Yang Shin Vegetarian Songjiang Main Restaurant

I was very excited to come here as I had heard a lot of good things, and I was not disappointed! The food tasted really great, and the staff were very kind. I couldn’t order online as I had no data, so the staff took my order for me, which was very helpful. In addition, I like that they clearly state what has egg, milk or honey in as it accommodates for vegans as well as vegetarians. They also have a page at the end of the menu dedicated to gluten-free dishes.

This is a higher class vegetarian restraunt. Big menu! My favourite is the pan fried radish cake. I ate 2 portions. That's how good it is. Others are good too except for the xiao long bao. The skin is just way too thick! Make sure to make a reservation. This place is always full. I made a reservation and informed them it is my partners birthday and they were kind enough to give us a round table for 4 persons to the 2 of us. Most of the tables are close to one another, can be quite cram and noisy! Overall I will surely recommend anyone who loves vegetarian radish cake to try it out. You will not regret it. Yumm!

I recently visited the restaurant with a friend from India together with my family. We were all impressed by the quality and flavour of the dishes. The portions were generous—our order for four was more than sufficient—and every item was beautifully prepared. From the attentive service to the consistently high standard of the food, the experience was truly five-star. Do note that the entrance can be a little tricky to find, as it is located inside a bakery; you’ll need to take either the stairs or the lift to Level 2. Reservations are recommended—we booked a week in advance, and the restaurant was fully packed during our visit. Highly recommended for anyone seeking high-quality, healthy or vegetarian cuisine.

Another great example of how good vegetarian restaurants in Taiwan can be. Stopped by for some dim sum and didn’t miss the meat at all. Everything was well made, super tasty and was able to leave without feeling heavy like some dim sum can to do you. Service was very accommodating and friendly as well. Definitely a place I’d be happy to bring locals or visitors to.

Amazing quality food, fantastic selection and well prepared flavors. Unfortunately, the service was unexpectedly poor, hopefully we just caught them on an off day. Would absolutely go back.

If you are looking for vegan dim sum in Taipei, this is the place. Most dim sum dishes contain dairy or egg in other restaurants. The two of us came at 5pm on the dragon festival weekend. I was able to get a reservation a couple days earlier. The restaurant was quite busy, so highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time. They required us to spend $800 per person when we arrived, so had to order quite a bit of food. Most dishes were heavily seasoned. We felt quite thirsty after the meal. The menu showed a gluten free section in the back which was very helpful. The restaurant was quite busy, so it was pretty loud.

Even our carnivore companions loved everything! Kid friendly, the only thing was that service was average - we waited 75min for our XLB when all the other tables behind us had gotten them already.

We made a reservation online and were able to book a table for 7:30 pm on a Sunday. The restaurant was pretty much booked. Most dishes are very good for vegetarian food. The meal sets are a better deal than getting individual dishes, but we felt there was too much food and it was more expensive than what we could finish. We ate 1/2 of the food and bagged up the other half for leftovers. We felt rushed due to the dining time limit. Especially in the evening , we felt rushed by the staff to pay for and pack the leftovers before near 9:00 pm, before their closing time of 9:30. Not a very good experience. Most dishes are heavily seasoned and a bit salty for us. A slightly lighter seasoning would help bring out the taste of the ingredients in our opinion. Recommend the dim sum as usually it's hard to find vegetarian options at other dim sum restaurants.

