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Vegetarian restaurant serving a comfort food menu. Vegan options include veg satay, kimchi veg meat, and Japanese curry. Most dishes can be made vegan, ask to omit eggs. Open Mon-Sun 7:30am-7:30pm. Closed Tue. Last order 7.00pm.


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29 Reviews

First Review by RawChefYin

SharonChua蔡妼㛔

Points +23059

Vegetarian
12 Dec 2025

Best ever mushroom chop set

Best ever mushroom chop set, i requested to go without rice, the Fried King oyster mushroom chop was perfect, the mushroom sauce was lovely, the salad was flavourful, the fries given were generous, highly recommend

MermanManly

Points +1683

Vegetarian
28 Nov 2025

Yummy Laksa

Big menu.
Had a yummy curry noodle soup (curry laksa) and lion's mane mushroom satay sticks. The sticks were okay but Laksa was a standout!

It's not cash only. You can pay by DuItNow QR code (I used GrabPay)

Pros: Big menu, Good price (26RM fo my items), Can pay by QR code (e.g. GrabPay)

JimSgp

Points +446

Vegan
09 Nov 2025

Disappointing

Had dinner at this spot. Was disappointed.
The Sate Tofu arrived with a curry sauce not sate sauce. When we questioned the sauce and sent it back the server returned with the same sauce.

Cons: Sate Tofu

ImmiPaterson

Points +775

Vegan
23 Sep 2025

Delicious food

We ate here twice. The first time we had "mutton" curry and bak kut teh rice. The second time we had satay tofu and rendang mane mushroom rice. Lots of vegan options.

It was all delicious. Friendly staff. The "herbal tea" (iced) is monk fruit and amazing! The dates and goji berry tea is also very tasty.

MichaelHope

Points +531

Vegan
25 Jul 2025

Excellent Food

They were able to veganise several dishes including the gluten burger without cheese and mayo. It was delicious!

Friendly staff and nice vibes.

Amahmood

Points +18

Vegan
25 Apr 2025

Amazing Randang!

The food was great! I ordered the lionsmane randang and it was so tasty!

Pros: Randang , Quick service

emma_salmon

Points +203

Vegan
15 Apr 2025

Yum

Ordered the lions mane Rendang curry which came with rice, green beans, cucumber and peanuts. Also had a char siu bun and the peach/mango soda. Such a delicious meal!

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-15

EatPrayPlants

Points +69

Vegetarian
11 Apr 2025

Decent meal

Decent vegetarian food (takeout); hours are not completely accurate—came 30 min before close and they said that they wouldn’t seat me

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-11

coldbuckwheatnoodles

Points +10093

Vegan
21 Feb 2025

it's good but very salty

the food is quite good, but both soups were suuuper salty, maybe it was just that day but it was so much salt unfortunately... other than that it would've been delicious

Updated from previous review on 2025-02-21

ChrystinaIsAPunkRock

Points +25

Vegan
02 Feb 2025

Delicious

We were so happy to find this restaurant! Best tofu satay I’ve ever had in my life!! The Lions Mane mushroom Rendang was awesome too, as was everything we had here!

KentonDennisMcelhone

Points +98

Vegan
20 Dec 2024

Rude and Poor

Lots of choices to be had. Though when trying to talk to a member of staff in Chinese, I get shoo'd away with her hand in my face. She wasn't busy, she wasn't exactly the nicest person. Wouldn't come here again.

Pros: Food

Cons: Service and rudeness

acecy

Points +209

Vegetarian
07 Sep 2024

Spoilt for choice

Many choices in menu. Tried their handmade glutinous rice cake and bah gut teh. Bah gut teh is a little too sweet for my liking. The glutinous rice cakes are fried and came with a brown sugar syrup. They are soft and chewy and the syrup goes well with the glutinous cakes.
Saw other table’s food which also looks appetising.

Livefaststayyoung

Points +258

Vegetarian
24 Apr 2024

Extensive menu

Went for lunch. Was busy with all locals. Staff spoke very little English but enough info there to guess (as a veggie) and a notepad to write your order on.
I had mushroom satay skewers and fried avocado, with a refreshing peach and apple soda. Everything was fresh, cooked well and tasted good.
No option to pay with card, luckily I had just enough cash to pay.

