Chay An Lạc — Restaurant in Hà Nội

This is a must! My favourite so far. It’s on the “pricey side” if you can call anything pricey here… it costs 150k for all you can eat buffet. The selection is huge. There’s a construction outside at the moment but many signs. It’s inside capital tower, but you can also go straight to were the cars drive. One posted a picture on HC

It gets packed with people (many reserved). Very nice ambience still featuring a huge dragon in the middle. There’s a Bun Bo stand (soup) - right next to the entrance, in the main area is a huge buffet! So many dishes - at least 8 salads, vegan mock meat dishes, dishes featuring tofu, steamed spinach and veg, classical dishes like tofu and plantain in sauce, mushrooms in sauce and create your own bun cha with the best mock meat so far, enoki deep fried, broccoli deep fried, pate (never a fan), fresh rolls, banh cuon!, some sort of deep fried balls - not sure if they are vegan, mayo is not vegan, one salad wasn’t vegan - unfortunately nothing is marked and staff didn’t speak English. I showed translation and also didn’t touch stuff wasn’t sure about So it’s pretty safe using common sense. Dessert was a great selection of fruits: guava, mini apples?, watermelon and mango. The viet dessert I am not sure if vegan so did not try any. I loved all the dishes I had: very flavourful and nicely seasoned! Didn’t even need salt! Staff is friendly and quick and they refill all the time! It’s huge in here Tea iced provided For 150k you get a buffet you’d probably had to pay minimum 60€ back home It’s amazing what they offer!

150k seems like more than other places but it is worth it. Come hungry!

Updated from previous review...

In my humble opinion.. This is the Best vegan food place in Hanoi I've ever been to and well worth the price, which is a low 120 000 vnd for a full buffet of ONLY VEGAN food. However here goes my review. I believe if i spoke vietnamese to the host/waiters they would have given me an entrance ticket for 100 000 vnd instead. They have a MASSIVE amount of dishes to choose from, the atmosphere is very lovely and charming, the food is perfect vegan ranging from totally cooked or fried meals to salads, deserts and fruits... Its a great buffet. Regarding my vietnamese 'test'. As a grown african man of 38 that looks very young.. Sometimes people don't think of how they treat people. One if the waiters kept speaking to me in vietnamese like as if to test me.. Clearly i don't speak vietnamese. Then when i would answer him in English he'd look at other waiters and talk to them about me... Which is VERY RUDE and bad customer service.. As if a customer doesnt clearly notice such a thing... The place is packed.. So clearly they are not looking for new customers... But this kind of behavior should rather be nipped at the butt.. Anyway the place was fantastic otherwise.. As im there for the great food coupled with the price. So everything gets a 5 star from me MINUS the service... As staff must learn to be nice to african people for a change... Unfortunately there is still lots of racism toward african people in asia.. And im going to keep writing it in my reviews every time it...

Probably the first restaurant in Vietnam that I'm rating 1 star. Would rate it 0 if there was an option even though I usually do my research this was one time when the Google reviews failed me completely.

First off, the food is bland, with almost no flavor, it's cold even at the start of the buffet time, even the soups are cold, the bread is cold and hard, and the taste itself is below average.

Second, the seating arrangement is for groups and they have many tables reserved which doesn't make sense for a buffet restaurant. If you go alone or 2 people, you will be given a place tucked between two large sofas that are for groups. You might not even get a chair to sit as was our arrangement and we were basically sitting on the sofa armrests while the restaurant was only at a 20% capacity that day and all the supposedly reserved tables stayed empty even as we left the restaurant.

The staff is not trained well and unprofessional. They talk and throw stuff around the buffet area which should be enough sign to understand their attitude toward the job.

The place looks great in the photos but is actually quite dull inside.

Don't go there for the food or the place or the staff or the ambience.

Some of my friends even reported stomach upsets after eating there on other occasions, but honestly that wasn't something I experienced as the food was so bad that I ate only the fruits fro. The buffet.

I would never repeat this place or let anyone I care about go...