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Vietnamese

Vietnamese menu under the glass of each table. Little English spoken but added an English menu. Order "com" and you will get a nice plate of rice with a variety of veg and some tasty tofu. Mostly vegan, but has yogurt and offers dairy milk for drinks. NOTE: Hours reported to be unreliable, check ahead. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-8:00pm. Closed every 2nd and 16th of the Lunar Calendar.


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100 Reviews

First Review by baklavabaklava

fruitninja

Points +82

Vegan
12 Aug 2018

Good food, real Vietnamese experience

This is a local Vietnamese eatery with very low prices. The place can get a bit crowded and may not offer a quite atmosphere. The staff do not speak English but there is an English menu. The food is also reasonably good.

Pros: Price

Cons: Quite busy , Limited English skills

nstubler

Points +485

Vegan
05 Jul 2018

Local Gem

Great local spot - filled up with locals when I was there, I was the only traveler. Great food, and really great price.

Pros: Cheap, Tasty

nafanc

Points +1615

Vegan
07 Jun 2018

Popular local spot

This is a small but very popular local spot. I came about 45 minutes before closing this evening, and the place was pretty much at capacity. I had to squeeze into a corner seat at the end of a table where a family was eating together. For me, that’s a good sign: people like this place.
And with good reason. The Bo Kho noodles that I had were quite good. This is a simple dish, but the noodles were done well, with nice texture, and the toppings for the noodles were tasty. I’m eager to come back and try additional offerings.

Tisa93

Points +342

Vegan
13 May 2018

At least price is good

Best thing about this place was the price. We paid 95k dong for 2 dishes, 2 entrees and 1 drink. Mock Chicken noodle was okay. But everything else was bland. Partners rice and veggies was super spicy almost no vegetable just mushroom. Spring rolls tiny and tasteless, pancake tasted like water there was no flavour. They served us a Warm almost hot Coca Cola with no glass or straw. The service was really pitiful. Maybe we just had bad luck, but I wouldn’t return here unless I was starving and there was no where else and I HAD to eat there.

Pros: Lots of veggie options , Good price

Cons: Bad service , Bland food

Tim_nottingham

Points +7570

Vegan
30 Apr 2018

Very cheap

The rice plate costs only 10,000vnd including free soup, but comes as it comes so you have no choice. Personally I wasn’t impressed with the food but my Vietnamese dining partner ordered a second plate so they obviously liked it. It was very busy with locals so they obviously like the food. A menu is available as well as the standard rice plates. Prices are ridiculously cheap with even hotpots being only 40+50k.

Pros: Very cheap , English menu available

NesGamer

Points +122

Vegan
25 Apr 2018

Nasty

The place is dirty, the personal is unfriendly and the food is nasty.

Pros: cheap

Cons: really unsanitary

Yoanne

Points +31

Vegetarian
05 Apr 2018

loved this place - cheap, bustling with locals, great food

Came here 3 times in 2 days, stumbled across it as it was close to our hotel and it was FULL of locals. We gave it a shot and ordered randomly from the menu and it was delicious. Simple, local vegetarian food (don't expect "Western style" we tried most things on the menu, the most delicious was the mushroom with citronella. the com is rice with a different type of veg.

Pros: cheap, good portion sizes, good variety of veg, ho

Cons: english menu is terribly translated

stancredi

Points +39

Vegetarian
03 Apr 2018

Not worthy :-(

Cheap food, not a very good quality food.
Don't waste your time, cheap prices cheap quality, not so sure of cleanliness of the place.
The food was also cold, I don't really trust cold food that is suppose to be hot.

Updated from previous review on 2018-04-03

Cons: bad food, cold , dirty place

lillak

Points +25

Vegetarian
09 Jan 2018

Delicious and cheap food

I was not sure about what i was ordering, but it turned out to be good. They do have English menu, but it still wasn't obvious what kind of meals are listed. But the food was really delicious and very cheap!

Pros: Delicious, Cheap, Good location

Cons: Was not obvious what's on the menu

Natashasusan

Points +128

Vegan
05 Jan 2018

fastest service I’ve ever had!!

Delicious food! Nothing fancy but it was really fun eating with all of the locals. I would come back!

LouisBergemann

Points +46

Vegan
01 Jan 2018

Worst eating experience in Vietnam

Cheap but the place was dirtier than any restaurant ive ever seen. Trash on the ground, horrible scent. All surfaces sticky. Very difficult to enjoy meal. Cramped and loud also. It's an in and out quick eatery. Recommend for anyone on shoestring budget or in a rush but otherwise there are much nicer options fairly close by.

Pros: lots of options, fairly tasty, cheap and fast

Cons: smell, hygiene, atmosphere

Kyttiara

Points +1160

Vegan
13 Dec 2017

Very good food!

I went here with non veg friends and they loved it, so did I! The mock meat is really good but there also are tons of veggies if you're not into that. Beer is cheep, 10k only. I had the chili and lemon grass beef, we also ordered the little pancakes, 15k for two, the snails and a plate of greens and mushrooms. All really tasty and nice staff. Definitely recommended if you're in the area!

Pros: Tons of tasty foods, Reasonable prices, around 2$ for each dish

juliaode

Points +37

Vegetarian
02 Dec 2017

lovely place with locals

Don't look at the ground. But enjoy the good food. Yes there is an English menu but the place was full with Vietnamese jong people. We took the hotpot witch was cheap and really good!! Drinks where also cheap, no alcohol served.

chrudy8

Points +26

Vegan
29 Nov 2017

Ein Erlebnis

Es ist kein "Touristen-Restaurant" - fast nur Einheimische. Mit der englischen Speisekarte ist es sehr einfach zu bestellen. Wie man das bestellte dann isst, ist eine andere Frage😉.
Wir hatten am ersten Abend u.a. unseren ersten Hot Pot (small) in Vietnam. Am Nachbartisch abgeguckt, was nach dem Servieren zu tun ist. Zudem hatten wir Reis mit Gemüse und Pilzen. Sehr lecker und preiswert. Zusammen mit 2 Dosen Cola 82.000 Dong (ca. 3,15 €).

