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Chinese
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Take-out
Asian

Chinese vegetarian restaurant in Manhattan since the 2000s. Offers extensive menu of vegetarian/vegan versions of traditional dishes as well as dim sum items, priced per dish. Food appears to be mostly or all-vegan. Fried rice, steamed buns, fried rolls, different mock meats, pan-fried dumplings, and much more. Open Mon-Sun 10:30am-9:00pm.


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71 Reviews

First Review by Poundie

Urdasato

Points +280

Vegan
15 Feb 2024

Vegan Dim Sum!

They have regular dishes but I love their dim sum! Simple and quick service.

EmilyRitson

Points +56

Vegan
04 Jan 2024

Perfect vegan dim sum!!

Great dumplings but I came for the steamed rice rolls and they were amazing. Wonton soup was also great. Small place but very friendly!

LittlePeasMama

Points +318

Vegan
30 Dec 2023

Delicious 😋

When looking at the price ($6-$8) per dish, we were worried they weren't going to be full dishes but they were.

Was disappointed in the imitation shrimp dumplings but the rest of what we ordered was full of flavour.

Service was incredible and cleared empty dishes.

Pros: Service

suikunkun

Points +533

Vegan
19 Dec 2023

Nice dim sum!

Pretty tasty vegetarian dim sum! Some dishes a little bland but overall tons of things to choose from, and you can ask for spicy sauce if you want.

Pros: Tasty variety of dishes

crwilli

Points +195

Vegan
27 Nov 2023

not super flavortown

Came in for dumplings and bean curd on a busy night in chinatown, but this place had no wait and in fact no other customers in the restaurant. The dumplings were pretty fair — I sampled 3 different kinds and liked the taro ones best. We ordered spicy tofu and vegetables, however, which came with absolutely no spice or seasoning besides salt, and furthermore, they had no chili/hot sauce to give us to spice it up after the fact.

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-19

Pros: quick service, lots of options

Cons: lack of sauce

MarcusK

Points +927

Vegan
21 Aug 2023

Nice hole in the wall- cash only!

Not much to look at but food is excellent. Great vegan dim sum and nice peaceful respite in the craziness of NYC Chinatown

Note- cash only

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-21

Pros: Great selection of dim sum, Good soups , Inexpensive

Cons: Hard to find, Decor is suspect, Cash only

VeggieTravelers2023

Points +37

Vegetarian
31 May 2023

Large Veg Menu

Had a variety of dim sum. All good to very good. Quick service. Inexpensive.

Pros: Food, Speed of service, Amount of choices

GFGoldenLady

Points +1855

Vegan
21 May 2023

Varied and extensive menu

We tried many dimsum items as well as the mock duck.

The mock duck was very good

The turnip cake was flavourful, but I would have liked it crisper

Did not like the shrimp dumplings

Pork bun was too glutinous and didn't have enough filling.

The spring rolls were good.

hdeweyh

Points +118

Vegan
02 Jan 2023

Veggie dim sum classic

I've been going here for 20 years and it never disappoints! When you want that savory fried dim sum experience done vegan this is the place to go. Other places are better for entrees but no one beats the dim sum here.

Pros: Turnip cake (fried), Taro treasure boxes

KirraliSchofield

Points +312

Vegan
27 Dec 2022

fantastic!

so yummy. recommend the turnip cakes, rice rolls. szechuan mock chicken was okay. would try the pan fried dumplings next time

apresenti17

Points +23

Vegetarian
29 Aug 2022

Cannot go wrong! Go here

Wow was so surprised by their great variety of dim sums. the lovely server helped me choose from their great menu they have to offer and was not disappointed. They had a good veggie variety which is always very important for me

kaisatravels

Points +390

Vegan
20 Aug 2022

Lovely dumplings and buns

We had a variety of different dumplings and buns, five small dishes was just the perfect amount for two people to share. The sesame paste buns were my favorite! The food could have been a bit more spicy, next time I'll ask for medium spicy and see what happens.😉

nastyvegan

Points +558

Vegan
17 Aug 2022

My favorite

I love this place. I have a feeling that low ratings come from people who order the wrong items lol. My go tos are the pan fried dumplings, spring rolls, mock duck, bbq pork, turnip cakes (a new texture for some but woah they're amazing), and the rice rolls with Chinese kale. Literally my order today. Mix your own condiments on the side. I mix soy sauce, chili oil, hot mustard, and vinegar. I went today and ordered this exact meal. I'm so full and happy. Go.

Pros: Delicious , Cheap, Small plates so you can eat it all

Cons: Some dishes are just fine, Experience is a plus

hungryvegan23

Points +734

Vegan
05 Aug 2022

Huge servings, lacking flavor and care

If you want a lot of food and you’re not concerned with how it tastes you might like this place.
We were disappointed by the lack of flavoring and fillings for most things. The BBQ pork bun was 90% dough, and the sticky rice in lotus leaf was almost entirely rice inside, with a few token bits of water chestnut.

