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Serves meat, vegan options available. Vietnamese and Thai food restaurant with a separate vegan menu. No fish sauce used in cooking. Reported closed September 2023.

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831 S Clinton Ave, Rochester, New York, USA, 14620
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6 Reviews

First Review by MichaelSavegan

My go to place - Edit

Been eating here for years and love it.

Great vegan options - Edit

I wish I could give it 5 stars

Separate Vegan Menu! - Edit

So nice to have a separate vegan menu. As mentioned in a prior review, they are cool with making items on the "regular" menu vegan as requested.
We usually get the fresh avocado spring rolls & the vegetable Pho. The Pho is huge & filling! Have had entrees there a few times & they never tasted like fish sauce, which has happened to us so many times over the years & had us avoiding Asian restaurants all together, until this one!
The staff has only ever been friendly & helpful to us. This is our go-to takeout place.

Pros: Many vegan choices/separate vegan menu, Large portions/good prices, Friendly staff

VeggieMo

Points +34

Vegan

21 Aug 2019

Full Vegan Menu! - Edit

They have a full vegan menu and were very happy to answer my questions! Very friendly staff and totally on board with vegan customers. I had vegetable steamed dumplings and sesame tofu. All was delish! I would give it 5 stars, but that’s not an option on HappyCow for restaurants that aren’t fully vegan.

Pros: Separate Vegan menu, Friendly staff, Good food!

harrysandy

Points +403

Vegan

13 May 2019

AVOID AT ALL COSTS - Edit

This place should not be on Happy Cow. They are completely hostile to vegans. Though they have a "vegan menu" almost nothing on it is actually vegan. The tofu is fried in the same oil as chicken, making it not vegan. I mentioned this to the waitress, she dismissed our concern because she used to be a vegan and is now so over that, she had no patience for those of us still consumed by it apparently. So we ordered a fresh spring roll, which was actually good and tasted vegan. Nice Hoisin sauce.. But then we ordered a Tom Yum lemongrass soup. It tasted like fish sauce even though the waitress checked with the kitchen and they denied putting fish sauce in it. We also ordered two Chinese main dishes, tofu (steamed because the fried was not vegan) and vegetables, one with garlic sauce one with Szechuan sauce. Both of them tasted so much like meat. We asked the waitress about it, she talked to the kitchen and they denied cooking it with meat fat. Perhaps the wok was so coated with so much meat fat that they didn't even realize how much taste the cookware imparted. It was so disgusting. Inedible. The waitress wanted to assure us that eating tofu fried in a vat with chicken doesn't normally cause stomach problems for vegans. We mentioned that we are vegan for ethical reasons so no amount of chicken fat is ok with us. And the way she was denying that anything had any meat taste in it was a sort of gaslighting. At least they comped our uneaten meal. They could have charged us for the tea and the fresh spring rolls that were fine, but they didn't ask us to pay for those, so I do appreciate that.

Pros: One appetizer was vegan

Cons: Tofu fried in chicken fat, Vegetable dishes cooked with a meat wok, They should not be on HappyCow

MichaelSavegan

Points +2296

Vegan

08 Jun 2018

Cozy and delicious - Edit

I hadn’t been here in so many years, but I am glad that I did.

This is an “Asian Fusion” Restaurant that has several different cuisines. I usually worry about “fusion” places because that may mean that they don’t do anything particularly well, it we were pleasantly surprised.

Surprised and delighted that they have a special separate Vegan menu, too. You are not restricted to the Vegan menu, though because they can do any dish as vegan. They clearly understand vegan cooking.

We started with fresh spring rolls with peanut dipping sauce. The spring rolls were large and tasty.

I had a Vegetable Pho that was so large I had to take half of it home. It was so tasty and came with a plate of sprouts and fresh herbs and other items to add to the broth as well as some flavorful umami sauce. The soup bowl itself had plenty of vegetables and rice noodles.

We also had the Pad Thai which was a little oily for our tastes but very tasty and again, a large portion.

The restaurant is really inexpensive and conveniently located across fro Swillburger and down the street from the Cinema Theater (which is owned now by vegans. They have only vegan snacks at the snack bar!)

We will be back!