Vegan
Chinese
Buffet
临湖素食 at 瑞平路230号2层 is a modern style vegan restaurant set in a mall nearby Longhua Middle Road station. A la carte menu is more expensive, but the popular lunch buffet menu costs 70 or so yen per person. Buffet hours are 11am-4pm. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-9:30pm.
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230 Ruipin Rd, Shiguang Li Mall, 2F, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
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18 Reviews
First Review by yehadut
J811673
Points +52
Great food - Edit
Great food. Great service. Good value
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Seeayesix
Points +111
Top Restaurant, best food I had in Shanghai - Edit
Bit hard to find the location using an Android phone (English apps), but I got there in the end. Located in the Sunny Walk Shopping Centre.
Read moreFood was delicious, probably the best Chinese food I've ever had. I went back three or four times. I got complimentary drinks each time, some plum/waxberry drink that was great.
Three courses was enough for each occassion.
To me, this was the best place in Shanghai, even if Duli and Lotus/Huì Yuán SùShí Fāng were great too. Felt very cheap for the quality for the food and service.
Updated from previous review on 2024-07-22
Pros: Delicious Food, perfectly cooked., Great Service, Awesome value, cheap prices
Cons: No alcohol, location was hard to find first time
Guest
RugbyNerd
Points +1292
Really good - Edit
Nice Place on the second floor. Really good food, nice staff and real Tea, not bags or herbs or fruit 😍
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-05-12
Guest
DonnaViering
Points +187
SOUP DUMPLINGS - Edit
I came to Shanghai for work and found myself struggling to get a fulfilling vegan meal. Everywhere I’ve gone with my coworkers seems to only have vegetable dishes that contain either dairy, fish sauce or meat broth... so on my evening off I took to happy cow. I’m glad I stumbled upon this gem.
Read moreI got a few dishes from the recommended section, but wandered off that and nabbed some soup dumplings. It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten soup dumplings, so I couldn’t turn them down. Each dish is semi small, so I’d say order 2-3. I had 4 and it was a bit much. Everything was pretty delicious .
For those traveling from the states from the first time… Alipay. Download it. This place doesn’t take card. Cash or App pay. However Alipay is amazing. My wonderful server was very patient and showed me how to use translation tool. Google is slow as [censored] here so Alipay is your best friend.
Updated from previous review on 2024-04-02
Pros: Affordable, Lovely patient staff, Sizable menu
Cons: Does not take credit cards
Guest
vrony
Points +168
Excellent flavours - Edit
All the food was excellent and delicious. Portions are small but the quality is out of this world.
Read morePros: Sliced Mushroom in chilli sauce
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prina13
Points +31
Absolutely delicious - Edit
Amazing restaurant with nice interior and delicious food. They have a “top 10 favourites” in the menu and so makes it easier to decide on what to have
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BumixSuperstar
Points +83
Very tasty food - Edit
I really enjoy my experience all the dishes were delicious .
Read moreWill go back for sure
Guest
CarlosGP
Points +335
Gourmet experience - Edit
Although these days the place is less frequented, the food remains delicious. They have recently added several new dishes to the menu.
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IronJuice
Points +1051
Exceptional Michelin recommended spot - Edit
Busy, chic.
Read moreMy friend brought me here, we had an amazing time. I loved the local cuisine. My personal favorites are: 三杯茄子、炝烧豆腐、糖醋藕夹、石板干煎牛肝菌、绿豆糕、以及上天的 the heavenly 桂花酒酿圆子。
I absolutely loved 三倍茄子 and 桂花酒酿圆子. Every bite of the eggplant is full of the irresistible basil aroma, and the soul touching 桂花香(osmanthus) is definitely going to put up a big smile on your face.
On the other hand, their attempts at Thai cuisine failed to amaze: tom yum soup, and mango sticky rice. The former is too sour, the later is poorly executed, it’s supposed to be a desert, but the sticky rice has no flavour, it’s simply steamed sticky rice with coconut cream.
Highly recommended for their local cuisine.
Pros: Great taste, Artsy, Great vibe
Cons: Busy, Pricy, Thai cuisine lacks originality
Guest
tomep
Points +20
Great food, amazing variety - Edit
The prices were also pretty low.
