Vegan-friendly
Western
Juice bar
Take-out
Vietnamese
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Small restaurant with a large menu featuring vegetarian dishes from around the world, especially Vietnamese, Tex-Mex, Italian, American. Previously fully vegetarian; reported serving meat as of Jan 2017. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-11:00pm.
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175/9 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Cash only
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Last update on 15 Jan 2017 by An Drew
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33 Reviews
First Review by RachMeow
HPMe
Points +15
Good vegetarian/vegan place - Edit
I had vegetarian pho and fried tofu - both were light and flavorful. Even the condiments were vegetarian I.e. without fish/oyester sauce
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FreddieVanEijsden
Points +95
Great vietnamise and mexican flavors! - Edit
Ate here twice and the food is prepared with care, looks nice and is served in generous portions. Over all great and combined flavors.
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no__idea
Points +35
Very tasty and authentic vietnamese cousine - Edit
Had a delicious vegan Bun Hue and Pho with freshly squeezed juice. Came back the next day. Highly recommend Bun Cha Gio. The staff was very friendly.
Read morePros: Tasty, Cheap, Friendly staff
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Bookie’s
Points +362
Lots of vegan/veggie choices - Edit
A big menú for us guys from Vietnamese to Western.
Read moreOffer mock meat choices too if you are craving that. I would like to taste a few more foods on the menu! Very well priced.
Updated from previous review on 2024-01-20
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MaredDavies
Points +72
Super tasty and cheap Pho - Edit
Delicious & fresh pho! Full of mushrooms and tofu😄come back twice already.
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Greggco
Points +2264
Good - Edit
The food was pretty good overall, a massive menu with classic Vietnamese dishes as well as pastas, pizzas and Mexican food.
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CecilieAnd
Points +40
Cheap, good food - Edit
We ate there many times during our stay because it was just across from out hotel (Prague)
Read morePros: A seperate vegetarian meny, Many options, Cheap
Cons: Not good at english, Didn’t get everything we ordered, Slow staff
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WillowKylar
Points +143
Loads of options - Edit
They have a massive menu here with loads of dishes I’ve not seen anywhere else in Vietnam. The mock meats seem to be great as the pork dish was incredible. The clay pot mushroom, tofu and ginger is also good but a tad sweet. Great quality food though, pricier than super local places with each dish between 45-70,000 VD but the portions are decent. Most dishes don’t come with rice though so expect to pay 15-25,000 for rice on top of those prices. Decent location in District 1 so an option for some good veggie food but nothing outstanding. They also have lots of western food such as Mexican and Italian although I’m not sure what they are like. They also do Western breakfast options.
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tmb
Points +33
Delicious and value for money! - Edit
Not visible from the main road. We alighted at the main road and walked along the small road, about 5-6 shops down. Wide selection of Vietnamese vegetarian dishes and some mexican food. We ordered Vietnamese pancake, coconut fried rice, sweet and sour soup with pineapple and a sugar cane juice, all for only 200K! Highly recommend the fried rice, very tasty with a tinge of coconut. Sweet and sour soup was appetizing.
Read morePros: Great food, Value for money, Prompt service
Cons: A little hard to find
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mallinds
Points +410
Good food - wrong location! - Edit
The location on the info is wrong, it is actually two streets down on Hem 28 Bui Vien. The “chicken” with vegetables in sweet and sour sauce was delicious as was the tofu and mushrooms. Also recommend the orange juice, it is actually freshly squeezed and not full of sugar/syrup and water like a lot of other places.
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BrookeCurlewis
Points +260
Many vego options, tasty food - Edit
Huge and awesome vegetarian menu (of which most seemed vegan). Food was very tasty and quick to come out. Took a while to find as the map function was showing the wrong street. Google it to confirm address. Would definitely recommend.
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PabloAlessio
Points +242
Quite good vegan menu - Edit
They have a separated vegan menu which is quite big and good.
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Sazzlero
Points +174
So many options!! - Edit
Very wide variety of options. The curry was particularly great, though the fried spring rolls were filled with bean paste rather than the typical vegetables. Cost ~60k per dish, great value.
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RachMeow
Points +71
The best food I had in Vietnam! - Edit
I have just got home from 10 days holiday in Vietnam. Being a strick vegetarian is very difficult in Vietnam as most dishes are made with meat or fish stock or fish sauce. Quite a few of the staff in this restaurant don't speak English. They can say "Hello, Goodbye and Thank you" but that's it! They are very friendly and eager to please but I recommend taking a phrase book just in case! The food I had here was delicious and very cheap. They do "backpackers" food which I didn't try, I went with the asian dishes. The sweet corn fritters with salsa, bitter green melon stir fry, rice and mushroom & some other black bean dish in a clay pot with a chilli (hot) sauce were all really good - even my meat eating boyfriend really loved the food and the great flavours. I had some really awful food while I was in Vietnam - by the end of my trip I was totally over steamed or stir fried veges with soya sauce. We went to this restaurant on our last night in Vietnam and it was so good - I wish all the food I had was this good. It only cost 170,000VND for all of the dishes we had and a few drinks.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2009-06-07
Pros: Large Vege Menu, Very Cheap, Friendly Staff
Cons: Smoking inside is allowed!, Staff have limited English
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MustardyMustard
Points +155
Convenient and Good Value - Edit
A ton of options haven't tried everything but the food isn't bad. Not amazingggg but I don't mind going back. Definitely a solid meal everytime though
Read moreTry the sweet and sour snake fish soup. Very unique to Vietnamese cuisine and quite authentic
Pros: Authentic Vietnamese options Good prices
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Flogs
Points +725
Good for a snack - Edit
We had the fresh spring rolls and a shake each. They were all tasty, a lot of the menu had milk and egg on it but the waitress understood when we said no egg.
