Baien - Nagoya

Say down and saw they serve a “shark fin gyoza.” Got up and left. Any vegetarian or vegan (or sane human) should boycott businesses that support that cruelty.

Kind of hard to find but staff are very nice and the food was good. I’ve attached a photo, it’s the ground floor but within the building. Staff weren’t as familiar with me asking what was vegan vs veggie as other reviews suggested they would be, but if you are careful you should be good. The eggplant was so good we got it twice. When we came back on the second day, and they recognised us and handed me the vegetarian menu immediately. Smoking indoors very common.

We asked them which ones is vegan. But I was not sure if they understand how different vegan and vegetarian. I had a little worrid so I couldn't fully enjoy. But I should my misunderstood. I wish so.

So many vegan options!!! The standout was the Taiwanese pork for us but everything we ordered we liked. Dishes were smaller than we expected so maybe just order 1 more dish than you think. Great find in Nagoya, even our omni friend loved it.

Friendly staff. English vegetarian menu (most of them are vegan). Really delicious food. But make sure no to come too late in the evening, because there will be a lot of smoking people.