Kaifu District
1. Ba Jixiang Sushi Chancha Restaurant
The restaurant is embodied with a feeling of freshness, naturalness, cleanness and healthiness. Many dishes imitating meat and fish, which are of a striking resemblance, are cooked by highly skilled chefs. There are several hundred dishes which are made from vegetables, fruit, fungi and mushrooms. Many purely vegetarian desserts are also worthy of being recommended. In addition, under the simple but elegant environment there, top-grade tea is offered; the taste being pure, fragrant and pleasant.
- Chinese name: 八吉祥素食禅茶馆 Ba Jixiang Sushi Chancha Guan
- Kindly reminder: The "meat" and "fish" are all made from vegetarian ingredients.
- Address: 160 Kaifusi Road, Kaifu District 开福区开福寺路160号
- Tel: 0731-82348463
- Opening hours: 10am – 11pm
- Transportation: Take Bus 111, 143 (up direction),143 (down direction),149, 348, 368, 406 or 501 and get off at Yuequn Street (开福寺).
2. Auspicious Vegetarian Restaurant
The dishes may be a bit expensive to many people, but they are pretty tasty and healthy. Much of the food imitates meat or fish, but actually it is made from bean products and so forth. Besides, an atmosphere of Buddhism fills the restaurant, making people feel quiet and peaceful. Moreover, the warm hospitality of the staff members can be enjoyed there.
- Chinese name: 吉祥斋 Jixiang Zhai
- Kindly reminder: The "meat" and "fish" are all made from vegetarian ingredients.
- Average price per person: 35 yuan
- Address: 18 Kaifusi Road, Kaifu District 开福区开福寺路18号
- Opening hours: 10am – 11pm
- Tel: 0731-82348463
- Transportation: Take Bus 2 (tourism), 111, 143 (up direction), 143 (down direction), 149, 348, 368, 406, 501 (up direction), 501 (down direction), 707, 807 or 907a and get off at the KaifuTemple (开福寺).
Jiefang East Road Branch 吉祥斋（解放东路店）
- Address: 294 Jiefangdong Road, Furong District 芙蓉区解放东路294号
- Tel: 0731-82348463
- Transportation: 1) Take Bus 142, 1, 501 (up direction) or 501 (down direction) and get off at Qingshuitang (清水塘); 2) Take Bus9, 109, 115, 116, 150, 159, 303, 348, 402 (one-way direction), 405 and get off at Bayi Bridge (八一桥) and then walk about 180 meters.
Auspicious Vegetarian Restaurant Youyi Wuyi Branch 吉祥斋（友谊五一店）
The environment inside the restaurant may not be as elegant as the name of it, but the archaic furnishing there gives it an antique beauty. The arrangement is simple but a great independence is embodied by the restaurant. Many traditional local Shanghai-style dishes and home-style fried dishes are pretty popular there, and the food is affordable. Therefore, the restaurant is enjoying a flourishing business.
- Address: Floor 3 of Shop B, Yuanjialing Friendship Store, 368 Wuyi Avenue, Furong District 芙蓉区五一大道368号袁家岭友谊商店B馆3楼
- Tel: 0731-84464988
- Opening hours: 9am – 10pm
- Transportation: Take Bus 9, 109, 115, 116, 150, 159, 303, 348, 402 (one-way traffic) or 405 and get off at Song Gui Yuan(松桂园).
Auspicious Vegetarian Restaurant Friendship Mall Branch 吉祥斋（友谊商城店）
- Address: Floor 2, Friendship Mall, 165 Laodongxi, Tianxin District天心区劳动西路165号友谊商城2楼
- Tel: 0731-85501945
- Opening hours: 9am – 10pm
- Transportation: Take Bus 2, 8, 123, 137, 140, 160, 202, 314, 402 (one-way traffic), 804 (interval), 804 (up direction), 906 or 908 (west line) and get off at the intersection of Baisha Road (白沙路口).
Auspicious Vegetarian Restaurant Friendship Mall Branch 吉祥斋（韶山北路店）
- Address: 102, Building G, Hongming Center, Shaoshanbei Road, Tianxin District芙蓉区韶山北路263号鸿铭中心G栋102号
- Tel: 0731-85501945
- Opening hours: 9am – 10pm
- Transportation: Take Bus 107, 130, 138, 805, 809 (regular bus), 809, 912 (interval) or 912 and get off at the south of the intersection of Renmin Road (人民路口南) and then walk for about 218 meters.