Buffet
Fast food
Take-out
Vietnamese

Vegan coffee shop, supermarket market, and kids play area spanning across 4 floors in one building. Its restaurant closed April 2022. Reported closed October 2022.


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56 Reviews

First Review by Carovegan

Michael_Seraph

Points +254

Vegan
02 Apr 2021

Disappointing

Overall it's "meh."
Does not feel authentic, more like everything is made of plastic. Furthermore they had Christmas decoration in an abundance, it became very annoying.
The prices don't seem like much, but the portions were disappointingly small. The food didn't taste too good either. I'd recommend going somewhere else.

Pros: Everything is vegan

Cons: "Spring rolls" are literally just one spring roll, Highly annoying music, uncomfortable environment

vegdom

Points +368

Vegan
09 Mar 2020

Vegan Christmas

The store has every vegan meat item you can think of from fish shaped to lobster shaped mock meat. Jerky, "deer meat", pate, chicken floss, all sorts of TVP. The restaurant has a hard boiled egg. The banh mi are so good. Loys of space and varied menu.

Pros: So many items in the store., Varied items in restaurant, Hard boiled vegan egg

GinaLegg

Points +140

Vegan
08 Mar 2020

Large selection!

Interesting venue, sort of a food court where you order from a main cashier desk and food very quickly gets brought to you by the food counters along the side of the restaraunt. Very reasonable prices, lots of fake meat options and a shop at the back selling packaged fake meats mainly.

Pros: Delicious choc coconut smoothie!, Nice large clean eating area

JadeBrice

Points +703

Vegan
01 Mar 2020

Nice smoothies

Tried the cookies & cream and coconut with cacao powder which were great, like having a dessert. Looking at the menu it’s quite difficult to fine a meal that doesn’t include vegan meats. Ordered the vermicelli with spring rolls and it seemed to have some kind of vegan meat on the top. Didn’t enjoy it, if you prefer more veg based meals id skip this place. Didn’t enjoy my meal.

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Desserts , Air conditioned big seating area

Cons: Mostly vegan meats

veganinthejungle

Points +102

Vegan
28 Feb 2020

Amazing coconutmilkshake

Cool enviroment, i went at night, so only downstairs was open. Big menue and a lot of fake meat options. I had some kind of bento box with fake beef to eat in. With the most amazing coconut cocholat milkshake! The food was alrifgt, a bit dry. And a sushi to take away. The sushi was super dry and i

Kaya.B

Points +862

Vegan
23 Feb 2020

Great!

I've been there twice. Everything I tried was very tasty: some dry noodles with fried spring rolls, a banh mi with mock chicken, coconut ice-cream and green tea ice-cream. The ice-cream is a bit too sweet though.

Nice range of food in the supermarket area - mock meat and fish, sauces, frozen foods... Good ingredients as well!

I can't wait to come back and try the buffet which looks insane!

Pros: Lots of options, Fair prices, English menu and lots of pictures

bonsrikulumi

Points +25

Vegan
16 Feb 2020

Quite OK.

The food was quite good, we had a soup and a sandwich. Was nothing special. As some others already mentioned before, the place is really fancy, huge and modern. Reminds me a bit on a future McDonalds, too.
Something which disturbed Me quite much, they use a lot of plastic garbage, seems like they don't really care about environmental questions

Pros: Totally Vegan, Midrange prices

Cons: To much plastic packed things, loud music

ibenmadsen

Points +15

Mostly Veg
13 Feb 2020

Tasteless food

Very modern and nice decorations and interieur. Very large selection of food, but the food did not have a lot of taste to it. Fresh ingrediens, but mostly meat-substitutes, instead of vegetables.

Pros: Only vegan options, Vegan supermarket, Fair prices

Cons: Not a lot of taste to the food

Ventureoflife

Points +503

Vegan
09 Feb 2020

Lots of vegan options

Really huge fast food style restaurant with lots of vegan options and new dishes to try

Updated from previous review on 2020-02-09

Pros: Diversity, Good taste, Cheap

Cons: English is not granted

HuyTieu

Points +283

Vegan
08 Feb 2020

Super Buffet place

Super Buffet place with so many options to pick from

June78

Points +36

Vegan
15 Jan 2020

Yum and easy

So easy and yum. Walked straight up to counter in the middle, pointed to what I wanted and paid. They gave me a number and I sat where I wanted. The Bahn mi was awesome.

Pros: Pictures of meals, English translations, Affordable

tofucari

Points +80

Vegan
08 Jan 2020

Amazing!

The vegan eggs there are so good! Best I’ve had. Also, the bánh mì is only about 1USD. 😅 They have a great assortment of vegan foods. I went there more than 3 times and it was good every time. Staff is also very nice and the decor was pretty. We also bought a toon of vegan mock meets from their grocery store. It was all so unbelievably good! Such a treat.

Tuulia.

Points +786

Vegan
18 Dec 2019

Super modern place

This place seems a little bit like a really modern and vegan McDonalds. The christmas decoration and music is also really strong but I like it.
We ordered our Banh Mis (each 25,000VND) and one Durian sticky rice smoothie (50,000VND). The Banh Mis consists of vegan grilled meat and roasted chicken which was different but tasty! I loved the Durian Smoothie but I can imagine that the taste is for many people too weird and not tasty at all. But if you are into weird tastes than I would really recommend this type of smoothie.

