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Vegan
Juice bar
Delivery
Take-out
Catering
Vietnamese
Breakfast
Extensive menu of Vietnamese breakfast soups, hot pots, stir frys, clay pots, baked tofu dishes, plus salads and sandwiches. Many dishes contain soy or wheat-based mock-meats. Nice atmosphere with high ceilings, linen table clothes, lots of plants. Try the lemongrass tofu and the pho bo/ga, and bun rieu (vermicelli crab with a tomato base soup). Meals are served with hot tea. The menu is translated into English but very limited spoken English. Previously located at
62 Phan Dinh Phung. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-2:00pm, 4:30pm-9:00pm.
96 Reviews
First Review by fire horse
Aaronr
Points +85
Best veggie food in Dalat! - Edit
Came here on recommendation from Happy Cow and was not disappointed. Great food, VERY CHEAP, and the staff is super friendly. I enjoyed it so much I came back three times in two days!
Read morePros: cheap food, friendly staff, menu in English
Cons: none
Guest
ewanm
Points +16
Best vegan food in Da Lat - Edit
Huge menu with lots of interesting mock meat options as well as really good veg dishes. The 'chicken' and the braised tofu are amazing.
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Die_Vicki
Points +35
liked it a lot! - Edit
Went there twice as we really liked it, prices are more than reasonable for the food you get. But: they have a really extended menu when there aren't so many people in the restaurant, which was the case during our first visit (8:15pm). We even had two dishes we never had before, during our five vegetarian weeks in Vietnam! Unfortunately they don't serve a lot of the "special" foods if there are a lot of customers... Food was still good:)
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KarinS
Points +377
very good - Edit
We had 2 dishes, the "like beef" which was in a clay pot and made of Gluten, and the "like pork" made of Tofu. Especially the first delicious! Very well seasoned.
Read moreI agree the plates were more expensive. Both 50.000 dong, but big and we thought the beef was the best dish so far in 4 veggie restaurants in Vietnam.
Pros: You sit nicer though than on the street., Hot tea free of charge
Cons: Slightly higher price. The waiters didn't speak an
Guest
Eric_
Points +736
Convenient - Edit
Big place and good location for tourists. A bit more familiar feeling than the ubiquitous tiny local veggie places scattered around the city (and not on Happy Cow). Okay food and great bahn mis.
Read morePros: English menu
Cons: A lot of tofu, No alcohol
Guest
beancurdled
Points +1675
make a b-line - Edit
We just ate dinner here on our last evening in Da Lat and are feeling regretful about all the delicious meals we could've eaten if only we'd gotten ourselves to Hoa Sen sooner.
Read moreThe restaurant was pumping early on a Saturday evening. Other reviewers have mentioned that no English is spoken here but the waitress who took out order spoke English well. Having read about the fresh spring rolls so was keen to try those but they were out so they recommended the glutenous rice flour dumpling. Wrapped in pandan leaves, it's translated on the menu as "pyramidal" dumpling. The dumpling itself is not as rubbery as it looks, it's actually quite tender and has a slightly salty flavour of its own, although the filling of mushrooms, root veggies, and tofu julienned is the star here. We also shared one of the bao to start which had a similar filling to the dumpling but with a peppery seasoning. The bun was fluffy, slightly sweet and tasted a bit coconutty to me as well.
We ordered two main dishes which, while small, were plenty for the two of us with steamed rice. The chilli tofu was three big chunks of perfectly puffy fried tofu with a chilli and lemongrass seasoning. We also ordered "spicy vegetables" or something like that, thinking some greens would be a good balance to the tofu. The dish that arrived was very thinly sliced onions, quickly stir fried with a fake chicken type protein with similar seasoning to the tofu. Not what we expected but still delicious...just made for a pretty unbalanced meal in the end. When ordering vegetable dishes, I recommend choosing those where the actual name of the vegetable is translated if you want a better idea of what you're getting!
Unlike other reviewers, we found the service efficient and not unfriendly. What more can you expect? It's not fine dining. Ditto to the decor. The lighting is fluorescent, the floor is tiled but there are some nice touches like small indoor water features with steam and coloured lights. I think there's another seating area upstairs where it looked like the lighting might have been warmer and lower. Still, it's not the place to linger over dinner. Just enjoy your meal and get on with your life!
Guest
tofu-on-a-stick
Points +50
Real Vietnamese - Edit
This is a traditional, large Vietnamese Buddhist restaurant. You will see people inviting the monks etc there. As such, it is a good Vietnamese experience, but not the small "Quan" for everyday.
Read moreThe food is good, but typical also. This means a wide range. My VN friend liked the food and she is very choosy, so it gets an authentic tick. It does stand up well to other places. The prices are standard.
We had a hotpot (Lau) one time, and rice another time.
For some reviewers complaining about the lack of flavour, the problem is a lot of VN vego dishes are not strong. But something braised with pepper (kho tieu) or Tofu with lemongrass and chili (Dau hu xa ot) are stronger, and it is traditional to add chili or sauce at the table.
