A cozy place with a welcoming setup and friendly staff. Have good food and also great shisha. Loved their triple flavored shishas. A definite recommendation
The best thing I liked about the place is very different ambience... as it says old wood... so is the ambience... on dishes side... I have never liked Sushi for some reason in so many places
Normally and I was motivated to try Sushi here since its not raw here but its cooked... I cant agree more on this... i started loving Sushi after eating here since its served cooked.... must try for ppl specially who dnt like raw sushi...
The concept is excellent. The place has vegetarian vegan options and a good variety of the same. Being a hardcore non vegetarian, I didn’t know vegetarian food could taste like that. The ambience is authentic. The staff is more than helpful. And the food is excellent. It is light, soothing and refreshing. Must try are the noodles and the dumplings. Absolutely delicious stuff on the menu. Must visit!
Amazing place with a vegan menu. That aside some of the best Chinese we have ever enjoyed in Dubai. Lovely service staff as well. Such a shame to hear they are closing down !!! A real gem :)
my only criticism is that they don't deliver, even to very close by like Warqaa. I can literally look out my window and see this place but they won't deliver lol
What an amazing find! I visited here with a visiting vegan friend but I would choose to go here with meat eaters too! Amazing incredible food and a good price! Love their 'duck' in hoisin sauce with pancakes, the fried mushrooms which you would think were meat, the sugary sweet potato and the fried rice! It's too good! I'm definitely going back! Next time your in Dragon Mart 2 Please visit! Also wonderful decor!
Beautiful location and sure one of our favorite places to eat!
All vegetarian Chinese that is certainly suitable for non vegetarians too.
Service is attentive and very pleasant. Professionals.
The food is absolutely amazing. Served beautifully. We’ve had all sorts of dishes and all are full of flavour. Our advice, just go for whatever looks apealing and enjoy!
Bottomline, Defenitely worth a visit.
Really excellent! Top quality Chinese vegetarian dishes in a delightful setting of massive wooden tables (real hardwood - no fake veneer here) with decor accent pieces representing Chinese culture. A very good find, also for non-vegetarians, who might actually survive not eating meat for one meal, and who will be surprised at the tastes of the soya preparations, which actually present the taste and texture of meat. Great selection on the menu, including some difficult-to-find specialities. Very impressed!
One of my favourite restaurants in Dubai! Best vegetarian food. Great service. Beautiful design. Only one small minus that they don't have delivery, and this place a bit far from my house..looking forward for this improvement.
I highly recommend this place for all vegetarian food lovers.
Such a beautiful place to dine in... lot of dishes for the vegetarians... got to say good food... the staffs explain about their food so nicely ... Tried their pineapple fried rice it's yummy😋spicy mushrooms and dry pot broccoli... a totally different experience... must try place for foodies ...
Fantastic concept, unlike any other in UAE. A pure vegetarian Chinese restaurant with such a huge variety of dishes on offer. Food taste and quality are amazing, looks like their chef has been highly trained with the art of cooking. The menu had a variety of starters, mains and desert. A lot of mushrooms are on menu. My favorite is mopu tofu. The decor is tastefully done and represents the concept.
UPDATE:
I came here last night (Aug 31 2018) and this place has changed mamangement and the menu!e now they are a regular chinese restaurant without their amzing vegan flair. it really broke my heart to find that out. Didn't stay to eat, so I am not going to be changing my rating, but i definitely dont think I'll drive all the way up to dragon mart again just for this food like last few times.
OLD REVIEW FOLLOWS
Seriously amazing! Best vegan restaurant in Dubai!
We ordered half the menu, but the real standouts were:
CHILI MUSHROOMS. SO FREAKING GOOD AND SO MEATY.
The black fungus/wood ear mushroom salad... Sooo good. I love me a good black fungus and they do it so well, tons of cilantro and tons of Chili's.
The veggie meat - basically a vegan Peking duck type situation, the name doesn't do it justice!
Can't wait to trek back to dragon Mart for this place again!
One of my favorite restaurants in Dubai..you won't feel your eating vegetarian food; it's like your having meat and chicken.. Perfect place to share your food and the portions are huge and affordable.
Great food great service great ambiance. A must try if you are in the mood for good food (not just vegetarian). We are all meat eaters and all of us loved everything. Hope this place picks up some steam.
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Old wood village is a beautiful restaurant that is situated in dragon Mart 2. The wood is made from old Chinese ships and the stone is real stone shipped all the way from China. The restaurant is so visually appealing. They have soft Chinese tunes in the background which complete the experience.
