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CLOSED: World Peace Cafe
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Vegetarian
Veggie cafe and meditation centre. Uses local organic ingredients, choose from daily changing lunch sets. Relaxed atmosphere. Books, herb teas, and gifts for sale. Buddhist volunteer staff. At lunch time leave by 1pm and get a 10% discount. Directions: MTR Island Line to Wanchai, exit B2. Tram stop Southorn Playground. Address in Chinese: 香港灣仔大王東街21-23號地下 Reported closed to HappyCow.
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21 Tai Wong Street East , Wan Chai (at Queen's Road East and Johnston Rd), Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
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Last update on 12 Jun 2012 by Guest
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6 Reviews
First Review by applgirl
daniellinor2
Points +69
Nice food, but not very cosy - Edit
Nice food, friendly staff, but the interior design could be improved. Such a nice name for a cafe requires a cozy environment!
Read morePros: Nice food, Friendly staff, Good value
Cons: Not very cosy
Guest
chisuren
Points +25
A lotus in the mud - Edit
Let's face it, although South Wanchai is in the, somewhat controversial, process of being gentrified by the urban redevelopment council, it's not the nicest part of town. It does, however, contain one of the nicest restaurants in town, that being the very popular World Peace Cafe.
Read moreThe restaurant is in the ground floor of an old walk up style building, which affords it an unusually high ceiling by today's standards, and thus confers a very bright and airy feel to the proceedings. Even though the tables may be close together, it doesn't feel cramped.
It's run by a Buddhist group who have a meditation centre above the restaurant. I believe all the people working there are volunteers from the group and, as has already been said, you couldn't wish to find more genuinely nice, helpful people to serve you. Once good thing about this restaurant is that, like Loving Hut down the road, this restaurant serves in part to provide vegetarian food to people as a sort of public service, as well as to promote Buddhist values - however, unlike Loving Hut, this second part is really subtle and not 'in your face'. The feel is one of a relaxing cafe where every time I leave, I feel significantly better than I did when I went in.
The menu at lunch time is limited to a soup, a salad and a choice of three main courses (can't remember if there's dessert as I never have it). There are options for set lunches that involve various combinations of these as well as tea & coffee.
As mentioned previously, the food is fresh and almost has a home-cooked feel to it, very wholesome and I daresay healthy (not being a nutrition expert). There is usually a choice of at least one western main dish and one Asian main dish. The soup seems to be always western style, and is always delicious.
The portions aren't huge, but they're not frugal either and I actually like this. I can have a soup and a main course and be satisfied without feeling like I've pigged out. It's not the cheapest veggie restaurant in Wanchai, but in my experience it's the best and I don't mind paying for the food and experience.
I don't think I'm alone in holding this opinion as it always seems to be busy, so generally I book before going now to ensure a seat.
Pros: Great Food, Brilliant Service, Stress relieving experiene
Cons: Slightly pricey, Not huge variety, Can be packed
Guest
sglcklch
Points +3627
Better come for lunch - Edit
Came here twice, once for lunch once for dinner. For lunch they have 3 courses to choose from and it's more like a cafe kind of restaurant; while for dinner there's only one set menu and it seems more upscale.
Read moreFood was delicious. Portions might be a bit on the small side (especially the dinner sets), but for sure enough to make me feel satiated.
Staff were super friendly and forthcoming. When I was there for dinner, they were serving tempura as starters. I said to one of the staff that I did not want any deep fried food so they had to leave it out from my dish. At the end he asked me if I would like to have an extra drink to make up for the tempura. How kind of him!
The setting is cozy and comfortable, although it can be bit noisy during lunch hours especially at the back of the restaurant. The door doesn't close all the way, which can make it a little chilly inside.
A very decent vegetarian restaurant as a whole and I will definitely go back again and again!
Pros: super friendly staff, delicious food
Cons: chilly, dinner sets bit pricey
Guest
Powerbex
Points +196
Fantastic - Edit
One of my favourite places to go for lunch! Bookings for lunch time are a must as it is always full! Choose from a set menu. Food always made with fresh and hearty ingredients. Presentation and flavours are always amazing, and the staff are always super friendly. Definately a peaceful place*
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beerzuki
Points +545
set lunch is only meal option. great for a drink! - Edit
Very nice staff and beautiful inside. Unfortunately the meal choices were limited to one of three set meals. I was after something light, so that didn't suit me, and I wasn't attracted by their descriptions either. However, I saw some people eating and it did look quite nice.
Read moreThere were quite a lot of people there and the seating was comfortable and the staff and decor nice. They have a good variety of hot and cold drinks. They also sell some buddhist books etc
I am happy cow-rating it as a cafe, not as a restaurant.
The street is at 58N on the free HKG map. It is the one written in Chinese to the left of Swatow Street
Pros: decor, atmosphere
Cons: meal options
Guest
applgirl
Points +14
Lovely place to have a lunch... - Edit
They serve lunch set menu - including soup, salad, 3 different main and desert - of course you don't need to have a set menu. And this cafe is run by volunteers from Tibetan Buddhist centre upstairs. Foods are awesome and staffs are so friendly but tend to get slow sometime - but you can not complain to their smiley faces!
Read moreThey also make great coffee - my favorite is Chai with soymilk though. It's just a lovely place for lunch. But they don't open for dinner or Sunday - also there are some term breaks, so it's not very convenient but definitely one of the best Vegetarian restaurants in HK!
Pros: Excellent food, relaxing atmosphere
Cons: Limited choice of menu
Guest
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