Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Ovo
Buffet
Take-out
Taiwanese

Taiwanese restaurant and buffet near Mariahilfestrasse shopping district. Offers a la carte menu and lunch buffet. Menu is vegan-friendly and consists of some mockmeat dishes. Location has a beautiful garden. Open for lunch and dinner. Open Mon 11:30-15:00, Mon-Sun 17:30-22:00, Thu-Sun 11:30-15:00.


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116 Reviews

First Review by carnilius

Daniele88

Points +439

Vegan
03 Sep 2021

Best vegan chinese restaurant

The menu is 90% vegan. Everything tasty! No so cheap but still fine

rtzu123

Points +315

Vegan
10 Aug 2021

Standard "european" Chinese Food

Serves the standard "european" chinese food you get everywhere else in austria, but without the meat. If you don't expect "real" chinese food, it's a very good option. Super tasty, but heavy on fat/glutamate. Many different mock meat dishes on the menu. The buffet gives you a good selection of different dishes. I've been there numerous times and every time the ordered dishes where yummy.

My favourite: Spezial-Hühnerfleisch, schmeckt verboten gut!

Prices are fair and the serving sizes are big. Staff is friendly.

Pros: Spezial-Hühnerfleisch, schmeckt verboten gut!, Very tasty, yummy, Price/Value

Cons: Fatty, Heavy on glutamate, Don't expect "real" chinese food

RavenVienna

Points +1102

Vegan
31 Aug 2020

You don’t taste the difference

I still can remember what non-vegan Asian food tastes like and I could not difference what I’ve eaten here today. So that’s great!!

Pros: Almost everything vegan, Big portions , Authentic

lini

Points +3762

Vegan
27 Aug 2020

Favorite restaurant in vienna

We come here everytime we visit vienna! The vegan meat is amazing! Every dish tastes and looks different! Not like at other places where they add the same soy meat into every dish... Here every dish has a different kind of vegan meat depending on what it should taste like (duck, chicken, fish, shrimp...) the staff is super friendly and we always get free dessert (some fruits amd sweets) and a drink. Try the famous chicken, it‘s our favorite dish on the menu!

Pros: So many vegan options, DELICIOUS mock meat, Friendly staff

Cons: More expensive than other places

majone

Points +112

Vegan
03 Aug 2020

Vegan Vegan Vegan

Fast alles vegan. Rest Veggie. Gute Menge, super lecker, sehr freundlich.

Renefo

Points +62

Vegan
23 Jun 2020

One of my all time favorited

Been there dozens of time, never disappointed. A bit comfort food feeling ;-)

Pros: Many vegan options, Very friendly, Try 57, its great

BenJammin'

Points +40

Vegan
03 Mar 2020

99% Vegan Restaurant

Great choice of Vegan dishes, very tasty, seitan and soy, large portions, noon buffet, very friendly staff

flo_dtd

Points +58

Vegan
10 Feb 2020

Beste China Restaurant in Wien

Immer wieder super. Klassische Speisen bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen alle vegan. Mittagsbuffet sehr zu empfehlen.

Pros: Fast alles Vegan, Super Mittagsbuffet, Nettes Personal

Tizicar

Points +211

Vegan
06 Feb 2020

Love the food, less the unclear pricing

This place has a lot of Asian delicious options which are mostly vegan and really tasty. However, after the second time that I’ve been charged around 30% more than the prices stated on the menu, I must say that I’m not really happy with how little transparency there is around how pricing works here.
Considering this and the fact that a dish (without rice) costs just under or over 9€, it means that the place is to be considered as a high-end, overpriced place, which comes as a surprise as it seems like a big-portion, generally affordable go-to place for non meat eaters.
I’ve been to much fancier places and paid less than here, which is pretty upsetting taking into account that I’m normally expecting to know exactly what I’m paying for. Also when paying time comes you are kinda ‘encouraged’ to round up for a tip so as a consequence also of that, this time around we ended up paying 40€ for two people. Really pricey!!! Handle with care, or take advantage of the lunch buffet deal rather than going for dinner. Such a pity :/

okcool123

Points +311

Vegan
02 Feb 2020

Favourite Asian Restaurant

Xus cooking offers such a great variety of vegan Asia food. Never was unhappy with the food. Great restaurant to show non-vegans that they dont miss out on something by eating plant based food ❤️

Pros: Friendly staff

flowbandit

Points +954

Vegan
22 Jan 2020

Great!

Great Asian food and mostly vegan!

KatieSiu

Points +13

Mostly Veg
29 Dec 2019

Payment issue

Food for the lunch buffet was very good I have to say. But... The advertised price is 11.90euro per person and the 2 of us were charged 30euro. They kept asking us for cash, we didn't have any, and their credit card machine wasn't working. We tried 2 different cards and the machine kept saying please wait. She kept asking us to look for cash as if we were hiding our cash. My credit card did actually go thru since I saw the transaction on my phone but the machine never said payment completed or what not. So my partner had to run out to find an ATM, except they were either out of order or closed since it was Sunday. It took us an hour to try to pay. Food was good but overall it was a really unpleasant experience. If you don't want to take credit card, don't put huge Visa and MasterCard stickers on the outside window.

Pros: Good food, Many vegan options, Very healthy options available

Cons: Does not take credit card, Charged more than listed price

Sushi77

Points +66

Vegan
15 Dec 2019

Love it

Me and my grandmother (90) eat there once a week. Verboten gutes Huhn is our Favorit dish

petzi_mair

Points +32

Vegan
14 Nov 2019

Many vegan opions

The food was very good, the people were very friendly and the dishes were very big

Pros: Friendly people, Many vegan options, Big dishes

Cons: A little expensive - but big dishes :)

Tofu-Travel

Points +139

Vegan
11 Aug 2019

Deliscious, cheap but fatty food

This is one of my favourite places in Vienna! When it comes to the price of the lunch buffet it's unbeatable. I came here at least twice a month in the last year! (Now not su much as I'm saving for travels and have another favorite) Everything tastes just so good! The lunch buffet is such a bargain (8,9€ on weekdays), you have to go! Oh and please try the peanut-balls, I just love them! (they're also at the lunch buffet).

