Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Vietnamese
Large vegetarian restaurant serving traditional Vietnamese food prepared vegetarian style. You order as many dishes as you'd like from a big menu with photos of the dishes. Most items are vegan apart from ones with cheese/cream. Previously at 8A Tho Nhuum, this location reported Feb 2019. Open Mon-Sun 10:30am-10:00pm.
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40 Reviews
First Review by suchesuch
Potatomasher
Points +58
Big and beautiful buffet - Edit
Well managed and very pretty restaurant that is buffet style over two floors. Good for large groups. Food is delicious.
Read morePros: Big selection, Verynice ambience, Good staff, efficent
Cons: Over two floors so up and down the stairs a lot
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Trambau
Points +2665
Great! - Edit
Half of these photos (ones with glass table) belong to the 2nd brach at Hoang Dao Thuy street which I recently listed here in HappyCow.
Read moreSame owner with Uu Dam Chay I heard. Offer serve-at-table buffet with exellent dishes. Hotpot and drinks are excluded
Updated from previous review on 2019-03-10
Trambau
Half of these photos (ones with glass table) belong to the 2nd brach at Hoang Dao Thuy street which I recently listed here in HappyCow.
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LauraHanes
Points +173
So worth the money! - Edit
We paid 290,000d each, which comes out to about $12 usd for the buffet. And it’s totally worth it. The food is amazing! A must try!
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NicoleMirasol
Points +124
A must - Edit
This was such an epic experience - so
Read moreMany delicious dishes to try and enjoy and choose again. Highly recommend
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EdYan
Points +2661
Wow - Edit
What a unique dining experience. It's all you can eat but you order from a nicely presented hardcover menu with over 80 dishes, each beatifully photographed and some with good descriptions. The food came out quickly and each dish was well presented and the food delicious.
Read moreThe restaurant itself is so lovely inside with a distinct interior design.
My only criticism is the menu doesn't clearly distinguish vegan vs vegetarian however the vast majority of dishes are vegan.
Pros: Extensive menu
Cons: Dishes with dairy or eggs not clearly marked
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Gina_97
Points +91
Amazing! - Edit
Regret not getting photos but was too busy eating the tasy food!
Read moreWent here with my family - I am vegan, 2 veggies, 1 pestcatrian, and 2 meat eaters.
Everything looked great on the menu but we weren't sure what was vegan friendly (as it wasn't labelled), so we spoke with the waiter, said I was vegan, and asked them to choose for us. They were so amazing and helpful! Basically brought out mostly vegan dishes (which all tasted fantastic) and a couple of vegetarian dishes for everyone else but made substitutes for me.
Loved the atmosphere, and we were well and truly stuffed. I don't think the price was too bad (around £80 for 6 people incl a non-alcoholic drink each). Oh and its a buffet style, but ordering from the table (at least we did)
Pros: Helpful staff, Really tasty!, Lots of options for vegan
Cons: Wish the menu stated the vegan options on
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nadina.grigoratou
Points +111
Worth checking out! - Edit
Vegetarian buffer with great variety and authentic taste! However, even though the waiter told us that everything is vegan, there were dishes with eggs and cheese, not pointed out on the menu! The staff probably doesn't really know the difference between vegetarian and vegan.
Read morePros: Variety, Taste, All-you-can-eat
Cons: Vegetarian dishes passing on as vegan
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microfauna
Points +1886
Veg Fine Dining at its most Expensive - Edit
Sadhu is an elegant veg restaurant located southwest of Old Town.
Read moreYou may want to make reservations and come earlier as you’ll want sufficient time to enjoy as many of the foods as you’d like. Most of the food is vegan so you may want to confirm with staff, but the staff are buzzing around and maybe difficult to track.
Compared to other similar restaurants, Sadhu is more high-end and comes with the highest dining price anywhere I ate over a month in Vietnam. Nothing stood out as exceptional, but for the shear variety, it’s worth checking out if it’s not beyond your budget.
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Waltergardner
Points +44
Amazing! - Edit
If you’re looking for a getaway in HN, definitely make a visit here!
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lanicardwell
Points +52
Luxury Buffet - Edit
The food is delicious at this restaurant. It is a buffet which you order in small servings to your table. This was perfect for us because it let us try so many different dishes. We loved it so much we went back twice.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-07-02
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kaibun
Points +1010
Worst service in Viet Nam - Edit
Came here, the entire restaurant was empty. They told me to wait to be seated. After minutes of two of the waiters arguing with someone in the phone they told me they were full and made me leave. There was ONE customer in the restaurant!?!
Read moreCons: Everything
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sadieteuf
Points +26
Worth it! - Edit
Super fresh small plates style ordering system- I loved that even though it’s a buffet all the food feels fresh because you order each piece individually. Yeah, it’s pricier than a lot of the options in Hanoi but you get to try SO MANY different traditional dishes. Amazing food. The steamed mushrooms, and tofu leaf rolls were absolutely incredible.
Read morePros: Lots of options
Cons: Pricy
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mattjcope92
Points +28
Great experience - Edit
Love the setting here and the fact there are so many delicious options to choose from. The meal is a set price and you can order as many items on the menu as you like (drinks are extra). We loved most of the courses and the ones we didn’t, were just not to our taste, but the quality of all of it was great.
