Maurice Michael Alvarez-toye
+5
I believe that they have closed down, which is a tragedy because- contrary to what certain factions tend to do, to get extremely destructive in their critiques- Buddha's Veggie Restaurant has long been a great place for good to excellent vegan/vegetarian fare.
It's a pity that they are gone, since it does leave a gap for stand alone Chinese Vegan/vegetarian restaurants.
I see the majority of reviews on here are old. Personally I love Buddhas Veggie. I've never tried anything outside of their more "traditional" choices, but I've never been disappointed.
My favourite dish is called Buddhas Veggie, named after the restaurant obviously, this dish is incredibly unique and not for picky eaters. It consisted of a medley of different fungi's and is extremely unique to this restaurant. If you're feeling adventurous give it a try!
Pricing wise I can deferent it find cheaper places that have the same theme, but it's not overly expensive, I would say most of the dishes are overpriced by two to three dollars. They have a lunch special menu though that had a good selection for around $10. They only serve beer and wine as well, a bottle of Stella is $4.50. Very reasonable.
Overall I will keep coming back to this restaurant when I am craving traditional Chinese. It's close to the mall so it's perfect for a pre-shopping lunch.
Hidden Vegetarian gem in Calgary, definitely my new favourite Chinese restaurant. Read the previous reviews and the most common thing everyone raved about was the Veggie ginger beef, and after trying it. I LOVED it, it's soo good, way better than actually beef meat ginger beef. I think once you try veggie ginger beef it doesn't even make you miss the meat.
Love it!. My husband and I are both vegan but we take meat eaters with us as our guests. Seriously the spicy dry ribs (vegan) are to die for - meat eaters agree with this too. We love the eel, the ginger beef, oh and did I mention the dry ribs? Dang, now I want some!
Good. We like to eat here once in a while...it specializes in vegetarian food but has meat items on the menu. It's sorta a junk food vegetarian though - the food has lots of sugar, salt, and artificial colours/flavours added...so if you are looking for a healthy vegetarian place, this isn't the one for you.
If you don't mind a bit of junk food once in a while, then this place is good. It has big portions and lots of options. My husband and I can usually share a main dish or we get two and have leftovers. We like the veggie ginger beef and veggie sweet and sour pork.
Oh.... My..... God....... This isn't meat??? Well I guess I'll have a second plate. Veggie spicy dry ribs :) to die for....
First of all, I am a vegetarian so I obviously appreciate this restaurant and was happy to finally be able to enjoy some vegetarian dumplings. I was, however, a bit disappointed with the cost of the food. I found it to be way too expensive (9 dollars for 5 Lil dumplings). The veggie sweet and sour pork was good.. But quite chewy and I probably wouldn't get it again. I might try to come here again one day to try some noodle dishes.. Maybe when I'm feeling more inclined to spend the extra money for the vegetarian experience of Chinese food.
I am actually vegetarian and it usually slim pickings for me at any Chinese or Asian restaurants, so it is nice to have the options here. We got the ginger "beef" , spicy green beans, and pineapple fried rice. My dad use to have a Chinese takeout and he said the fried rice was done really well considering it had no egg in it, not greasy at all. The green beans were properly cooked in a super hot wok and had nice spice to it. The ginger beef was a little sweet not spicy at all, still polished off a plate between me and my dad. The service was a bit slow but the staff was attentive. I came here with a groupon but I will be back again ready to pay full price.
Love the beef and mixed meat curry. Service could be better, but food us excellent !
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Very Good Meal. I revisited this restaurant a couple of weeks ago. September 2013. I had the Shrimp Dumplings and the Kung Pow Chicken (a Saturday special). The dumplings were large and very tasty!
The Kung Pow Chicken, was quite a good serving size, and NOT spicy at all, even though it is marked with the hot chilli on the menue. The over all flavor was more towards the bland than anything else. It is nice though to get stir fry that is not DEEP FRIED.
I would still recommend this restaurant to friends.
I went here on a Sunday, have always been curious, just never eaten there. I ordered 3 things off of the menu, the Mongolian Beef, steamed rice and on a suggestion from the server, the shrimp dim sum. Beef came out first ( I remember eating Mongolian Beef back in Bermuda at a restaurant that has closed, this was my favorite dish there and I have NEVER found this dish cooked elsewhere!) This was very good, slightly oily but not in a bad way, spicy, onions, scallions, dried chillies and a nice char on the beef. This dish is listed on the menu with out the little spicy pepper next to it, I LOVE spicy and can take a bit of heat, this was (in my opinion) a spicy that the majority would not like, washed down with a Tsing Tau it was delicious.
With the price of the meal at around $13, rice should be a free side, but this is generally something that I see most restaurants doing.
Last the Shrimp Dumplings came out, 4, each were a huge mouth full and very delicious, no dipping sauces were delivered with these, next time I will ask, but tasty none the less.
Everything here is delightful from the service to the menu items! I like that the owners really care about their food. Everything looked fresh and tasted healthy (did not feel bloated afterward). Really enjoyed my time here. Thanks again!
Delicious and friendly staff. Also healthy food here. the price ok some of them are expensive because of small dishes no full need order more and more.
The meatless ginger beef was praised by a Calgary food blogger as perhaps better than the beef variety. We had to come check it out while we visited town.
We were the first dinner guests, and service was extremely fast. The ginger "beef" did not disappoint! Also had vegetarian mapo tofu and some fried spicy eggplant. Giant portions!
Great Dim Sum at better prices then competition in the city.
Really shines as a vegetarian restaurant.
The menu could use a little more design as its extremely plain and shows little to no photos of the dishes
Pretty tasty food! We had 4 dishes for 3 of us and we finished them all!
Really great take-out. Vegan options (veggie goose, veggie sweet and sour porc, veggie popcorn oysters). Good atmosphere for dining-in too, casual setting.
This place was incredibly cool! If you're a vegetarian this is a must visit. Tons of interesting and unique vegetarian options. I was very impressed! Tasty as well. There is also a meat menu which I imagine is also delicious.
Worth every penny, man. Damm good and loved it.
1. Veg Thai Fried rice
2. Veg Ginger Pepper Shanghai noodles.
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