Lacto
Beer/Wine
Take-out
Vietnamese

Located in the countryside, 10 minutes outside of historic Hue City, built in traditional Vietnamese design. Cozy, semi-open dining areas and artistic decor in a courtyard garden. Also exhibits paintings of well known Vietnamese artists. Specializes in traditional recipes handed down through generations. Reported using butter and milk. Open Mon-Sun 7:30am-8:30pm.


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10 Reviews

First Review by Sanna Lehtinen

JoannaMitkartoffel

Points +149

Vegetarian
21 Feb 2020

Very good value for money !

Very tasty food (we especially loved the banana leaf salad) good portion sizes and a nice atmosphere at very reasonable prices !

ghostgumtrees

Points +725

Vegan
30 Oct 2019

Great experience

The menu is extensive and has translations underneath. The explanations of the foods are all plain sounding until you get the food. Hue recipes are more delicate in flavour and there is a huge range of tastes and inventive things done with vegetables and greens.

The rice/ coconut paper rolls I hand made were so delicious and came with shredded oyster mushroom and tofu and a big pile of fresh herbs, carrot and daikon pickle and a delicious chilli lime sauce. The sour tomato and bamboo shoot soup was comforting and tangy.

The bill was very reasonable for the generous sharing size servings. One hint would be to go for dishes that don’t sound like they are ‘stir fry and rice’ as they might be less flavoursome and less traditional Hue vegan food.

Pros: All vegan, All Hue flavours/ recipes, Very well priced

Cons: Some things on the menu might not be a available, as it depends on the day/ season/ time

Jannine

Points +110

Vegetarian
27 Mar 2019

Comfort vegan food

We arrived about 7.30pm & were the only diners. The food arrived very quickly. Water spinach with shallots was delicious, tofu in tomato & eggplant with ginger were unremarkable. Prices around 40,000 VND each dish. Difficult to communicate in English, but eventually worked out.
Mosquitoes abundant due to the water features.

Pros: OK value, Fast delivery, Quiet peaceful surroundings

Cons: Some dishes bland., Communication difficult., Slightly overpriced for the quality.

XanderLeaDaren

Points +288

Vegetarian
08 Jul 2018

Un bon choix !

Restaurant facile à trouver et dans un cadre agréable et calme à Hué. Nous avons été servis rapidement.
Moyenne de prix 50 000 ₫.

Pros: Cadre agréable, Plats qui font locaux et non adaptations de plats

Cons: Un peu cher, Quelques plats piquants, même si on est habitué

Vegangirl7777

Points +462

Vegan
05 May 2018

Good find!

Came across this place while biking to the tomb of Tu Duc (really close) and i would recommend. I had the Thien Tam salad and the Thien Tam stuffed pancakes for 100 000 dong which is quite cheap. I thought the place looked really fancy, the food indeed was very tasty and fresh. The staff does not speak english at all though.

Theresita

Points +87

Vegetarian
12 Oct 2017

Nice atmosphere and good food

We have been there on our way to a temple near by and enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. We had some spring rolls, tofu with sauce, mushrooms with lemongrass, esteemed rice, bamboo soup and ginger tea. Which we shared as a couple. It was tasty and well cooked. Definitely recommend that place!

huracars

Points +15

Vegetarian
14 Apr 2017

value for money

we often have lunch here. The vegetable is fresh, I really like because they don't use sauce for cooking

Pros: friendly staff

Cons: good value

VeganJazzman

Points +179

Vegan
01 Mar 2014

Well...wasn't Bad

I expectedaybe too much after these reviews and the mentioned higher price. What we've received was a not bad/not putstanding dinner, but payed 325.000VND for a bit of Tofu, rice amd spring rolls. Still fair price for EU standards, but definitely expensive compared to other vegetarian restaurants. Somehow, the restaurant was full, maybe we just ordered the wrong (too simple) food? If there were not many other options around I may give it another try, but there are many other amd cheaper quan chay's in and around Hue

Pros: Furniture, Service

Cons: Price

procrastinasian

Points +273

Vegan
16 May 2012

Good, convenient if sightseeing outside town

This was a surprisingly large, surprisingly nice restaurant that felt somewhat in the middle of nowhere. It's a convenient stop if you're seeing tombs outside of town (we rode a motorbike there). The proprietor is a painter, whose work is hanging all around the restaurant as well as in his large outdoor studio/gallery, which is adjacent to the dining area.

The menu is large, and offers a number of local specialty dishes as well as standard Vietnamese fare. We tried some of the banana-leaf-wrapped cakes (good), the fig salad, and another dish that escapes me right now. The food wasn't the best we had in Vietnam, but it was still good. Prices were about double what they were at the places we went to in downtown Hue, but still reasonable by western standards. They accept credit cards.

The dining areas were very pleasant, covered but open, and fans are set up to keep diners cool. A very charming rooster sat near our table during the meal.

Pros: Good food, Pleasant setting

Cons: Smallish portions, Expensive by Vietnamese standards

Sanna Lehtinen

Points +30

Vegetarian
08 Mar 2011

Absolutely wonderful

We found this really good vegetarian restaurant by accident. We were cycling from Hue to Tu Duc mausoleum-sight and saw it on the way. It's quite easy to find.

The hot pot was the best dish we've eaten so far in Vietnam.
A blend of vegetables, mushrooms, tofus, pineapple and lots of chilli. The noodles and greens you could add yourself to the boiling pot. Nice outdoor athmosphere and reasonable prices (mains 15000-60000). Totally recommend that you bicycle there - it's not far and Vietnam needs no more pollution :)




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