Kasaya - Nhà Hàng Chay và Cafe — Restaurant in Hà Nội

Wow! We were a group of 10 German people and had some much fun and very tasty food! But let`s get into the detail:

Atmosphere: The atmosphere was so exciting in the building as it is a special design mix of industrial walls, art with historical patterns and wood. Just have a look at the pictures.

Food: You can only choose à la cart which was totally fine with the varied selection. Speciality: Only vegetarian dishes! In our group was only one vegetarian but all enjoyed their meal very much. The food was fresh, very tasty and for us unique but still vietnamese style.There was also one page with fusion dishes like vietnam style spaghetti napoli or okonomiyaki. The main course size is designed to be eaten with an appetizer or an desert afterwards. I had yummy fried fruit spring rolls, Pad Thai noodles and a self made summer ice tea.

Pricing: We paid around 300.000-400.000 Dong per person with an appetizer/salad, main course and one beverage (around 12-16 € per person). So, I guess for european income it's totally fine and worth it. For vietnamese income it might be sophisticated.

Service: The personnel was very friendly and helpful. There was also english speaking personal. There were also clean and stylish toilets.

So all in all, I have nothing to complain. It's definetly worth to go there even though you are not...

First thing to say is the building is stunning - that is undeniable.

Any place that has an eclectic menu is always going to have hits and misses with flavours (partly down to personal taste I'm sure). We got 5 dishes - the monkey tofu parcels, the banana curry, salted oyster mushrooms, baby pumpkin, and the fried rice.

The dishes were well presented and had some good flavours. They were expensive though so on balance nothing special (had cheaper for tastier - just not as well presented).

The staff were friendly enough and the place was clean - we got charged for using some of the paper tissues on the table which shocked us, we've used them before and never been charged at other restaurants (apparently it's a thing). To their credit however, they did take the charge off (I wouldn't have touched them if I knew we'd be charged for such a trivial item).

If you want a fancy meal it's a worthwhile experience, but I highly doubt it'll be the best meal you have whilst in a country with such amazing flavours from much cheaper...

I suspect the cook went home early and we got served reheated leftovers (we got there around 19:30). I wish they had closed the restaurant, or said drinks only when the cook went home, as this was a wasted meal.

Had to wait 20 minutes to order, even though there were only 1 other table with people in the restaurant (next to us). We ordered an appetizer and a main course each. The main course was quickly served (before the appetizer) and my brown rice was super dry and the peas, corn and carrots came from a frozen package (by the looks and taste of them). None of us ate much of our food. Not horrible, but I expect more than dry stale food for this place. Then our appetizer got served, it was beautiful, and tasted okay with a delicious sauce.

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