Vegan-friendly
Chinese
Buffet
Fast food
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Asian
Vietnamese

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.


Venue map for Bo De Chay - Market and Restaurant
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33 Reviews

First Review by zungi

TrinhDung

Points +58

Vegan
22 Jul 2023

Worth a visit

I really liked the atmosphere there. There are a lot options

VeggieNB1

Points +63

Vegetarian
07 Jun 2023

Excellent vegetarian food

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.

Updated 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

Sarilein

Points +18240

Vegan
15 Feb 2023

Hm - the salad was good

I had the rice set 1 which comes with mushrooms salad, steamed veg and tofu
Was good but won’t go again

stulave

Points +910

Vegan
05 Sep 2022

Nice set menu, which is inexpensive

Nice set menu, whilst lots of vegetarian options, there are plenty of vegan options to be had.

Pros: Inexpensive

BeanCurdReport

Points +79

Vegan
26 Jun 2022

Good, not great

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).

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Pricey, Look better than it tasted

VeganSoapDude

Points +7308

Vegan
02 Apr 2022

Decent place

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

Pros: Nice Vietnamese food

Cons: Not 100% vegan

Greggco

Points +2264

Vegetarian
02 Oct 2020

Ok

Great value but some of the food comes out cold..

PandAonTour

Points +510

Vegan
05 Feb 2020

Mock Meats

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.

Pros: Vegan, Plentiful, Good price

CazTheTurtle

Points +26

Vegan
09 Dec 2019

Great options for not many $

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!

ZoëReeve

Points +222

Vegan
30 Nov 2019

Good variety of tasty food

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

MarkSpicer

Points +33

Vegetarian
09 Dec 2018

A happy chance find

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.

Pros: Large choice

Cons: None really

planetlemon

Points +70

Vegan
19 Mar 2018

Bland food and poor service

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.

maren

Points +185

Vegetarian
11 Feb 2018

Not cheap. But good

The food was good.
But they wanted to sell me one spring roll for 40.000. I don’t know...

GeorgiaSorrell

Points +66

Vegan
07 Feb 2018

Great set menu choices

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.

Pros: 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.

AnnaVladi

Points +131

Vegetarian
25 Jan 2018

nice place

was tasty, big portion, nice atmosphere.
pretty cheap for a restaurant.

mikeandsunny

Points +121

Mostly Veg
23 Jan 2018

Pretty good vegan buffet

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)

Pros: Short walk from station

Trambau

Points +2565

Vegetarian
08 Jan 2018

Good

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.

Pros: Have buffet, Near the city center

Cons: Should make a reservation if come in group

nobilified.com

Points +34

Vegetarian
19 Oct 2017

50k for a set meal - tasty ribs, delicious soup

Great restaurant. A great deal. Lots of mock meat. Tasty and healthy.

Pros: price, taste and quality

KevinMizen

Points +459

Vegan
10 Apr 2017

Classy restaurant with good prices

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.

Pros: Extensive a la carte menu.

Cons: None.

Babbs1302

Points +145

Vegan
03 Apr 2017

Temple Location is Pretty Cool

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.

Pros: 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.

Nebulloyd

Points +54

Vegan
24 Jan 2017

meh...

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!

Pros: good mango shake (with vegan option), 2nd storey people watching

Cons: bit pricey for rice and veggies, skip anytime near tet

Miggi

Points +2647

Vegan
29 Dec 2016

Buffet lunch - amazing range of dishes

Next door to Ambassadors pagoda. Loads of veg, tofu and mock meat dishes, fresh spring rolls, noodles, mushrooms, diy pho station and more.
Very 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

meowduc

Points +116

Vegan
26 Aug 2016

ok

The atmosphere is not really nice. it reminded both of us more at a hotel lobby.
the 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

Mimoli

Points +289

Vegetarian
22 Aug 2016

Clean but disappointing food

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.
Wouldn't recommend.

Pros: all vegetarian, clean

Cons: tasteless

Mellifluoust

Points +778

Vegan
31 Jul 2016

Tasty and great value

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.

stam

Points +1901

Vegan
23 Mar 2016

Delicious buffet, but closes at 8:00 p.m.!

They close at 8:00 p.m. - I tried to go in one evening and was sadly turned away.

The 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

freesiaoriental

Points +149

Non Veg
20 Mar 2016

Good mock meats

Just go for ala carte when the lady offers you the buffet. There are a lot of choices. Very local Vietnamese style food with different clever mock meats like chicken and fish. It's also really cheap. Near hoa lo prison.

Pros: Cheap, Many choices, Good local food

Cons: Not so good setting




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