Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Beer/Wine
Asian
Burmese

Also known as Be Kind To Animals, this little open-air veggie cafe is located on a dirt road north of the Ananda Temple, just off the old main road - you'll see a sign on the main road directing you. Offers a variety of choices. One seasonal specialty is the papadum with guacamole. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-10:00pm.


Venue map for The Moon - Old Bagan
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57 Reviews

First Review by fatafut23

MaartenC

Points +149

Vegan
21 Nov 2018

Just Great

Great vegan food, large portions, local prices

Pros: Cheap, Greaylt food, Lots of vegan options

smitsen94

Points +412

Vegan
05 Nov 2018

Great place in Bagan

There is two restaurants in bagan. One in Old Bagan and one in new bagan. Both restaurants are awesome. Daily they have special menu and staffs are super friendly. Love my time there. I had dragon juice and green papaya salad. Both are super tasty.

Pros: Lots of healthy and vegan options, Salty peanuts

EarthyEverything

Points +36

Herbivore
02 Oct 2018

Two meals in one day!

Moon Restaurant is a cute and cosy backpacker friendly restaurant in the heart of Bagan. There is a shady spot to park your bike outside and seemingly plenty of tables to go around. The staff are incredible attentive and the food is served from fresh as fast as possible. I had the Thai papaya salad for lunch and then the pumpkin and ginger curry for dinner. Both were delicious! Already looking forward to my next meal there. Plenty of vegan options and egg can be found in some dishes.

Pros: Daily specials , Vegan options, Attentive staff

FilmFrucht

Points +63

Mostly Veg
11 Aug 2018

Liked the curry, my girlfriend didn’t

The original Moon Restaurant in old bagan isn’t quite as good as it’s reputation I guess. It has a lot of great dishes but I had better nann before in Yangon and the aubergine curry wasn’t the best. The Bagan Tamarind Leaf Curry was much better tasting. At least to my taste. And well, the restaurant itself is okay but not as cool as the Moon-2 in New Bagan. Please read this review of mine as well :-)

Dariush

Points +748

Vegan
09 Jul 2018

Great food and service

This is a real gem in the heart of the Bagan tourist area. They offer only vegetarian food, and most items can be made vegan. They have both Western and local food- I only tried the latter, which was absolutely delicious. Definitely try the veggie curry and don’t miss the fresh juices.

stam

Points +1901

Vegan
05 Jul 2018

Gorgeous food, large selection!

So many dishes to choose from! I came back here over and over again - a lot to try and well priced too! Delicious dishes and juices.

Pros: Comfortable seating, Lengthy menu, Great value

Cons: Can get noisy

helofortunet

Points +16

Vegan
17 Jun 2018

Tea leaf salad to die for

Vegetarian restaurant but lots of Vegan 'options. I wasn' t desapointed. Their tea leaf salad is to die for. I highly reommand it. The restaurant is a bit pricey for Myanmar compared to the traditional food places but they have a lot of dishes to choose from (multiples salads, curries, soups, vegetable rolls).

Pros: One guy speaks English fluently which is great, Can accomodate vegan people and change dish for us

Cons: Just one guy speaks English

Mariannes

Points +90

Vegan
07 Apr 2018

great food

Great food and nice place :)

MichaelBourne

Points +15

Vegetarian
01 Nov 2017

Best Restaurant Anywhere?

Conveniently located around some of the best temples of Bagan, this is one of the best restaurants anywhere. There menu is very extensive from Western style veggie burgers (amazing seseme bun you can't get in the East), guacamole and tzatiki. The Indian/Myanmar menu is great. The coconut veg soup was out of this world. They even have homemade ice cream.

Pros: Huge menu. Devoted to being kind to animals. Helpf

Cons: A little expensive for Myanmar but still very chea

trisarahtops18

Points +93

Vegan
14 Jun 2017

Best vegan food in Myanmar

We ate at Be Kind To Animals every day whilst in Bagan, and it was easily the best food I had in Myanmar. The curries are so flavourful and satisfying after a long day temple-hopping around Bagan, and the staff are lovely and friendly. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone, vegan or not.

HaileyPoLa

Points +1118

Vegan
05 Mar 2017

Food was nice, service could be better

I went to this restaurant in Bagan because literally everyone who has ever been there recommended it to me. The food was nice, even though vegan options were not as plenty as I had expected. More than twice the waiters exhibited what could be interpreted as impatience when we were asking about which items were vegan and which were not. Anyway, vegetarian restaurants are scarce in Bagan, so if you're in the city it still doesn't hurt to try. Their second location in New Bagan has much better service and more options on the menu.

forpleasure

Points +19

Mostly Veg
04 Mar 2017

Very nice food!