Read morePros: Tonnes of vegan options, Tangerine drink (amazing)
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lukasre
Points +104
Great Vegan Food, overall experience could be improved - Edit
We went there for dinner the food was great (With Buffet you can just order any dishes you want all you can eat). We were a little early so the staff was still getting ready and was a little disorganized so this could be improved. We paid around 700k for two incl. drinks, which is pricier than other places in Hanoi but it was well worth it.
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ParthPachori
Points +17
Good option for casual dinner - Edit
Good ambience and plenty of options to order
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CathyRitchie
Points +201
failed on so many levels - Edit
Because of the high price point and excellent reviews we saved this restaurant up for a special treat, but came away disappointed.
Read moreThe food and drinks, while generally good and sometimes creative, was rarely any better than “just good” and some creative dishes didn’t work for our taste meaning that despite the numerous small courses that were served we still left unsatisfied.
Service was definitely lacking. More specifically, staff rushed around delivering courses to the table as quickly as possible, often several at once. This was not exactly conducive to a leisurely or romantic dinner. Dishes were dropped off at the table with no explanation of what each dish was, no hints as to how to eat some of them, what the sauces were, and actually without any words spoken. Our server’s English was quite limited, so questions generally didn’t help a lot.
Most worrying of all, and despite a clear discussion with our server at the beginning of the service, several confirmatory questions, and us presenting a coeliac card in Vietnamese. Two dishes containing small bread cubes were served. We also had to specifically and individually refuse dishes with egg and milk as our server did not understand “vegan”.
Pros: Fully vegetarian menu.
Cons: Staff did not understand “gluten free”, Staff did not understand “vegan”, Expensive
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annapayer
Points +145
Must try when you are in Hanoi - Edit
You pay 268k and can order whatever you want. My boyfriend and I had 30 different dishes😍 The atmosphere is so elegant and the staff is so friendly and polite. The food was amazing and it was such a nice experience 😍
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Laurenlanezzz
Points +104
Amazing! - Edit
We had the buffet which they brought out as multiple
Read moreSmall plates. So many beautiful dishes and they tasted amazing. The interior of this place is also gorgeous
Pros: Lots of options , Beautiful surroundings
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lreidsimmons
Points +33
Beautifully presented - Edit
Everything from atmosphere and staff service to the diverse and delicious was elegant and professional. Thanks for the best dining experience in Hanoi
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AbbiePaton
Points +23
Delicious Food- would definitely recommend - Edit
Absolutely amazing food- the best I have tasted in Hanoi! The staff were also attentive and kind, always being helpful and patient when we had a question.
Read morePros: All Vegetarian , Delicious flavourful food, All food looks beautiful
Cons: Expensive
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lucenity
Points +19
Amazing food and atmosphere - Edit
Loved eating at Sadhu, there were so many options we couldn’t make up our mind! Paid ~270k VND and ate so much I almost exploded. Favourite two things I ordered were the Hanoi Noodles and Vietnamese Pancakes.
Read moreEverything is vegetarian and most things are vegan. The staff were very friendly and easily could answer re: vegan questions. It’s pricy by Vietnamese standards but definitely worth it, both for quality and quantity, cannot recommend it enough.
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ArchanaK
Points +35
Brilliant creations for the taste buds - Edit
This is a place one must visit if travelling to Hanoi. As important as any landscape or historical site.
Read morePros: Creative food presentations, Tastiest combinations , Brilliantly thought through texture of food
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nha2tangmaithai
Points +27
Quán ăn đồ ăn sạch và bố trí bắt mắt - Edit
Món ăn rất ngon và bày trì vô cùng bắt mắt, tôi đã giới thiệu cho bạn bè tới đây
Read morePros: 5
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wallows
Points +35
amazing, flavourful traditional food - Edit
really great to taste veganised traditional food where you do not have to compromise in taste. however do note that the whole menu is not vegan (a few contains milk, but entirely vego) - best to ask the employees to check, especially anything with cream-looking ingredients (i.e. creamy soup)
Read morePros: amazing food, good service
Cons: expensive drinks
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davidmarsh
Points +24
Wowza - Edit
Quite possibly the most incredible food I have ever experienced one meal here and I have tried 10 different things I’ve never seen before. This place is not catering to Western tastes it is authentic Vietnamese cooking at its best. 😍
Read morePros: Inventive authentic food
Cons: Pricey but worth it
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DiscoStu
Points +888
Perfect - Edit
This place is absolutely perfect.
Read moreYes, for Vietnam standard it is pricey, but it‘s worth every VND.
You can choose between more than 60 small dishes. The staff told us exactly which is vegan. So we had a very good and filling (All you can eat) dinner. Fresh made and tasty.
Will go there again.
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GuilhermeLopes
Points +47
Definition of perfection - Edit
Maybe the best vegetarian restaurant I have ever visited. Worth every single note that I leave there, and I’m not the kind of person that spend a lot of money in fancy places
Read morePros: Perfect to go with your love, And with your friends, And your family
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