Lacto
Asian
Fusion
Korean
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Est. Sept. 2023. Located in COEX Mall. Restaurant does not serve meat; however, some dishes contain fish and/or oyster sauce. Vegan choices may include black bean noodles, poke, buncha, salads and noodles. Address: 159, 삼성동. NOTE: Please verify if meat is still offered. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-9:00pm.


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29 Reviews

First Review by Sunkyung

HyeSeungChoi

Points +38

Vegan
12 Jun 2025

now vegan menu almost nothing and they use fish

i don’t understand why it’s called vegan-friendly. There were hardly any vegan options, and there were a lot of salmon dishes. need to consider the risk of cross-contamination.”

HelenHaeryounGi

Points +4415

Vegan
10 Jun 2025

Now, only 2 vegan options

This restaurant is run by one of the food giant Shinsegae. You could order many vegan options and buy vegan ready meal & better meat. Recently, it has changed menu mostly as seafoods, and only 2 vegan options. It is totally walk backward, plant-backward not plant-forward. So disappointed… Honestly I think they should change the name of restaurant…

Updated from previous review on 2025-06-10

RavishingRavenous

13 Apr 2024

OMG That jajangmyeon looks delicious! Its one of my favorites and near impossible to find vegan as the sauce is made with pork. 맛있어요! 고마워요!

KadiHarmon

Points +9471

Vegan
28 Mar 2025

Interesting in a good way.

I did not have high expectations of this place. Maybe bc I find it annoying that their decor is all about saving the planet and being kind to animals, yet they serve flesh on their menu. But. Everything I tried was surprisingly quite tasty, and the decor is super cute. And they’re offering plant based to the masses at coex. So it’s a win in my book and I would def eat here again. Even though when I’m in Korea I almost exclusively want Korean food :p

Katrina.C

Points +142

Vegan
01 Dec 2024

Mediocre

Their salad was okay, but a bit fast food-y. I didn't like the American burger style cheese and floppy ham they put on top. The minestrone soup was very bland and the bread was okay. We had some stuffed tomatoes, a special on the menu and the filling was quite nice.
I really like the decoration and it feels very family friendly, but the food was overpriced for its quality.
Later I found out that they sell ready meals in shops across Seoul, so the restaurant is like an advertisement for this. It's a nice concept with potential.

jadenpb

Points +339

Vegan
10 Nov 2024

Decent vegan menu!

I can only speak for the vegan options but they were good! The standout dish for me was the Truffle Jajang Pasta which was my favorite! The plant-based tomato meatball pasta was also good. The luncheon stick with fries were a good side. Would recommend if wanting a quick and no frills vegan meal!

IsabelleAxelsson

Points +129

Vegan
20 Oct 2024

good but was hoping for more

this is the place where i discovered that they put sugar on hot dogs in south korea?? it was like eating a vegan hot dog out of a donut dipped in ketchup and it was good but also incredibly confusing. we also tried the jjajangmyeon/pasta fusion dish which was pretty tasty as well, but nothing exceptional. we also bought an iced matcha latte made with rice milk and were given a litre of rice milk as part of an event? we weren’t expecting it so we giggled a lot and it was fairly heavy to carry around for the rest of the day but it was fun enough to be worth it. the matcha wasn’t great though - too sweet and you could taste the rice milk more than the actual matcha unfortunately. however - a guaranteed vegan meal is always appreciated!!!!

herbivong

Points +26

Herbivore
26 Sep 2024

Friendly staff, decent enough food.

Truffle jajamyeong was fragrant but a little oily and heavy on the taste buds. Complementary pickled radish was a great palate cleanser.

oliverthorsing

Points +906

Vegetarian
22 Sep 2024

Tasted fine

The restaurant’s decoration was very fun, with environmental statements on the walls.
The food was fine, but it was possible to buy the food as a microwave-meal in a refrigerator in the corner of the restaurant. Therefore it seemed a bit like a cafeteria?

DorotaGralka

Points +24

Vegetarian
17 Sep 2024

Good Vegetarian option in Starfied Coex Mall

We had minestrone soup, aglio e olio and a sandwich, all ok, even though not extraordinary. Good option though after eating udon for a week as it is often the only vegetarian option available😉

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-17

Pros: Vegan and vegetarian

Cons: Ok, but flat flavours

RaúlCentenoRuiz

Points +13

Vegetarian
16 Sep 2024

Vegetariano con opciones veganas

Palnt based excepto los platos marcados con lácteos o huevos.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-16

claudia.vidalar

Points +39

Vegetarian
21 Aug 2024

Comida italiana

Lugar con muchas opciones plant based, estaba muy rico, pedimos pastas y corndogs!, delicioso. No tuvimos problemas al utilizar el inglés. La mesera se equivocó y nos trajo un corndog demás pero no nos lo cobró

Pros: Pasta, Corndogs

Cons: la pasta estaba un poco dulce, El precio es un poco elevado, pero nada terrible

Trambau

Points +3023

Vegetarian
06 Aug 2024

Isnt it a vegan/vegetarian place?

