Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Western
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out

A typical chay veggie fast food cafe serving Western cuisine. Uses various mock meats. Reported closed June 2022.


43 Reviews

First Review by mishak

bryennekay

Points +61

Vegetarian
28 Dec 2017

English/Russian menu available!

The food here was so good! I ordered a pho & lemongrass tofu. Both were huge but they happily packed up the extras to go. All the guys that work there were really friendly and it was cheap. Definitely worth a trip!!! Plus it’s right beside the market. Around dinner time all the food vendors come out and it’s fun to see.

Pros: near the market , cheap , super delicious

WillChadwick

Points +75

Vegetarian
21 Jun 2017

tasty food, poor service

Staff served 3 locals who didn't know how to queue before getting round to me. No English menu so I basically had to point and guess. Turned out to be cheap and tasty.

Cons: Hello, I'm here?! Serve me...

Astravegan

Points +100

Vegan
16 May 2017

My favorite in Nha Trang

Very delicious food. Very friendly staff. Big choice of mockmeats. And very cheap. You can have a full meal for about 1$.

Ruderies16

Points +349

Vegan
25 Mar 2017

Delicious

Fantastic place with yummy food and friendly service. Amazingly good value. There are various things to choose from at the front, but you can also order from a menu where you have other choices such as soup and salads. A great place and we'll certainly be back; nice breathing space from the chaos in the centre of town.

Pros: Great food, cheap, friendly service

Jph71

Points +672

Vegan
24 Mar 2017

great local food

We stumbled in here and once you get over the language barrier , you will find delicious and a very well priced cheap meal . At first we felt out of place but they were good and friendly to us

McGregs

Points +23

Vegetarian
16 Feb 2017

Great value

The food is delicious and super cheap. 5,000 for a spring roll and they were the best I've ever had. The Com Chay with rice is only 17,000 for a generous portion. Very satisfying.

Pros: Cheap , Fast service , Tasty food

Cons: Not that clean , Not much atmosphere , Communal tables

Tofulicious

Points +1749

Vegan
27 Dec 2016

Nha Trang's Best Attraction

The saddest thing about leaving Nha Trang was having to leave Bo De behind. If you can navigate the language barrier, huge noodle soups and 'com chay' (rice with a selection of dishes from the buffet) cost 17K each. There's also an extensive a'la carte menu, with dishes starting from 30K, which we never got a chance to explore because everything else was too yummy.

Pros: Great tasty food , Decent portions, Lovely decor and setting

Cons: Closes at 8:00pm

kidness

Points +32

Vegan
15 Aug 2016

Great place, but check out the Vietnamese menu too!

Good quality, fairly fresh, decent mock meat ("chicken" made from oyster mushrooms!) and a big menu. Either by accident or design the cheaper rice dishes, and all of the noodle dishes, are left out of the English menu, but there was no problem when we ordered them from the Vietnamese menu.

Pretty busy but food is served quickly.

HollyCow

Points +785

Vegan
11 Aug 2016

delicious vegetarian food

I tried the bitter melon soup and I think this is a real winner. The goya is definitely not too bitter and very healthy. The portion is sufficient. The soup is sold for 35,000 VND. I also recommend the vegetarian hamburger. The burger was only 15,000 VND

Updated from previous review on 2016-08-11

Pros: Delicious, Inexpensive, English menu

Georgiageorgia

Points +33

Vegetarian
07 Jul 2016

Good!

We had a good dinner here. When we first sat down it took some time to be served, only because the staff were trying to locate the one English speaking person in the restaurant! Once he came to our table he talked us through the menu (it is in Vietnamese only) and we ordered dumplings, fresh rice paper rolls, a noodle soup and a rice pancake - banh xeo. The soup was delicious (one of the best I've had in Vietnam) topped with herbs, crunchy spring rolls, and green mango salad, the fresh rice paper rolls were really good too! Dumpling was tasty but been siting all day, and the bahn xeo was good but pretty oily. But after a long evening trying to find some good vegetarian food we were very happy.

melephant

Points +167

Vegan
03 Feb 2016

Okay

This place is okay. The rice plate and buns are probably the best option. I really liked the steamed buns, but not so much the sticky rice squares steamed in leaves as the filling was a bit too sweet.

