani

The owners are absolutely amazing. Food is vegan and delicious. Great atmosphere and friendly staff! Definitely worth checking out if in Surat Thani!

Pros: Cheap, Amazing staff, Tasty vegan food!

Moneyz

Points +497

Vegan
21 Jan 2020

Perf

The spring rolls here are delicious, so is the pad Thai! Just be careful with the spice level as they will say some items are only a little spicy, but I found them to be really spicy. Great options when traveling in Suri Thani😄also great high carb low fat options as there is tons of rice😄

Pros: spring rolls , pad Thai , cheap

Cons: Hard 2 find

DesTricTeD-

Points +22

Vegan
10 Jan 2020

Überzeugend!

In einer Nebenstraße gelegen liegt das vegane Restaurant. Dort empfangen wird man von einer freundlichen Art und guten Englischkenntnissen.
Es gibt Buffet und Gerichte von der Karte. Die Auswahl ist zufriedenstellend, das Essen war sehr lecker und frisch zubereitet. On Top gab es noch eine kleine Suppe umsonst dabei. Preislich lagen wir bei 2 Gerichten und 2 Wasser bei 150 Bath (ca. 5€). Alles in allem ein sehr gutes Restaurant!

MaxSearch4Food

Points +89

Vegetarian
14 Aug 2019

Unexpected surprise

I went there for the veg buffet. The dishes are all really good and made with a lot of love. Probably you will also find things you never tried before, but trust me you should have. You also get healthy turmeric tea and water for free to your meal. The place is a few meters away from the street so it’s quiet and beautiful decorated as well. I was really happily surprised by this restaurant, it’s my favorite restaurant in Surat.

ana_pas

Points +2433

Vegan
28 May 2019

Good food

Price good and food good (but spicy).

Bozena

Points +840

Vegan
20 Feb 2019

papaya salad👌🤤

Huge portion, tasty & good price (60bacht)

Coconut 25 bacht

Wilde noodles in gravy tasted ok but nothing special

Pros: Vegan, Free water and turmeric tea, Prices

KarinKoala

Points +2550

Vegan
19 Feb 2019

SuratThani

I visited a restaurant similar to it in Ko Phangan called "Vegan Phangan" and though the food gonna be similar, they had variety of of food in their buffet yet unfortunately most of it were 2 spicy for me.
it was also a bit cold and not as tasty as the food I had in Phangan. the service though was really nice, the food is inexpensive and the restaurant is quite big and offer free water & tea.

Pros: inexpensive

Turboelli80

Points +20

Vegan
02 Feb 2019

Wow!

Huge portions of gorgeous food, nice building tucked away so quiet location, lovely staff!

samuelle

Points +60

Mostly Veg
21 Nov 2018

Amazing food and place

Hidden in a side road we found the restaurant (with the help of the happy cow app) and we were amazed! So basic but so sweet and nice. The food was really cheap but good quality! Besides a Tom Yum soup (which was huge) and a mushroom salad we had the rice noodle rolls. They are really conscious about the environment for they kindly ask to eat everything. We loved it so much!

Pros: Good Food quality , Very reasonable local prices , Really friendly staff

SamDiamond

Points +72

Vegan
15 Aug 2018

Great vegan food served with love

Big smiles, amazing choice of foods, super cheap - a family of 5 ate for 300B.

Aleksandratravels

Points +60

Vegan
10 Aug 2018

Best food in all of Thailand

You have to come to this place. The flavours of the food are amazing and the place has so much charm and character. Very clean cooking and professional extremely friendly service. We will be back again.

Pros: everything about this place is amazing

Cons: nothing

MEW

Points +398

Vegan
09 Aug 2018

Wonderfully tasty with a great owner/cook.

We had a great meal which was made even better due to the cook coming out and talking to us about vegansim. Although the restaurant is veg, she has now been vegan for several years. She even brought out a dish we didn’t order as she wanted to have us try it. By far the most standout dish is the mushroom salad. We came for dinner, about an hour before closing, but they do a larger menu buffet style in the morning and afternoon

Pros: Lost of options, Nice owner , Free water and tea

Dentalbabe15

Points +20

Vegan
16 Mar 2018

Good message, good food

My trip was planned to go from Surat Thani airport to the Khao Sok rainforest, but I was hungry when I landed. There was no reliable veg food en route, so luckily Happy Cow came to the rescue. We had to drive 30 min out of the way, but it was worth it. I haven’t had too much trouble with veg food during my 10 days here, but sometimes it can be tricky.
The owner was nice, the food was good, and the prices, like all of Thailand, were cheap. 60baht for 3 items and rice from the buffet. The English signs around were about being kind to the environment and the animals. By the way, the sign says it’s closed on Sundays, despite other reviewers saying it’s free on Sundays. Overall, a good find!

FionaPaine

Points +106

Vegan
30 Jan 2018

So good

Easy place to find if you follow the huge ‘vegetarian’ sign on the main road. The food was so so good. We got something that looked like a slice of aubergine which turned out to be the best seitan I’ve ever had. The fried taro is also incredible. Some things are on the spicy side. Staff don’t have much English but are really nice. Definitely recommend

jeroenkusters

Points +1104

Vegan
14 Jan 2018

Free food on Sunday :-)

Good food. Nice atmosphere. Free food on Sunday. A donation is appreciated.

Gojo

Points +118

Vegan
27 Dec 2017

Lives up to the hype!