Pros: all vegan (they say it’s 100% organic), many different kind of dishes , small food store in the back of the restaurant

Cons: the prices of the other dishes besides the..., ...Banh Mi are quite high.

joyoeats

Points +44

Vegan
27 Nov 2019

So good!

They had the best Banh Mis that I tried in whole Vietnam! The milk shakes are amazing as well. Good prices!

Jessiebouj

Points +40

Vegan
19 Nov 2019

Cheap and large menu

I see a lot of reviews saying you can get much better vegan food for less money than this place, and I’d really like to know where. This place is cheaper than all of the other veg restaurants I’ve been to in Saigon. The banh mi was 2500, only 500 more than what the street vendors sell for, and unlike the street vendors, was good with lots of filling. The meals are mostly under 50000, whereas everywhere else I’ve been has charged 55000 for not very good food. In fact some was downright bad. I also found the staff to be very friendly and they sell a lot of Vietnamese dishes I wouldn’t be able to try otherwise. Plus ice cream. Also only a short walk from the backpacker streets. I’ll be eating a meal here everyday. I’m only giving 4 stars though because the juice was very small with lots of ice, and too expensive.

Pros: All vegan , Lots of choice , Reasonably priced

Cons: Juices are small and overpriced

neer

Points +286

Vegan
17 Nov 2019

Okay-ish Large Restaurant

The food is hygienic, and tastes okay. But that's all there's to it, in my opinion. There're far better places to eat in Saigon, that cost a lot less.

It's quite a large place, and eating here is an impersonal experience. The staff seem really disconnected in a way, which is a major put-off for me personally, because it feels like I'm eating at McDonalds!

Pros: Lots of Vegan options, Large hygienic place, Vegan shop inside, to buy fake meats and sauces

Cons: A bit expensive, Impersonal

OrsolyaDancs

Points +67

Vegan
17 Nov 2019

Lovely bahn mi and ice cream

I always look for vegan versions of the famous bahn mi in Vietnam, and this was just awesome. The place is huge, has a vegan buffet on the top floor, restaurant on the ground floor and 3 flavours of vegan ice cream.

RubyLoo

Points +69

Vegan
05 Nov 2019

Yummy drinks

Stopped in for a cold smoothie while passing by. Very tasty. Didn't try any other food yet

BrittanyOldham

Points +15

Vegetarian
19 Oct 2019

Lot of fake meat, nothing quite good.

Lot of fake meats and seafood, wish they could just do healthy well without all the fuss. Food kinda creeped me out, and staff would follow you around. I wouldn't go back here.

ReginaKe

Points +385

Vegan
14 Sep 2019

Nothing special

Food was okay, we had a salat and banh mi. Drinks came with a lot of ice. Many plates with mock meat.

They also have a small supermarket with a lot of mock meat options.

Michael2010

Points +415

Vegan
19 Aug 2019

Average - Meh

Food was ok but really nothing special by Saigon standards. Saigon has amazing Vegan options with wonderful service, even in places where the staff don’t speak good English at least they try. Here they just treated you with total indifference and are not really trying to offer a customer experience. Average food poor customer experience = a not to be repeated experience. Far better places in Saigon.

Pros: Lots of vegan dishes, Cheap, Vegan supermarket attached

Cons: Generally processed mock meats, Zero English spoken or really attempted, Not the friendliest vegan place in Saigon

DuncanMacbethLead

Points +1223

Vegan
03 Aug 2019

Unreal food

Went here for my first meal in Vietnam and had the Chicken Banh Mi and Papaya Salad. The Banh Mi was insane. The mock chicken and pate was amazing, and the whole collection of flavours were incredible. The Papaya salad was also very good, but the Banh Mi took it for me!

Really well priced here as well, plus the menu is very extensive. It’s also got a vegan supermarket inside it; so if you need to pick anything up you can!

Pros: Fully vegan, Amazing food, Cheap

SandrineTangerine

Points +61

Vegan
14 Jul 2019

very good food

Had the buffet, great food, lots of options though most of them are based on fake meats, if you're into that. Prices for the buffet are ok, not super cheap.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Not too cheap

LanceMichelson

Points +18

Vegan
08 Jul 2019

BEST VEGAN BUFFET in VIETNAM

This is the best vegan buffet I have found so far, in Vietnam and in Asia, there might be better ones out there, I guess...but I give this a 10/10, and this is NOT #fakenews btw as some of the other reviews seems to be IMO. peace from Saigon/HCMC Vietnam, here is a video I just made about it, made on July 7, 2019, peace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8WPapu8ywk&feature=youtu.be

RoryMcarthur

Points +50

Vegan
05 Jul 2019

Very good

Chicken banh mi was very tasty, would like to go back as they had a large range of vegan meats that all looked great

WadeLomas

Points +30

Vegan
24 Jun 2019

Very average

Buffet is charged by weight with rice an extra 10k. Very salty and sugary. Cheaper and better options are around District 1

LanceMichelson

08 Jul 2019

July 8, 2019-I was there last night, this was totally NOT the case, best vegan buffet I have been to, amazing food and options. peace.

JasmineEmma

Points +891

Vegan
21 Jun 2019

Tasty, quick and cheap!

Stopped here when we were in a rush to get to a tour and our first few choices were closed but it was exactly what we needed. Quick service, 100% vegan, tasty and cheap. Went back later for dinner, the mock meats are very tasty. For the rice combo you can order 1 mock meat from the front section of the buffet (or pay extra for others), 1 veg and 1 soup. Recommend the Banh Mi, Rice combo, Chicken and sticky rice and cookies and cream shake.




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