We ordered two creative combo meals. One was a potato gravy with black rice with a salad, sweet and some mushroom soup. Absolutely delicious meal.
The 2nd combo was a sausage gravy with rice and salad and some thousand island dressing and coconut milk soup. This is by far a very creative combination I've had and it all went well. We also had mushroom dumplings which were absolutely delicious with the dumpling sauce provided. Thumbs up to this. Must order!
My Last item was the chili sauce and noodles bowl which to me was absolutely delicious. I think this is one of those hidden gems and if you're a lover of the true Chinese experience you must try it.
What I liked?
✨ VEGAN restaurant. The sausage and beef served is vegan and made of soya.
✨ Quantity served is good
✨ Value for money, budget friendly
✨ Staff are pleasant
✨ Delicious food
The ambiance is amazing
Food is really reasonable
Would love to go there again
Best Chinese restaurant
Food 5/5
Ambiance 5/5
Service 5/5
Things you should try: mar po tofu
All that eyes could see (Decor, furniture, dishes, etc) and All that the nose could smell (nothing bad) and the tongue could taste was Excellent.
Wooden warm decor all in basic wood, superb.
Excellent service on top of it.
Food that must be tried is
Hot and Vinegar (they don't call it sour) Soup
with Crispy Rice (this they will bring from another expensive dish, but do Crispy rice only and then mix it with Hot and Sour Soup, you will say it is, Amazing!)
Veggie Kebabs (mushroom based, shashlik)
Tuna rice, Tofu and even deserts all was excellent.
Truly 5/5 place, highly recommended.
We popped in here to have a filling snack after a day exploring Dragonmart. I was really surprised to discover it is a vegetarian restaurant. A vegetarian authentic Chinese restaurant was new for me! The decor is just beautiful with gorgeous wooden accents. We ordered an iced tea (fresh and delicious), dumplings (OK) and kung pao style stir fried mushrooms which were delicious. The service was warm and we got these baked mushrooms as a complementary starter. It was a leisurely relaxed afternoon and the service matched our mood. I'd recommend this place for authentic, Chinese vegetarian food in International City.
Very nice and healthy food. A bit spicy but because too tasty you can afford it. Pity they don't have delivery and it's too far for us. If you wish good Chinese food visit this restaurant
A friend recommended this to us but we rarely go to the Dragonmart area. He loves the wooden table and chairs of the place, and he always orders some noodles and veg (but yes, this is a vegetarian restaurant).
One late night, we found ourselves in these parts and decided to have a snack there (as we already had dinner). Ordered the white fungus soup. It took awhile to arrive but we didn't notice as we were just hanging out. The waitress though noticed and offered us some crispy dried forest mushrooms and okra. They looked simple but it was super tasty! I really loved the dried mushroom -- so, so good. Wish I could buy a whole bag of them to snack on.
The soup came and it was fine. The owner also came by and offered us some delicious Chinese tea.
Would like come back to try their main dishes.
Given the size of its menu, this place probably has more options than Dubai's other vegan restaurants combined! The service was excellent and the decor surprisingly nice for a budget shopping mall. The food was inconsistent though: some dishes that were rather good and others didn't do as much for me. They also really need to tone down the salt. Will probably be back to sample more of their offerings!
It is a pure and typical Chinese restaurant and they served authentic Chinese food. Ambience was so attractive and decorated beautifully. But I have chosen a wrong dish 😔.
I liked their presentation and services too.
Beautifully decorated pure vegetarian restaurant. I have been there for several times and every time I had wonderful experience. we tried pineapple fried rice, dry pot broccoli, marpo tofu. They're using fresh ingredients, seasonings. Best part of this restaurant is No onion or garlic.
It's a hidden gem in dragon mart.
we'll back again to try their other dishes.
Vegetarian food executed so well to taste differently and presented in Chinese style. It was a superb experience. Simple ingredients and use of techniques make the food taste so good which can't be explained but felt. Service was five star. I didn't have to wait for the food... As I ordered the food was served.. A techno savy person would love to place on order as it was to be placed on an electronic touch sensitive device.. It had interactive pictures and best possible explanation for the dish..it's a must try
Best of all is that they don't use plastic boxes to pack hot food for take away.
An amazing veggie outlet and a delightful pace to try, the interiors of the place live up to its name with its wood furniture and decor... to place an order, a tab is provided and the waiter politely helps one to choose... the food really is remarkable and delicious and definitely will go back there again...they have yummmmy black rice and some definitely must try mushroom dishes... it fools the tastebuds into believing there's meat, when it's purely veg cuisine:)
Had been on the lookout for a vegan restaurant and Old Wood Village was highly recommended.
