Vietnam is known as a food heaven that every traveller is looking for. However, if you are a vegetarian, it might be challenging for you to find a good place for your meals. Luckily, nowadays, more và more vegan restaurants are opened to lớn meet your demand. Uu Dam Chay restaurant is one of the most famous vegan restaurants in Hanoi among both the locals & tourists. For years, it has been receiving a handy of excellent nhận xét on many websites, especially Tripadvisor.com. Bạn đang xem: Ưu đàm chay hà nội
However, is it really good? I will answer this doubt through this honest reviews about this Hanoi vegan restaurant which includes both good & bad things.
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1. General info of Uu Dam Chay restaurant
Address: 34 Hang Bai street, Hang Bai, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Opening hours:
Mon – Thurs: 7:30 – 22:00
Fri – Sun: 7:30 – 22:30
Only serve drinks from 7:30 – 10:00 am
My rating: 4.5/5
2. Pros of Uu Dam Chay restaurant
Food in Uu Dam ChayThis restaurant is a heaven for vegetarians as it serves a wide variety of vegan options, you can choose Vietnamese food with vegan version such as spring roll, phổ biến cake (a Vietnamese cake served in New Year), sticky rice, tofu, etc., Besides, there are also some Italian, Thai, or Japanese dishes that you can choose.
The food itself is beautifully decorated in an antique, yet fancy style.
Now, when it’s come khổng lồ the taste, I really admire the chef’s creativity when he/she can create such myriad options of fabulous vegan food that you can’t find in many vegan restaurants in Hanoi. This restaurant really changes my point of view about vegan food which I originally thought were bland, and not tasty.
However, it’s not that much outstanding and exceptional, all the dishes are pretty much at the same level of tastiness. Of all the dishes I’ve tried here, only some of them are really worth ordering the next time.
Overall, for vegetarians, you don’t have many choices và I believe that you will love the food here.
See Menu of Uu Dam Chay Restaurant to get more idea of the dishes served and its price.
I also take some pictures of the dishes that I have tried.
Dishes I strongly recommend: Sticky rice, sweet gruel, spring roll, cabbage with soy sauce, and stirred fried rice with mixed veggie.
Don’t recommend:
This is a banana dish, it’s TOO SALTY for me, even it’s served khổng lồ eat with rice, but still too salty!
I expected lớn have to lớn original coconut water, but sadly, they squeeze some kumquat (which is sour) into the water, making taste so weird.
Other “so so” dish:
This is a quite classy restaurant (at least, for most of the Vietnamese), so the price is quite “classy” too. It costs around 100,000 – 200,000 VND for a dish. On average, it may cost you around 300,000vnd/person khổng lồ get a full stomach. I remember the most recent time I went there with family & the bill was over 1,700,000vnd/ 4 person (about 400,000vnd/person).
Interior decorThe reason why I love Uu Dam Chay Restaurant partly is because of its decoration which is a perfect mix between modern và antique style. In addition, it also incorporates Buddhism architecture (and music) which bring peace into the atmosphere.
The restaurant is very spacious with 3 floors. It’s just so beautiful from every corner, but I was recommended that the upper floor is more stunning.
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Surely that it has such a perfect location which is near Hoan Kiem lake – the most famous tourist attraction as well as the heart of Hanoi. From the lake, you can easily reach Uu Dam Chay Restaurant by foot (30 minutes), or by motorbike/taxi (5 minutes).
3. Cons of Uu Dam Chay restaurant
To be honest, I had been here twice & don’t have any negative feelings about this vegan restaurant.
However, I have read some bad reviews about Uu Dam Chay Restaurant on Trip
Advisor and will sum up a few points here for you.
– Staffs
Many people said the staffs are impolite, is it really so? Well, personally, I don’t have any problem with them. After reading several guests’ comments, I think there might be 2 reasons for it.
First, the staffs are always busy, no matter when you come, the restaurant seems always busy and that’s why they could not take extremely good care of you.
Second, they don’t speak English very well, therefore, misunderstanding may happen. For this reason, if you have any special order or request, you have lớn really make sure that they vì chưng understand you clearly (whether lớn use google translate, or speak really slowly).
– Waiting
As there are a lot of customers here,, sometimes you may have khổng lồ wait for a while for the food coming. I also had the same experience, but I’m ok with that.
To fix this problem, some dishes are pre-prepared (since the second time I came here, the dishes are served quicker than before, so I realized that they must have been cooked before that). However, some people may not like that.
Tips tips tips
Make a reservation before you come lớn assure that you will get a table.Don’t order more than 1 fried dish. The first time I came, I ordered 2 veggie fried dishes và it turns out quite oily & we couldn’t finish them. In fact, they were very tasty, just too much oil.4. Would I come back to this restaurant?
100% Yes,
I’m quite satisfied with Uu Dam Chay restaurant và believe that it is the best vegan restaurant in Hanoi. Therefore, I strongly recommend you lớn reserve a table at this vegan restaurant khổng lồ try some vegan delish here.
When I visited my family in Vietnam in February 2020, we went to my aunt"s favourite restaurantUu Dam Chay in Hanoi. It"s a place where you can get Vietnamese food which is all plant-based. Read more about this post and see why every one of us was so impressed!
Interior
By entering the building, we started to take photos with our cameras because everything looks so beautiful! On one hand it look quite traditional & on the other hand it is still modern and there are a lot of seats, perfect for big groups lượt thích us, hahaha. See for yourself, it was so cosy! I could"ve stayed there for hours.
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Menu card
You can see the menu thẻ online (which is only in Vietnamese available) & they also have an English version of it, so it is perfect for tourists. Everything is vegan & there are so many starters, dishes, desserts & nice drinks. My family ordered literally everything on this thực đơn card, haha.
Food & drinks
As I mentioned, we ordered a lot of food atUu Dam Chay. At the beginning, we got a pecan soup, served in some kind of milk bun. I couldn"t eat the whole soup because there was so much food to taste. Everything was so yummy, especially the fruit salad — I just love fruits and veggies và in Vietnam they are so intense. But I love the way everything is served here. Just see for yourself và enjoy the food porn I captured (hopefully, haha.)
Oh, & it was the first time I tried durian (stinky fruit) in a cake and it was delicious! You won"t notice the smell as much as in a whole fruit, I promise. If you ever have the intention to lớn visit Vietnam: Please try some fresh coconut water straight from the coconut. It tastes a lot better than e.g. In Germany. We ordered also a classic hot pot, rice noodles with meat alternatives and summer rolls.
