Vegan-friendly
Chinese
Beer/Wine

春风松月楼, 老城隍庙百翎路23, was founded in the Qin Dynasty and follows an ancient vegetarian culture to serve up veggie favorites in Yuyuan Garden Bazaar (Shanghai Old Town). The vegetarian food includes traditional cuisine, health care cuisine, popular Shanghai cuisine. Seats 150. Open Mon-Sun 6:30am-8:00pm.


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41 Reviews

First Review by bethyang

Hellofromerica

Points +77

Vegetarian
06 May 2025

Lots of vegetarian options!

Had a bun. Was only €0.67 and tasted good! Whole vegetarian (and I think also vegan) food stall with a small restaurant inside

H#nny

Points +21

Vegetarian
03 May 2025

Veggie set

Some good veggie options.
A little bit hard to find (near exit 5).

Updated from previous review on 2025-05-03

WinterInBristol

Points +432

Vegan
19 Apr 2025

Buns!

While the restaurant is boarded up, take away is now available from a stall along the adjacent road (3 out of 4 buns are vegan). The restaurant is still open, but at limited capacity and gets very busy. Portions are huge, and we ended up getting quite a lot bagged up for later!

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-19

Pros: Straightforward , Cheap

soulgrinder

Points +436

Vegan
16 Feb 2025

Try the buns!!

The menu is a bit small but provides some safe vegan options that will fill you up!
The red bean, sesame and pakchoi buns are all safe and delicious vegan options.
Some of the noodles and mushroom dumplings are also vegan.
When I asked the staff, they said anything with the fake crab meat is not vegan due to egg, and the sweet potato bun was also not vegan.

Pros: Cheap, Yummy buns

mermicorn22

Points +263

Vegan
15 Oct 2024

Lots of vegan options

Fully vegetarian restaurant with lots of vegan options, including noodles and traditional Chinese food. Ingredients are clearly listed on the menu. Food is very reasonably priced and very tasty. I’d been in Shanghai for a couple of hours and was hungry, stressed and struggling to find anything vegan, so I was so happy to come across this restaurant. Staff speak some English and are really helpful at pointing out the vegan options, and were very kind to help me figure out how to use Alipay. Definitely recommend if you’re in the area!

thesunrisedreamers

Points +2169

Vegan
15 Oct 2024

Lovely vegan food in Old Shanghai!

Some dishes have ingredient labels and most of them seemed vegan.
We shared the Shepard's Purse (wontons) in broth, one of the vegan noodles sets and the veggie bao's fried in sesame soy sauce. I can't remember the names exactly but you can find everything on the AliPay or WeChat app. We ordered and paid on the app, but we did use translate to understand most of the menu😄it's easy though! Good meal!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Easy to find

Niallmol

Points +42

Vegan
09 Sep 2024

Delicious and near tourist attractions

You’ll have the most choice if you have WeChat (you can scan the code on the table to order)

satievegan

Points +148

Vegan
28 Aug 2024

soooo yummy

this is definitely the best place for veg eaters visiting shanghai old town. the food was so filling and delicious, and the staff were great at explaining which dishes were vegan. the portions were ginormous but i just couldn’t stop eating it, the flavours were immaculate

MiaCohen

Points +1793

Vegan
17 Aug 2024

Yummmm!

I really enjoyed this meal, especially the wontons with sesame sauce! Outside there are also two stalls attached to the restaurant with bao buns and other veg snacks ☺️☺️

RobynHattersley

Points +186

Vegan
10 Aug 2024

Nice Food

The food was tasty and staff were helpful in telling me what was vegan.

Pros: Tasty food, Friendly staff

Ruidi

Points +61

Vegan
06 Aug 2024

Nah an den Yuyuan Gärten

Wir haben hier Nudeln Suppen gegessen und waren froh, gleich nach dem Besuch der Gärten etwas veganes zu finden. Das Essen war korrekt.

Worldvegkitchen

Points +1321

Vegetarian
14 Jul 2024

Great find in a sea of meat

If you are visiting Yu Gardens and Market, this is your must go. An entirely veg authentic Chinese restaurant with nice staff. Go here

BenVGML

Points +22

Vegan
09 Jun 2024

Good vegan options

Yuyuan is limited for vegan good but this place had several options. Staff friendly.

Jessica Bailey

Points +621

Vegan
30 May 2024

Really yummy traditional food in great location

Yuyuan is a lovely (albeit touristy) area full of beautifully renovated old buildings. We were pleasantly surprised to find a vegetarian restaurant here and really enjoyed the food. The staff were so helpful and friendly and it is so cheap. We had noodles the first time and they were very tasty and filling. The next time we tried the dumplings and buns (ask for them without egg) and they were delicious! I'm going back for more today. Copy and paste the Chinese name above into maps and it's very easy to find. They also have a takeaway area facing the street with sweet and savoury buns etc.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-30

Pros: Very delicious & cheap, Helpful staff, Great location, easy to find

Cons: Be careful to specify no egg, Small menu

Melbourne.Vegan

Points +113

Vegan
14 May 2024

Authentic gem

The noodles were great - wish I’d been able to visit a few more times to try the rest of their menu. The menu lists (in English) the ingredients in each dish so it’s easy to avoid the non-vegan ones (which contain egg).

