Vegan noodles in light broth with various toppings: bamboo, tofu, mushrooms, carrot at Longhua Temple in Shanghai
Oat milk and coconut milk coffees at Longhua Temple in Shanghai
Part of the seating area at Longhua Temple in Shanghai

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A reconstructed 3rd-century Buddhist temple features towers, a library & a traditional garden. Offers a vegan food menu which may include different types of noodles and changing appetizers. There is also a coffee shop in the same hall that offers plant based milks.

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3 Reviews

First Review by Manjuvegan

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Veronikaz

Points +289

Vegan
31 Jul 2025

Must visit place

Restaurant located within the temple. The taste of the food was great. Only grabbing the food and later paying through the qr code on the table.
Quite busy during my visit but worth it and also very cheap.

at Longhua Temple in Shanghai

Avatar soulgrinder

soulgrinder

Points +442

Vegan
16 Feb 2025

Vegan noodles!

Come here for vegan noodles! Usually the kitchen also provides some small side dishes too. They also offer entirely vegan coffee/hot drinks.

I visited during the new year time so the temple was incredibly busy and there was a huge queue to get food, but it did move quickly. The seating area is massive so there is plenty of space.

The way the system works is that you are given the food 'for free'. There are QR code you can scan to donate a small recommended amount for your meal or lots of big red boxes for cash donations.

There's a shop in the temple selling various snacks - I've included some images of the snacks that are vegan friendly. All delicious! There are ingredients on the boxes for sale so you can use translate apps to check.

Updated from previous review on 2025-02-16

Pros: Affordable, Generous portion, Beautiful location

Cons: Busy at peak times

Vegan snack you can buy from the shop - small cake with nuts and seeds inside at Longhua Temple in Shanghai

Another vegan snack you can buy from the shop - pack of small oat milk chocolates at Longhua Temple in Shanghai

Mung bean cake (soft with a sweet bean filling) at Longhua Temple in Shanghai

Vegan treat you can buy in the shop - mung bean cake at Longhua Temple in Shanghai

Part of the seating area at Longhua Temple in Shanghai +2

Avatar Manjuvegan

Manjuvegan

Points +1137

Vegan
25 Nov 2024

Visit a temple, eat delicious food

Eternally thankful for vegan temples in China. The restaurant offered noodles and different appetizers (for extra charge). The food was delicious and filling. I also had a latte with oat milk. Funnily enough, the food and the latte cost the same (~30¥) 😅

Pros: Inexpensive

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