I ordered the chili and lemon grass tofu. The sauce lacked flavor. Also vegans be aware that anything in a batter probably has eggs. My tofu was definitely cooked in an egg batter. Springs rolls were mediocre.

My friend ordered the beef steak rice. The fake meat really tastes like beef so I didn't like it at all, but if you like beef you might like it.

Prices are average/low

KarinS

Points +377

Vegetarian
27 Dec 2015

very good

Had 2 dishes, mock goat with lemongrass and chili, and mock duck fried rice. Both supergood!!
Nice restaurant as well, looks more than street food cart, but as always here food is fast and you don't stay long.
No english spoken, but they have an English Menu.

Artem Crocus

Points +80

Vegan
21 Jun 2015

Cheap and dirty :)

The place is quite popular among the tourists in general, not only vegetarians, due to its democratic prices and the fact that it's located near Xom Moi market, close to tourist district. As it turned out, some tourists don't even fully understand what they order, and imagine omelet and "unsalted fish" among the variety of soy dishes. :)

The food is rather tasty but it's the typical Vietnamese fast-food so don't expect much diversity. I would recommend you to try "bánh canh". Here it's made from the thick wheat noodles and served with the delicious fried tofu - quite original. By the way, Bồ Đề is a typical "chay" (vegetarian) place, and you can't say that it's fully vegan. At least, if you want you can easily order cow milk as a drink. As for the other dishes, it's most likely that they are vegan, but nobody will guarantee you that, because it's unlikely that the concept of "veganism" is familiar to Vietnamese buddhists.

Bồ Đề is the dirtiest place among all the vegetarian places in Nha Trang, probably because of its large size. This is the main drawback. It isn't extraordinary event really to see a cockroach running along the wall or on your table. And if you're kind of squeamish person and you're afraid of the mere thought of finding a little bug or a black hair in your dish, you should never go to Cơm Chay Bồ Đề. :)

Pros: Cheap, Works all day, Close to tourist district

Cons: Dirty, Little variety in dishes

jojoinbrighton

Points +1283

Vegan
03 May 2015

Delicious and cheap.

Visited Bo De a couple of times whilst I was in Nha Trang and it was great both times. I tried the Pho which you can either order from the menu, off of the board behind the counter or at the second table where you'll see pho ingredients laid out. There's also a canteen style area where you can choose rice with mock meats, veggies etc. I tried the steamed buns too which were filled with crisp veggies which I loved. I also loved that this place was packed out with locals no matter what time of day it was, it's clearly really popular which is no surprise as the food's tasty and it's ridiculously cheap.

VeganBiker

Points +260

Vegan
20 Jan 2015

A Bit Confusing, but Not Terrible

The food was far from fresh and didn't really taste special at all. There is no real practical means of ordering unless you speak Vietnamese, so I just pointed at things and hoped for the best. The locals appeared to be getting totally different options, but I guess that's just my own problem for not speaking the language. Anyway, what I did get was passable and pretty cheap, so it wasn't a loss.

Pros: l

mishak

Points +17

Vegetarian
04 May 2014

Great!

I would like to recommend this place especially to solo budget travellers. Very good taste, wide range choice, very very cheap. One plate rice + everything you want on it is 12k vnd. Cmon that's dirty cheap:) Food was very well spiced and I didn't need to add anything to my meal. I got a soup too. I ate lunch and took out as well. You basically just point on different food that you like to have on your rice. Nice staff. No english though. Good selection of mock meat and cooked vegetable. Which is anyway more safe to eat than raw vegetable in SE Asia.

Pros: Cheap, Tasty, You Can See And Choose

Cons: Can Be Crowded With Locals, No English Spoken, Very Basic Environment




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