• CLOSED: Cuong's Vegan Sandwiches

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Vegan
Fast food
Take-out
Asian

Vegan take away shop in Boston Chinatown, est. Jan 2016 by the operators of My Thai Vegan Cafe. Offers sandwiches, salads, spring rolls, a daily soup plus bubble tea, vegan cakes and Asian sweets. Will close early if food is all sold. Reported closed, Jun 2019.


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21 Reviews

First Review by nafanc

Eunoia_1323

Points +602

Vegan
21 Mar 2019

Decent quick spot

We got the barbecue sandwich which really didn’t taste anything like barbecue, but was filling enough for two of us. The price was very fair and they are cash only but allowed us to use a card machine upstairs in the vegan thai restaurant. The woman behind the counter did spend about 8 minutes continually trying to upsell us which was a bit aggravating and confusing.

Bry

Points +146

Vegan
15 Jan 2019

Cheap, delicious, a winner! (cash only)

This place is the perfect little hole in the wall. All of their food is delicious, the prep is fast, and it's suuuuper cheap. The cheapest lunch you can get around. It's not the kind of place you want to sit and eat necessarily, but it doesn't need to be.

Pros: delicious, fast, cheap

Cons: cash only, not really sit-down friendly

Bry

24 Jan 2020

EC5

Points +2098

Vegan
21 Dec 2018

Absolute heaven!!

Went for the first time yesterday.. I have always gone to My Thai (which is just above this store) when eating out in Chinatown before. Now that I know how amazing the banmi and spring rolls are here I’m definitely going to be going out of my way to get food here! Looks like a hole in the wall, but run by a lovely lady who makes the best banmi in Boston!

Pros: All vegan, prices are excellent , Fast, friendly service

eugenejmiller

Points +20

Vegan
17 Nov 2018

Cheap tasty Chinese food

Friendly staff tasty fold, was delighted.

Pros: All vegan, Reasonable prices, Friendly staff

veganfeminist

Points +298

Vegan
11 Sep 2018

Delicious food

We had to stop by. It looks a bit like a hole in the whole but the options and prices can’t be beat. I had a sandwich with tofu and veggies. So yummy and for so cheap! Their noodles and other buffet options are a must try!

Pros: Lots of options , Cheap

kris10m

Points +65

Vegan
11 Aug 2018

delicious and cheap

bbq gluten the best sandwich even though it sounds weird! and only 5 dollars

Pros: cheap, consistent, convenient

770veg

Points +3331

Vegan
26 Apr 2018

killer bahnmi

Took a bahnmi to go, it was sooo good! A delicious interplay if flavors and made by the owner with pride. Spicy, sweet, savory, juicy, crunchy! And super inexpensive for a large hoagie type sandwich.

Pros: delicious, made with love, cheap

ShandraK.LaynDaley

Points +18

Vegan
26 Feb 2018

Great Food

Was my first time and i got a lil bit of everything, food was cheap and good flavor. I got a sandwich, fried rice, noodles, fried dumplings and smoothie I pay $21.

Pros: vegan, cheap, fast

Cons: a lil dirty.

samden

Points +934

Vegetarian
23 Dec 2017

Good quick eat

I eat there only once but it was a good quick eat. Would definitely go again. Thanks!

Pros: Friendly, cheap

Naon

Points +95

Vegan
21 Nov 2017

Great little place

The food is pretty good and consistent. It's very practical and quick. Perfect if you're in a hurry and need some nice comfort food.
Soup is always good. BBQ sandwich is my favorite. Dumplings are pretty good as well.

fitzfitzpatrick

Points +34

Vegan
15 Nov 2017

Good bánh mì

Had the vegan bánh mì and it was pretty darn good.

The place however looks like it could do with a good scrub. It was a bit of a mess, which brings the place's overall hygiene into question.

You could call that character though. Plus, it's cheap. So can't complain really.

Updated from previous review on 2017-11-15

Pros: Dirt cheap, Pretty tasty

Cons: Place itself is a mess, Takeaway only

Seiashun

Points +424

Vegan
14 Oct 2017

Yummy sandwiches

The sandwiches are always really good, tried both the BBQ seitan and fried tofu and they were both delicious! This is a take-out place, so don't expect to come here and sit down. It's definitely worth coming here though.

Pros: Really good sandwiches

BlackFairyTea

Points +25

Vegetarian
21 Aug 2017

grab and go

I got the crispy spring rolls, and those things were so good! This place looks as if it just opened up and is still organizing everything together, except I don't think that's the case.

