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宗蓮素食 at 丽江市古城区长水路大昌隆超市后面 is situated behind Da Chang Long Supermarket. Ovo vegetarian Buddhist eatery with 100 seats. No milk or honey used. Buffet lunch and dinner. A la carte from 1:30-5:30pm. Reported closed, Sep 2020.


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18 Reviews

First Review by Stevie

MichaelRobinson

Points +2892

Vegan
23 Jan 2020

Inexpensive Buffet

We found this place after walking along Chiangshu road until we came to CFOOD & CO. then turned right after it, the place is easy to spot with coloured flags & vegetarian written in English on the sign. It isn't open between lunch & dinner, so we went to Starbucks for a coffee until it opened at 5.30pm. The place was busy but we found a table, the buffet was quite large but not as good as the ones I have at my disposal in Shanghai. Saying that it only cost 36rmb for two of us and as there's limited options in Lijiang it's a decent enough place to fill your belly.

Pros: Inexpensive, Good variety of dishes

vegan_nyam

Points +1527

Vegan
01 Jan 2020

Need cash

We cannot use Alipay travel pass. You need chinese account maybe. And no visa/master ATM near here. Food was good.

Pelouse

Points +380

Vegan
13 Sep 2019

Best veggie option in Lijiang!

Although it is a bit of a walk from the old town, it is worth it. The buffet costs 18yuan/pp as of Sept 2019, and they have 4 kinds of soups, silken tofu, different vegetable options (fried noodles have egg) as well as tasty xiaolongbao and sweet flatbread. Dessert is not vegan, but I was full anyway when I finished my meal.
I like that they have signs (in Chinese) to tell people to not put too much on their plate and waste it. You can go get more food anytime, then you leave your plate and cutlery in designated boxes for dirty dishes.

Pros: Food wasn’t too spicy, salty, sweet or oily, Cheap with drinks included, Variety

Cons: Tasteless soups

Maeve

Points +167

Vegan
06 Sep 2019

Tasty and lots of choice

Lovely buffet, price now increased to 18RMB for buffet and 22 for hot pot. A few dishes with egg but generally easy to avoid

Pros: Lots of dishes to choose from, Great value for money

Cons: Some dishes with egg, including the sponge cake :(

wsh79

Points +143

Vegetarian
27 Apr 2019

nice and cheap

Provides a wide spread of dishes. You pay Rmb16 for the buffet and add RMB4 more for the hotpot with buffet. 3 types of soup base to choose from. They do not allow waste of food, hence take what you can eat. I find this an extremely good practise.

Pros: Not far from the old town, wide spread of dishes

chinka666

Points +85

Vegan
11 Apr 2019

Great vegan and vegetarian buffet for only 16rmb

Realy nice place, each day dishes as litte bit different. They have brake betwen 13-17.30. Mostly vegan food except boiled egs that you can easy recognise. Realy nice baozi and noodles. One day I ate bamboo with mashorsm and it was extra delicious.

Pros: Good price, Lots of vegan options

BobDiBenedetto

Points +28

Vegan
04 Mar 2019

Totally Delicious!

If you're ever in this vicinity, you need to eat here. If you're used to Chinese food from other countries, you're in for a big surprise, as the food here is very wonderfully unique. Most of the buffet dishes are vegan, and the staff was very helpful in helping us to avoid dishes with milk and eggs.

It's hard for me to recommend one particular dish from the buffet, since there's such a great variety. The one thing I'll mention is that what looks like a breaded tofu is actually the fermented or stinky tofu. If you haven't developed a taste for that, start out by taking a very small piece, since it's very strong!

It's finally, I have to mention that the price for two people to eat lunch was around $5 for a big meal. Crazy!

Pros: Delicious, great variety, nice people, great price

SharonNaller

Points +53

Mostly Veg
20 Sep 2018

Amazing

You pay 16¥ at the entrance, and have an all you can eat buffet. Delicious food!

Pros: Amazing food., A lot of options., Very cheap price.

shekshaman

Points +345

Vegan
12 Sep 2018

So good.

This place is awesome. Stupidly cheap. We paid 16RMB. To have a do it yourself hotpot it costs 20RMB. The quality, freshness of vegetables and spread is one of the best vegetarian buffets that I’ve been to in China (there’s a lot). The place only accepts payment in WeChat or Alipay, but the staff pay for you through there’s and you just give them the cash. Everything is pretty much vegan, except the egg which is obvious in all the dishes. The staff are also very helpful.

Pros: Heaps of different food, Fresh veges, Incredibly cheap

arostganomo

Points +68

Vegetarian
10 Sep 2018

Lovely place with lovely food

We ate here three times in two days, it was amazing! The selection of dishes is very large and they're all good. We especially liked the eggplant, green beans, tea eggs, rose pastries and the limeade.

Staff is also nice, the first time we ate there they asked us to take a look at the buffet before we paid because some dishes were running low and we might not get a chance to taste everything. There was still plenty of food though.

Pros: great value, excellent food, very large selection

tedor2

Points +17

Vegetarian
15 Apr 2018

Awesome

Cheap, Buddhist, friendly, tasty, eat as much you want buffet extra hot pot for loads of greens and mushrooms. Recommended.

JetvanderWouden

Points +16

Non Veg
13 Feb 2018

Good buffet

Kind staff and most of the dishes from the buffet were very tasty!

Pros: Only 16 rmb if you pay via Wechat

KohAikLeng

Points +54

Vegan
21 Dec 2017

Best vegetarian buffet

A huge range of selection of very delicious food! Mostly vegan even though there are dishes with egg.

brtknr

Points +225

Vegan
02 Nov 2017

decent veg buffet

20 yuan for buffet dinner- nothing spectacular but good vegetarian food with lots of options, a few drinks and fresh fruit for dessert as well as dumplings. They use eggs and there were about 3 egg dishes so best to ask if vegan, but these dishes were obvious. Nice setting with lots of Tibetan prayer flags making the place colourful.

DaveButler62

Points +21

Vegetarian
15 Aug 2017

Great Value

Can’t go wrong with 20 RMB per person. Good food!

GeckoHeaven

Points +386

Vegan
02 May 2017

Good option in a dry town

The pin for this restaurant is in the wrong place. It's not on the main road it's 100m down a side street on the south side of the main road 150m from the big crossroads. I've included a picture of the correct location and a picture of the street entrance.
The buffet is varied and of a good standard. There is nice seating outside. The buffet is 20 yuan.

Pros: Good buffet, Nice seating outside

Cons: Location off in Apple maps

AnaVEGANA

Points +85

Vegan
04 Oct 2016

Buffet twice a day

This place is a bit hard to find -you need to walk about 4 minutes off the main street- but worth it. We arrived around 3pm and missed the buffet which is available morning and evenings; but they still served us a delicious hot pot. They gave us a tray for us to chose the vegetables we wanted from a long table and lead us to a room. We also ordered vegan baos which came in an order of 6 and were pretty great.

Pros: Willingness to serve during off hours, Easy to find vegan options

Cons: No English spoken, Not so easy to find

Stevie

Points +11765

Vegan
01 Jul 2016

Zhong Lian Vegetarian, Lijiang

The food here is tasty. Sitting is available inside and out.

Pros: Vegan friendly, Tasty food




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