The 12 Best Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Ho Chi Minh city

It is difficult for some travelers 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, we have listed some vegetarian restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, to make your life easier during your trip to Vietnam.

Many restaurants offer some special dishes for vegetarians, vegans,... Just ask the waiter, if you hesitate or if you have any questions, especially in case of allergy or intolerance, don't forget to specify it when you order.

Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Ho Chi Minh city

1. Hum, Cafe & Restaurant

• 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 10am to 10pm
• 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)

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 just have a coffee, eat in the restaurant or book meeting rooms.
It is recommended to book your tables in advance because it is always full, especially the restaurant in District 1 which is the best of the 3. Delivery is possible.

2. Poke Saigon Ly Tu Trong

• Address: 42bis Ly Tu Trong, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: every day from 10am to 9pm
• Website: Poke Saigon | Facebook 
• Contact: +84 90 247 43 88
• Price range: affordable

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.

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3. Shamballa Vegetarian, Restaurant & Tea House

• Address 1: 17-19 Trinh Van Can St., Ho Chi Minh City 
• Address 2: 31 Lý Tự Trọng Street, District 1
• Opening time: daily from 10am to 10pm
• Website: Restaurant végétarien Shamballa (theshamballa.com)
• Contact: +84 91 787 67 88
• Price range: higher price, between 100.000 and 500.000 VND
• Menu: Shamballa Vegetarian Menu

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 the website to discover the interesting story of the owner. Delivery possible.

4. Sale Vegan

• Address: 86 Co Bac, Ward Co Giang, District 1
• Opening hours: daily from 11am to 10pm
• Website: Filthy Vegan | Ho Chi Minh City | Facebook
• Contact: +84-776810206
• Price range: between 75,000 and 200,000 VND

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.

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5. Mang's Mania

• Address: 86 Nguyen Hue, Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: daily from 10am to 8pm
• Facebook: Măng's Mania | Facebook
• Contact:+84-915799733
• Price range: varies daily, between VND 70,000 and 200,000

This small hidden and discreet restaurant for more privacy 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, very respectful of the environment. It is strongly recommended to reserve your table in advance, 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 name of the restaurant, go up the stairs, the restaurant is on the second floor.

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6. Sen Vegan House

• Address: 93-95 Pho Duc Chinh, Phuong Nguyen Thai Binh, Quan 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: every day from 8am to 2:30pm and from 5pm to 10pm
• Facebook: SEN VEGAN HOUSE | Ho Chi Minh City | Facebook
• Contact: +84-2862703836
• Price range: between 10,000 and 85,000 VND

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, update themselves to offer you new things every visit.

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7. Chay Mandala

• Address: 44K Nguyen Thi Dang, Hiep Thanh ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: daily from 9am to 9:30pm
• 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

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.

8. Bep Xanh An Duyen

• Address: 10 Nguyễn Tri Phương, Ward 6, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening time: daily from 10am to 9pm
• Website: bepxanhanduyen.com
• Facebook: Nhà hàng chay Bếp Xanh An Duyên | Ho Chi Minh City | 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

This restaurant has a mission to serve you high-quality dishes. They want healthy, balanced and good healthy meals so that you are fit after the meal as well as a great possibility in the choice of dishes. They continuously create new meals in order 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 for example. On their Facebook, they regularly publish articles to help people eat well when following a vegetarian diet because it is not easy for everyone. Eating well to have a healthy body and mind is very important. The restaurant offers Vietnamese dishes but also Chinese, the 2 cultures are mixed in the dishes and the decoration. 
Delivery possible.

9. Vegetarian Metta

• Address: 6, Road 19, An Phu Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: daily from 7am to 9pm
• Facebook: METTA Vegetarian | Ho Chi Minh City | Facebook
• Contact: 028 2253 6186
• Price range: from 85,000 to 125,000 VND

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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.

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10. Relish & Sons

• Address: 44 Dong Du, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: daily from 11am to 11pm
• Facebook: Relish & Sons | Ho Chi Minh City | Facebook
• Contact: 0120 721 4294
• Price range: 180,000 to 220,000VND

The restaurant specializes in homemade and vegetarian burgers, a great place for those in need of Western comfort. Delivery available.

11. Mãn Tự Vegan

• Address: 14/2 Tôn Thất Đạm, Nguyễn Thái Bình Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: daily from 11 am to 2pm and 5:30pm to 9pm
• Contact: 079 767 8333
• Price range: depending on your budget
• Menu: all-you-can-eat buffet with all kinds of Vietnamese dishes 100% vegetarian

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 on the quality but it's a perfect place for small budgets. 

Tip: This restaurant is more and more famous and unfortunately crowded. To avoid the crowd, avoid going there around 12pm.

12. Bollywood Indian Bar & Restaurant

• Address: 207 Bui Vien, Pham Ngu Lao ward, District 1, Hồ Chí Minh
• Opening hours: daily from 10:30am to midnight.
• Facebook: : Bollywood Indian Restaurant & Bar | Ho Chi Minh City | Facebook
• Contact: +84 70 465 1624
• Price range: between VND40,000 and VND100,000 per dish. 

Why eat Indian food when you are in Vietnam? Simply because it is one of the most vegetarian-friendly restaurants in Saigon. It is the only Indian restaurant that we recommend if you want to eat Indian food during your stay. It is well located, the prices are reasonable and the quality of the food is very good.

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There are still many, impossible to list them all. For example Kashew Cheese, Zeroism Vegan Cafe & Store, Habiba Kitchen, The Green Box, Dim Tu Tac,... You see, it's easy to find a vegetarian restaurant in Saigon. 

If you are a group of people with different diets, you can always ask the waiter for advice.

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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