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Vegan
Chinese
Take-out
Buddhist
Restaurant serving Hong-Kong style Buddhist Chinese food since 1993. Reported fully vegan spring 2019. Has soups, noodles, and other savory dishes. Open Mon 11:00am-8:00pm, Wed-Sat 11:00am-9:00pm, Sun 11:00am-8:00pm.
95 Reviews
First Review by dkingdesigndotcom
hmattblack
Points +20
Best Chinese food - Edit
One of my favourite restaurants in the city.
Read morePros: Cheap, Large portions, So many options
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ChadtheVegan
Points +49
It’s one of my favorite restaurants! - Edit
Super friendly staff, amazing food!
Read morePros: All vegan food
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kbw5044
Points +1234
Delicious - Edit
All vegan Chinese food. Delicious. Tried their imitation duck.
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Gunko
Points +25
Delicious food and friendly staff - Edit
I moved to Toronto in September and I have already been to this place 5 times! I don’t even live close but it is well worth the travel. Be prepared to have extra food because they will fill your plate and your stomach. Delicious!!
Read morePros: Free tea to start :), Huge portion sizes, Great prices
Cons: Menu could be more descriptive/more photos
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Gopala108
Points +5941
Hearty portions, vegan fake meats galore. Asian food that is quite alright. - Edit
Hearty portions, vegan fake meats galore. Asian food that is quite alright.
Read morePros: Hearty portions, vegan fake meats galore.
Cons: Asian food that is quite alright.
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VeganSoyBoy
Points +113
Best Chinese restaurant in Ontario? - Edit
Authentic Chinese restaurant experience. They have a huge menu; not everything is good. You'll need to either try everything or get a Chinese friend with that special intuition.
Read moreSuper delicious, huge portions, excellent prices. I never feel like I'm getting ripped off, always stuffed and satisfied.
There's not much parking in the area though.
You want flavour? Order these items:
41 - Mushroom Fried Rice (or any of the fried rices, they're all pretty good)
63 - Spicy stir-fried green beans with veggie chops (best dish)
67 - Kung Pao 'Chicken' (new'ish dish, goes really well with a bit of hot sauce)
68 - 'Lamb' Stew
75 - Crispy 'chicken' on hot plate (this should be real the mock 'duck')
Updated from previous review on 2021-09-12
Pros: All vegan, Flavour, Large portions / excellent prices
Cons: Limited parking space in the area
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GillesDom
Points +208
So tasty! - Edit
I’ve been wanting to try this place out for the longest time and it didn’t disappoint. So many options, and the owners are so incredibly kind and so sweet.
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Tochis
Points +34
Amazing tasty food, with large portions and very fair nice prices. Excellent! - Edit
I went there with my friend and we ordered fried tofu, dumplings and the imitation duck with fried noodles. Everything tasted amazing. They have large portions and the service is really fast. Loved it! Couldn’t decide what to get, so many options.
Read morePros: Big portions, Excellent service, Amazing tasty food
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Isabelle Gosselin
Points +133
Disappointing - Edit
The venue is very small, with only 5 or 6, maybe 7 tables. It has a feel of a mom and pop Chinese restaurant, cleanliness so-so, with a silent tv passing Buddhist-life-lesson messages. Decor is minimalist. Given the reviews we read on this site, we were expecting an outstanding meal. It wasn’t. We ordered the tofu & funghi. The mushrooms were good -hard for mushrooms not to taste good, right? The tofu and the sauce were insipid. Then we had the “duck” and vegetables on crispy noodles. This time, the noodles were the best part of this dish. The duck neither looked nor tasted like duck. Now, I know that no-meat duck never really tastes like actual duck, but I have had much better seitan faux meat in my life (anybody knows Chuchai restaurant in Montreal?) All in all, this dish was lacking in taste and was not inspired. We were really, really disappointed. Yes, the portions are large, but maybe they should be smaller and better seasoned.
Read morePros: Friendly staff, Inspiring messages on tv
Cons: Food lacked flavour
VeganSoyBoy
Yo, give it another shot. This time, order the top-notch dishes:
Read more41 - Mushroom Fried Rice (or any of the fried rices, they're all pretty good)
63 - Spicy stir-fried green beans with veggie chops (best dish)
67 - Kung Pao 'Chicken'
68 - 'Lamb' Stew
75 - Crispy 'chicken' on hot plate (this is more 'duck' than the bean curd sheets)
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marieroberts
Points +1571
“Chinese” food at its finest! - Edit
The best vegan Chinese food ever! So good and tasty. We ordered quite a variety of items and were satisfied with all of it. We ordered for delivery straight from website a d Sammy called to ask us to reorder as there was a glitch on their website. Super great service and quick.
Read morePros: All vegan , Filling food, Lots of variety
Cons: A bit oily ( but still good )
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sabrinajh
Points +495
Awesome! - Edit
I just loved this place. The food was amazing and the portions were huge. We tried the General Tsoa's chicken, the lemon chicken, and some veggies with tofu, mushrooms, veggies, and cashews. The best parts were the "chickens." I couldn't pick my favourite because they were so great. Everything about them was perfect.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2018-06-26
Pros: Amazing "chicken" , Lemon chicken, Big portions
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msthrope
Points +298
Amazing Food!!!! - Edit
Everything I have tried at Buddha's has been amazing. What it lacks in atmosphere (I say that though I don't actually mind the atmosphere but it can get pretty noisy and chaotic at times) it more than makes up for in taste and value. Bean curd sheet, ginger beef, and shrimp with spicy salt for the win.
