Lien Hoa — Restaurant in Hue City

This place is incredibly local. The owner greeted us at the door during a super busy lunch. I was shocked with how big it is, but they still had time to greet us with a smile. They brought an English translated menu, even though we were the only non-locals there. Service was prompt and the younger man that served us spoke English. I asked for his recommendations and he brought us three things. Their house spring rolls (amazing), their friend jack fruit (best thing I have had in so long - think vegan beef jerky and you are on the right track - MUST try) and a sample of different rice rolls (local dish - I would try but none were that great). They gave us free hot tea, and the owner even came by to thank us for coming. Serious must try. I was shocked and so pleased with the experience. Vegan heaven, cheap, quality, good owners, what more do you need? Also, girlfriend (regular eater) loved the rolls and jackfruit. So you...

The atmosphere was lively and nice, service was busy and alright. English proficiency is Low although I appreciate the staff trying to understand my question.

I had the banana blossom with sesame, it was tasty but not delicately done- didn’t take out some of the harder the ‘bones’ of the buds. Also had the fried tofu with tomato sauce which is underwhelming. Not sure what is the fuss about this dish... the sauce was quite nice but the tofu texture was too tough and chewy.

Out of curiosity, I also order the ginseng pineapple milk, which turned out to be some kind of green syrup drink. I tried to ask the staff before ordering but they couldn’t explain what is it, so I just ordered it to try. Sweet and flat, no taste of pineapple Nor ginseng whatsoever.

I’d come back to try other dishes if only just to sample different food at a cheap price, but it certainly is not my favourite place for...

Don’t go here. We got bamboozled by the good reviews. This place is such a cash crap for tourist.

Instead of offering full meals, you got to pick your meal. With everything like rice, sauce, veggies or soup being 25k. In order to get a complete meal you spent at least 75k. We had amazing vegetarian food in Vietnam with tofu, vegan sausage and everything included for 20-40k.

Service wasn’t great either. Decided to have a snack and just got rice and fried jackfruit before getting out of there to eat somewhere else. The male waiter obviously got very angry when I refused to pay 25k for a bowl of rice, didn’t say thank you or bye at all when we paid and left. We remained friendly, they showed a very...