Vegan
Chinese
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Vegan Chinese restaurant. Has other locations. Some outside seating available. Uses mock meat. Mapo tofu, Szechuan chicken, salt and pepper tofu, fish, sweet & sour and more. Open Mon-Thu 12:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-22:30, Sun 12:00-21:00. Closes 10:15 pm Mon-Thu and 9;15 pm on Sun.


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13 Reviews

First Review by Sarilein

lydiab96

Points +1170

Vegan
27 Oct 2024

Delicious

Really tasty food and a lovely environment.

Highlights for us were the salt and pepper fried tofu, the mushroom buns, wantons and peking duck.

I would definitely recommend visiting.

Em2i

Points +20

Vegan
19 Oct 2024

Solid vegan spot ideal for tofu sceptics!

This was my second time visiting and will definitely be returning. We particularly enjoyed the wontons, special fried ho fun noodles, and the kimchi tofu stew! Atmosphere is really calm and super nice decor, with friendly and attentive staff.

Only reason for not giving 5 stars would be that personally some items did not quite hit the spot for me. The deep fried asparagus I was sure would be a winner but I didn't find that they blew me away for the price. And the noodle portion was a little on the small side I thought.

I short, if you order the right items you're in for an incredible food experience!

Pros: Warm atmosphere, Wontons, dumplings, and noodles, Professional staff

Cons: Portion sizes of some items, Price of some smaller items

Olabusi

Points +184

Vegan
18 Oct 2024

Great experience

Friendly staff, good food, nice place. Everything's great.

Emmy_rosey

Points +35

Vegetarian
16 Oct 2024

非常好吃!

We started with the chefs recommended 油泼云吞 (killer spicy sauce!) & 红油水饺 (our favourite) for dumplings. The for the mains, 铁板黑椒杏鲍菇 (perfect sticky oysters mushrooms) 大厨手豆花 (if you love silken tofu) with unlimited bowls of rice. The waiters were super lovely & the restaurant had a great vibe!

Pros: 红油水饺, 无限米饭

LiatM

Points +124

Vegan
03 Oct 2024

Great service, mixed emotions

In summary, while the service was fantastic, the food itself fell short of my hopes. The dishes were often much spicier than expected, even those marked as mild, which was challenging for my son. The non-spicy options lacked flavor, making them a bit bland for my taste. Overall, the culinary experience didn't quite match the high expectations set by the reviews. But hey… maybe too spicy for me it not spicy enough for you ☺️

Updated from previous review on 2024-10-03

Pros: Service , Service , Service

Cons: Too spicy for me 🫣

Eljocko

Points +28

Vegan
03 Oct 2024

Outstanding food and service

Amazing food, with a great choice. Will definitely be back.

Pros: The choice, The service , The atmosphere

V3ganJames

Points +846

Vegan
02 Oct 2024

Amazing authentic Chinese food

Well that’s the headline and what my friend I went with, who’s Chinese so I’ll buy into that. Had the fish soup thing, dim sum, spinach and bean and the pumpkin 🎃 dessert. Wow. Wow. Definitely worth another visit. I want to try everything

Pros: Amazing choice, Great service , Something really different

Cons: None

tyandmart

Points +146

Vegan
01 Oct 2024

Flavour 5/5 Portion and price 2/5

We had an early dinner at 4.30, so service was good as restaurant wasn’t too busy - all staff very friendly. We had a couple of dishes to share, but have to say disappointed with the portion size, the waiter recommended some dishes to share, but the fake fish and buns for example, only 3 tiny buns even though this is “for sharing” couldn’t put one more?

I know it’s central London, but for the price and the tiny portion - even though the taste was very good, I wouldn’t return. I want better value for money and lots of other great alternatives in London.

Pros: Taste , Quality , Service

Cons: Price , Portion size

MagaliEledhwen

02 Oct 2024

I've heard this feedback about portion size at the Charlotte branch a lot. Portions are usually generous at the other Tofu vegan locations, but it seems that the central London one serves small portions... If you like the food, I'd recommend trying the other locations (Islington or Spitafields)

NicoFox

Points +109

Vegan
28 Sep 2024

Pretty good

Tbh not the best vegan Chinese food we found in West London, but still reeeeally good. Fair prices, but the dishes are bit smaller than expected.
Service was nice but a bit chaotic

vegansheep

Points +2776

Vegan
26 Sep 2024

Great food, chaotic service

The food was great as always. Tofu vegan always deliver on taste. However our food came out in dribs and drabs and there was some confusion about which foods contained which ingredients as there were different intolerances on our table. We also got presented with two dishes we didn’t order and they had to go back to the kitchen to discover which table they were meant for. All of this made it a slightly stressful experience trying to make sure we got all the right dishes and were eating what we asked for.

The portions were also noticeably smaller than they have been at other venues, but it was tasty as always and hopefully these are all teething issues. I’m glad they’re doing so well.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-26

KateMKP

Points +41

Vegan
16 Sep 2024

Happy food

Delicious food served by lovely people.

Elizabeta1988

Points +234

Vegan
14 Sep 2024

Thank You Tofu Vegan 🌱

We went there to eat after an event with around 35 people and it was wonderful. We ate so many different dishes and everybody was happy and satisfied. The chef's recommendations were great, he knows well 👍🏼 We didn't took pictures but we can 100% recommend to go there ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-14

Pros: Cozy Ambience, Variety Of Food & Drinks, Very Friendly Staff

Sarilein

Points +21396

Vegan
07 Sep 2024

Hit and miss

Lovely ambience and attentive staff
Outside seating available
Big menu - same as other branches
Dumpling selection were amazing! Great mix and perfectly flavoured (except for lack of salt) and well steamed.
Szechuan chicken was really disappointing. For 15£ you get a few pieces of chicken. Looks big because 85% or more of this dish is just deep fried dried chilli. Chicken itself is had a weird crumb layer and over all texture. Nothing worth ordering
Both dishes arrived hot. SC is added automatically.
5 stars for dumplings, 2.5 for chicken

Pros: Dumplings , Location and interior

Cons: Chicken




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