Description on Naver map says it's plant base restaurant with meat alternatives and all.
We had a veg meal and was full, no complaints.

Mangogirl

Points +2468

Vegan
22 Jul 2024

Okayish

We came here for dinner and had two different lmkinds of vegan pasta and Cesar salad. It was all alright but rather oily and the taste was not extremly special (especially for the price). However, it is a decent option when you are at COEX and are graving for some fast vegan food.

VincePower

Points +176

Vegan
17 Jul 2024

Very good vegan/vegetarian

Great food, lots of great choices. The left half of the menu is vegan, the right is vegetarian. Everything we had was good.

Pros: Lots of great choices, Fun atmosphere, Everything was good

Cons: The staff was a little cold, The Chicago Deep Dish Pot Pie took FOREVER!

Tnj0507

Points +26

Vegan
11 Jul 2024

Everything was amazing

My family tried 4 dishes as they were all amazing. We tried the mushroom fettuccine alfredo, Bolognese, turkey panni, and the chilli panni

lyndsi.licona

Points +206

Vegan
05 Jun 2024

Out of a lot of options

Didn’t end up eating here because they were out of 4 options and their menu is already quite small

MajentaSkiez

Points +32

Vegan
21 May 2024

Fast, Friendly Food to Go!

The venue was quite busy but looked clean. The cashier was lovely and very polite. I ordered Gimbap to takeaway after they had sold out of the meal I originally wanted. Very tasty food!

jeremyeats

Points +32

Vegan
13 May 2024

Great food

I really liked the restaurant theme and the food was really good.

dariag

Points +30

Vegan
03 May 2024

Amazing

The food is really tasty. Maybe a bit spicy for European taste, but still great. Service is fast and friendly. Really happy that we found this place.

Pros: Food, Service , Plenty of available options

Taikin

Points +31

Vegetarian
30 Apr 2024

J'adore

Super cuisine, service rapide (en semaine), bon état d'esprit, que demander de mieux ? 😋
Attention, certains plats contiennent des produits animaux (lait, œuf) mais précisé sur la carte.

Pros: Service rapide, Délicieux, Employés agréables

Laëtitia.V

Points +993

Vegan
29 Apr 2024

Good but nothing special

First, indeed, the menu is quite strange, everything vegan except a few dishes that contain some animal ingredients (for sauce).
The Jjajangmyeon was Ok, nothing special.

MayPoppy

Points +121

Vegan
08 Mar 2024

Cute atmosphere

It was a cute little sit down eatery. The last call for ordering is at 8, so keep that in mind. Some of the food does contain meat products but it's noted on the menu. The wait staff was super helpful!

sophieliv8

Points +61

Mostly Veg
27 Dec 2023

Delicious and affordable

Great option in the coex mall and seems quite popular, which was nice to see! I had the Jjajangmyeon which was a really generous portion and very tasty.

DavidShepler

Points +20

Vegan
26 Dec 2023

Wonderful YWE!

How lucky we were to find this great option in Gangnam. Tasty, fast, and fun place. Thank you YWE! Only suggestion is to find your way to fully vegan so that we can give you 5 stars. #Veganuary

Pros: Tasty, Fast, Fun

Cons: Not fully vegan (yet)

ChopinTristesse

Points +65

Vegetarian
16 Dec 2023

Cheap and good

Hot dog donut is delicious. Only 2200 won

Pros: Cheap, Delicious

박소영

Points +10

Non Veg
14 Dec 2023

Delicious Plant-based restaurant in Gangnam

Tasty food made with plant-based meat and vegetables!

bb.$hark

Points +2219

Vegan
01 Dec 2023

Tasty meal but misleading menu

The first time I came here, I got the Szechuan eggplant noodles (really flavorful and amazing) and the brownie. I came here again for the brownie, but the server informed me there is milk in it. It’s under the category 100% plant based, so I was a bit confused. Oh well. But I decided to get bun cha salad under the servers advice and it was quite good. Just disappointed about the brownie




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