So good my family of omnivores went twice in the 2 weeks we were in Taiwan. Tricky to find entry as you have to go through the Nozomi patisserie to get up to the 2nd floor. Both times, we were lucky enough to walk in on a Sunday at around 11 - 11:30 and were seated within 15 minutes, but I would recommend reservations if you can find one. Food is tasty but not heavy. An English menu is accessible via a QR code that takes you to one of the best designed ordering apps that I have seen (although I still recommend looking at the pictures in the regular menu). Food comes out relatively fast. Other yelpers have said prices are high for Taipei but I'm from the SF Bay Area where a burrito after tax and tip will run you $20 so this all seemed reasonable to me, especially given the quality of the food. Of the things that we ordered, my favorites were: 1. kung pao deep fried stinky tofu - unique take on fried stinky tofu 2. the turnip cake - my family gets turnip cakes for breakfast at various places whenever we're in Taipei and all agreed this was a good version 3. radish cocoon pastry - my picky mom said she's had better elsewhere in Taipei but admitted this one was still very good 4. bitter melon with salted duck egg - not overly bitter nor salty, very balanced 5. stir fried rice cakes - I get this all the time with meat but this version is so good I don't even miss the meat 6. spinach and lily bulb salad with quinoa - very beautiful and unique dish There were 2 dishes I wouldn't order again: 1. signature shu mai - a bit of a disappointment, tasted too much of soy and grease 2. loofah xlb - we had this at Din Tai Fung a few days before and it was better. the loofah was a bit too crunchy here

This place was super delicious! A vegetarian friend recommended it and I was really amazed. The food was so innovative with unique flavors/combinations I don't normally see, paired with the beautiful designs and plating. They also had a cute robot server that was very entertaining to watch it drop off dishes. Highly recommend checking out this place and I understand why it's so popular. Definitely the best vegetarian restaurant I've been to.

Yang Shin is a vegetarian restaurant with a variety of dim sum and Taiwanese bites to choose from, all with a hefty price and decent view. As a vegan, I as excited to try out some of the dim sum items. The menu doesn't specifically say "vegan," and instead has items listing whether it contains eggs or dairy. I definitely went overboard and ordered their Braised Stinky Tofu, Peking Duck (made from oyster mushrooms), Cha Shu Rice Roll, Xiao Long Bao with Omni Pork, Shu Mai and Mushroom Dumplings. It doesn't sound like a lot of food but it ended up being massive portions for the first two. I really enjoyed the stinky tofu and peking duck. Both were the standouts. I haven't had oyster mushrooms be so tender for peking duck usage, but I approved of everything. The tofu was also some of the best and its spicy, szechuan style goodness made it perfect for a cold evening. While my meal was pretty good, my biggest con was the service and price of everything. As others have mentioned, this place is pricy! Everything was over 150 NTD as a baseline and a majority of them are in the 300-400 range. I got a little carried away and ended up paying nearly 1400 for my six dishes. It was good food, but very expensive. The service was also quite slow at times especially during dinner rush. I had to head back to the airport so I asked if I could cancel my two last dim sum orders, and they claimed that it was already 'being prepared' and couldn't be canceled. Ate them on the plane instead but it was frustrating waiting so long. Overall, I'm happy I got to experience some great food but at a cost. Next time I'll have to find a more local, less bougie vegan friendly spot to try in this famed veg city.

This is a popular vegan restaurant located right on top of a MRT station. They changed their 2 seating lunch system to normal anytime system. Still very hard to get a reservation. As usual, we just get there and wait for an open table. Menu had also changed to a set lunch for two of selecting one item in certain group kind of offering. Ala carte selection is still available. We ordered stinky tofu wrap, lotus leaf wrapped rice, roasted duck (simulated), daikon cake. For dessert, we had black sesame paste and red bean cake.

This is a very popular vegetarian restaurant in Taipei. Somewhat difficult to get a reservation. But we were fortunate to get one. We were seated quickly. We ordered using the QR code method. Lots of lovely dishes are available. There are dumplings, noodles, vegetables of all kinds. The dishes we tasted were excellent. The restaurant environment is lively perhaps even a bit chaotic. But the large number of staff keep everything moving along efficiently.

