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Some travelers find it difficult to know where to eat when on a special diet. When traveling, it is always a very important question: Where do we eat? To help you find the right places, we have listed some vegetarian restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City.
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1. Hum, Cafe & Restaurant
Hum means lotus flower, one of the many symbols of Vietnam. If there's one vegetarian restaurant not to be missed in Saigon, it's this one. Besides having an extremely varied, eco-friendly and good menu, you will find a serene, relaxing, pleasant atmosphere. All the dishes are made of healthy, natural and nutritious ingredients. This place is ideal, you can have a coffee, eat in the restaurant or book meeting rooms.
It is recommended that you book your tables in advance because they are always full, especially the restaurant in District 1, which is the best of the three. Delivery is possible.
- Address 1: 32 Vo Van Tan, Vo Thi Sau, District 3 Ho Chi Minh
- Address 2: 32 D10 St., Thao Dien Ward, District 2
- Address 3: 2 Thi Sach, Ben Nghe ward, District 1
- Opening hours: every day from 10 am to 10 pm
- Website: Hum (la-hum.vn)
- Contact: +84 899 189 229
- Price range: higher than average, between 120,000 and 590,000 VND
- Menu: Menu Hum (la-hum.vn)
2. Chay Garden Vegetarian Restaurant & Coffee
Chay Garden Vegetarian Restaurant & Coffee is one of the vegetarian restaurants loved by many Saigonese. It has a luxurious and beautiful space. With the criteria of "Vegetarian for health", the restaurant offers a diverse vegetarian menu made from fresh ingredients such as Pineapple fried rice, seaweed spring rolls, and signature hotpot. All have a simple, gentle, but extremely attractive flavor.
- Address 1: 52 Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
- Address 2: 52 Xuan Thuy, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Facebook: Chay Garden
- Contact: +84 89 885 56 67
- Price range: between VND 25,000 and VND 345,000 per dish
3. Poke Saigon Ly Tu Trong
For a very affordable price, you can create a complete bowl of food of your choice. You have the choice between many fruits, vegetables, seeds,... You just have to choose and assemble them. It is an ideal and tasty meal.
- Address: 42bis Ly Tu Trong, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: every day from 10 am to 9 pm
- Website: Poke Saigon | Facebook
- Contact: +84 90 247 43 88
- Price range: affordable
4. Shamballa Vegetarian, Restaurant & Tea House
This restaurant, entirely dedicated to vegetarian cuisine, regularly offers new dishes in order to renew itself and seduce you more and more with each visit.
The Vietnamese and Tibetan-style decorations will transport you into a peaceful and relaxing world. This restaurant is entirely ecological, everything is recycled, organic, natural and local. It will prove to you that it is possible to make high gastronomy with dishes only made with plants.
Visit their website to discover the owner's interesting story. Delivery is possible.
- Address 1: 17-19 Trinh Van Can St., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Address 2: 31 Lý Tự Trọng Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 10 am to 10 pm
- Website: theshamballa.com
- Contact: +84 91 787 67 88
- Price range: higher price, between 100.000 and 500.000 VND
- Menu: Shamballa Vegetarian Menu
5. Filthy Vegan
Want to eat something other than Vietnamese dishes? This vegan restaurant offers different Western dishes and is there to satisfy your taste buds. They propose delicious dishes based on meat, like the hamburger with plants decorated in a good visual way. You can also enjoy a good beer and finish the meal with one of their appetizing desserts.
- Address: 86 Co Bac, Ward Co Giang, District 1
- Opening hours: daily from 11 am to 10 pm
- Facebook: Filthy Vegan | Facebook
- Contact: +84-776810206
- Price range: between 75,000 and 200,000 VND
Meatless Lover's Pizza
Filthy Vegan's Menu
6. Mang's Mania
This small, hidden, and discreet restaurant is a relaxing place, a little complicated to find, but going there, you will be surprised every time because, indeed, the menu changes every day. Everything is homemade, vegan, and very respectful of the environment. It is strongly recommended that you reserve your table in advance, on the same day it is still possible. Otherwise, it is possible that the restaurant will be full when you arrive.
Delivery in the area is possible on request via Zalo or Facebook.
Note: To get there, you have to find a store called May Cha. Once inside, you will find a sign with the restaurant's name. Go up the stairs; the restaurant is on the second floor.
- Address: 86 Nguyen Hue, Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 10 am to 8 pm
- Facebook: Măng's Mania | Facebook
- Contact:+84-915799733
- Price range: varies daily, between VND 70,000 and 200,000
A Bowl of Savoury Vegetarian Noodles
Menu of Mang's Mania
7. Sen Vegan House
This restaurant specializes in vegetarian and vegan dishes and offers you typical and popular dishes from all regions of Vietnam. They try to remake their menus regularly and update themselves to offer you new things every visit.