Pros: Good portion size, Authentic local food, Delicious!

plexus

Points +124

Vegetarian
07 Apr 2024

Authentic Centennial Vegetarian Cuisine in Yu Garden

Discover a culinary treasure nestled in Yu Garden, offering delectable local delicacies. I savored the SongYueLou Noodles paired with Vegetarian Crab, alongside Vegetarian Crab 小笼包 and 富贵花开. The noodles boasted impeccable flavor and ideal texture. While the 小笼包 skin leaned slightly thick, the flavorful filling compensated deliciously.

Updated from previous review on 2024-04-07

vrony

Points +168

Vegetarian
30 Mar 2024

Good portions

Delicious noodles and Xiao long baos.

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-30

Cons: Flavor was ok.

RKirstie

Points +29

Vegetarian
23 Mar 2024

Nice vegetarian food

The restaurant is located quite central to shopping the area, it has many seats and the staff is very helpful. The waitress also helped with to mix my noodles with the chopsticks. The food is nice, I recommend the mushrooms noodles and the vegan crab dumplings.

Pros: Mushrooms noodles , Dumplings , Helpful staff

khuiping

Points +94

Vegetarian
14 Mar 2024

Nice vegetarian food found in Yu Garden

Nice vegetarian food in Yu Garden. We had the crab noodles and the vegetables rice ball. The vegetables bun is nice too

WanderlustMemoir

Points +319

Vegetarian
25 Jul 2020

The only vegetarian restaurant in YuYuan

After a considerably long walk in YuYuan Old Street, we were utterly grateful with the presence of a decent vegetarian restaurant serving authentic Chinese cuisine within YuYuan! In fact, we had been planning to make a trip to this two-storey restaurant via our Tripadvisor research.

As the reviews were raving and ratings were high, we had high expectations of this restaurant. Unfortunately, it was somewhat met with slight disappointment; the food was just mediocre and I wasn’t sure if it has to do with my choice of selection. Though edible and filling, it didn’t seem to impress me deeply as compared to the other vegetarian restaurants which I had dined in Shanghai. We ordered 3 dishes, mainly the fried rice, soup noodles and fried spring roll. The only dish that I really enjoyed was the fried spring roll.

Furthermore, the service was second-rate, as the waiters were rough and seemed rather indifferent and impatient. At the time of our visit at around 2pm, the restaurant was only partially filled. Do note that the menu has both pictures of the dish and English translations.

All in all, this restaurant serves decent and affordable food within proximity in YuYuan old street and is highly recommended if you are a vegetarian shopping in this precinct. Do note that there is a clean washroom at the second level, in case you need it.

Pros: The only vegetarian restaurant, Decent and not too pricey food, Clean and comfortable environment

Cons: Indifferent customer service

Manjo

Points +59

Vegetarian
07 Dec 2019

Simple with english menu

We sat on bottom floor, english menu with tick boxes for ordering. We had 2 different types of noodles with a side dish. Quick, clean and staff were helpful. Next to entrance number 5 for the Yuyuan Bazaar.

c_p_b

Points +55

Mostly Veg
22 Nov 2019

Open early, beautifully renovated, CLEAN!

Went in this morning for breakfast - 8:30am on a Thursday.

At first I encountered the street-side takeaway counter and got one veggie steam bun and 1 piece of veggie siu mai. Both were inexpensive, delicious and fresh. Like other commentators have noted, go to the cashier and point to which items you would like and say quantity number.

After walking around the area for a bit, I went back to the main floor dining room and had the Assorted Vegetarian Noodles (CNY 12). A what a big bowl of soup! The noodles were fresh and chewy, the broth was flavorful and balanced and the veggies (potato, cabbage, black mushroom) and tofu were nice with a touch of sweetness.

Nothing I had was very oily (I also didn’t order anything deep fried). Due to not speaking Mandarin, I was unable to confirm what is and isn’t vegan.

Definitely check out this place. Food is great, inexpensive and the surrounding area is nice to explore on foot. Also, I couldn’t find any other vegetarian restaurants nearby open before 10am.


Updated from previous review on 2019-11-21

Pros: Everything is vegetarian., Clean, beautifully renovated dining room., Street-side takeaway counter.

Cons: Unable to confirm what is vegan.

jasonds

Points +66

Vegan
01 Nov 2019

Renovated and beautiful

7-10am: 4 dishes only for breakfast, including three noodle dishes and one wonton dish (today). Easy to order - point and pick 12rmb

But simple noodle dish (not gf)

Lvn

Points +74

Vegetarian
30 Aug 2019

Cheap and sooo good

They open all the time. It is not expensive and the taste is sooo good. It is located inside the yuyuan or yu garden

Pros: Cheap, So many vegan options, Sooo delicious

tyla21

Points +25

Vegetarian
27 Dec 2018

Great value for money

All in Mandarin and very little English spoken

Pros: Great value for money , Yummy

Cons: Hard to locate , No English menu , No English spoken

docCK

Points +685

Vegan
02 Jul 2018

Cockroaches climbing over food

Cockroaches visible all over kitchen climbing over foods ... walked and ran outta there

Pros: Fast food

Cons: Cockroaches , Not hygienic , No one eating there

Scottishvet

Points +472

Vegan
06 May 2018

It’s ok

Food is average at best. Fast food type. Some stuff helpful, some not.




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