Sala Buffet Chay — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

This is a mingled service vegan eatery. They offer rice and other dishes like noodle soup and hotpot. For other dishes, the staff prepares them in the kitchen and brings them up to your table.

If you choose rice, it is self-service. Look to your left from the front door to see the big rice cooker. Take a dish and scoop a good amount of rice. To the right, use food tongs to pick up the salty ingredients for your rice plate.

For just VND 35.000, you can indulge in a selection of tempting options from their display trays. However, be aware that this is a one time offer, which means you can only get the food once. Some items require an additional charge, such as the fresh rolls (VND 6.000 each) or kimbap (VND 5.000 for 3 pieces).

The food is presented beautifully, but most of them is mock meat. While some might find the flavours a touch on the salty side, it is a noticeable improvement from their earlier days. They have clearly refined their recipes and seasonings for a more balanced taste.

At the end of the line, you will find free complimentary sweet and sour soup to complete your meal. Free iced tea is available...

I had two plates of food, so it follows other reviews saying it's 35K/$1.40 for one plate and 40K/$1.60 for 2 or more plates.

I went for a late lunch (2 pm), but it was well stocked.

Presentation is that of a local restaurant and not a fancy sit-down. As long as you're okay with that, the selection size is large.

As a non-vegetarian, most of their stuff tasted pretty good to me. I assume it's all vegetarian. Some of the vegetarian meat stuff upon closer inspection looks like jackfruit. The hotdog stuff, I couldn't tell you.

Several tofu options (something I've been critical of from other vegetarian buffets I've been to recently). This has fewer green veggies/salad. The stuffed bittermelon, the mushrooms & tofu mix, and the fried tofu were worth it alone.

I don't know if there's free water/tea water or not. I didn't see the soup, but I think...

Wow ! Grateful to found this place. A friendly welcome from the owner lady and staff. The room is clean and plenty tables to take to sit down. Even they don’t speak English, and the menu is written in Vietnamese, they guided me through the process - picking a plate and fill it up as much as you want. The buffet is well mixed from red rice , white rice, steamed vegetables, fried wontons, stirred fried tofu and more. They reminded me even to take a soup , which was included in the...