Pros: Extensive menu , Quick service

Cons: Don’t take card for payment , Bit of guessing required

curiousoyster

Points +341

Vegan
10 Apr 2024

Fabulous

I came here for breakfast and ordered the #1 special which was absolutely delicious and hearty. Great place for breakfast if you're looking for a traditional style breakfast

Updated from previous review on 2024-04-10

sadnezz

Points +17

Mostly Veg
25 Mar 2024

Great place to have a meal

Been here twice already and the food still very delicious. Should give it a try.

craigmacd

Points +91

Vegan
13 Feb 2024

Vegetarian Cafe, with Vegan Options when asked

All veggie cafe, a lot of conversation needed to establish which options were vegan and which weren’t. The menu could do with markings to show which options are already vegan. Food good, nothing special

ThomasdeHeus

Points +883

Vegan
26 Dec 2023

Good food but heavy on the eggs and cheese

Happy to find this place in Ipoh but the menu was based around eggs and cheese replacing meat so not great for vegans, hence 3 stars. Options aren't marked but they catered well for us when we said vegan for both dishes. The noodle soup curry was excellent.

vegankuntz

Points +1837

Herbivore
25 Dec 2023

YC Vege Lifa Cafe, Ipoh

Its quite heavily lacto-ovo. Vegan items aren't menu marked, requiring staff convo to identify potentially vegan items. Its maybe ok if you're nearby, but defo not worth making a special journey to try this place.

Updated from previous review on 2023-12-25

Pros: Some vegan options identifiable from staff convo, Nice staff

Cons: All vegan is always better, No marking vegan menu items

LaiNamKhim

Points +370

Vegetarian
20 Aug 2023

Tasty food

Very tasty food and price is very reasonable. Location quite central. Very extensive menu

Pros: Tasty food, Reasonable price, Many choices

sweetestpotat

Points +591

Vegan
07 Jul 2023

Delicious!

One of the best curry noodle soups I’ve had! Huge portion with tofu and veggies. Friendly staff, free wifi, lots of options!

Here.To.Travel_Jade

Points +11685

Vegan
29 Jun 2023

Bit hit and miss

We enjoyed the atmosphere here, however both the food and service could be a bit hit and miss. So sometimes service could be quick and attentive and other times not. The local food was better than the western offerings such as the pasta and wraps. I think the menu has reduced in size a bit and it’s much more geared towards vegetarians than vegans with lots of egg and cheese based dishes. That being said, there aren’t tons of choices here so it’s good that it’s here and offers some decent food

Vanina

Points +62

Vegan
18 Jun 2023

Nice and friendly restaurant with a good selection of vegetarian dishes.

I had white miso ramen, make sure to ask them without egg bc the dish is with boiled egg. Be aware that they put honey in the lemon tea, unsure if the do in the others.

Sarahconlaccah

Points +1791

Vegan
27 May 2023

Cosi e così

Dipende un po' dai piatti, alcuni buonissimi, altri con alcune salse un pelo strane per i miei gusti, tipo gli udon o il Tofu che vedete in foto. Scegliete con saggezza ahhaah

Updated from previous review on 2023-05-27

Cons: Non facile capire cosa è vegano da cosa non lo è

Sandra1910

Points +40

Vegan
20 May 2023

Great choice in Ipoh

Went here twice during my stay in Ipoh, great quality food for very affordable prices. The noodle soups are recommended especially!

plantjesarethebest

Points +116

Vegan
19 Mar 2023

Delicious and friendly

We tried 6 dishes and all tasted very good. There is a lot of choice and all really affordable. Unfortunately the satay was not available. Service was friendly and fast. Knowledge of English of one off the staff personal was okay, the rest not so much, but we managed.

Pros: A lot of choice , Great taste, Friendly

Dare2

Points +67

Vegetarian
11 Dec 2022

Good selection of food here

Good variety, nice ambience and service. Can improve on the japanese curry as it is too diluted. Fried mushrooms are nice.

Pros: Variety of food choices, Nice ambience

Cons: The japanese curry is diluted with miso soup

CassieHebbard

Points +46

Vegan
23 Nov 2022

Delicious, cheapish and worth the visit!

Ipoh has provided us with a mix but this place, well, it’s pure gold.
Lovely staff, very generous servings and so so delicious.
Definitely recommend!!




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