Beim zweiten Mal waren wir später am Abend dort. Der Kellner erklärte uns, dass ein Blick in die Karte sinnlos wäre. Es gäbe nur noch Reis oder Hot Pot. Ich wählte Reis und bekam: Reis, Nudeln und Gemüse plus eine kleine Suppe - für 10.000 Dong (ca. 0,40 €).

Pros: tolle Atmosphäre, sehr preiswert

themurphette

Points +136

Vegan
17 Nov 2017

the cheapest food we’ve had in Asia and really good!

Ok so the only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is because there was litter on the floor which the locals seem to do and be ok with?! And we had to approach the staff to be served BUT other than that...

Food is sooo cheap
Food is tasty and fresh

sakuraandco.com

Points +28

Vegan
30 Oct 2017

Really cheap but not up to standard of reviews..

Having spent the best part of last month eating in vegan kitchens and the like throughout Vietnam we can safely say this wasn't that good.

The Com Rice dish did not have much variety and was pretty stone cold. The fried rice dish was over done.

We should have ordered the hot pot per the other reviews.

I can concur with other reviews that it can get quite dirty.. when we went it was pretty filthy but then again it was chocker block with locals and tourists!

It was cheap as anything we've come across though

Pros: Cheap

Cons: Not too clean, Quality isn't up there , Cold dishes

brtknr

Points +225

Vegan
10 Oct 2017

Delicious and cheap hotpot

This was our first hot pot in Vietnam and it also seemed to be cheaper than all the other places. The place was full of locals. They bring you the hot pot to the table with a bunch of fresh ingredients so it is a lot of fun putting it all together. We ordered the small one which was enough for 2 of us.

MelanievanLeeuwen

Points +55

Vegetarian
08 Oct 2017

Really good veg food!

Even though the place isn't that neat and yes the floor is dirty, the food is really really really good and so cheap! We ate the big hot pot today and with 2 drinks we had to pay 70.000 dong, which is nothing! Definitely do not miss this restaurant when you're in Hue.

Pros: English menu, Cheap

Cons: Messy and dirty

HungryEaters

Points +145

Vegan
22 Sep 2017

Big Pot

the Big Pot (vegan) was very delicious and is a vietnamese speciality! nearly everybody in the restaurant is eating it. costs only 2$ and is enough for 2! amazing!

daveVN

Points +159

Vegetarian
13 Sep 2017

so dirty that we decided not to eat there

we let us lead from the very good reviews on happy cow. But when we arrived and sit down, we recognized, how dirty the restaurant is. Though the staff was friendly, this can't compensate the dirty dishes, the ants and food leftlovers on the table etc. A little bit ashamed of the situiation, we just orderd drinks in cans and left without eating anything.

Maybe it is a little bit unfair to give a bad review without having tried anything. But some people attach a big value to hygiene and clean dishes. For those this is not really the right restaurant.

Donbio

Points +73

Vegetarian
12 Sep 2017

Tasty vegetables

It's a place where also a lot of students come to eat. We have been there three times. When you finally want to eat a lot of healty vegetables you really have to order 'the dish of vegetables' (25k). In combination with the sauce tasted wonderfull and it is a big plate. The fresh springrolls (10k) are really good too.

Pros: Very, very cheap. Quick delivery. Tasty. Healty. G

Cons: None

LaurenceMontreuil

Points +687

Vegan
31 Aug 2017

very cheap tasty vegan food

The food is ridiculously cheap! All the students eat there! The "com" (aka meal of the day) is only 10 000 dongs. Also, the service is SO fast! I tasted everything in the menu and everything is good! Just go there!

Helentravels

Points +18

Vegan
25 Jul 2017

authentic, cheap and delicious

We went to this restaurant, because it was right around the corner from our hostel and we were definitely not disappointed! There were no other tourists in the restaurant and we were asked how we found this place.
The food was amazingly cheap and very tasty, there was free green tea as well. We ordered three different "cakes" and the person sitting next to us explained that they were the vegetarian version of Hué's specialties. Try the banh loc! Everything on the menu seemed to be vegan.

Pros: tasty local food, city specialties , cheap price

Cons: none

WillChadwick

Points +75

Vegetarian
21 Jun 2017

Try the citronella mushrooms

Local prices and delicious food. Avoid around full/new moon as local Buddhist monks have to eat veggie at this time and it will be packed

samballin

Points +39

Vegetarian
07 Jun 2017

Rất ngon, rất rẻ! Very tasty, very cheap!

Most classic Vietnamese dishes are available here at very reasonable prices. We had a hot pot for two, only cost us 50VND! Nice atmosphere with friendly staff & lots of local customers.

D0mmi

Points +144

Vegan
16 Apr 2017

Great local food !

Inexpensive and tasty food there. Lot of locals during lunch. Healthy and full tummy for around 50k with drinks. Also very fast and friendly. They got a english menu as well. Arrive early(before 12) for Spring Rolls as they are rare.

claurod

Points +55

Vegetarian
04 Apr 2017

Great value

Tasty and inexpensive. Remarkable spring rolls. Hot pots (two can easily share, but I saw families of 5 and 6 also sharing) are a must and you pay 40-50k Dong. At evenings is packed with local families so be patient until you are seated. I think I went at least twice!

Pros: Fresh and clean

Cons: Might get busy




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