Lastly, comments about free tea made us laugh - that is standard for the vast majority of local restaurants and cafes in Vietnam.
It is 4.5/5 as a real VN place that I enjoyed. Have to round it up to 5 for HC!
Pros: Good food, Authentic, Pleasant
Cons: Not much
Guest
HeraldingChaz
Points +44
Expensive for what it is - Edit
Prices were quite expensive for Vietnam - cheapest at 35000 VND for a plate of veg, and then progressively higher for rice and noodles. You can't really order a main dish, so for 2 people it would work out quite expensive to get 4 things for a whole meal. In a lot of Veg restaurants in Vietnam you can get a simple main of white rice + veg, or pho for around 15000 VND.
Read moreOrdered bok choy and mushrooms (good) and water spinach with ginger (turned out to also be boy choy and without much ginger). We ate a glutionous rice dumpling wrapped in a banana leaf from the take-away stand out the front too (8000 VND each) as this was much better value!
Pros: Free green tea, Glutinous rice dumplings to take-away
Cons: Expensive for what it is
Guest
meatisfordummies
Points +186
Amazing! - Edit
One of our favorites in Vietnam. Ate here 3 times in 2 days, including sandwiches from their lunch cart out in front of the sit down restaurant. Large menu, seems to be all vegan. Packaged cookies for sale were delicious and one of the few places we found baked goods in the whole country. The sandwiches were the best deal, $.75 each for take-away, but the rest of the menu was relatively inexpensive as well. Great location (just 2 blocks from the Dreams hotel with it's own amazing breakfast buffet).
Read morePros: delicious food, vegan cookies!, location
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Atomicpen
Points +108
tasty food - Edit
Menu had English translation, lots of variety, tasty food
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BradenPollock
Points +631
Outstanding! - Edit
The food was great. Large menu. Super fresh. Good service. Delicious shakes. Great value. (Each entree is about $2). Five entrees, 3 shakes and tea for 3 ppl was $12 total.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Monday February 25, 2013
Guest
missrunning
Points +317
Clean place with an extensive menu - Edit
This place was one of the most cleanest restaurants we've been in almost three weeks in Vietnam. They offer a wide range of meals. The fresh spring rolls are delicous, and so is the Hot Pot.
Read moreAlmost no english is spoken here, and they only offer alcohol-free beer, but the tea and as well as the juices are very good!
We've been to this place twice and would love to have one restaurant of this kind nearby in Germany :-)
Guest
brummkeks
Points +164
thumbs up for the fresh spring rolls & sandwiches - Edit
We ate there twice but didn't like the cooked food too much (we had the mushroom hotpot, fried tofu malaysian style, sauteed vegetables) as it was boring and with hardly any taste.
Read moreHowever, the fresh spring rolls (7000 dong per piece) are served with a delicious peanut sauce and are the best we had so far - and we tried many! Also, the take-out sandwiches are very good and great value.
Pros: free tea, great sandwiches, best spring rolls
Cons: cooked food tasteless & boring
Guest
procrastinasian
Points +273
Worth a visit - Edit
We ate twice at Hoa Sen, and got to-go items from the little stand in front of the restaurant twice.
Read moreI wasn't crazy about the crab vermicelli soup, but the Hue soup was good. Be aware that the won ton noodle soup does not contain any won ton! Unless I was brought the wrong dish, I suspect that the "won ton soup" has won ton, and that the "won ton noodle soup" has all of the same broth and veggies as the "won ton soup" but instead of won ton, it just has vermicelli. I was a bit disappointed, as I thought I'd be getting both won ton and vermicelli. You live and you learn.
The coconut shake is delicious (fresh coconut and ice blended), the three beans milk good, and the tea is tasty as well. We at the ice and suffered no ill effects.
We also tried the banh bao (good), and two types of spring rolls (also both good). The banh mi is tasty and super cheap (only 10k). My favorite thing might have been the savory banana-wrapped steamed cakes sold in front (I'm not even sure what they're called) for 8k. We had them once, and I tried to go back later to get more but they were sold out.
There is a small selection of packaged cookies near the front. We tried the ones that are rolled up like fat straws, and they were excellent. Only 25k for a fairly large bag of them, too.
Overall, while this wasn't the very best restaurant we tried in Vietnam, it was quite good. It's clean, and the prices are very low. I wish we had one like this in Toronto.
Bonus: there's a cute resident dog who looks like Falcor who can sometimes be seen wandering around in or near the restaurant.
Pros: Cheap, Good food
Cons: none!
Guest
fire horse
Points +120
Ok if in the area. - Edit
It looks upmarket from the outside but seriously lacks atmosphere once inside. Minimal (not in a trendy way). Clean enough.
Read moreAlmost no english spoken but they have some dished translated into english on the menu.
The food was OK - well presented but not that tasty. The service mediocre. The free white tea was nice. Popular with young Vietnamese dating couples which is sweet.
3 dished came to £2.
Pros: free white tea, proximity to some hotels
Cons: english very limited, staff not very helpful
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