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Indulge in mouthwatering vegan buffets at these 5 venues, costing only around 100 - 120,000 Dong, perfect for festive occasions.
Explore 5 Fantastic Vegan Buffet Spots in Hanoi, Offering Elegant Ambiance at Affordable Prices Below 120,000 Dong
1. Ha Thanh Vegetarian Restaurant
Despite its hidden location on Kim Ma street, Ha Thanh Vegetarian Restaurant remains a familiar spot for many. While typically serving set meals, made-to-order dishes, and noodles on regular days, the restaurant offers a buffet spread during lunchtime on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month.
The buffet spread at the restaurant is quite diverse, featuring steamed, fried, stewed dishes, along with various cakes, desserts, jellies, and fruits priced at 100,000 Dong per serving. The vegetarian dishes are rich in flavor and easily enjoyable, with standout desserts such as jackfruit sticky rice or Kungpao chicken (stir-fried chicken with bell peppers) being particularly rare finds.
Another noteworthy aspect is that besides serving meals on-site, they also offer a variety of ready-to-buy vegetarian products such as vegetarian sausage, grilled mock meat, at quite reasonable prices. Among them, the mushroom sausage here is exceptionally delicious and worth trying.
The restaurant maintains a simple ambiance, minimally decorated, with rustic wooden tables and chairs, typical of the vegetarian eateries commonly found. Despite its location in a small alley, the restaurant boasts a relatively spacious courtyard, convenient for parking when visiting for vegetarian meals.
2. Loving Hut, Quan Thanh
In the list of affordable vegetarian buffet places in Hanoi, Loving Hut, Quan Thanh cannot be overlooked. Simply because the buffet price here is similar to Ha Thanh Vegetarian Restaurant, at around 100,000 Dong per person.
A plus point for Loving Hut, Quan Thanh buffet is the diverse range of dishes, including some rare items such as rolled rice, vegetarian spring rolls... Besides the buffet, the set meals here are also very pleasant and substantial, priced at about 30,000 Dong per portion, including 3 to 4 main dishes, 2 side dishes, soup, and dessert.
If you plan to dine here, note that the restaurant only serves lunch on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month. Additionally, the restaurant tends to be crowded, with a capacity of only about 80 people, so if you come with a group, it's advisable to make a reservation in advance to avoid waiting or leaving due to lack of seating.
3. An Lac Vegetarian Restaurant
An Lac Vegetarian Restaurant's biggest advantage is that it serves vegetarian buffet every day, both for lunch and dinner. Moreover, the prices here are very affordable at only 99,000 Dong per serving.
In terms of ambiance, the restaurant is professionally decorated, elegant, and has 2 floors, so the space is quite spacious, harmonious, creating a very comfortable feeling. However, on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar month or holidays, this restaurant is very crowded, so if you don't make a reservation, you may have to wait.
4. Tam Viet Vegetarian Restaurant
Tam Viet Vegetarian Restaurant offers vegetarian buffet on the 1st and 15th day of each month for the price of 70,000 Dong per person. At this price, the buffet here can be considered one of the cheapest in Hanoi.
As for the menu, the buffet at this restaurant includes over 20 dishes, alongside familiar dishes such as spring rolls, Hanoi-style nem, salads, various cakes, there are also vegetarian pho, bun rieu chay, bun nem, banh gio...
The restaurant offers a buffet-style rice meal daily, with fewer options priced at 30,000 Dong. Besides rice, they also offer a diverse range of hot pots, noodles, and pho. Regarding the ambiance, the restaurant is gently decorated with many low tables and cushions.
5. Nhat Tam Vegetarian Restaurant
Compared to most vegetarian restaurants in Hanoi, Nhat Tam has a distinct advantage in buffet service as it offers buffet on 6 days per month. The buffet schedule is fixed on the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th day of the lunar month.
The vegetarian buffet at Nhat Tam features over 25 dishes, focusing on traditional Vietnamese cuisine such as mushroom porridge, traditional spring rolls, fruit spring rolls, vegetarian sausage, meatball, tofu sausage, vegetarian banh chung (sticky rice cake), and even special dishes like vegetarian sour fermented pork rolls, vegetarian fermented rice cake rolls, sweet sticky rice. Almost all dishes are homemade by the restaurant, resulting in impressive flavors.
Despite its location in an alley, the restaurant's space is clean and beautifully decorated, with 3 floors providing a quiet atmosphere. Besides the vegetarian buffet, the food here is also diverse with made-to-order rice dishes, and even various types of hot pot. The price for a buffet meal here is 120,000 Dong.
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Reference: Travel Guide by Mytour
MytourFebruary 10, 2017