We had a great vegan dining experience, eating typical Hong Kong style dim sum. Staff was also very helpful, accommodating our big suitcase the we had with us. Vegan vs items containing eggs or dairy were clearly marked. We splurge and ordered much on the menu

Yang shin is a vegetarian restaurant on the second floor located on Song Jiang Rd. I'm not at all a vegetarian and probably would not go had my cousins invited me. The food is actually good. Oh and by the way it's pricey. The dishes are mostly all small dim sum size servings. The best items are dishes that don't pretend to be meat items. Best items Baked cabbage in butter and mayo. Okra XLB Veggie lettuce wrap Worst item A imitation pork chow mein. Yang Shin is very popular and you'll need reservations for dinner. The entrance is hard to find as you need to walk thru a bakery. Service is good.

This restaurant along with Din Tai Fung top my list as the worst two restaurants in Taipei, this one beating out Din Tai Fung as the ultimate worst. This was by far the most expensive meal I've had in Taiwan and even if it were 1/8 the price it would still be the worst food I have had in Taiwan. This place is definitely a tourist trap. The few items I was able to keep down were extremely bland. The rest was inedible. I could not tolerate more than one bite of several dishes. Considering the price to quality ratio I felt like I was assaulted. The owner should be arrested. There was one item on their online menu which they did not have on their restaurant menu. Another item I ordered from the restaurant menu came out and did not match the description. The turnip cakes in the menu picture were drizzled with a thick sauce that looked like a sweet soy sauce. It was also garnished with scallion. They brought me plain turnip cakes with neither sauce nor scallions. I showed them the item in the menu and said that it does not match. They brought me a side of plain soy sauce. That was not the sauce in the picture. I didn't argue because all I could tolerate was one bite anyway as the flavor was so bland and awful. No sauce in the world could save these turnip cakes. The day after this awful meal I went to another local vegetarian restaurant. It was a small vendor. I ordered fried tofu, pickled cucumbers, and spicy noodles all for 100 NT. That meal was a 10/10. The textures and flavors were incredible. Do yourself a favor and stick with the small local vendors. Stay away from the big name places. They are tourist traps. They will highly overcharge you for cheap, bland food. Still fuming that I paid almost 100 USD for the worst food I've had in Taiwan. Stay away! You've been warned.

Very good vegetarian dim sum spot! You definitely don't feel like missing out on any meat here. Enjoyed almost every dish! More details on the photos :)

Slow service, mediocre food & ridiculously overpriced. I don't know if it's due to staffing shortage or poor management. But our lunch took 2&1/2 hours not because we were enjoying the view. The first dish took over 45min and sometimes it took 20 min for a new dish to be brought out... and this was on a Tuesday. Waiters weren't rude per say but just didn't feel friendly. 2-3 people had to verify even simple requests. Plus, you're forced to pay a 10% service charge. Food was mediocre, arguably better than the neighborhood vegetarian restaurants. Although to be honest, the slow serving speed probably affected my mood thus take this with a grain of salt. But nothing stood out as being worth the price. We ended up spending over TWD5k for the 6 of us, (ordered the set menu + 1 extra dish) that's close to USD200 for an unpleasant experience. Some reviews said this was a tourist trap but I saw plenty of locals here. But I just don't see the appeal of this place.

Wow this place is so so delicious!!!! The service is extremely friendly and I'm so lucky they sat us at a table even though they were closing soon! Here's all we got: BBQ trumpet mushrooms Vegetarian dumplings Pumpkin mushroom dumplings Veggie shumai Turnip cake Radish pastry (OMG SOOO YUM) Broccoli cauliflower stir fry Almond jelly dessert Ice cream with red bean Aside from the pumpkin dumplings (they were just ok), everything was beyond incredible, and I can't wait to be back!!!

Vegetarian Dim Sum?!? Yes yes and yes please! I couldn't keep still in my chair because I was so excited to know that I could order ANYTHING on the menu and it wouldn't have meat. How is that even possible at a Chinese restaurant?!?! I literally wanted to order everything on the menu. Too bad my stomach can't fit it all. Ok, so some items were a bit too funky for me, but most items were delicious. If I ever go back to Taipei, I will definitely go back.

