Vegetarian market with restaurant upstairs offering buffet with mock meat and tofu dishes, pho, congee, salads, and fruit. Also has a la carte menu. Menu appears to be all-vegan except for possible dairy, such as in milkshakes. The market sells a variety of foodstuff, including seeds, dried pasta/noodles, and mock meats: the only non-vegan item appears to be honey. Associated with Quan Su Temple next door. Location is a 5-minute walk from Hanoi railway station: from the station go straight on then second road on left.
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34 Reviews
First Review by zungi
Vegi79
Points +157
Disappointing - Edit
Ordered fried tofu with chili sauce and the set nr. 4. The rice was so dry, the worst I had in VN. Everything is tasteless. The lemon black tea was the best.
Read morePros: friendly staff
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TrinhDung
Points +58
Worth a visit - Edit
I really liked the atmosphere there. There are a lot options
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VeggieNB1
Points +63
Excellent vegetarian food - Edit
Very good vegetarian/vegan restaurant. Lots of different varieties of foods. It’s on the second floor so you have to look for it. Next to a temple.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-06-07
Pros: Lots of vegan options, The favorite dish was honey roasted chicken, Second favorite was the ribs and mussels
Cons: A little pricy, Doesn’t take credit card , Owner was nice but son was cold and disinterested
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Sarilein
Points +22594
Hm - the salad was good - Edit
I had the rice set 1 which comes with mushrooms salad, steamed veg and tofu
Read moreWas good but won’t go again
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stulave
Points +1525
Nice set menu, which is inexpensive - Edit
Nice set menu, whilst lots of vegetarian options, there are plenty of vegan options to be had.
Read morePros: Inexpensive
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BeanCurdReport
Points +79
Good, not great - Edit
I realized that most quán chay (vegetarian/vegan restaurants) near pagodas are low-key tourist traps whereby the food is mediocre but the prices are somewhat high. This is an example. Just like most restaurants in Hanoi, the food looked appealing but there wasn’t much taste. We ordered the tofu set menu. It filled our gullies but I was expecting more flavor. What’s worse was the bánh bao had no filling! Blasphemous. The service was good though (at times maybe a little too pushy). It seemed to have a lot of pagoda patrons (you can tell by their attire).
Read morePros: Friendly staff
Cons: Pricey, Look better than it tasted
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VeganSoapDude
Points +9648
Decent place - Edit
I had the Thai style hot pot. It was huge and nice, but not Thai flavoured at all. The crispy ribs with sesame were nice as well
Read morePros: Nice Vietnamese food
Cons: Not 100% vegan
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Greggco
Points +2344
Ok - Edit
Great value but some of the food comes out cold..
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PandAonTour
Points +601
Mock Meats - Edit
This place has loads of options, including lots of mock meat dishes, tofu, noodles and rice. Each dish comes with a little extra dipping sauce or mini veg soup. The fried rice is really tasty. And the tofu meals are tasty. You get plenty of food here, all at a decent price. The restaurant is above a shop on the corner. Staff are friendly and the meals come quickly. Great place for an inexpensive vegan meal.
Read morePros: Vegan, Plentiful, Good price
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CazTheTurtle
Points +26
Great options for not many $ - Edit
This place was a fantastic find. The food is great (Loving Hut style) with so many things to choose from, including set menus. Lots of vegan options, but careful - some drinks include milk!
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ZoëReeve
Points +232
Good variety of tasty food - Edit
I went at 2pm and had the buffet which cost me 60k, so I think maybe it costs different amounts and different times of day. Anyway, the food was really tasty and there was lots of choice
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MarkSpicer
Points +33
A happy chance find - Edit
Buffet was 115,000 so up there with the more pricy buffets, but it was great food, friendly staff and clientele. Lots of soups, veg, mock meats etc.
Read morePros: Large choice
Cons: None really
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planetlemon
Points +70
Bland food and poor service - Edit
Nice ambience with many of the monks there from the temple next door. Good selection. You are required to refrain from food wastage which is nice. I tried the fried crispy tofu and veg fried rice. Both very bland. No sauce with the tofu and they refused to allow me to use the chilli sauce bottles from the buffet. Ate both with some soya sauce. Not somewhere i would go again.
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maren
Points +185
Not cheap. But good - Edit
The food was good.
Read moreBut they wanted to sell me one spring roll for 40.000. I don’t know...
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GeorgiaSorrell
Points +66
Great set menu choices - Edit
Very nice but quiet restaurant above a shop on the old skirts of Hanoi Old Quarter. I ate here twice from the set menu, of which there are about 8 choices, all between 40-60k. All including soup, a main, steamed or fried veg and rice, a lot come with tofu too, and all served within 10mins of ordering. Lots of mock meat choices.
