Veggie Spinner

It's a cute shop, very small and personal. I was here in October of 2016. The food was nice, but nothing super special, and the portions were a bit small for the price. I'd eat again if I was in the area, but wouldn't go out of my way.

I took a set made of some pasta and mushrooms, salad (two different once), pumpkin soup and guava-lemon juice.
Some friends took some wraps, spaghetti and tomato sauce or (big) tofu burger.
All look delicious and mine was very tasty.
The service is a bit slow due to the fact that - it seems - only one person works there and prepare everything when you order it, it was worth it.
Prices are much higher than many cheap places (count around 100 - 150HKD) but the food is really amazing.
If it was a vegan place, I would give it 5 stars.

I used to like this place. A reliable source though has told me a worrying story about them serving lacto cheese in supposedly vegan food. I've asked management who acknowledge this was a mistake. I'm dropping my rating for the time from 4 to 3 stars. I may review that in future.



Updated from previous review on 2016-12-27

nice bistro with vegetarian and vegan snacks, soups, main courses and fresh juices.
seating for aroundn8 people in total. the staff was very nice and prices fair.
Updated from previous review on Monday December 28, 2015

veggie spinner, tai hang's only vegetarian eatery, fits right in in this hipster enclave. it's a tiny, cosy place, with about four to five seating areas. while i was there during lunchtime on saturday, there were only one couple and two other female solo diners.

i chose option a from the lavash wrap menu: organic tofu and portobello mushroom. at hkd53, this was certainly more expensive than the hkd32 wraps from sooo vegi (i mention it as a comparison, as it's the only other slightly unconventional veggie eatery i know of in the tin hau / fortress hill area). but was it a world of difference. the wraps were not only bigger and textured, with some embedded black sesame seeds, but were toasted to the point of being crisp yet still soft and chewy. fillings - lettuce, portobello mushroom, pumpkin, tofu - were warm, generous and heartily packed, with each wrap probably made to order.

i later learnt that they made their wraps from scratch - no wonder! while it was delicious and not too salty when eating it, strangely enough a slightly salty aftertaste lingered for a while. on my next visit i'll ask them to use less salt, if possible.

i added hkd15 for a small bowl of broccoli, green peas and porcini soup. it was light, nicely textured and not too salty.

i was already full from the soup and half a wrap. bigger eaters have the option of a variety of other set meals (mains+soup/juice, starting from hkd70++) such as pasta, burger or brown rice, or even heavier set meals (mains+salad+soup+juice, going up to hkd168 for a vegetable risotto set). prices are on the high end, but, judging from the way my wrap went today, i'm hopeful the rest of its menu should be equally fresh and good. they seem to have a discount for takeaway food.

while the menu doesn't indicate which dishes are vegan-friendly (i've sent them a facebook message to suggest they consider this), ingredients for wraps are listed out in english and chinese. staff are friendly too.

my only gripe would be that juices are overpriced by my standards, ranging from hkd30 for a simple apple/celery juice, hkd38 for a wheatgrass shot, to hkd45 for wheatgrass/apple juice.

I live near Tin Hau/Tai Hang so I pass by the place almost everyday. It's small but rather cosy and I saw they were doing a super deal on LOCACLICK app (free soup when u spend HKD100) so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to try them out :) I was not disappointed. The food is fresh, the owner is a fun lady and it's always good when you know you're supporting small local businesses!

You can't miss it, it's 5-min from Tin Hau MTR.