5 Best Vegetarian Restaurants in Singapore: Finest Food

With both buffet and a la carte menus on offer, LingZhi Restaurant serves Chinese style vegetarian fare in a high-end concept. While all the foods are of high quality, the a la carte dishes are the standouts. LingZhi is available at two easily accessible locations, Liat Towers on Orchard Road and Velocity at Novena Square.

MENU: LingZhi offers a novelty yet dazzling menu, including choices for a la carte and set menu. The menu is not vast, but every offered dish will cheer diners up, especially the star dish called sauteed monkey head mushrooms with dried chilli. At LingZhi, mushroom is the main focus on its menu.

RECOMMENDED DISHES:

• Sauteed monkey head mushrooms with dried chilli
• Braised spinach soup with bamboo fungus
• House tofu with edamame beans
• Stir-fried long beans with shitake mushrooms and nuts
• Pineapple fried rice
• Deep-fried lotus roots with golden mushroom rolls
• Vegetable curry
• Almond jelly with avocado cream

SERVICE: LingZhi service crew knows how to make you and your companion feel pampered and comfortable. The staff does a good job in explaining dishes on the menu and recommending dishes for those who feel spoilt for choice. If diners go with a buffet option, their teacups will never be empty and the plates will be changed promptly.

PRICES:

• Average price/pax for a la carte meal: S$30
• High tea buffet: S$22.80++
• Lunch buffet: Mon to Thu: $22.80++ (adult), $14.80++ (child) | Fri, Weekends, PHs: $24.80++ (adult), $16.80++ (child)
• Dinner buffet: Mon to Thu: $28.80++ (adult), $18.80++ (child) | Fri, Weekends, PHs: $30.80++ (adult), $20.80++ (child)

NOTES:

• No alcohol served
• An additional fee of S$2 (per pax) will be charged for those who opt to have tea with their buffet meal.

ALL LINGZHI RESTAURANT’S LOCATIONS:
@ Liat Towers
Address: 541 Orchard Road, #05-01 Liat Towers, S238881
Tel: (65) 6734 3788
Opening hours: Daily 11:30 – 15:00, 18:00 – 22:00

@ Velocity
Address: 238 Thomson Road, #03-09/10 Velocity @ Novena Square, S307683
Tel: (65) 6538 2992
Opening hours:

• Mon to Fri: 11:30 – 15:00, 18:00 – 22:00
• Sat, Sun & PH: 11:30 – 15:00 (lunch), 15:00 – 17:00 (high tea), 18:00 – 22:00 (dinner)

Established in 1997, Original Sin is the first and only Mediterranean vegetarian restaurant in Singapore, which takes vegetarian dining to a new level. This award-winning restaurant is definitely one of the best vegetarian restaurants in Singapore, offering diners a brilliant menu and wine list in a tranquil ambience.

ATMOSPHERE: Original Sin is located at Chip Bee Garden, a Singapore’s culinary enclave with a quaint beauty. Its indoor dining area is quite posh while the al fresco one set against a lush garden backdrop. The restaurant features a cheery and relaxing atmosphere for a leisurely meal.

RECOMMENDED DISHES:

• Mezze Platter
• Principessa Salad
• Beetroot Salad
• Magic Mushroom
• Bosco Misto
• Moussaka
• Vegetable Tandoori
• Lasagna Rossa
• Strozza Preti
• Tiramisu
• Hazelnut Chocolate Cake

PRICE RANGE:

• From S$14 to S$28 for starters
• From S$24 to S$28 for mains
• From S$10 to S$12 for desserts

GETTING THERE:

• Buses: 48, 61, 106, 970, and NR8 (Walk 1 min from bus stop B11419)
• Nearest MRT station: Holland Village MRT (CC21) (Walk 1 min from Exit A)

Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant is a Chinese vegetarian restaurant from Taiwan. Located on the second level of Quality Hotel Singapore, this classic culinary destination with its premium concept provides plant-based meal eaters a real indulgence choice for special occasions.

MENU: Lotus Vegetarian constantly innovates its menu to surprise diners with new, refreshing offerings. All dishes are hand-crafted from scratch, combining constitution-boosting herbs, mushrooms, and greens to create new aromatic blends.

RECOMMENDED DISHES:

• Local Satay
• Hairy Mushroom with Spinach
• Penang Kway Teow
• Laksa
• Chicken Rice
• Crystal Vegetable Dumpling

PRICES:

• Average price/pax for an ala carte option meal: S$30
• Buffet: S$20.80++ (lunch from Mon to Thu); S$22.80 (dinner from Mon to Thu); S$24.80++ (lunch from Fri to Sun); S$24.80++ (dinner from Fri to Sun)

Joie has come into Singapore’s food scene and breathed a new life into the upscale vegetarian section. The restaurant’s meatless menu is played creatively to give vegetarians, vegans, and health-conscious people delicious meals for their special occasions.

Surrounded by a rooftop garden on top of Orchard Central, this venue will surely add convenience and excitement to your dining experience.

MENU: Joie features a set menu concept: a six-course menu for lunch and a seven-course menu for dinner. Two courses are selected by the chef, the rest are chosen by you.

MUST-TRIES:

• Mushroom and Truffle Soup
• Gratinated Champignon with Mozzarella
• Transparency of Manchego Cheese
• Hedgehog Summer Mushroom
• Vegetable sashimi
• Snow Pear and Napa Cabbage Consommé
• Dual Ravioli Platter
• Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Icecream

PRICES: $39.80++ (6-course set); $69.80++ (7-course set)

What better location is there to enjoy vegetarian food than a classy restaurant inside a glass dome surrounded by lovely flowers? Situated inside the Flower Dome of Gardens by the Bay, Pollen Restaurant is not a vegetarian restaurant but they serve a great vegetarian menu for vegetarians.

MENU: Their menu is seasonal so it varies once every few months. They don’t have a vast number of vegetarian dishes but the choices available are well prepared and delicious. The in-house garden provides fresh herbs and vegetables.

RECOMMENDED DISHES:

• Beetroot risotto, homemade ricotta, cereal mix
• Kale salad, seaweed, radishes, avocado
• Josper baked Globe and Jerusalem artichokes, pear, parmesan, basil

SERVICE: The staff provides good service most of the time. When the restaurant is not so busy, the server will introduce and explain the contents of each dish to diners.

PRICES:

• Average price: S$100/pax
• Choice of coffee or tea: +S$5

NOTE: The restaurant can be chilly due to its being in the sub 20-degree Flower Dome. The staff will offer you a shawl to help you keep warm.