Seriously some of the best food I've had since arriving in Thailand. I ate lunch here, then returned for dinner and had some of the same dishes - they were that good.

Amazing food, great portion / price, and beautiful setting - chill out in the gazebo hammock and digest. Don't miss this place.

Updated from previous review on 2017-12-27

Pros: Amazing food, Amazing price, Amazing everything

GinaMitchell

Points +30

Vegan
28 Jun 2017

You must visit if in Surat Thani!

This amazing restaurant provides an oasis from the cbd. The food is divine and the staff are welcoming and generous. You need to visit!

Coordinates on Google maps is 9.135507,99.328423
They have a Facebook page too:
https://www.facebook.com/Suratthani-Vegetarian-Thailand-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%8E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5-1514834148802954/

Updated from previous review on 2017-06-28

DinNakkwan

Points +143

Vegetarian
Owner
09 Jan 2017

SURATTHANI VEGETAARIAN

10 years ago, a vegetarian restaurant from Chumphon, to Suratthani. Cook, clean, pure, no meat, eggs, milk, msg, preservatives and other chemicals for all to eat, at affordable rates. And poor people can eat for free. Friendly service , kindness .

Pros: Delicious food, and clean, Inexpensive, Comfort, friendly

Cons: Don't speak much English, Difficult to find, Small labels

ozzmond

Points +108

Vegan
09 Jan 2017

how to find: check photos or google maps

It's a bit further than on HappyCow map. Check photos or you can also find it from google maps.

VictorAndersson

Points +34

Vegan
07 Jan 2017

Supee good food and staff

It was soo good ! And the staff was nice and helpful ! And was almost to cheap. 120 bath for 3 dishes and drinks.

I would love to have a restaurant like this @ my own town.

rups22

Points +441

Vegan
10 Dec 2016

the best!!

The best Jay restaurant we've found in Thailand
Beautiful buffet and made to order menu food
Free ginger tea and excellent spring rolls

shangrilol

Points +40

Vegan
27 Mar 2016

Excellent food and service

LOCATION is incorrect, but close! Place is on a side street off Karunarat, about halfway between tachana and chonkasem road. Look for a yellow sign with black arrow pointing towards the side street, on south side of Karunarat.

After 4 months of traveling throughout thailand, this is in my top 5 tastiest restaurants. Point-n-choose Buddhist buffet style, 50 baht for rice and 3 choices. All I've had were top notch (various curries, laarb, pad kra pow, etc). Fav has to be a pumpkin pineapple yellow curry, wow, so good! Free ginger tea and soup, and sometimes really tasty little side dishes. The service is really great, too - very nice people running the place. Some veggies come from their garden.

Cannot rate highly enough! Be warned, the food is quite spicy, and the not spicy dishes are less exciting basic steamed / fried veggies.

(other 4 thailand top veg restaurants:
Nat's Kitchen, Ko Lanta
Bodhi Tree, Chiang Mai
Earth Tone, Pai
Babaloo Restaurant, Ko Tao)

GriGori

Points +13

Vegetarian
02 Feb 2016

Absolutely nice Thai veg experience

Althought it is pretty much the only vegetarian eatery in Surat Thani and not the easiest one to find, it is absolutely worth going and admiring. We arrived there when they we closing up already. They quickly re-opened the place for us and treated us with some delicious food: fresh garden-raised salad (there is a garden just by the side of the restaurant), exotic fruit juice, tasty curry; broth, dessert fruits (more and more!) plus delicious ginger tea free of charge. What we ordered was really cheap too, especially consisering the sevice and the quality). Loved it so much we went there again the next day.
The service is super-friendly, prices really cheap, food delicious and healthy.
Go there if you happen to be in Surat Thani!

more-less

Pros: Friendly, Cheap, Healthy

Cons: Not too easy to find

PreciousJamesPowell

Points +18

Mostly Veg
14 May 2015

Vegan, Clean, comfortable, modern, healthful, reasonable, tasty, friendly, happy

Clean modern Vegetarian restaurant nicely decorated with art. English menu + buffet choices available (not all u can eat). We (a couple) ordered 2 dishes of brown rice+3 choices curry/veggies for 50baht. 2 dishes of papaya salad (delicious, generous portion, healthy) 50baht each. 1 plate summer rolls (stuffed with mung bean sproits , peanuts & other) with delicious dipping soy sauce (large plate 4 rolls) 50baht. Free of charge, They brought us 4 small bowls of broth soup, a plate of mixed local raw greens (Thai isan style), a plate of cooked banana leaves in coconut cream sauce (my favorite dish here of the meal) and some pickled vegetables. Many more options we didn't try. Rice was delicious. We were very full for 250baht. As were were leaving they helped us flag down a songtheow truck to return to the train station (about 24mins away at rush hour 200 baht for 2 people).

Pros: Friendly, tasty, reasonable, clean, healthy ingred

GriGori

02 Feb 2016

Althought it is pretty much the only vegetarian eatery in Surat Thani and not the easiest one to find, it is absolutely worth going and admiring. We arrived there when they we closing up already. They quickly re-opened the place for us and treated us with some delicious food: fresh garden-raised salad (there is a garden just by the side of the restaurant), exotic fruit juice, tasty curry; broth, dessert fruits (more and more!) plus delicious ginger tea free of charge. What we ordered was really cheap too, especially consisering the sevice and the quality). Loved it so much we went there again the next day.
The service is super-friendly, prices really cheap, food delicious and healthy.
Go there if you happen to be in Surat Thani!




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