Cons: appearance

john-m

Points +27

Vegan
21 Jun 2017

Doesn't live up to reviews on Happycow

Appearance -
Not good at all. Be warned: there is no seating in this restaurant; you need to take your food elsewhere. The one worker present was very lethargic and didn't seem interested in helping us. He couldn't explain the menu items to us very well.

Food Quality -
Sandwiches are assembled in a sort of Subway-style method. They start with a baguette, put tomatoes and lettuce on the bottom, and then put in a generous helping of Vietnamese food.
There are 6 different types of filling to choose from, my girlfriend had red curry with tofu and veggies and I had BBQ seitan. After this, the sandwich is toasted in a small toaster oven. Our baguettes were very stale and the sandwich filling was stone cold even after its brief stint in the toaster oven. The sandwich filling itself tasted alright, but not good enough to make up for the lack of temperature and the rock hard baguette. All that said, it was dirt cheap.

I'd be willing to make a return visit and give it another shot. Maybe I was just there on an off day.

Updated from previous review on 2017-06-21

Pros: Very cheap

Cons: Stale bread, Food is cold, Terrible atmosphere with no seating

Ann-MarieMcDonough

Points +25

Vegan
01 May 2017

best take out

Inexpensive and freshly made sandwiches and desserts

Pros: inexpensive

Cons: parking nonexistent

justicegaliformes

Points +20

Vegan
10 Oct 2016

Best vegan lunch in downtown Boston!

Quick meals that are delicious and mostly nutritious...with desserts to die for. It is like a sampler of My Thai with a lower price point. Service is always friendly and fast enough. Cash only, but they will run upstairs to process credit cards.

Pros: All vegan, family run.

Cons: Cash only, or you have to wait a minute for them t

Posi Britt

Points +679

Vegan
31 Aug 2016

Odd

This place was a little weird. We wound up going upstairs to My Thai Vegan Café first before we realized this was the place we were looking for. Its kind of divey but the food was pretty good. Has a set menu of different sandwichs to take with you. The lady behind the counter was really nice. The food was ok. Not sure I'd make another effort to go out of my way but it wasn't so bad I wouldn't go back. Owned by the people upstairs at My Thai Vegan Café.

Pros: Decent prices, Interesting choices, Easy to grab and go

Cons: No seating, Kinda messy to take with you

KirstyVegan

Points +38

Vegan
29 Aug 2016

Best sandwich ever!

This place is amazing I had a fake meat BBQ sub with peanuts, salad and chilli and it was quite possibly the best sandwich I've ever eaten. I also had a lovely mango smoothie and some carrot cake. Very friendly staff, highly recommended.

JohnKeith

Points +144

Vegan
30 Mar 2016

More Amazing Thai/Vietnamese Vegan

Visiting Boston again, and we went to My Thai, but noticed Cuong's Vegan next door. Turns out it is run by the owners of My Thai, and it has to be some of the best takeout in Boston, if not anywhere. Curries, noodles, rices, fake meats, all vegan, all delicious. Have to try this one.

Pros: Delicious, Good Variety, Incredibly Reasonable Prices

lerussell

Points +389

Vegan
26 Feb 2016

Simply Delicious

As soon as I saw that this place was opening up next to My Thai Vegan Cafe, I knew I was going to have to eat here. The other day I had the perfect opportunity to do so and was not disappointed! The food was delicious (I got the red curry sandwich), and the price was unbelievable. There's no seating which is something to keep in mind if you plan on eating here - only grab food if you're on the go or headed back to work!

nafanc

Points +1615

Vegan
30 Jan 2016

Fantastic food, fantastic value

We came for a quick dinner before a concert downtown. We ordered the papaya salad and the green curry sandwich. The papaya salad was huge, and the woman behind the counter made it with great care. She mixed the ingredients and sauces into the papaya shreds one by one, and the result was a refreshing salad with beautifully balanced flavors and textures.

Since we arrived relatively late, there was not enough green curry left, so she offered to give me a mix of green and red curry. This was ideal, because I was having trouble deciding between the two in the first place! The curries were both delicious, and the peanuts and hot sauce on top of the sandwich rounded it off very nicely.

In all, our feast came to a whopping total of $11.50 - an amazing value. We will definitely be coming back.

Pros: Cheap, Fast, Delicious




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