Bodhi Terrace — Restaurant in Ladakh

Our favorite in Leh in particular and Ladakh in general! After a good amount of visits there during the two weeks in La we got to try most of the menu - *excellent Green Goddess shake (mango or other seasonal fruit, greens, flax seeds, dates, lime and ginger); *Buddha Bowl - strips of baked tofu (originally, but we were told that it is served with seitan 'currently') in a spicy tomato cashew sauce, black rice and a fresh salad. Very nice and satisfying; *Momo - 4 with vegetable filling, 4 with tofu-based filling. Comes with 2 dips, one spicy. very tasty; *Bean hamburger - with mayonnaise and barbecue sauce, a bun prepared on the spot, fries, cabbage salad and homemade tomato dip (not ketchup, but nice). Overall quite reasonable as a hamburger dish, we were less impressed, even without comparing it to meat. Pad Thai - I really liked it! Just a note - it is more sour than usual (not in a bad way, I ate it twice and another person who ate it also testified. By the way, I had no stomach problems afterwards). Comes with cabbage salad. Hummus - with a few pieces of cucumber and carrot and slices of homemade bread. The hummus is fine (a small amount as we got used to getting in Leh) and the bread is nice. *Detox salad - quinoa, broccoli, cucumber, seeds and kernels and pomegranate. Refreshing, light, delicious and really satisfying! *Rice noodle salad (cold) - with carrot, cabbage, green vegetables, tofu, pomegranate and peanuts, in peanut sauce. Really tasty, less on the light and satisfying side. *Neapolitan margherita pizza - wow!!! Thin but cloudy dough, excellent marinara sauce and the highlight - amazing imported mozzarella cheese! One of the best vegan pizzas we ate. A little more expensive than the other dishes but worth a try, even though it could be considered different than a classic pizza. Soba soup - soba (buckwheat) noodles, miso, shiitake mushrooms, spicy Japanese seasoning, panko tofu, bok choy and seasonal vegetables. I liked it - a little weak in taste. My girlfriend really loved it. *sumac tofu sandwich - incredible teriyaki tofu, sesame-ginger spread, coleslaw, with a side salad. I was surprised how good it was! I hardly ever eat sandwiches outside because I always prefer to use the space in my stomach for special things (I love bread of course but I have it at home) and I didn't regret for a moment that I chose this dish thanks to this delightful spread which, if it matters, is not similar to tahini even though it is based on sesame(than again, I like tahini so maybe I didn't notice the similarity in taste). *Pumpkin curry - with ginger, tamarind, cardamom, cinnamon and came with some kind of risotto. I see that a salad is also specified on the menu, but it didn't arrive and I didn't notice. Totally reasonable in my opinion. *Middle Eastern plate - hummus spread, red pepper spread, falafel, vegetables and some kind of tortilla. Pretty mediocre, but satisfying. *Hazelnut chocolate cake (Rue, gluten-free) - bottom of dates+walnuts+almonds, layer of white cream and dark chocolate chocolate mousse, tofu (silk?) and coconut cream. Quite tasty and quite heavy. Thanks to the nutty bottom, it's quite noticeable that it's roo and not a standard mousse cake, but I enjoyed it even though I'm less connected to the style. *Carrot cake - with an excellent cashew coating on top. Light, delicious, I really liked it and even my girlfriend who doesn't like carrot cake enjoyed it because it was really, really refined, to the extent that it felt almost like a vanilla cake.

There's an open seating area with mattresses on the floor and low tables and a closed seating area with both mattresses and chairs for standard seating. Ohh, and there are blankets, board games and card games to enjoy while waiting or eating!

If it's not clear by now, I highly recommend everyone and especially vegetarians and vegans to go visit this jem and enjoy the wonderful...

Visited this place today and left deeply disappointed—not just by the food, but more by the attitude and treatment I received.

The restaurant has shared tables, and as I was about to take a seat, a foreign guest (an Israeli woman) claimed it was “reserved” for her friends. There was no formal reservation system in place, yet she felt entitled to hold seats for people who weren’t even there. When I pointed out that unoccupied public seating cannot be held arbitrarily, she ran to complain to the owner.

To my shock, the owner sided with her, asking me to move despite me already being seated—apparently catering to foreign guests takes precedence over fairness or basic hospitality. I reminded them that if “already being here” is the rule, then I was here. But logic and dignity clearly don't matter when you're more interested in appeasing tourists than respecting locals in your own country.

This was humiliating. Being Indian and treated as second-class in an Indian establishment is unacceptable. There seems to be an unspoken culture of bootlicking here—foreigners, particularly Israelis, are treated preferentially, and the regular Indian customer is overlooked or even dismissed.

Food: Overpriced, underwhelming, and styled more for Instagram than for actual nourishment. Portion sizes are a joke unless you're on a starvation cleanse.

Ambience: Claustrophobic and cliquish with smell of smoke. The crowd largely consists of a specific foreign demographic who appear to be friends with the owner and staff—resulting in faster service and biased seating arrangements.

In short: If you're Indian and expect basic respect, fairness, or value for money—look elsewhere. This place is...

Bodhi Terrace has a nice vibe, but the food was just okay. I tried the Mediterranean Platter, which had four small falafel balls, a bit of hummus, and some red hummus. 🥙 Everything tasted fine, but nothing really stood out or impressed me.

🍹 The real letdown was the drinks. The juices my friends and I ordered were very watered down and lacked flavor. It was hard to enjoy them.

💰 The prices felt a bit too high for what we got. The restaurant seems more hyped than it deserves.

Overall, Bodhi Terrace offers a decent experience, but it doesn't really live up to the expectations or...