If you’ve got a passion for all things veg – or have a loved one with a similar inclination – look no further than this latest top 18 list of vegetarian/plant-based restaurants in Hong Kong.
1. Chi Lin Vegetarian
For a Zen experience, this peaceful Buddhist eatery nestled within the magnificent Tang Dynasty-style landscape gardens of Nan Lian is our favourite escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. The décor of this vegetarian restaurant, which is managed by Chi Lin Nunnery, may be simple compared to its surroundings, but the kitchen serves up pristine meat-free Chinese dishes. You can even opt for a sumptuous vegetarian banquet, complete with calming views of the cascading waterfall outside.
Long Men Lou, Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill
3658 9388
Hours: Mon – Fri from 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Sat from 11:30 am – 9:00 pm
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2. Kung Tak Lam Shanghai Vegetarian Cuisine
This Northern Chinese veggie joint’s dishes are completely MSG free, with a heavy reliance on mock meats (which explains the popularity of the restaurant’s sweet ‘n’ sour “pork”). We’ve enjoyed many of the healthy, guilt-free dishes on their extensive menu – most notably the Shanghainese cold noodles, tofu dumplings and beautifully presented cold appetiser platters.
10/F, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay (with another branch in Tsim Sha Tsui)
2881 9966
Hours: 11:00am – 11:00 pm daily.
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3. Nectar
Formerly the beloved Grassroots Pantry, Nectar is a fine-dining haven for vegans and vegetarians. Peggy Chan, owner and founder GP and Nectar, shows an enduring commitment to serving local and sustainable plant-based dishes. Her seasonal tasting menus (available in 5, 8 or 12 courses) as well as lunch and brunch menus are both creative and delicious. Nectar offers an integrative dining experience with Peggy and her chefs explaining the process behind each dish at your table. The vegan cheese course is particularly impressive as the tomato tuna and purslane fettuccine.
108 Hollywood Rd, Central
2873 3353
Hours: Mon – Sun from 9:00 am – 11:00 pm
4. Ahimsa Buffet
$68 buffet say whaaaaat?! Ahimsa Buffet has been hugely popular since it opened its doors as an affordable buffet-only vegetarian in Hong Kong. It serves meat-free, predominantly Asian dishes, at an astonishing price of $68 for 60 minutes during lunch hours and $108 for 90 minutes at night on weekdays and $128 on weekends. Their most popular dishes are dim sum items like Turnip cake and steamed bean curd rolls.
Shop B, G/F, Wah Hai Mansion, 10-16 Fort Street. North Point
2528 2368
Hours: Mon – Sun from 11:30 am – 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
5. Branto Pure Veg Indian Restaurant
We think India serves some of the tastiest vegetarian cuisine in the world, and Branto is an oldie-but-goodie representative of this country’s fine meat-free fare. The basic décor is nothing to write home about, but the food most certainly is. Unlike much Indian cuisine around town, Branto’s dishes are spicily authentic (and cheap as chips too). Highlights are the Bombay-style puri snacks utilising small rounds of deep-fried unleavened bread, dosas (thin, crispy rice-flour pancakes with various fillings) and thalis – a little bit of everything on a big metal plate.
1/F, 9 Lock Road, TST
2366 8171
Hours: Mon – Sun from11:00 am – 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
6. TREEHOUSE
Christian Mongendre, co-founder of notable plant-based restaurants like MANA! and HOME – Eat to Live is back with TREEHOUSE. This fast-casual eatery has a tech-heavy focus, vibrant atmosphere and passionate kitchen team. Serving up vegetarian flatbreads, burgers, salads, sides and desserts this is the perfect spot to grab a healthy lunch or dinner that is tasty, sustainable and future-forward.
Shop 1, Ground Floor, H Code, 45 Pottinger Street, Central
3791 2277
Mon – Thu: 10:00am – 10:00pm
7. Sangeetha Vegetarian Restaurant
Heralding from Chennai, this chain seems to be everything but a chain. Although it has seen a worldwide fan base quickly adopt big flavours, the warm service comes as though from a tiny Bombay local. The East TST branch is owned by a family whose brother had tasted this very chain’s food in Dubai and was craving a worthy alternative in Hong Kong. Our favourites are the flavoursome palak mushroom curry (spinach and mushrooms in delicious ways you did not think possible), the homemade Indian sweets (try the barfi) the paper dosa which rivals the HK – Macau in length.
UG 1-5 & 31, Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
2640 2123
Hours: Mon – Fri from 8:30 am – 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm, Sat – Sun from 8:30 am – 10:30 pm
8. Greenwoods Raw Cafe
This local vegetarian restaurant lives well up to its name: everything here is served raw based on the concept that raw food contains the most nutrition. With vegan and gluten-free options made with the freshest of ingredients, Greenwoods is a great choice for the health conscious who live on Kowloon side. Their lunch sets are affordably priced, beginning with their house speciality green smoothie and leading on to creative fruit and vegetable pairings that will dispel the notion that all healthy food tastes bad.
13/F, 2 Carnavon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
3428 2416
Hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Sat 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
9. Leisurely Veggie
If you’re looking to satisfy both your Asian and Western vegetarian cravings at one sitting, this delicate restaurant in Causeway Bay excels in many fields. They serve everything from Japanese handrolls to dim sum and linguine, plus an extensive selection of delectable desserts to finish. They’re all executed very well too, thanks to a team of experienced chefs that include an executive chef who has worked over 20 years in the kitchen at Kung Tak Lam, a dim sum sous chef who spent over 15 years at Heichinrou in Japan, and a pastry chef who came from the talented pastry team at The Herbivores. They also offer vegan and egg-free options.
