Alan N.

I cannot praise the chefs and servers of Bodhi enough for their delicious cuisine and attentive service. The taste and texture of the plant protein served in many of their dishes bears a striking resemblance to meat. All of the servers are great; in particular a friendly woman named Christine always makes our experience memorable. Prices are reasonable considering the quality, and their daily lunch specials are a bargain.

Dear reader, just hit ‘Directions’ and get yourself over here. Or if you’re feeling organized and prepared, made a reservation first. Never in my life have I had such an amazing assortment of vegetarian dim sum and dishes like this, and I fear nothing else will measure up. Food comes out quickly, the temperature is perfect, and the diverse spices and tastes keep you wanting to order even more. I’ll be back soon!

Some places don’t even need a review. They stand on their own. Bodhi Kosher Vegetarian Restaurant is one of those places. I’ve been coming here for some time now, and when I say the food is amazing, I mean it. Not just convenient. Not just affordable. Truly flavorful and consistent. You can feel the culture. You can feel the intention behind making sure people eat well. The lunch special is incredible. I highly recommend it. The blackened fish on the lunch special is excellent. My personal favorite is the lamb. I also love the vegan fish with black bean sauce. Honestly, all of their sauces are on point. The jade dumplings are a must. I sometimes venture out and try something new, but I usually stick to those because they never miss. The food is absolutely amazing. Over time, they’ve included me into the family, and I really appreciate these ladies. Things happen sometimes, like anywhere, but they always find a way to correct it. That matters. Christine is my beautiful friend, and I love her. She probably doesn’t even want the attention because all of them show up with smiles and warmth. But I would be remiss if I didn’t give her a shout out. This place feels like home for me. It’s my little getaway. I come here to eat, to work, to relax, and just reset. I don’t tell too many people about it, but 2026, I’m sharing the love. Thank you for being there in more ways than you probably realize. Angelic K

So I seen this restaurant review on righteous eats and bookmarked it on my IG until I made it to the restaurant. Yesterday night was the day that time and space opened up to allow me to take my husband here. We had the vegan general tsos chicken which was my favorite dish of the night and I am absolutely aware that “tsos” is Americanized Chinese food. Maybe when I make my way back I’ll have the courage to try something more authentic. I love bok choy and I especially love them braised in a white garlicky broth and this was not as potent and aromatic as I’d like it to be but it was good. My husband did not enjoy the shiitake mushrooms and broccoli as much bc it definitely did have a distinct ocean flavor so I’m assuming they used some type of seaweed. I enjoyed it more than he did. The vegetable rice is PACKED WITH VEGGIES and you get your full dose of fiber with this plate for sure. The vegan ribs were very interesting and I should have got them tossed in sweet and sour sauce. The darker part gives pork flavor and the middle piece might be tofu. I absolutely loved the complimentary black tea they give you at the start. We had to wait to be seated which took about 15 minutes but it was nice to see everyone enjoying their food. I’m interested in coming back to try some dim sum bc I could not make a decision bc the options were too vast. I hope to come back with my mom and my kids at some point. Thank you for having me.

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We are in NYC for 4 days now and this is the best service that we got. Menu is extensive, but prices are reasonable so easy to try multiple things. Everything we tried was super tasty. Will for sure come back again!

Visited at lunchtime on a Saturday and was lucky to get a table for one ! It was busy! Huge selection of vegetarian food and well priced dim sum. I particularly enjoyed the BBQ "meat". Service was super quick, if maybe a little abrupt, but very enjoyable lunch!

Joo Tan

Good dim sum food at reasonable price. The servers were friendly. Service was reasonably fast. The steam glutinous rice and Cha Sao Bao were really good. The fried carrot cake was a little soft. We also had dumplings for takeout.

Victor Gilles

BBQ Boneless Ribs Lettuce Song (ask them not to fry the lettuce) (favorite) Salt & Pepper Spare Ribs Sesame Seaweed Roll Sichuan Beef Five Meats Appetizer Sampler Cumin Lamb Mango Pudding Have spent a lot of time here for more than a decade. The food is unexpectedly and consistently outstanding. The service is swift from the time you order. Buy so much to take home to last about two weeks while still going there on my lunch hour of work. Stop by when you can, often as you can. ( My suggestions above, enjoy )

Jacob Davidson

Ten Ten Ten Community atmosphere you might find yourself sitting next to a family or students People where helpful and kind I had no idea how to eat a soup dumpling and the staff came and helped. 100000% coming back.