- Address: 93-95 Pho Duc Chinh, Phuong Nguyen Thai Binh, Quan 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: every day from 8 am to 2:30 pm and from 5 pm to 10 pm
- Facebook: SEN VEGAN HOUSE | Facebook
- Contact: +84-2862703836
- Price range: between 10,000 and 85,000 VND
8. Chay Mandala
You enter a Tibetan and typical Vietnamese atmosphere, a beautiful decorative but also culinary mix. This small friendly restaurant offers you delicious dishes filled with vegetables and spices. The dishes are simple and the restaurant is small but it is delicious and you will be very well received. Delivery possible.
- Address: 44K Nguyen Thi Dang, Hiep Thanh ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 9 am to 9:30 pm
- Website: Mandala - Ẩm thực chay và Lẩu chay | Ho Chi Minh City | Facebook
- Contact: 0399 582 928
- Price range: between 25,000 and 80,000VND
9. Bep Xanh An Duyen
Bep Xanh An Duyen serves high-quality vegetarian dishes. They cook healthy, balanced and good healthy meals so that you are fit after the meal. They continuously create new meals to bring all the nutrients and natural energy that the body needs. They know how to adapt to diets or make special dishes for children.
They regularly publish articles on their Facebook page to help people eat well when following a vegetarian diet because it is not easy for everyone. Eating well is very important for having a healthy body and mind. The restaurant offers Vietnamese dishes and Chinese dishes. The 2 cultures are mixed in the dishes and the decoration. Delivery is possible.
- Address: 10 Nguyễn Tri Phương, Ward 6, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening time: daily from 10 am to 9 pm
- Website: bepxanhanduyen.com
- Facebook: Bếp Xanh An Duyên Facebook
- Contact: +84 28 2212 9947
- Price range: very vary; the cheapest is 15,000 VND per dish, and the most expensive is 250,000 VND for hot pot and combinations
10. Vegetarian Metta
In Vegetarian Metta Restaurant, you will experience a moment of complete relaxation surrounded by plants. You will eat in a cocoon of nature and Buddhist decorations, even the plants will be on your plate.
Moreover, you have a wide choice of dishes and homemade drinks that will make your taste buds succumb to the local gastronomy. Mushroom is the main substitute for meat in the dishes, so it's perfect if you like mushrooms in all their forms.
- Address: 6, Road 19, An Phu Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 7 am to 9 pm
- Facebook: METTA Vegetarian Facebook
- Contact: 028 2253 6186
- Price range: from 85,000 to 125,000 VND
Vegetarian Metta's interior design
Vegetarian Metta's noodle menu
11. Relish & Sons
The restaurant specializes in homemade and vegetarian burgers, making it a great place for those needing Western comfort. Delivery is available.
- Address: 44 Dong Du, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 11 am to 11 pm
- Facebook: Relish & Sons | Facebook
- Contact: +84 90 900 42 94
- Price range: 180,000 to 220,000VND
12. Mãn Tự Vegan
This restaurant is quite unique. It is a 100% free vegetarian buffet. You come in and put the amount you want in the box on the counter, then you go to eat. There is no price. You put the amount you want. You can put nothing or a lot, it doesn't matter, it depends on your appreciation. The dishes are of course Vietnamese specialties but be careful, the quality of the products can't be as perfect as the previous restaurants. So don't be too demanding about the quality, but it's a perfect place for small budgets.
- Address: 14/2 Ton That Dam Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Opening hours: daily from 11 am to 2 pm and 5:30 pm to 9 pm
- Contact: 079 767 8333
- Price range: depending on your budget
- Menu: all-you-can-eat buffet with all kinds of Vietnamese dishes, 100% vegetarian
Tip: This restaurant is becoming increasingly famous and, unfortunately, crowded. To avoid the crowd, avoid going there around 12 p.m.
There are still numerous vegetarian restaurants in Saigon, such as Kashew Cheese Deli, Zeroism Vegan Cafe & Sourdough Bakery, The Green Box,...
If you are a group of people with different diets, you can always ask the waiter for advice. It's easy to find a vegetarian restaurant in Saigon.
Don't worry, no matter what your diet is, vegetarian, vegan, gluten or lactose intolerant,... There are many different vegetarian restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City to choose from. We advise you to book your table in advance, especially during the full moon because it is the day when Buddhists eat vegetarian.
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