As I saw a few of the reviewers stating that not everything at the buffet is vegan, I want to clarify that all of the main dishes are vegan - as are the starters. There are one or two salad options that aren't vegan and not all of the desserts are vegan. The baked bananas are tho!

I love all the mock meat (and fish) dishes, you would think they're all similar, but actually a lot of them are quite different, both in texture and taste.
They use no MSG, which is great.

And yes, the food isn't healthy - it's quite fatty and a lot of it is deep fried. You have to be aware of that before going. So it's definitely not a place for every day, but to treat yourself from time to time.
Also they're really dog friendly. I went there with different foster dogs already and they're always just so accommodating.



Updated from previous review on 2019-03-08

Pros: Peanut balls, a bargain! (especially the buffet), really friendly stuff

Cons: wish they would deliver , quite fatty and unhealthy food, not 100% vegan

franziloe

Points +38

Vegan
03 Aug 2019

Enttäuschend!

Wir haben mehrere Gerichte bestellt und alle waren geschmacklos, fettig und absolut enttäuschend. Mit asiatischem Essen hat das nichts zu tun. Immerhin gab es viel Auswahl und das Essen kam schnell.

Pros: Viele vegane Optionen , Nettes Personal

Cons: Fettige Speisen, Kein Geschmack

wakounig

Points +169

Vegan
18 Jun 2019

great service - low quality

A location with full vegetarian and vegan food, nice garden and friendly stuff. Restaurants furniture is rotten and looks uncleaned.

Food comes really fast and is convenience, quite nothing we tried was fresh cooked.

Pros: Great service

Cons: Convenience Food

Vilandra

Points +65

Vegan
02 Jun 2019

I loved it!

They have many vegan options at the menu. There is a buffet at noon every day. The Garden was really nice and we loved the place! One of my new favorites, when I am in Vienna 👍🏼.

Pros: Many vegan options at the buffet, Vegan options were labeled, Friendly staff

er1c

Points +244

Vegan
01 Apr 2019

Horrible

Cheap starters got me hyped at first, but it went downhill fast.
Everything we ordered was deep fried and oozing with oil.
Given their speciality menu is predominantly fake meats, I expected their "forbiddingly good chicken" (#57) to be exactly that. What I got was a plate of tiny, 2x0.5cm sized knobs of indefinable fake meat in a sugary sauce that tasted like nothing. Certainly one of the worst fake meat dishes I've had and I've had a lot.
The crispy ribs, which the waitress advised against ordering (crispy duck is supposedly better), tasted like a very bland piece of Schnitzel with dominating breading.

Rice costs extra, which we didn't know when the waitress took our order and asked which type of rice we want. Rice was served as the first dish and cold by the time the main dishes arrived.

The free fruit dessert plate was very nice though!

Bottom line is, come here if you like spending money for food that doesn't taste well and want to ruin your health with a fried-oil diet.

Pros: Free fruit platter for dessert!, Cheap starters

Cons: Obligatory rice costs extra, Tastes bad, Unhealthy food, deep fried and sugary sauces

sarahmare

Points +28

Vegan
12 Mar 2019

Good but

not everything from the buffet is vegan and we had to ask the staff because the food isn‘t labeled.

Pros: nice staff

Cons: food is not labeled „vegan“ or „vegetarian“, toilets need renovation or at least a cleaning

ale_happyvegan

Points +817

Vegan
24 Feb 2019

Delicious chinese in Vienna

With dishes that will make you believe you´re eating animal products, this restaurant has taken vegan chinese food to the next level.
Flavours and textures are really similar to non-vegan food and with all the options in the menu, it´s hard to decide which to order. My advice is if you´re going with more people, you should try the Menu for 2, or 3 or more. It has a little bit of everything and enough to leave everyone satisfied.

Pros: Super friendly staff, Reasonable prices, Buffet

Cons: Can be busy, you should make a reservation

PatrickBuch

Points +30

Vegan
12 Jan 2019

great place

for having a lot of delicious food

jsegal

Points +756

Vegan
16 Oct 2018

Simple cheap Asian food

The restaurant is in a modern building, from the 70s, the food is almost vegan and clearly marked with a star when not (vegetarian) . 8,90 is not much for the all you can eat buffet (lunch).

Pros: Big rooms, Friendly staff , In the summer you can seat outside

Cons: The food is not very tasty, A bit oily

TheCrumbyVegan

Points +318

Vegan
09 Oct 2018

super yummy chinese food

Haven't had good chinese food since moving to Spain and going vegan, so this place was a fantastic reminder of what good chinese food is. Haven't eaten so well in ages. Need to go back to Vienna just to go again.

Pros: reasonably prices, yummy food

Cons: location is a bit strange

oriolj

Points +24

Vegetarian
19 Sep 2018

Awesome place

All "meat" is vegetarian! Very tasty!

stäuberle

Points +40

Vegan
18 Mar 2018

One of the best

One of the best in vienna! Delicious food and wide variety of different dishes! Great classic asian atmosphere, you would not expect that it's vegan but just a normal asian restaurant

JoelleLi

Points +100

Vegan
13 Mar 2018

Vegan fish

There are pictures of everything on the menu which already sold it for me. Tried the deep fried mushrooms, the fish and the stir fried chicken. All were delicious. Would visit again, staff are friendly and service is fast.




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