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JackOfLanes
Points +45
Abhorrently overpriced - Edit
There is no longer a buffet, only set menu. On the menu are many things you could get in a normal Chinese restaurant but triple the price e.g. A few porcini mushrooms on a plate for 138RMB. Madness. We didn't stay as Green Vege Cafe is nearby. Service was good and the restaurant looks nice but absolutely not worth the price in my opinion.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2021-08-10
Pros: Everything is vegan, Nice restaurant, Good service
Cons: Absurdly expensive, No more buffet
Guest
Zeberka12
Points +1576
Beautiful - Edit
The restaurant interior was gorgeous😄
Read moreStaff nice and friendly
I tried 5 dishes in total:
Sliced noodles in mushroom soup 菌汤刀削面(小份
Fried buns with mushrooms 菌 皇生煎包
Stir fried mushrooms with cashew nuts and bamboo shoots 腰 果冬笋煸双菇
Crispy steak 香 脆酥排
Fresh vegetables with black pepper 黑椒鲜蔬
Everything was tasty 😋 maybe expect fried buns, they were a bit disappointing 🙈
Guest
AaronStreeton
Points +796
Great Food - Edit
It was a very good place and lovely food. The staff was friendly and super helpful.
Read moreMonkey head mushrooms were fantastic and nice atmosphere. The restaurant was pack packed.
Guest
MichaelRobinson
Points +3296
No Lake - Edit
I've been to the original in Hangzhou (which is on the Lake) so I was excited when they opened one up in Shanghai. Lucky for me this is near the Metro station Middle Longhua road (exit 5) which is also the same for Green Vege cafe (exit 1) one of my favourites in this city, in fact they advertise each other in their restaurants. I wisely invited my Chinese speaking Canadian friend Wendy to go check out this new place. The deal from 11-16 isn't a buffet it's more that you get to pick a certain amount of dishes from a set menu and these will be delivered to your table. Thanks to Wendy who deciphered the Chinese tick sheet, we or ordered food with tea. Between us we had around 10 dishes, some cold, some hot, some sweet, some spicy but all high quality and very tasty. It's a great way to sample from the menu if you want to go for an evening meal which I'm sure we will do. The main menu has pictures with English translations.
Read moreThey no longer do the lunchtime deal but this place is excellent. I can't believe it's taken me this long to return here, I went with a new vegan friend who recommended a tofu skin soup which was much nicer than it looked, I would never have ordered this so I'm glad she did. We had the dumplings which were tasty and the soup filled dumplings, dangerous (try not to burn your mouth) but interesting vegan take on a traditional Chinese dish. So impressed with the food I returned on the Sunday with 3 more people so we could try more dishes! We had the above plus the sweet & sour lotus root, vegan duck, sticky rice cake in sugar and steamed buns with mango filling which I heartily recommend if you like vegan desserts. I think I will be here more often especially as one of my two favourite waitresses from GVC is now head waitress here.
Updated from previous review on 2018-11-18
Pros: Delicious vegan, Friendly staff, Nice looking place
Guest
Dull_Irritation
Points +252
Fantastic food, great service - Edit
The menu is in English and Chinese with pictures so it's easy to order. Everything they make is excellent and highly recommend. The staff is attentive and accommodating.
Read moreIf you like mushrooms, you'll love this place: many mushroom dishes to choose from.
Guest
Fabrice
Points +103
The good ambience, good quality’s vegan food! - Edit
Visually appealing and very well executed.
Read morePros: Vegan
Cons: Cher
Guest
N3n
Points +238
Delicious food! - Edit
100% Vegan English menu with mainly traditional high quality dishes based on vegetable (don't expect western dishes though).
Read moreThe crew is very helpful and kind, even though they don't speak English.
The food:
1. Fried rice balls filled with nuts: This one was my favorite dish! It's a little sweet, cranchy sesame on the outside and soft dough inside. Great way to open the meal.
2. Curry vegetables and quinoa: Also a very tasty dish. The curry sauce is very rich and creamy and give great taste to the vegetables and vegan "seafood" balls. Too little quinoa on the other hand.
3. Sticky rice balls red bean soup: Great surprise since I didn't know what to expect from a red bean dessert. The soup is nice, and the rice balls are very special, something I've never tasted around here. They are filled with a little black sesame that gives the bite an excellant taste, and the balls themselves are super soft and fun to chew.
They also had one dish of fried mock meat that I wanted to try but it was sold out, so they recommend me to come earlier next time.
Really great place, very tasty food and nice atmosphere, prices are not very low but still fair and worth the food (20¥-60¥ approximately).
Pros: All vegan, Delicious, Clean and nice place
Cons: A bit more expensive than non-vegan food
Guest
yehadut
Points +2079
Very good food - Edit
A lot of the veg restaurants in the city are iffy, but this one was really good. The ambience was nice, and the food we ordered was delicious. It was somewhat slow, but when we complained they gave us a complimentary mung bean dessert (which I didn't really care for, but was still nice service). The menu has English, and lots of pictures. I will go again.
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