Vegan
Chinese
Indonesian

Small shop modestly furnished and offers Asian dishes. Mostly vegan apart from one dish containing butter. Shop is set back from the road and is easily missed and is not well-known by taxi drivers. Kitchen breaks in the late afternoon. Directions: from Jl Legian and Jl Pantai Kuta intersection, follow signs to Denpasar, or ask locals for "Sentral Parkir." Restaurant is on the right, near Alpha Sigma Cargo, 100 meters from Giant Supermarket-Bus Parking Halte. It's a 12-minute walk along the main road. Reported fully vegan August 2023. Open Mon-Sun 10:30am-3:00pm, Mon 5:30pm-8:30pm, Tue-Sun 5:30pm-9:00pm.


74 Reviews

First Review by Michael Tait

MarkSoh

Points +365

Vegetarian
16 Feb 2023

Vy popular with the locals

An old school chinese veg restaurant pipular eith the locals.
Many options to choose from. The petai fried rice has some wok hei, and satay BBQ flavour.

Pros: Vy affordable , Good skills

Cons: Portion bit small

Selina_nsw

Points +3669

Vegan
14 Feb 2023

Ok food for a cheap price

The food wasn't anything special but the prices are cheap enough that I would go back. If your expectations aren't that high, you can have a good time here trying several of their dishes.
They have lots of options and service was quick. Each dish is quite small so I would order more than one.

Will7i7am7

Points +20

Vegan
19 Oct 2022

just ok

not bad. I will not try again but was ok

Pros: cheap , eatable

Cons: not much taste , tyoo oily

microfauna

Points +1918

Vegan
02 Oct 2022

Mediocre vegan Indo-Chinese

Happy Buddha is a modest family-owned restaurant with a large menu serving a mix of Indonesian and Chinese plates.

I ordered a few plates difficult to find elsewhere in Indonesia. The roast duck is often my favorite at Vietnamese restaurants. Unfortunately, there texture was not more tender and the sauce not as sweet and thick. Tasty, but not great. The fried calamari were also tasty, but they and the sauce were just satisfactory. The pork belly was only ok because the texture felt burnt and crisp.

In summary, this is a good option if you are looking for something different, but maybe not the best for vegan Chinese in Bali.

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-02

Pros: Full, large vegan menu, Budget-friendly, Local family owned

Cons: Mediocre flavor and texture

Veggielife_1

Points +228

Vegetarian
05 Aug 2022

Amazing food

Loved this place. It was local so prices were extremely cheap. The food was delicious and would have visited again for the fried shrimp!

Nieve

Points +4831

Vegan
08 Jun 2022

Super cheap

I tried the Nasi Happy, it was okay. Mostly fried mock meat and rice, it was a bit oily for me but nice to try once. The menu is a lot of mock meat but there are some tofu and just veggie dishes. The prices are very low and the woman working is nice.

laughandpeaceful

Points +67

Vegan
13 Apr 2022

So Delicious Food

Easy to Find, good place

Updated from previous review on 2022-04-13

Pros: Lots of Vegan Option

Cons: Chip Price

DeborahHill

Points +56

Vegan
15 Mar 2020

Nice food, cheap prices

Set slightly back on a main road, this small restaurant has a large menu ( with only some items with a picture ) and is extremely cheap with the most expensive item about 30,000IDR. The food I had was tasty and freshly made. The restaurant is fairly basic ( plastic chairs and tables ) and no air conditioning, but the food was worth it and would certainly eat there again.

Pros: cheap, tasty food

Cons: no air conditioning

tibe80

Points +523

Vegan
30 Jan 2020

Happy Belly

Delicious and cheap. The portions are a bit small.

MaGe

Points +146

Vegan
26 Dec 2019

Delicious Indonesian cuisine

Simple but good dishes. It was very tasty. I'll be back.

Pros: All vegan. Value for money

DimaTsey

Points +70

Vegan
20 Dec 2019

Very good vegan place!

Cheap and tasty 🤤

felixbaby

Points +13

Vegetarian
12 Dec 2019

Tom yum yum

Cheap and tasty food all vegan so spoilt for choice!

Pros: All vegan, Tom yum soup, Tom yum soup

Cons: Not great air con

Plantbasedescape

Points +418

Vegan
03 Dec 2019

Cheap vegan food

The food was pretty good not the best but good for the price.

chanelnightelf

Points +191

Vegan
17 Nov 2019

Lovely fresh food, very cheap

Eaten there twice since being in Bali and the food was amazing. We had chicken curry, fried rice, beans and beef dish, they were amazing. The papaya juice was so fresh. The Kentucky chicken was okay. The battered prawns are one of the best I’ve had, and Satay mutton was nice and spicy. All really fresh ingredients. Friendly staff. And the food comes out so quickly. We will be eating here again.

Pros: Fresh ingredients, tasty food, Lots of option, Very cheap

Cons: None

SamKyrychenko

Points +61

Vegan
10 Sep 2019

Great place!

Nice little diner-style restaurant, very cheap, excellent food. Every item on the menu is vegan. You can also buy some vegan snacks there.

Pros: Tasty food, cheap prices, vegn snacks available

Cons: None

RickWad

Points +44

Vegan
16 Aug 2019

Amazing

From the very first moment food touched my lips I fell in love with this place. Every single thing I ate here was amazing and full of flavour. I kept coming back for more and more.