Just seemed like they didn’t really care what their food tasted like.

veggiesaurus_86

Points +3830

Vegan
22 Jun 2022

Shark fin dumplings

We had the "shark fin" dumplings, rice flour rolls with vegetarian (vegan) mock ham and coriander and lotus root cakes. We liked everything, the lotus root cakes were my favorite though. However it's fatty food :-D. We found it a good and filling alternative to all the ridiculously expensive NYC restaurants.

Updated from previous review on 2022-06-16

Pros: many options , creative food

Uta

22 Jun 2022

veggiesaurus_86

22 Jun 2022

JakubKrejci

Points +112

Vegan
18 May 2022

Rather underwhelming food and unpleasant staff

Dim sum overcooked and stuff annoyed by any request. Lot of vegan options though

PurpleCurrant

Points +3882

Vegan
28 Mar 2022

Good food!

The restaurant looks pretty authentic, so I was intrigued. The food was very good and I definitely recommend it, but the staff needs to be a bit less entitled.

lilymarlow

Points +40

Vegan
11 Mar 2022

Favorite restaurant ever

You can get like way too much super delicious food, be over full, stuffed to the point of gluttony with delicious dumplings and when you get the bill it’s like $24

VeggieLondoners

Points +46

Vegetarian
30 Jan 2022

A long term favourite for some very filling Dim Sum

This is not your posh dainty Dim Sum house but a more hearty and filling cheap Dim Sum place with lot's of vegetarian variety. They have a completely vegetarian menu but portions can be a little big so this is a great place to go with a group of friends so you can have lot's of flavours to share.

I've been going to this place on and off when I'm in New York since 2006 and I always make a visit when I'm in town. For lot's of vegetarian choices and a filling Dim Sum meal there is no where better.

Pros: Enough options for many many visits, Friendly staff, Great value

VinnieRodriguez

Points +351

Vegan
18 Dec 2021

Great food…a lot of variety

The restaurant was open when other restaurants weren’t, so the hours are great. They also have such an extensive menu with so many options, you can’t get bored with the options.

Pros: An incredible amount of variety on their menu, The food was sent out quickly after ordering

Cons: The cups, utensils, plates are all plastic/paper , They only accept cash and their ATM doesn’t work

Shelita

Points +54

Vegan
30 Sep 2021

Everything here is vegan ❤️

Everything here is vegan even though it says vegetarian in the name. I love the food.

Pros: The best vegan dim sum

aps

Points +16

Vegan
19 Oct 2020

Longtime Favorite

I love this place - it's like a second home. I've probably been coming here for 20 years. The people are nice, the food is good, the prices are perfect... Favorites include: monk dumplings, watercress dumplings, mock duck, Singapore noodles, sticky rice in lotus leaves, congee, Buddha's bean curd rolls, etc.

Lendasock

Points +355

Vegan
31 Jan 2020

Really disappointing

I was so disappointed by this place. I'm not too bothered by bad service, and all the bad reviews of this place only gave them because of the service, but I'm here about the food.

The food was so strange. The weirdest dim sum I have ever had. They put rice in all of the fillings, as a cheaper way to substitute the meat (this was in addition to the fake meat in the dim sum). My partner and I got 5 dishes and got incredibly full because everything had so much rice in it. The flavours were also really unusual, with barely any vegetables in the dim sums (despite thinking that we ordered ones with vegetables in them). We got the prawn dumplings, spinach dumplings, BBQ pork buns, dim sum, and fried dim sum.

Worst part of it all was that everything came out COLD in the middle 😭😭😭😭

1/5 of the menu had "run out" when we got there, which was fine because we arrived at 9pm.

For people thinking that this is "authentic" dim sum... Wow you are seriously missing out on some amazing food by going here.

Pros: Lots of cheap dim sum, open late

Cons: All the dim sum had rice in them

Sherlockieee

Points +101

Vegan
28 Dec 2019

Bad food bad service

We did not enjoy the food. We ordered pork bun, shrimp dumpling and Cresent dumplings. The shrimp dumplings and Cresent dumplings were both tasteless, and apparently made from the same fillings. The pork buns were better, but the filling is very small compared to the bun. The staff was a bit rude and annoyed that we stayed for too long, keep signaling we need to leave even though there were plenty of seats. Would not recommend.

kmau_

Points +1139

Vegan
23 Dec 2019

Simply delicious!

We ordered way too much food and loved everything we got. Dumplings and buns are the showstopper and there was a good selection of veggie and mock meat options. The wontons were crispy and delicious. The fried rice with veggies hit the spot. Our favorite dish was the mock shrimp dumplings though by far - perfectly done. Great place to bring a group. Will be going back again with friends.

Pros: Tons of options, Good quality, Good prices

Cons: Cash only

Hiddenlavender

Points +308

Vegan
24 Nov 2019

Grim

Rude, grim and tasteless. No stars

SamLuck

Points +66

Vegan
16 Oct 2019

Pretty good dim sum

The fried dumplings, lotus root cakes, and lotus leaf rice roll were brilliant, spinach dumplings, and shark fin soup dumplings were just ok, will definitely return though.

susantian

16 Oct 2019



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