The menu is varied and it was a relief not having to give specifications to the server about eliminating meat/dairy etc.
Loved the chili mushroom with peanuts. Interesting flavours.
Not a big fan of the marpo tofu. A bit too oily.
Noodles were good too.
Seats are not comfortable as the tables are low for the chairs which doesn't allow you to get closer to the table.
The server named Sable was a delight. She was attentive, checked on us and even offered to spruce up the tofu when we said we didn't like it much.
Cant wait to go back to try the other dishes.
"Impressed" is the only word that flashes my mind when I finish my dinner. We stumbled upon this restaurant while we were in Dragon Mart. The menu was offbeat yet spectacular. It is difficult to find a Authentic Chinese Veg restaurant but make it Vegan...and add No Onion and No Garlic...these limitation has resulted in some incredible combination. A must got place for all those pure veg foodies who have a penchant for exploration !!!
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Not a good fan of vegan food though! But with a confused state i entered the restaurant, Vegan Chinese ?? But i was surprised! The interiors are totally spectacular ! Quite a work they have done to maintain the theme. Big ups to interior designer! And Next impression is the waitress! She sure one of polite & charming one from Ethiopia, sadly i forgot her name, She is really welcoming! And Food menu is little confusing for me may be coz it was my first time, but manage to order some dishes! To be honest it was one of the best chinese food i've had! i loved it more than chicken or meat on my plate! more are mushroom based not much of veg choice u have though but the dishes are quite a class on their own! and to be mention about their "Baqreeth" Rice tea! the moment i had i fell in love with their tea! Dumpling are tasty! Noodle are in good quantity! and Way of serving is very good! i would recommend to come up with more variety of new dishes to try! There are some little negative things to say! but looking at positive side of the restaurant, We can sure ignore them! I would highly recommend to try out this restaurant of a vegan Chinese experience! Will be hitting back again soon ;)
Vegan heaven finally here 😂, I'm so happy to find a place like this, finally in Dubai. Where to start.. First congratulations for the great initiative, then I will continue with the ingredients and seasoning, one word.. AMAZING, this not the typical salty and greasy fast food that you will find in every food court, this is fine dining. And the variety, you have a real wide option of delicious, traditional and super healthy Chinese food... A place where you can enjoy a great food and feel that you are helping the environment, carbon footprint cero, guaranteed.
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The most unique vegetarian food, I'd always go to Old Wood Village in a beat. Chinese recipes with a twist, nice service and good quality of food.
The restaurant although quite big is not normally frequented by many customers, which makes the service fast, friendly and attentive. I was reading the previous reviewer comment and honestly I can't think of why their order would take 1.5 hours having been in the restaurant a couple of times.
Must tries are the seeweed salad, the mushroom-tomato soup. This soup - although might seem as an odd combination stops to be such the second you taste the soup. At least 3 different varieties of mushrooms in, soup base of tomatoes that are half-cooked and appetizing seasoning. My husband who doesn't like mushrooms as a rule, had 2 bowls of the soup.
The flowering cabbage was fresh and crunchy, the black rice on steam cooked to perfection, the "veg meat sausages" were unforgettable and although I was aware I was at a vegan restaurant, had to double-check with the waitress they were in fact veg!
I'd highly recommend this restaurant to any vegan and vegetarian lover.
I admit that the thought of being vegan terrifies me. I am a dairy loving carnivore, so it is never going to work for me as a concept, but each time I visit Dragonmart I am drawn back to Old Wood Village for their "Pineapple meat Veggiemeat" dish. It is crispy but chewy, shredded mushrooms wok fried in a rich red vinegar sauce with fresh pineapple and capsicum. Served with white rice and a delicious never-ending pot of buckwheat tea, this is a lunch that takes some beating.
Finally made it to the Chinese all-vegetarian restaurant to check out their vegan options, which were plenty! My favorite dishes were the Pineapple Meat, the Lotus Root Pancakes and the Veggie Dumplings. Some of the other food (e.g. the Tofu) was a little oily and I had better ones elsewhere. However - so many great vegan options to try including lots of fake meats, which are definitely worth going and in general hard to find in Dubai.
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Being vegan myself, I couldn't wait to get there. And was pleasantly satisfied. Chinese buddhist food was promised and delivered with a grace. Simple, yet very tasty! And compassionate.
Great interieur, attentive staff, food ordering device, great choice (couldn't choose so ordered soo many), reasonable prices, ... And most importantly really yummi.
Thank you! Recommend and will definitely come again.