Read morePros: Great value set menu, Decent sized portions, Free WiFi and water bottle refill if you ask
Cons: Both times I went it was very empty.
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AnnaVladi
Points +131
nice place - Edit
was tasty, big portion, nice atmosphere.
Read morepretty cheap for a restaurant.
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mikeandsunny
Points +121
Pretty good vegan buffet - Edit
We ate there for lunch. They had a large number of items on the buffet, but items weren't being replenished before the 2pm close. Had some good vegetable and noodle dishes but the pho was just okay (a little too tomato based for me)
Read morePros: Short walk from station
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Trambau
Points +3023
Good - Edit
2nd floor. Have buffet in lunch time. Had buffet once and take away once, good food and nice service. Normally an ordinary place would have their dishes similar in flavors because of using same seasonings. This place's dishes are not very particular but at least each of them has slighty significant taste. Will be back for normal dishes later. 1st floor selling Buddism goods.
Read morePros: Have buffet, Near the city center
Cons: Should make a reservation if come in group
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nobilified.com
Points +50
50k for a set meal - tasty ribs, delicious soup - Edit
Great restaurant. A great deal. Lots of mock meat. Tasty and healthy.
Read morePros: price, taste and quality
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KevinMizen
Points +459
Classy restaurant with good prices - Edit
Upstairs from a Chinese shop, no longer a veggie market. I had a main meal of soup and then rice, tofu, stirfried veg and some faux meat. was plenty and really nice at only 40000 VNF. Service is good and the staff spoke and understood English.
Read morePros: Extensive a la carte menu.
Cons: None.
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Babbs1302
Points +151
Temple Location is Pretty Cool - Edit
The food at Bo De Chay is somewhat so-so, but is an oasis in a pretty meat-centric city. We had vegetable spring rolls (didn't try the fruit spring rolls) and expected the standard delicious veggie spring rolls you can find relatively easily but instead received a mediocre triangle-shaped dealie. My dinner companion really liked his fried "chicken" but I was turned off by the texture of the faux meat. The staff speaks and understands English. The menu is pretty extensive. The best thing about the restaurant was visiting the temple next door after dinner.
Read morePros: Everything on the menu is edible to vegetarians., Cool temple-adjacent location., Staff speaks English.
Cons: Food is just so-so., Lighting is very bright.
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Nebulloyd
Points +54
meh... - Edit
Just before tet, so only fried noodles or rice. Had a mango shake that was made vegan for me which was yummy. But otherwise wish I went somewhere else...also still hungry. Probs woulda gone for 1 star if I could...sorry bo de chay!
Read morePros: good mango shake (with vegan option), 2nd storey people watching
Cons: bit pricey for rice and veggies, skip anytime near tet
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Miggi
Points +2713
Buffet lunch - amazing range of dishes - Edit
Next door to Ambassadors pagoda. Loads of veg, tofu and mock meat dishes, fresh spring rolls, noodles, mushrooms, diy pho station and more.
Read moreVery little English spoken but menu in English and everything on buffet appeared to be Vegan.
Vegan shop on ground floor with mock meats etc for sale. Part of the store is a temple merchandise shop too - head upstairs for the buffet.
We had the buffet and a fresh mango juice for about 100k each.
Pros: Lots of choices, Range of flavours
Cons: Not much atmosphere (not unpleasant just quiet - t
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meowduc
Points +116
ok - Edit
The atmosphere is not really nice. it reminded both of us more at a hotel lobby.
Read morethe food is ok. a main is 50k dong. the rice has a low quality. unless that half of our dish was very boring. (the tofu tasted like nothing, just as on of the vegetables) therefore the fake meat was really good and the other vegetables good. basically no sauce coming with the meal.
i wouldn't go there again but it's ok
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Mimoli
Points +289
Clean but disappointing food - Edit
A clean and tidy place. English menu available. The food was very disappointing: greasy veggies, dry mock-meat and dry rice (reheated?), almost tasteless, no condiments.
Read moreWouldn't recommend.
Pros: all vegetarian, clean
Cons: tasteless
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Mellifluoust
Points +807
Tasty and great value - Edit
Bo de Chay is a huge restaurant with a Buddhist shop and vege shop with fake meats etc. The restaurant is pleasant, and the food is tasty - I ordered the "orange chicken" set menu at 40,000 and it came with soup, heaps of rice, tofu, salad, stir fried greens and the chicken.
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stam
Points +2209
Delicious buffet, but closes at 8:00 p.m.! - Edit
They close at 8:00 p.m. - I tried to go in one evening and was sadly turned away.
Read moreThe buffet is delicious, has a wide variety of food, and comes at 119 000 VND (if I remember correctly). It's quite a nice, clean place with good service and comfortable seating.
Pros: Great food, Friendly staff, Lots of variety
Cons: Noisy
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