It's rare to find a Chinese specializing in vegetarian/vegan food so this place definitely filled an unmet need. Everything I've ordered here has been really good. Highly recommend the mapo tofu (get it with the beyond beef), vegan crab rangoon and veggie lo mein. Service is friendly though the space is quite small for dine in. They run an efficient take out operation too.

- great vibes inside!! ambient lighting - super lovely staff - lots of options for us vegetarians and vegans :) - mochi ice cream was pretty good but i ate it in one bite lol - ramen was amazing - a bit pricey but good if you're just going every now and then - a little loud - seating is a little cramped

Smallest location but food is excellent. I highly recommend for both vegans and non vegans. The service is a bit slow but servers are kind of very tiny location with cramped seating. Food is just as good as other locations. However they didn't have the bao buns. The Kung pao and vegetable noodles were excellent. Fried rice on the blander side. I would prefer to go to the larger restaurants in West Village or Bowery.

I love Szechuan food but often have a hard time finding things to eat as a vegetarian so Spicy Moon is the perfect spot! The vibe is really fun, they have a great selection of unique cocktails and I basically wanted to order everything on their menu. We went for the fried rice, mapo tofu, wontons in chili oil, veggie dumplings, and the general tsos mushrooms. Everything was yum, but my clear winners were the mushrooms and the wontons in chili oil. The mapo tofu was a huge potion (and properly spicy) so we took a lot of it home and I can't wait to have it again!

I'm not sure why it took me so long to eat here but I'm so glad I did. Chill ambiance. The Dan Dan noodles were spicy but not crazy. The portions are wonderful. The price is reasonable. It was all good energy. I'll be back!

Great vegan spot in east village! Ambience: I came here on a weekday night and it was bustling! They do have a decent amount of seating! We were seated by the bar which was nice Service: fast and attentive Food: we ordered a lot for two people. Mt recommendation would be to get a few items to share so you can try more! The crabless Rangoon was my favorite - it had a lot of flavor and was well made! We ordered three buns: tofu, shiitake, and gong chicken! I liked the gong chicken one, the others I felt lacked flavor. We also got a main, which was the tofu dry pot! It was filled with veggies and I really enjoyed it! Note: you have to buy rice separately! Solid options all around Price: for all that food- it was about $70! So not cheap but also good value and a good experience

The space is smaller than I thought it would be, so I definitely recommend a reservation if you can grab one! The tables are super close together and it can get loud, so it might not be the best place for a first date or something. BUT my friend and I were seated at the window side by side, and it was perfect for gossipping. I ordered the dan dan noodles and stringbeans, and both were simply so delicious. The noodles were perfectly bouncy, it was a HUGE bowl of noodles, and they were so peanut-y and sauce-y. They were spicy, but not too spicy-- just enough to feel a kick at the end. I was able to finish the whole bowl and I am still thinking about how they tasted right now. The stringbeans were equally as flavorful, and I cannot recommend both enough. My friend was also GF, and we were told the items with black stars on the menu were able to be made GF!

This is definitely awesome vegan food, but as a non-vegan, I didn't feel conscious that anything was missing or an "approximation." It was just really good Sichuan style food. We had the green onion pancakes, steamed eggplant in pepper sauce and Kung Pao tofu (side of brown rice). We saw another table having the Kung Pao and we just pointed and said, "we want that" because it looked so delicious. And it was! We were having a pretty chill dinner vibe wise, despite our spicy tongues thanks to the eggplant. Towards the end of the dinner my friend noticed the waiter seemed a bit stressed about getting us to settle up. I laughed and mentioned that I had read about the "GTFO" attitude another Yelper encountered after being given a heads up that their dining time would be limited to an hour during the weekend. This was a Tuesday and more folks were streaming in, but there was some space still in the tiny restaurant. No one said anything overt to us, but we paid the bill and made for the door. Knocked a star off my review for the rushed feeling, but the food is 5 star.

As a diehard meat lover who will generally not eat at vegan/vegetarian establishments, this vegan restaurant was legit. Spicy Moon captures the Szechuan cuisine perfectly using only vegan ingredients and I have to applaud them for that. It's super difficult to replicate the real dish especially if it has meat in it but this restaurant absolutely nails the exact taste of Szechuan cuisine. Ngl, this vegan place is better than some other Chinese Szechuan restaurants I have been to. Szechuan cuisine is normally greasy so I came into this restaurant with that expectation. Food: Dan Dan noodles with beyond beef: my favorite dish and was packed with flavor! Sesame taste does stick out and was a tad (barely) spicy. Vegetable wontons with chili oil: EXACTLY like pork wontons in chili oil. Greasy but expected since it's oil. Not too spicy but delicious and stuffed. Mapo tofu with beyond beef: EXACTLY like mapo tofu. No other words, just goodness. Char siu shiitake bun: They managed to make the texture like char siu meat and the sauce tasted exactly like char siu. I don't like mushrooms but I didn't even taste it. Excellent execution! Salt & Pepper Mixed Veggies: super crispy batter and I could barely taste the veggies but that's okay because the batter was perfectly fried and salted.

Overall I think Id need to come back to try more things, but based on my order I'd give it more of a 3.5. If you don't like oily food, I wouldn't recommend it. I think it's great that everything is vegetarian though. For 2 ppl we got 3 apps and 1 main dish: - chili wontons: these were good! I esp like the sweet soy sauce that goes with it - tofu bun: also good! We shared one, the bun was soooo soft and fluffy, and the filling was flavorful - Brussels sprouts: this took a while to come (well after everything else, and I had to ask about it) and it's very crispy but oily - dry pepper pot with tofu and mixed veggies: when we ordered we said tofu, but the waiter asked if we also wanted to add mixed veggies, I thought why not. I didn't realize however that it would be ALL potato and barely any tofu T_T. There was also some eggplant. The worst part though was just how fried and oily everything was. I thought there would be a lot of dry peppers, but I saw mostly fried batter. It was a lot. What I really wanted to try was the honey walnut edamame, but they said they were out :( some other reccs I've gotten before are the Dan Dan noodles, but I probably won't be back any time soon. Service was great though, and the space is pretty small. You don't really need to make reservations but it can get packed