Didn't know that vegetarian food could be so tasty and interesting. Spicy as well. The service was also attentive and fast. Wish they open a branch in the city.
Great authentic Chinese food. The furniture and atmosphere is very nice. The food is simple yet very delicious. Very good service and friendly staff.
Thank you! We had a great experience. The food was pleasantly surprising and tasted great. Presentation of food was great and well as service. I had pineapple meat and pineapple rice- can suggest everyone to try. Even the meat eater would be happy :-). We loved the interior. Certainly place to visit.
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Being a indo-Chinese lover, I always wished to try authentic Chinese food. But it's always difficult to land in a Chinese restaurant being a veggie. Things got changed when I landed at OLD WOOD VILLAGE. ..Authentic vegan chinese Food!
We went inside to have tea just to explore the interiors. You are taken to the amazing wooland world. Everything is wood. Such a wonderful and peaceful place. Good place for DATE nights !!!
Once we were inside, I got to know that it's a vegan restaurant. That vegan goes in my ears n the foodie in me couldn't wait anymore to have dinner here. The staff was so good, he was so patient and polite helped me a lot in choosing the food. He gave such detail info on their food made that it was easier to order. Wonderful hospitality
We ordered :
Veg dim-suns which was best of all we ate.
Got fresh mango juice. I liked it but there was less sugar ..but that's okay. I have noticed food and sugar to is less in all there dishes. Otherwise, by taste they are awesome.
Combo meal consisting :
cabbage soup and a salad which I didn't like a bit.
Tossed potato with Chinese herbs - Yummy !
Brown rice - Chewy but thats how it is always. It was good Mildly flavored.
Fried ladyfinger- Good!
Overall I loved food there and will go again if I crave for Chinese food!
The interior of this restaurant is amazing with almost everything carved out of wood which compels you to go inside. The food is not bad but being a non-veg the menu mainly comprises of veg dishes which was disappointing as this is the first Chinese restaurant I've ever been to with very little non-veg variety.
I love the interior of this place and quite surprised to find another pure vegetarian Chinese Restaurant. I have tried one in Beijing ages ago, the Pure Lotus Vegetarian restaurant. obviously, it is incomparable since that was in a 5-star hotel however I was happy with the experience with Old Wood last night. It's not so pricey and customer service is superb. The food is a little oily but quite unique to my taste.
When I learned this was a completely vegetarian Chinese dining experience...I was curious and excited! I have now been 4 times!! As a vegetarian of 20 plus years, it is so refreshing to order freely and blindly off the menu and know that everything is clean of meat by-products. Everything I have tried I have really enjoyed. I suggest the seaweed, lotus root, and black rice. Some of the snacks are really nice too. The decor is so detail oriented, better than what you expect in Dragon mart! The staff is friendly!! You should experience this gem!! ( My meat eating friends really enjoyed it too!)
Great authentic Chinese food , and it is all vegetarian .
Must have ordered 10 dishes . Out of which 8 were a hit and 2 were a miss .
The veg skewers, seaweed salad, were the highlights .
Made a mistake with deserts, but will be back again soon , to try various other dishes .
Authentic Chinese!
Visit this place and savor mouthwatering rural food from the provinces of China... and they are all Vegetarian!!
Have mapo tofu and dan dan mein along with mixed stir fried veggies and sticky rice...
The portions are good and the food is literally a gastronomical delight...
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عن الطعام لذيذ جدا وصحي بالطبع
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I dont know where to start.
The restaurant is so amazing really its old wood furniture.
The smell of the place and the Chinese music is so peaceful and relaxing specially the water sounds.
About the food its super delicious and healthy of course
So many choices.
Try the buckwheat tea healthy and taste so good.
Services is super friendly.
(تمت الترجمة بواسطة Google.) طعام مذهل وأجواء جميلة ونوادل ودية. في كل مرة أذهب فيها ، أطلب الكثير من الطعام حتى أتمكن من الحصول على وجبات سريعة للأسبوع المقبل ، وما زلت مندهشًا من كم هو رخيص! جرب أي شيء مع الفطر. إنهم جيدون بشكل مذهل. النودلز طازجة ولديها نسيج رائع. أنا أيضًا أحب مكانهم الحار الجديد مع أطنان من الفلفل الحار المجفف و حبوب فلفل سيشوان. <3
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Amazing food, beautiful ambience, and friendly waiters. Every time I go I order too much food so I can have takeaway for the next week, and still I'm amazed by how cheap it is! Try anything with mushrooms; they're stunningly good. The noodles are freshly made and have a fantastic texture. I also love their new spicy hotpot with tons of dried chilis and sichuan peppercorns. <3
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