A good place to rest after sightseeing. The food is delicious and the staff is very friendly. They use purified water to wash fruits and vegetables! Many different salads, soups, curries...

GEgginton

Points +191

Vegetarian
15 Nov 2016

Demandons la lune!

Très bon repaire végétarien à 2 pas de l'Ananda Paya, les plats que nous avions choisis étaient très réussis : salade de feuilles de thé, curry de potiron, crêpes aux légumes épicés, sans oublier le milkshake coconut/café/chocolat.
Carte très alléchante, d'où la nécessité d'y retourner. Mais difficile de ne pas reprendre les succès déjà goûtés... Vous voyez le genre?
2 petits points négatifs : 1) pas d'option lait de soja 2) service un peu long... Mais staff très sympa, donc ça compense largement.

Choying

Points +42

Vegetarian
26 Oct 2016

wonderful

Loved it here. Nice garden to chill out in, good service and very tasty food. I'm definitely going back.

Emmaa

Points +261

Vegetarian
26 May 2016

Food varies

On our first visit the restaurant was empty which was great because they put more effort in our food. I had the fresh mint tea and the lentil soup. Both were prepared super fresh (took some time) and tasted really amazing. Only con was that they filled the cup of black tea my friend ordered only about two thirds...

The next day we came back around lunch and it was crowded. I tried the lentil soup again and this time they didn't even take 5 minutes to prepare it. The soup was missing a lot of stock and as with the tea the day before the bowl wasn't really filled up.

The staff consists of young teenage boys, their english is rather good but they chat a lot and are not very attentive at times.

They don't really get the concept of a daily special menue as it only contains meals from the normal menue...

Also despite the place being vegetarian they don't have soy milk which is a pity. No milkshakes for the vegans :(

Pros: Tasty food if the place is empty

Cons: Staff

NJ220

Points +631

Vegan
12 May 2016

Lovely!

Great little restaurant! Lovely feel to the place, amazing food (I've eaten there 3 times already)! Very friendly, helpful staff and they've all had great English!

Pros: Great staff, amazing food!

Cons: Not sure they know the word vegan (no one in Myanm

Florablume

Points +22

Vegan
29 Feb 2016

Essen war fade

Die Location ist sehr schön und gemütlich. Der Ort ist bestens geeignet um ein wenig entspannen zu können. Die Auswahl an Speisen und Getränke ist sehr groß. Der Service ist aufmerksam und sympathisch. Leider schmeckte mein GREEN CURRY fade und ich musste ordentlich nachsalzen.

Cons: geschmacklich etwas fade

Kriszta

Points +23

Vegetarian
06 Dec 2015

Wonderful place

What a refreshingly good place! We found it by accident, we caught the title of the restaurant: The Moon, Be kind to animals. The menu was very inviting and the drinks and the food refreshingly excellent. After suffering from stomach problems in Myanmar, it was the first time that I could eat outside of hotel kitchens! and so happily did it!

The owner a local vegetarian, great person who continued the restaurant following his vegetarian uncle's start up.

There is a competition with a restaurant that copied the name of the restaurant "be kind to animals", so they add also the name if "The Moon" added to the title of "Be kind to animals". I wish that two vegetarian restaurants could survive.

Pros: Lots of options to choose from, some traditional v

Siup

Points +3173

Vegan
02 Dec 2015

Very nice place

I ate here today for lunch. The location is great, just close to one of the most famous temple in Bagan. The place is very nice, with flowers, lovely tables, it's clean and birds fly everywhere. Just one cons: the smoking area is close to the non-smoking area,so if you don't like smoke it can be annoying. I had guacamole with kind of crackers. The only thing I did not like was the crackers, too much oil. Then I had the pumpkin and ginger soup...amazing!!! My husband had the coconut curry with tofu and veggies, and he loved it. Food is delicious. I give 5 stars

Pros: location , delicious food, nice place

Cons: smoking area

Vegbobi

Points +197

Vegan
04 Aug 2015

Lovely!!!

Not to be missed!! This restaurant came recommended both by a taxi driver as well as by the people working at our hostel, without even knowing my friend and I were vegetarian, so it definitely seems like one of the top places to eat in Bagan. We went twice and tried several dishes and everything was fresh and delicious. The ambience is also great, the prices very reasonable, and the staff incredibly friendly. It's also great to be able to try local dishes without worrying about fish paste or dried shrimp being added!!