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An Drew
Points +114
Serves meat, isn't all veg! - Edit
Been here twice now, the first time I thought they were all veg but the 2nd time they brought out a dead animal menu and told me they serve that too.
Read moreDecent veg food and an extensive menu though.
Probably won't eat here again because there are so many other pure veg and vegan places around.
Pros: Extensive menu, Decent food, Reasonably priced
Cons: Is not veg, serves dead animals and parts.
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Chessmaster2000
Points +108
Inaccurate map location, amazing Yam soup!!! - Edit
So sick of people uploading the wrong map location for restaurants on happycow-- the actual location is here https://goo.gl/maps/uRaLS7Te3wo
Read moreDecent chay (vegetarian) restaurant catered towards tourists.... prices range from 35k-60k per dish for Vietnamese food
The purple Yam soup is incredibly delicious
Note: there is another chay restaurant next door-- no idea how the food compares
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Psychooo-bunny
Points +54
Would give it another chance - Edit
We ordered the glassnudels and fried spring rolls. I thought it was okay, but my bofriend was not a fan. The sauce did not taste very much, but the spring rolls were very crispy. I would go there again simply to see if something else on the menu is better, I do think it could be.
Read moreThe great thing is that it served many types of food, not only vietnamese.
There were cheaper alternatives as well as on the more expencive side so no matter the price you're looking for, you will find something!
The staff was very friendly and inviting and the facility was clean and cool thanks to the AC.
Pros: light facility, a separate vegetarian menu, served many types of food
Cons: our dish did not taste much
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KarinS
Points +377
Delicious - Edit
It is a real vegetarian restaurant. The concept is great, two complete different menu cards. Perfect if you go with non vegetarians. They have vietnamese food, but mexican, pasta etc as well.
Read moreWe tried 2 dishes, the BBQ, were you roll the mock meat with salad into rice paper and dip it into sauce. And the mock chicken with lemongrass chili sauce. We loved both, I could have given 5 stars if possible for a not-only veggie restaurant. Even I love the very small vegetarian family businesses, I enjoyed the choice you have there.
The dishes were 60.000 and 50.000 ding which seems normal for district 1 in Ho Chi Minh.
Oh and they serve beer as well ;-)
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Beko
Points +29
tasty, good service - Edit
Nice meal although they do have a non vegetarian menu which might not satisfy everyone but lots of food for a good price. Took us a while to find it too
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philjdomm
Points +945
Little Haven In All the Chaos - Edit
Don't be fooled by others catering to vegetarians by adding "vegetarian food" on their advertisement.
Read moreYou're better off supporting a 100% vegetarian house that won't have animal products in the kitchen.
Just saying...
Pros: Close, Non Busy, Very Buddhist
Cons: Disco Noise, Hard To Find
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KennJR2014
Points +27
Consistent, tasty food with good variety - Edit
We have eaten here several times because it is close to our hotel and we have never been disappointed. Not the cheapest food you can eat in HCM but our family of 4 ate tonight for just over 200,000 vnd including drinks. Good sized portions, a little more than we have had elsewhere. They have western dishes but we only eat the Vietnamese food and have tried all sorts. I have eaten maybe 4 different soups and each was distinct and tasty.
Read moreTonight the restaurant was full of Vietnamese people so I guess that says something.
Good service, friendly and relaxed.
Pros: Huge choice, Each dish has unique flavour, Friendly service
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palm springs 1
Points +56
Good value veggie food - Edit
Found this after a few average meals in HCMC. Very good and inexpensive. We went back two other times and every dish we tried was really good (although we stuck to vietnamese vegetarian items only, not sure how good the american/mexican stuff would be). The family who runs this is very sweet and very service oriented. We would just turn our heads and someone was there in a second asking what we wanted, cute. Beer very inexpensive and overall everything was a great value.
Read morePros: Good food, Great prices on food and beer
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Quinten84
Points +221
so so - Edit
It's ok, but not overwhelming
Read morePros: Lot of choice, clean
Cons: The taste is so so, Very noisy street, music bars all over the place
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Tim Law
Points +35
Excellent Restaurant - Edit
I would strongly recommend this restaurant in this area. The food is great, with large portion (enough to fill up the stomach), and the pricing is not too expensive. There is also a lot of variety to choose from. The place is also clean, with nice decoration. During my most recent meal, I ordered an appetizer, a main course and Vietnamese coffee, and it came up to @USD5.00. Went to this restaurant 3 times within a week. Not all the staffs can speak English, though I find 2 staffs, including the owner, can speak some decent English. One just have to learn to speak a bit slowly.
Read morePros: Decent pricing, Good Food, A lot of variety
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tofu-on-a-stick
Points +50
Nice - Edit
This is the best of the crop in the Pham Ngu Lao backpacker district. It deserves the good reviews.
Read moreFood is good, service is good and friendly if you go back a few times.
It looks a bit like a 101 other little vego places in HCMC - look for 'chay' (not cháy with an accent on the 'a') in the name or window. But the food is a step up on nearly all I have tried and it is convenient to most people. It also means that it is quite cheap (not as cheap as a real local place) and has a bit more of an authentic 'feel' over the glitzy places.
Pros: Food, Convenient, Quasi-authentic feel
Cons: Not much
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