Usually there is a really limited selection of vegetarian dishes at dim sum restaurants in general so this restaurant is amazing at cranking out vegetarian version of classic dim sum dishes as well as original dishes. Here you can individually order dishes or order different combination of dishes (e.g. one entree + two dim sum dishes + dessert). I ordered the stone pot rice, luffa with corn, green beans, custard bun, and "pork" puff pastry (these are not the official dish names). Everything was so flavorful and delicious. A previous time I went, they had this spicy Thai noodle dish that I reminisced about for a year but this time when I went they didn't have it since it's a seasonal dish. Sadness!

Take exit 8 from the Nanjing Songshan MRT station and it'll be right there, through a bakery and up on the second floor. The choices varied in how much we liked them, but to generally positive results. The pumpkin dumplings were really boring. The spring roll sticks were very tasty. The monkey head mushroom dish was quite good -- I've never had this kind of mushroom, and it is surprisingly meat-like in texture. The daikon pasties were delicate and flaky on the outside, and delicately soft inside, I've never been a huge fan of these but this was one of the best ones I've had. The nori rolls were filled with rice and sweet potato chips, which was really disappointing, just potato chips and rice.

Okay even my husband who is not vegetarian loved this restaurant. The place was loud because it's a big place with lots of people- definitely worth trying. The food was fresh, tasty and service wa

Dim sum without pork?! And yet reservations are highly recommended for weekdays / required on weekends?? This place came highly recommended, so some family brought us here. The location is conveniently located right by the MRT station (exit 8 for Nanjing Songjiang). It's a bit confusing because you have to walk through a bakery to get to the stairs and elevator to go to the 2nd floor where the restaurant is. The menu has Chinese, English, and Japanese. The Chinese names for some of the things are very poetic, but the English descriptions are helpful, and what's most helpful is the pictures on the menu! Food: we ended up skipping most of the dim sum style items and ordered more stir fried dishes. - 3 cup mushroom (塔香猴頭菇): meaty mushrooms in a clay pot - Daikon cake (香煎蘿蔔糕): pretty flavorful, good amount of daikon - Stir fried green beans (柳松乾煸四季豆): with mushrooms and fermented beans - balanced, well seasoned - Stir fried vermicelli with mushrooms (春雨潤白花): good texture on the fried balls (shiitakes and taro) - Taro filled "chops" (芋香子排): well seasoned, great eaten when served hot, with an interesting pickled pumpkin on the side - Stir fried rice cakes (炒年糕): saucy, a bit softer than I like the rice cake - Bamboo and tofu clay pot (筍香豆腐煲 ): soft tofu that's breaded and fried, fresh bamboo - XLB (絲瓜小籠包): filled with sigua (loofa) a good thin skin on the XLB I've had a lot of vegetarian places that focus on fake meat products, but here, everything we got was more mushroom or taro based, which I like. Even though everything was vegetarian, I didn't feel deprived of meat. I didn't expect much for service, but they were good about refilling tea. That said, they did politely remind us that they closed at 9:30pm when we were still lingering at 9:15pm. Even if you're not a vegetarian, it's a more unique place that's worth trying.

So far, Yang Shin is my favorite vegetarian restaurant. They got so many selections, you must go with bunch people that way you could order all the dishes from the menu. The portion is just right, yet it may be a little pricey. Highly recommend to veggie lovers or even non-vegetarians. yummy!!!

A great vegetarian dim sum place close to our hotel had us excited. My mom and I came to this place for dinner one evening and it was busy at that time. The menu is large but it denotes the items with dairy, eggs etc which was a plus as my mom does not like eggs. We started with a spicy salad with mushrooms. the full description was ( spicy salad of starch sheet with king oyster mushroom in sesame sauce' (NTD 180). This was a light salad with some spiciness and was reallly good. The flavors of the sauce were amazing. We also had stir fried string beans with crispy mushrooms (NTD 280). This was good and flavorful but not as spicy as we would have liked. We also had steamed vegetarian dumplings (NTD 98) from the dim sum menu. This was alright and we have had better dumplings before. I wanted to try 'deep fried puff balls with purple yam, cranberries and tomatoes' which was a dessert but we were too full. The service is a little slow. Tea is not complimentary but the food is awesome especially if you are a vegetarian.