Pros: Great price, Great service, Amazingly tasty food

mooingmippy

Points +177

Vegan
11 Aug 2019

OMG YUMMY

100% vegan
When ordering food it can be a surprise what you get but it all asian food with a few chicken nuggets not sure if that's westen thing or not.
We ordered meat balls with noodles and it wasent what we was expecting and what a pleasant surprise it was. So good. The food its full of favour and taste amazing. Infact I think its the best vegan food in this area. Me and mate already plan on going back every day while we are town. I'd quite like to work my way through the menu. Yes its that tasty. Local prices (cheap) they have a menu in English for you to read and a laminated picture page with many photos. Staff are lovely but don't speak English but they try when i speak really bad indo and they help me with my words. Hehe

Pros: AMAZING FOOD. cheap as chips!!!!

LauTengHui

Points +15

Vegetarian
14 Jun 2019

Tasty

Very tasty and affordable cheap price 4 dishes, 2 drinks, 2 rice, worth price IDR 104.000 only for 2 person (IDR 52.000 each person)

Pros: Lots of foods

KokoPaulli

Points +86

Vegan
12 May 2019

Typical Buddhist/Devotional style choices

Its all vegan, tasty and inexpensive. You could pass it by in the Blink of an eye and maybe check ahead to make sure they're open.

Pros: Plenty of locally named options to choose from

Cons: Better to just point at the picture to choose

cornonthecob

Points +352

Vegan
05 May 2019

Cheap tasty food

One of the cheapest all vegan restaurants we found while in Bali. The food itself was tasty but not that high quality.
The restaurant itself was clean and had a fan.
The fake meat here was great especially the duck. It was so realistic that my girlfriend wouldn't eat it 🤣
Staff wasnt friendly but likely due to the language barrier.

Pros: Cheap cheap cheap

rachael_jasper

Points +145

Vegetarian
12 Apr 2019

Good place!

The food was made really fast, and the server was quit but kind! I would say disregard the reviews saying they’re mean because they are super sweet and tried to help us find a store with a plug adapter, super kind but very quit. Food is also great! Vegan Tom Yum soup is great!

Pros: Kind servers , Quick service

Cons: Kids were running around screaming

Albat

Points +66

Vegan
29 Mar 2019

Cheap, some tasty dishes, but grumpy waitress

👍 affordable
👍 fast cooking
👍 clean
👍 pictures on menu
👍 many dishes
👍 not too spicy
👍 gojek food delivery possible

o taste
o small portions
o short opening hours

-- waitress and owner seem to be grumpy or super shy
-- no chilled drinks
-- no desserts

Can recommend:
* Deep fried stuff(chicken and shrimp)
* Yellow Curry
* Sate
* Mie Goreng thick rice noodles

maynard7

Points +5588

Mostly Veg
24 Feb 2019

Not good at all

I'm really shocked that some people have called this restaurant amazing. Today I ordered the broccoli with "chicken" and the vegetable dumplings. The broccoli with chicken was just some steamed broccoli with some fried soy strips served in a broth. It was really more like a soup than what I was expecting. The vegetable dumplings turned out just to be fried wontons. Was the meal vegetarian? Yes. Was it healthy? In my opinion, not really. Too much fried food in the meal. In my humble opinion the only thing this restaurant has going for it is the low price. But I'd rather pay just a tiny bit more and get a decent meal elsewhere. Once was enough for me, and for those of you who liked it a lot ... good for you.

Cons: Food not tasty, Not creative at all, Too much fried food

happyyase

Points +522

Vegan
01 Oct 2018

Very delicious and fast served.

You sit in simple but nice restaurant with aircon. It is very clean. They clean the tables proper with soap after people leaving. That's a good sign!
The waitress might be more quite/ shy but i would not consider them as unfriendly! If you smile they smile back!
She came quick to bring the menu and also our drinks and food came after a short waiting time!
All is vegan and they have many options.
I had the "meat" in coconut seasoning. So tasty a bit spicy and thankfully a different taste from what i am used to after weeks in bali around. My boyfriend ds "chicken" with brocolie was yummi too! (The brocolie was perfect stewed!)
We two shared a fried noodles with veggies. Food comes in small portions. It was for me a good sized dinner.
My boyfriend had the papaya juice wich was not so tasty. My melon juice was nice and came like ordered without sugar. If you are very hungry maybe order two dishes. Or ask for some steamed rice?!
I will come back and can recommend this place!

Pros: simple place but very clean, aircon, fast served, very tasty, different flavours from what we used

Cons: Small portions

IlkaKoe

Points +104

Vegan
06 Sep 2018

Great food, juices okay

Lots of options and cheap!
We loved the food ! The juices werent as tasty as in other places but still okay.

bellaanasthasia

Points +181

Vegan
31 Aug 2018

amazing restaurant

Saya menyukai semua menu yang ada disini. Sayang toko ini tutup dari jam 3-5 setiap hari nya

Veganisedworld

Points +22

Vegan
14 Aug 2018

pretty average food

We went yesterday to that place and the waitress that served us looked really grumpy and pissed for some reasons. The food itself was average but cheap. I ordered some satay ketchup soy skewers (which I asked without ketchup but came with), I had also ordered a tom yum soup (which tasted nothing like this soup, more a spicy broth with mock meat, lemongrass and veggies). The mie goreng my boyfriend ordered was fine.
We ended up paying about $100K for 2 mains 2 sides and 2 juices which is really cheap

Pros: cheap

Cons: food didn't match expectations , waitress was grumpy




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