Kiwi Wannabe

Points +300

Vegan
13 Mar 2015

If you're vegan...

If you're vegan ask for Niy Niy. He speaks excellent English and knows what vegan means.

We loved The Moon. We ate there all four days we were in Bagan. Terrific setting, expansive menu and helpful staff.

We especially recommend the coconut shakes made with coconut water, the lentil soup and most everything on the menu ;-)

Our only complaint would be that we had trouble eating there as vegans. We ate there several times and more than half of them things we ordered without milk, etc. still came with animal products. They managed to sort out the issues eventually, but it could have been much smoother.

Definitely recommend this place for a unique experience and for supporting a good cause.

Pros: Atmosphere, Wide array of menu items, Friendly staff

Cons: Challenging as a vegan, Costs a bit more, Allows smoking

westcornersville

Points +654

Vegan
13 Feb 2015

Great Vegetarian Food in a Nice Setting

I liked this restaurant. Most of the seating is outdoors and shaded. They have a mix of Burmese dishes and non-Burmese dishes (including some creative ones). I went twice--one time I had the tamarind leaf curry (though that did have more onions and tomatoes than tamarind leaves, but it was still good). They have a list of specials but also a full menu (though I think they're more likely to have the ingredients available for the specials than for other items on the menu). They bring out peanuts as an appetizer (though you're likely to share these with some of the birds flying around as they like to grab them out of the bowl!).

Pros: good food, nice ambience, fairly good selection

Cons: could be a little spicier

peterstuckings

Points +516

Vegan
12 Nov 2014

Outstanding

I was in Bagan for almost a week for work so I ate here many times. Wonderful experiences every time!
I dabbled in some other nearby restaurants but ran into 2 issues - either they were a bit dull, or it was impossible to ascertain what was a vegetarian dish (or could be done in veg mode).
At the Moon, of course the food and drinks were excellent, but the best part was the friendly staff and owner (Ms Zimmar) who ended up my almost-dinner partners each evening as they came over to chat. Chilled and happy people.
I noticed on here a review mentioning the restaurant is popular with tour groups. There is the occasional group who stop off for meal breaks, but perhaps this is a sign of the success of the restaurant?
Updated from previous review on Tuesday November 04, 2014

Pros: Tasty food, Low price, Great service

Cons: Open air, Insects at night, No AC

Olesya Nishanova

Points +86

Vegetarian
07 Sep 2014

Enjoyed everything!

Very varied menu with cuisines of all the world. Friendly atmosphere, excellent service, high quality products. This restaurant does not use palm oil, it is very good. It is a pity, but restaurant on opposite stole this idea and menu. I hope in the Moon everything will be good. I can recommend this place to everyone!

Pros: vegan menu, friendly staff, excellent food

mrswonderstuff

Points +91

Vegetarian
10 May 2013

Tour group heaven

We tried to eat here but they didn't have the dishes we ordered so we left after an expensive drink. It was empty when we arrived but by the time we'd finished our drink it was packed full of tour groups so we're glad we left!

Pros: Menu looked good

Cons: Didn't have all the dishes available, Full of tour groups

freeprincebandar

Points +305

Vegan
25 Sep 2012

AKA Be Kind to Animals

Info blurb says 'steps away from Ananda Temple' just so you know it's more like 100 m around the street corner, set back from the main road amid a cluster of other restaurants. Food is very good, well prepared. Decor is nice despite that this is actually in a shack. Subtitle of restaurant is "Be Kind to Animals". Started raining after we finished eating so we got stuck there for a while as we were in bikes. Staff was gracious, allowed us to wait at a large table despite that it was busy and even served us complimentary tea, tamarind, and palm sugar candies. Guacamole is good. Salads are lovely.

Pros: ethical vegetarians

Cons: mosquitoes

Josensei

Points +203

Vegetarian
12 Sep 2012

Excellent restaurant

We ate there twice - lunch one day - veggie spring rolls and a chapatti wrap. It was so good we went back the next day for dinner, when we had coconut veggie & tofu curry, pumpkin & lemongrass tofu and fried banana for dessert. Including beer, the total cost was only K8,000 - about US$9.00. A very delicious bargain. The staff was super friendly, too, and happy to pose for photos with us.

Pros: delicious, friendly staff, great value




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