Wiktoria

The lunch offer is really good. Plus, you can finally have a fully vegetarian Chinese meal, which is rare. The selection is huge. I highly recommend it for the taste and atmosphere.

The Artist Rose

My toddler daughter and I have been coming here for a few years now. I grew up in Brooklyn but moved about a decade ago. I wish I had been going here longer but now its a new tradition between her and I. I'll be honest as a NYer a chef and a vegetarian since 2012, this place is amazing. It is extremely hard to find a restaurant that makes outstanding food, while keeping it affordable and authentic. And since I know how hard it is to make fantastic things happen (so many chefs are against it because they don't know how to cook) I can say, I absolutely love it here. We got the sesame chicken which is reminds me of sweet n sour chicken and of course our favorite, the roast pork buns! The service is always outstanding!! My toddler behaves because of how well the staff treats her. This is a huge plus! Yes, there is a service fee, which all of Chinatown has been doing for at least the last 20 years but the service is so great, that I always make sure to tip on top of it. We will be coming back next September. Looking forward to it. Highly recommend! I would add photos but they have my daughter in them.

Kandi

Yes, this is the full name of the restaurant. Yes, everything on the menu really is vegetarian and kosher, which has a really nice change if you’re that person always looking for the vegetarian option on the menu because everything is safe—it’s all made with meat replacements like seitan. This place has been one of my favorites for years, and it’s the perfect place to go with friends because of the dim sum menu: just check off what you want on the dim sum menu (which conveniently categorizes the options as small, medium and large plates), and you’ll have your food quickly with ample refills of green tea. Consider this place your sweet retreat at lunch if you’re called for jury duty in Manhattan, but it’s also a very popular casual dining spot for a low-key dinner at a good price.

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Willie Eatmon

First time encountering a vegetarian spot in Chinatown. Completely blown away by the flavors of each dish. The BBQ meat will wow even the biggest critics of vegetarian/vegan food. Whole time while eating the group kept saying If vegetarian dishes this tasty were available everywhere we'd never eat meat again!

Rachael Martin

a must try for vegan dim sum in nyc! i came here on a sunday with no reservation and they found space for us despite it being quite busy. the menu is very extensive and it is so hard to choose which dishes you want. we ordered the xiao long bao, shrimp dumpling, char shui bao, and crispy duck. everything was delicious! the service was lovely and the food was so cheap considering how much you get - definitely the cheapest vegan meal i had on my nyc trip. i really recommend this place and can't wait to come back

Great gluten free dim sum. Had taro steamed and steamed home dumpling. It was flavorful and substantial. I can’t rate it completely because I only had a few, but my friend highly recommends it.

Raina Chatterjee

Food was pretty okay. Service was very rushed as well. We got the noodles and soup dumplings and regular dumplings. Soup Dumplings were very questionable and had a very off taste. Dumplings were very good, noodles were quite good as well. Would recommend to try out some of their dishes, good experience for vegetarian/vegans. Would come again.

Marina Alvarez Garcia

8.5 out of 10 Highly recommend this place to everyone, I’m vegetarian and I appreciate having a great variety of dishes to choose from. My boyfriend is not a vegetarian and he also loved all the food here. Dumplings were delicious, and both main courses positively surprised us. Very good price considering the quality of the food and the size of the dishes. Service is good and quick. Definitely, I would come back to this place.

Justin McClelland

Was in the Big Apple for a charity event for a long weekend. Reddit users highly recommended this place, so I thought I’d give it a try. We were seated immediately and the restaurant felt very clean, albeit a bit dated/tired. Who cares, though, right? So long as the food is good. That’s my usual motto. The service throughout the entire meal was very good. Servers were incredibly attentive. We had dumplings and the servers would open the baskets already on our table to serve us, so we didn’t have to do it ourselves. Very kind and hospitable. The food was good overall. This is an all vegan menu of different Chinese classics. The sesame chicken with broccoli and rice was the best thing I ordered. The dumplings were also good, but the dough was a tad gummy, or glue-like. Not my favorite to be honest. The menu is HUGE so it helps to look ahead of time if you’re the type to be indecisive or overwhelmed by option lol. If you’re vegan or just curious, I’d recommend you give this place a try!

Service was so attentive and having tea brought out without asking 10/10. It reminded me of a family run business. Unfortunately I didn't like the food. Its not that it was cooked badly it just was salty and bland. But I'm used to English Chinese food so maybe it's just not to my taste which is fine.