To1980 VEGAN - Vietnamese Street Food — Restaurant in Dusseldorf

FOOD & DRINKS My friends ordered one of their fancy named bowls and I ordered a small starter and a dessert. Presentation of the food was really good. Everything looked pretty. Even the tea was served in a very nice tea cup with natural tea leaves and flower petals. Good way to start! When they came out with my starter this is where things began to crumble. In the menu it was described as a burger with tofu as substitute for meat. I imagined it to be like a bao burger which are getting more popular nowadays. Oh boy was I wrong. First I thought it was a mistake but after further inspection I finally found the bao bun. Fully soaked in a sauce. If you want to eat a mushroom salad bowl with a bao bun underneath and some tofu, this is for you. Just eat it with your fork or chopsticks. The bowl my friends ordered had no Vietnamese taste and aroma at all. My friends are born in Europe and they are not afraid to have an authentic taste. You don't need to be completely authentic. There is room for interpretations but this is rather unspectacular on the palet. Quality of the food was fine though and if you just want some veggies and noodles I guess this is an option. But vegetarian/vegan Vietnamese food can be so much more.

SERVICE Service was nice and friendly. No complaints here.

ATMOSPHERE Clean, modern and a real looker. This is my kind of place where I get drawn in just by the looks even though it becomes more of the same and loses it originality.

RATING We all wanted it to be better and I might look harsh giving it only three stars even though the restaurant recently opened. I just really need to be honest here despite the situation including the ongoing pandemic. Also this isn't their first location. They have another non vegan restaurant close by. With all that said, I think they can improve a lot. Maybe give them more time to show that vegan Vietnamese food can be more exciting and reflect the essence of...

I came here on the first day for a trip with my friends. group of four, we came without a reservation and were told there was only one seat available inside the restaurant. One of my friends speaks south Vietnamese and figured out that the staff that were currently on shift that day also spoke south Vietnamese, so she tried to converse with our server to order our food and she didn’t understand what my friend was trying to say. At first we thought maybe she didn’t speak Vietnamese until we overheard her speaking with her colleagues with obvious south Vietnamese. After we ordered our meals we had to wait an approximate 10 minutes for it to arrive. Then when we arrived my friend asked for a server to bring us sauces, since the soup was really bland. The server told us that they didn’t have any sauces. When we looked around it was obvious everyone besides us had sauces, so now we’re left assuming that because we’re tourists we don’t get the same service as locals. Afterwards we wanted to pay for our meals, the staff wanted to round up the bill as if we were willing to tip them after their service. It was a huge disappointment after eating here. The soups were really bland and do not do the Vietnamese culinary justice, despite it being vegan. Apparently we were scammed as well, for example; on the menu it stated a dish was 12,90 and we were charged 13,90. It’s not a huge difference but if the menu needs to be updated make sure to inform the customer beforehand or give them the updated menu and not an outdated one, it doesn’t make much sense to keep outdated menu’s around. Perhaps it could’ve been because we asked for the English version of the menu, yet again, as a restaurant you should update the menu to avoid such...

I came here on the first day for a trip with my friends. group of four, we came without a reservation and were told there was only one seat available inside the restaurant. One of my friends speak south Vietnamese and figured out that the staff that were currently on shift that day also spoke south Vietnamese, so she tried to converse with our server to order our food and she didn’t understand what my friend was trying to say. At first we thought maybe she didn’t speak Vietnamese until we overheard her speaking to her staff with obvious south Vietnamese. After we ordered our meals we had to wait an approximate 10 minutes for it to arrive. Then when we arrived my friend asked for a server to bring us sauces, since the soup was really bland. The server told us that they didn’t have any sauces. When we looked around it was obvious everyone besides us had sauces, so now we’re left assuming that because we’re tourists we don’t get the same service as locals. Afterwards we wanted to pay for our meals, the staff wanted to round up the bill as if we were willing to tip them after their service. It was a huge disappointment after eating here. The soups were really bland and do not do the Vietnamese culinary justice, despite it being vegan. Apparently we were scammed as well, for example; on the menu it stated a dish was 12,90 and we were charged 13,90. It’s not a huge difference but if the menu needs to be updated make sure to inform the customer...