Read morePros: Amazing flavors, Great Value, Massive Selection
Cons: Can be pretty noisy
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wilsonschneidg
Points +3309
Huge Portions - Edit
We ordered takeaway here for a quick easy dinner. The food we received lasted us for at least two days!
Read moreThe food itself was not very flavourful. It seemed like something you could make at home with ease, possibly that comes from the fact that the menu has so many options.
For the price and sizes of the meals, I recommend trying Buddha’s. The staff are very helpful in explaining the menu and offering their suggestions, only one meal was not vegan.
Pros: Portion size
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Ruddegur
Points +1677
Always amazing - Edit
I've been coming here for about 20 years. I LOVE this place. Recently changed the name from vegetarian to vegan (!) & spiffed up the menu a bit. But still amazing food (mock duck I could eat you everyday) & amazing service.
Read morePros: Delicious, Cheap, Great staff, location & menu!
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VictoriaMcSwain
Points +571
Great food - Edit
We tried several options that included some vegan meat options. We had the shrimp, chicken, and duck and all were great. Very impressed
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UpRiver
Points +104
Brilliant - Edit
Don’t let the appearance of this place put you off. I almost walked away but am so glad I didn’t. Staff are really friendly and a pot of green tea was on the table almost before I had sat down. Good range of options on the menu and. As others have said, food comes quickly and in big portions so come when you’re hungry. Quality is great - freshly prepared and steaming hot. Definitely worth a visit.
Read morePros: Range of menu options, Quality of food, Quick service and friendly staff
Cons: Appearance
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DanielleEats
Points +38
Excellent! - Edit
I highly recommend the fried rice.
Read morePros: Huge portions, Great prices, Plenty of options
Cons: Small restaurant
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shirley1
Points +346
Very good food and huge helpings. A lot of gluten free options. - Edit
Very small and cosy restaurant. Very friendly staff
Read morePros: Delicious Yummy
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delicateillusion
Points +130
One of the best places for momo! - Edit
Love the quirky atmosphere. Bests soup! Momo are awesomeness!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options.
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KrisElsley
Points +18
So, So, SOOO Good (Affordable Too!) - Edit
Everything made inside this tiny restaurant is delicious. My partner and I were so impressed by the food and the manager, Sammy. I think we found our new go to spot in the city!
Read morePros: All vegan options except one dish (egg noodles), Able to get most of the food made gluten free, Portions are huge - 3 dishes was great for 2 ppl
Cons: Not the prettiest inside
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KidIcarus
Points +24
Hard to Go Wrong - Edit
Okay, it's possibly to go wrong but Buddha's is still pretty damned good. You get huge portions (often enough for 2 or 3 meals!) at very reasonable prices. All of the meat analogues are very well done and you can get many of them frozen if you want.
Read moreOne thing I will say in the (sort of) negative is that I personally don't care for some of the dishes that ALL fake meat and nothing else. When I ordered the General Tao's Chicken, I was expecting it on a bed of rice or something. However it was just a bunch of imitation chicken that I soon got tired of eating. Go for the dishes that contain noodles or rice...#34 (Fried Rice Noodles w/ Veggie Beef in Black Bean Sauce) and #52. (Black Pepper Soya Steak on Pan-Fried Noodles) are two of my favorites.
For the most part, it's a great place: hole-in-the-wall decor, friendly staff, cheap veggie eats. Can't go wrong.
Pros: Large portions, Great value, Excellent meat analogues
Cons: Some dishes are better than others
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samantha84
Points +113
This place is amazing! Much better than Greens next door. - Edit
The staff are super nice and accommodating and the food is fast and fresh. Extra-especially excellent if you ask for “less oil”
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Mish
Points +112
meh... - Edit
Cheap, large portions but not particularly good... the sausage roll appetizers were delicious but the duck with noodles was not good at all. It was covered in a thick sauce that didn't taste if anything but far too much salt. The fried dumplings and spring rolls were also very underwhelming. This restaurant definitely did not live up to the high hopes I had for it after reading reviews.
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lavender25
Points +333
oookay. - Edit
This place is just okay. The mapo tofu was really odd, it has peas in it and the sauce isn't the same flavor as traditional mapo. They also don't accept credit cards so if you're a foreigner you'll need cash. In my panicked scramble to pay with cash, I forgot to leave a tip so sorry to them if they read this! Not intentional, I swear.
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thunderaxe
Points +106
Enormous portions for cheap!! - Edit
This might be my favourite vegan restaurant in Toronto. The portions are enormous, the food is delicious, and the bill is always half what you expect it to be. Great Chinese vegan food. Highly recommended.
Read morePros: Enormous portions, Extremely affordable, Almost entirely vegan
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StevieSurf
Points +2001
Great local spot - Edit
Super popular with locals, this hosts a diverse range of authentic Hong Kong options. It's a busy, bustling place with limited tables, but there's a steady stream of folk passing through for their favourites.
Read morePros: Huge portions, Healthy tasting , Fast and inexpensive
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MIvanenko
Points +20
Bland - Edit
We decided not to cook in the house tonight and made the road trip to Buddha's. We've heard lots about it. The prices were good and the food pipping hot and fresh.
Read moreEgg plant/tofu in black bean sauce - I found the tofu chunks too big.
Hot/Sour soup - It was bland. Not really sour or hot.
Noodle dish - perhaps their best go to item. Very tasty.
Pros: Noodles dishes ate best.
Cons: Bring your own chili oil.
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