25/F, Jardine Center, 50 Jardine’s Bazaar, Causeway Bay
3565 6393
Hours: Mon – Sun 11:30 am – 4:30 pm, 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
10. Isoya Japanese Restaurant
Being vegetarian and loving Japanese food isn’t easy, but Isoya makes it just a little less hard with their fresh and nutritious no-meat fare. Isoya offers fixed-price lunch and dinner sets, the latter of which features a daily keiseki according to what the chef deems best for the day. This cute little resto is worth a try even for non-vegetarians who are just curious food adventurers.
9/F, 83 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai
5500 8812
Hours: Mon – Sat 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
11. Thai Vegetarian Food
Thai Vegetarian Food serves great vegetarian Thai food that is true to its roots, with traditional dishes such as spring rolls, curries, fried rice and glass noodle but with a plant-based spin. All these come at the amazingly low price range of $60 – $80.
G/F, 28 Nam Kok Road, Kowloon City
6153 7421
Hours: Mon – Sun 12 pm – 3 pm, 6 pm – 10 pm
12. Veggie Spinner
Located in the quiet neighbourhood of Tai Hang, Veggie Spinner is a small café serving up some of the freshest salads you’ll ever get your hands on. Fresh juices, soups and wraps are also on offer for a quick and nutritious meal. The café is small and seats only around ten, making takeaway a popular choice among diners.
G/F, 144 Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang
2802 6126
Hours: Mon – Sun 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
13. VEDA
Winner of 2019’s Foodie Forks Best Green Eats Editor’s Choice award, VEDA is Hong Kong’s first vegetarian flagship hotel restaurant at Ovolo Central. From Australian chef Hetty McKinnon, VEDA has become the be-all and end-all of plant-based dining for us. Showcasing global flavours with a Southeast Asian influence, the healthy, hearty dishes celebrate veg in all their glory, leading the way for the future of food.
Ovolo Central, 2 Arbuthnot Road, Central, book online
3755 3067
Hours: Sundays – Thursdays 06:30 – 23:00
Friday – Saturdays 06:30 – 24:00
14. LockCha
We consider this the top table of vegetarian dim sum. In a land of overly salty, strangely textured, nutrient lacking meat-substitutes, the refined lot at Lock Cha have reinvented this Sunday favourite in a way that stands aside and lets the vegetables shine. The philosophy surrounding tea has long been what made Lock Cha famous, and this diligent attention to detail has trickled down to all of their menu items.
G/F, The K.S. Lo Gallery, Hong Kong Park, Admiralty
2801 7177
Hours: Mon – Sun 10 am – 8 pm
15. Pure Veggie House
Not the most inventive name on the block, Pure Veggie House is exactly what it is – a family-friendly restaurant serving only vegetarian food. Their signatures include the Pure Veggie House fried rice, stuffed hairy gourd and pan-friend abalone with pine nuts. Their organic delights are all proudly made without MSG and added spices, and produce is freshly cultivated from their ecological farm.
3/F, Coda Plaza, 51 Garden Road, Mid-levels
2525 0552
Hours: Mon – Sun 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
16. O Veg
Located on the other side of the city in rustic Yuen Long, O Veg is worth the trek for those with a passion for home grown, sustainably sourced food. Instead of following a menu, the owner prepares a simple 3-course menu based on the day’s freshest harvest. They’re open only on Fridays and weekends – the rest of the week devoted to farming on their 40,000 square feet farm just minutes away from the restaurant.
G/F, 53 Tai Kong Po, Kam Tin, Yuen Long
2893 3037
Hours: Fri – Sun 18:30 – 22:30
17. Saravanaa Bhavan
This South-Indian restaurant is a well-known gem within the vegetarian community. With more than 80 outlets around the world, this chain eatery is known for its insanely extensive menu that is consistent in quality and at a very reasonable price range. The new Hong Kong branch is certainly not left behind with over a hundred dishes on their menu, with the majority of their dishes falling below a hundred dollars. If you decide to pay a visit, be sure to order some of their dosas which are known to be among the best in the world.
4F, Ashley Centre, 23-25 Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
2736 1127
Hours: Mon – Fri 11:30 am – 3 pm, 6 pm – 10:30 pm; Sat – Sun 11:00 am – 10:30 pm
18. Mana! Fast Slow Food
On a mission to promote food and lifestyles that inspire change and don’t cost the earth, this organic and vegan cafe serves raw cold-pressed juices and smoothies, as well as a variety of feel-good flatbread wraps, soups and salads. Everything is as nutritious as they are delicious, and the always-changing menu keeps regulars on their toes and coming back for more.
92 Wellington Street, Central, 2851 1611
Hours: Mon – Sun 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
19. OVOCAFE
OVOCAFE serves fresh and tasty green eats to city inhabitants, not only to satisfy the needs of vegetarians, but also to reach out to those unfamiliar with green diet to encourage them to taste the beauty of sustainable living. It uses Impossible Meat (where to find Impossible Meat in HK) on the menu, a100% plant-based meat substitute made from a soy protein so you can get a meaty experience without sacrificing its taste, chew or satisfaction.
1 Wanchai Road, Wanchai, 2527 6011
Hours: Mon – Fri – 11:30 – 22:00, Sat, Sun & Holiday 10:00 – 22:00
20. Confusion Plant-Based Kitchen
This completely vegan plant-based Sheung Wan eatery is a favourite among the veggie community for good reason. Confusion serves up tasty and homemade breakfasts and lunches including sandwiches, wraps, beyond burgers, tacos and spelt croissants. This tiny restaurant not only practices ethical eating but also shows a wonderful commitment towards caring for it’s staff by ensuring fair wages, working hours and safe working conditions.
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