Phenomenal vegetarian dim sum restaurant. All of the dim sum dishes are delicious, especially their char-siu buns. Order these. The only downside is that their regular dishes (entrees) were not as superb. They came out cold and flavors were a bit off. Don't order these.

A vegetarian dim sum place. Dim sum is known all around the world, but this is the first time I've been to an all vegetarian dim sum place, and it exceeded my expectations. The dumplings, fried rice, rice cake, and even vegetables tasted amazing. Not sure how we found the place, but I'd definitely go back the next time I'm in Taiwan. The atmosphere was very much like a dim sum restaurant.

The food here is not bad. It's all vegetarian dim sum and most of it tastes pretty close to what you would find at a normal dim sum place. They also have many other dishes if you're not into dim sum. However, halfway through the meal, my stomach started to hurt a lot. I'm not sure if it's because of something I ate as I don't think anyone else at the table seemed to have the same reaction. The portions for all the foods seemed pretty small though compared to a normal dim sum place, and was pretty expensive for the portion. The service was okay. Sometimes it was a bit slow I guess since there were a lot of people. I found it strange that they refused to give us an extra pot of water and expected six people to share one pot. The atmosphere was like one that you would find at any other dim sum place. Lots of tables and groups of people. Would I come back again? Not sure. Probably not unless I was with a pretty big group of people who were all vegetarian.

Never had this much selection when it comes to vegetarian food. This is actually my first time having vegetarian in Taiwan. Most of the time when I come back, we're loaded with street food, seafood, lots of meat. But having a chance to try vegetarian or vegan if you would like is actually quite amusing. The restaurant is actually very accessible through the MRT station. You can look up the routes via Google Maps. The only problem is, this place is located on the second level. You would need to walk into the bakery and follow the right hand side to actually access the stairs or elevator. They have great selection of food, service is very good as well. What's the biggest problem? Lots of starch and lots of fried offerings. We had a few things that were fried and I'm not sure if the oil is very good.

Was excited to try this place during my visit to Taipei, as I absolutely love New York's vegetarian dim sum restaurants and a must whenever I visit (L.A. needs to step it up!). However, this place did not live up to the hype--but you couldn't tell given how busy it was on a Monday afternoon (reservations recommended). Good location, as you just exit the subway station (Exit 8 at Songjiang Nanjing station) and hang a left into the door/building right outside. It's a little confusing, though, because you have to walk through a bakery to access the staircase to go upstairs, and signage, I believe, was all in Chinese (I just played followed the leader). I also rarely comment on a restaurant's ambiance, but this place was loud, like loud where I can't even hear my own thoughts let alone the person sitting next to me. It's one big open room, but I feel like the sound was over-amplified and everyone talked at level 10. However, bonus points that the menu includes English. Service is hit-or-miss in Taiwan. Either you get really great, friendly service or subpar typical-Chinese lackluster service. My visit to Yang Shin was the latter--nothing above and beyond, just order and they bring it out (at random). It wasn't rude but felt very rushed (they weren't THAT busy) and wore unenthused faces. Between the two of us, we ordered an array of dim sum dishes only to realize at the end that their regular mains probably taste better. Because the menu is quite extensive and offer unique items, I might still give this place a shot the next time I'm in Taipei--but not order any dim sum items. From best to worst: -- Top items were the Spicy Salad with Starch Sheet (aka flat noodles) in sesame sauce and the deep-fried purple yam balls (sweet). Both very unique dishes that I've never had before. The spicy salad was unexpectedly the best item I had, while the yam puff balls were good (hot sweet yam paste encased in this crispy, airy texture...hard to describe) but not really my thing since they were on the sweet (and the one item that was actually hot!) side; I was told they were savory. -- BBQ pork bun. One of the few decent-tasting items, but not the best that I've had (NY's is better). If I didn't have something better to compare it to, I'd order it again. -- Pan-friend turnip cakes. Decent taste, but not browned to the level of my satisfaction. -- Pumpkin with porcini dumplings & xiao long bao. Beyond tasteless. Pumpkin and porcini--where? Did I say tasteless already? -- BBQ vege ham pastry. While this looked really good, it fell way short. The flaky part was actually more stale than anything. It also wasn't served hot; saying it was warm would be a stretch. Felt like it was left over from the day before. -- Caramelized egg tarts. I didn't see the "chilled" part on the menu, so I was confused by its coldness...until I took a bite. It's literally if a caramel flan and egg tart had a baby. However, the execution was poor, as the taste was...off and stale-tasting. Not pleasant. -- Steamed rice noodle with fried doughnut. The fried "doughnut" was completely hollow in the middle and so you just got the rice noodle and exterior hard shell of the doughnut. -- Tea and prices. They charge for tea; we had their oolong. Because we had to pay, you'd think the quality would be better; it wasn't (I like my tea free at Chinese restaurants, just like I don't think I have to pay for parking in L.A--excluding DTLA, of course). Dim sum prices range from $68 to $128 NT (about $2 to $4 U.S.), but most hover at the $98+ price. If the quality and taste were there, it'd reasonable, but it wasn't, so it wasn't worth the cost in the end. As I mentioned, the menu selection is vast, so I recommend being very selective and judicious in what you order, or else you could end up with a bunch of uneaten items that you don't really want to take home and pricey bill at the end. My suggestion: I would recommend the Fruitful vegetarian buffet [果然匯] on the 12th floor of the Ming Yao department store on Zhongxiao East Rd., as they have a dim sum selection there too, among a lot of other dishes.

