Bock Garden Meatless Cafe - Penang

This restaurant offers fantastic value! The staff are friendly and the atmosphere is lively. The menu is translated into English, but the limited English of the staff on this particular evening made ordering a bit hit or miss. This review was last updated on October 9, 2022.

The menu at this restaurant is extensive and a bit overwhelming. We were unable to find the lunch special advertised, but after seeing another table order it, we discovered it was the 5.80 RM lunch plate. This daily changing set meal, possibly called the 'Dali E rice set' on the menu, is a vegan option that includes a generous portion of rice, four types of vegetables, a bhaji/pakora dish, and lotus root soup. While some of the vegetables were overcooked, the meal was large, diverse, and offered excellent value for the price.

I'm pretty sure this place is vegan! They have a page in their menu with a list of all the ingredients they don't use (including things like whey, animal protein, lecithin ... even wearing leather or using lanolin! . Food was very nice, they don't use garlic or onion and it is still tastyWe recommend the bean curd skin (it's like chicken skin , the bihun goreng and the salted vege fried rice. Simple food but yummy and cheap!

There is a wide selection of dishes to choose from at this restaurant. The Garden Special Curry 'Ramb' was absolutely amazing. I have to disagree with a previous reviewer who said the dishes were bland - we ordered three dishes and all of them were flavorful. We did order from the Western menu for our toddler, which wasn't very exciting, but he seemed to like it. The decor is simple and the restaurant has a cozy, social club atmosphere. Many locals were there knitting and socializing. The staff was friendly and the prices were very affordable.

Only tried 1 dish (mainly reviewing so people know it's still open! Honestly it was bland, on the pricy side (12.80 RM , and didn't fill me up. But give it a try, there are lots of choices and I may have just been unlucky. Most dishes seemed vegan, there was a menu page about forbidden ingredients (similar to jay/chay rules , maybe just be careful of dairy.