Restaurant Green Veggie: Humble Vegetarian Restaurant with Great Variety

Discover a dazzling variety of meatless Chinese cuisine at Restaurant Green Veggie Kuala Lumpur, at very affordable prices.

A few shops from a famous Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, Restaurant Green Veggie has endured the test of time to become among the city's best vegetarian restaurants.

It serves an impressive variety of self-service rice dishes, free nourishing soup, and vegan meals to satisfy even meaty cravings. This unassuming eatery delivers exceptional flavours.

From hearty clay pot rice, Hokkien mee, yee mee noodles, and other vegan discoveries, Restaurant Green Veggie is a must-visit if you’re exploring the Pasar Seni area.

About Restaurant Green Veggie

Emblazoned on its glass entrance is its recent acknowledgement as “KL’s Top Gourmet Award 2025” which recognizes this vegetarian restaurant for its good quality food, service standards and culinary skills.

Restaurant Green Veggie began as a cluster of nearby alley stalls. When authorities renovated the area last year, it moved into a proper shop lot.

Their new place offers diners a more comfortable dining option with air conditioning, shielded away from the hustle of the main road.

This vegetarian restaurant in KL is helmed by a friendly proprietor affectionately known as "Aunty”. Her amicable, sweet nature and passion for cooking shows in the food she dishes out.

(From left to right: A sumptuous serving of Claypot Noodles, Cantonese Wat Tan Hor noodles , and Wanton Dumpling with Noodles. Pictures courtesy of Leh Ping, Phillip Leaw & Petty P from Google)

Inspired to cook a variety of vegetarian food to ease the cravings for religious fasting, Aunty’s menu attracts vegetarians and non-vegetarians yearning for clean yet tasty meals.

And if there are vegetables that you dislike or desire a certain cooking style, her staff can customize the meal to your liking.

While the seating space it not as spacious,  be prepared to put up with a crowd on busy days like the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month.

Given its proximity to top tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur, Restaurant Green Veggie is frequented by tourists visiting the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple and Chinatown.

In fact, throngs of tourists have given positive reviews for its good vegetarian food, friendly service and positive ethics, whereby left over food is donated to the homeless.

Adding on to its belt of accolades is its recent acknowledgement as “KL’s Top Gourmet Award 2025”, recognizing this vegetarian restaurant for its good quality food, service standards and culinary skills.

How To Get To Restaurant Green Veggies

The easiest way to get to Restaurant Green Vegetables is via the MRT or LRT train. Upon disembarking from the Pudu station, turn left until you reach the first traffic lights.

Cross the road and you’ll pass the Sri Sri Maha Mariamman Temple on your left. You’ll see this restaurant on your right, just a few shops away.

Ease of Parking

Individual Parking lots are hard to come by in this area, and your best bet is to park at the nearest open-air car park, such as the Jln HS Lee Parking.

The MJCP Parking @ Petaling Street was another nearby parking area. However, it has been closed for renovation, making way for a new police quarters that’s in constructed.

Ambiance

The food at restaurant Green Veggie speaks for itself, and its entire is simple, unassuming yet clean.

Restaurant Green Vegetables is not known for a fancy set up or posh interiors. Its clean and humble ambience is a huge improvement from the alley stall it used to occupy.

Somewhat narrow in terms of width with a longer depth, you’ll find a myriad selection of mixed rice vegetarian dishes on your left as you enter. Rows of tables line both sides of the restaurant until the kitchen.

Seating space is limited, so it’s normal to share tables if need be. The patrons, comprising a mix of Chinese, Indians, foreign tourists, and occasional Malays, are genuinely nice and will vacate once they have finished their meals.

Food

(Go crazy over a wide selection of mix rice dishes. Pictures courtesy of Leh Ping & Cheng Wai Ping from Google)

Restaurant Green Veggies serve more than 20 mix rice dishes at one go, with depleted food replenished to meet the customer demands throughout the day.

From green curry fish to deep-fried mushrooms, tomato-based bean curd, and a motley crew of green vegetables, their food is tasty without heavy seasoning.

Apart from white rice, they have brown rice and fried noodles for carbs. Best of all, the owner prepares a pot of nourishing vegetable soup available for diners for free!.

This vegetarian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur serves one of the best clay pot mee (egg noodles) despite being completely meatless.

If you’re craving food reminiscent of meaty delights, then dig into their Hokkien noodles bursting with aromatic wok hei. The Cantonese fried noodle is brimming with mushrooms, green vegetables, and carrots, while their Clay Pot Rice exudes an unmatched savory fragrance.

The vegetarian curry laksa is packed with a aromatic broth with a hint of spice, fresh coconut milk, fried taufu balls, crunchy bean sprouts, bean curd sheets, brinjals and long beans.

The invigorating spices in the curry noodles complement the fresh coconut milk, making it a delicious dish good to the last slurp.

Their red bean soup is another appetizing dessert flaunting the right level of sweetness with a thick consistency.

To jolt up the menu, the owner introduces seasonal delights on specific days of the week to keep regulars coming back. Food like vegetarian nasi lemak, Assam Laksa, satay mushroom, and tongsui (soupy desserts) find its way into their shape shifting menu.

Service

If you’re ordering dishes, service is surprisingly swift, with food served between 10 to 15 minutes from ordering.

While the staff speak predominantly Cantonese or mandarin, language is not a barrier as they can commute in English and Malay, where everyone is easily understood.

Pricing

Considering the generous serving portions at Restaurant Green Veggies and its affordable pricing, it’s no surprise that this vegetarian café in KL is thronged with diners.

For small eaters like me, my meals can be as cheap as RM5 only! A heaping plat of vegetarian dishes and a mountain of rice cost anywhere between RM10 – RM11 only!.

Conclusion

Stripped off fancy décor, cutleries and plating, Restaurant Green Veggies is still one of the best place to go for no-frills, affordable vegetarian cuisine near Petaling street.

Adjacent to top tourist spots in KL, the charms of this vegetarian restaurant lie not just in its food.

But it’s the people and the attention to detail put into dishing up the meals. Having to emulate meaty flavors using plant based food, the owner scours the best mushrooms and roots that serves as the based stock for their free soups and noodle dishes.

It’s a place where void of pomp and pretense, and you can let your hair down, eat to your heart’s content, while enjoying good company.

Address: 176, Jalan Tun H S Lee, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Operating Hours: 7am -  7pm daily (closed on Sunday

Contact: 012-336 7570