Wait too long... Servers are afraid of people who don't speak mandarin. Seated for about 30min before a waiter noticed our frustration and radio someone to come to our table. We were ignored for the entire time we were there. Our tea pot was also empty for the loooooogest time!!!!! Uuugggghhh!!!!! Fastest service was getting the check!!! Don't get their soup dumplings. It's a waste of money. It's just squash inside. Should get items: radish pastry, siu mai, and Gaojha roll.

We booked this restaurant online before we left Australia as the reviews and menu options made it sound like a must visit close to our hotel. It was an amazing experience from the easy booking process to the food and service. We entered through a small street front bakery, down the corridor and up a flight of stairs. It was well signed so easy to follow. The restaurant has two sittings per night, one at 5.30 pm and the other at 7.30. If you book a table, don't be late as they will only hold it for 10 minutes before they give it to one of the waiting hordes who just turn up hoping to get a table. Everyone has to wait until 7.30 before they call your name from the waiting list of people and you are shown to your table. The menu is in English as well as Chinese so it is easy to use. Everything is vegetarian so no concern for unmentioned meats is had. The menu is extensive, the food fantastic and the service fast and efficient. Compared to Australian prices, it was good value too. So would I recommend it, YES and it is a winner for both food and an experience.

On the plus side, the wholly vegetarian menu opens up enormous possibilities to those whose choices are usually more limited. On the minus side, although the food was beautifully presented, it did not impress in terms of flavor. We had regular xiaolongbao dumplings, ones with pumpkin skin and mushrooms inside, a flaky pastry with greens inside, soft tofu and mushrooms in pumpkin stew, fried noodles, and stir fried amaranth greens. It all tasted meh. I didn't crave more of anything. The total for two adults and two kids came to US$40.

Went to this vegetarian restaurant last week, during my visit in Taiwan. You cant image how delicious and how many choices of vegetarian dim sum you can have.

I wish there is one of these in the States! It's hard to tell that all the dishes here is vegetarian/vegan. The menu makes it really easy to tell which items contain dairy (ones with milk carton icon) or eggs (ones with egg icon). There are plenty of vegan-friendly dishes. Go with the recommendations of the servers. The ones they told us to order were the best!