An Lac Chay - Ho Chi Minh city

That was my first meal in saigon and I am extremely disappointed for many reasons. I was just there because it was close to where I stayed and I also want to warn the rest of the vegan traveling out there that this ice cream not only serve vegan / vegetarian eating, but I realized that they also serve meat at the same time. I was very confused when the word chay means vegetarian in Vietnamese. they have a few menu outside the kitchen and one of the menu list a lot of meat dishes. That's bad, really bad. they should not call themselves a vegan or vegetarian at first place! I ordered pineapple frying in a cocose shell and it was the worst fired rice of all time! they avoid this place at all costs. there are much better vegan restaurants around district 1. updated by the previous review on 2018-05-15

Very disappointing, poor hygiene saw a rat in the toilets which apparently is normal in saigon, even in posh places... , very not attractive restaurant, i'm afraid, I sat downstairs, but the upstairs didn't even look that much better... Marguerita's and an lac chay are the same owner, so same kitchen, same toilets, same rats... Really don't bother going there, unless you have no choice...

I went there with great expectations! It did not live upto it. But my fault, my expectations were too high. There is barely any veggies Vietnamese items on the menu. All their veggie items are Pastas and Mexican food. I ordered vegetarian friend rice and yellow curry. They were fairly good. This was my first night in HCMC, so I cannot compare this with other vegetarian places in town. I will be out and about in the days to come and hopefully will have more to share.

A home from home for me. 60% vegan options. Basic English spoken. Friendly family atmosphere. Better than anything in Kaosan Rd. Pahar Ganj. Food for life. Good value. Few frills. Clean enough. Safe salads. Tasty noodle bar at the front. 170+ item menu of quite good attempts at Italian Mexican Thai Chinese. The usual MSG containing sauces on the tables BUT! ! ! genuine H.P. Sauce great Mexican Chilli Sauce by request the bottles are partly hidden on the counter of Margherita 's. An Lac Chay is owned run in parallel with Margherita 's directly opposite you can sit in either place order from both menu 's bar 's at the same time so ideal if you are entertaining carnivores. The owner is the vibrant Hoang (nickname Mang) the staff are mostly his extended family members some of their student friends who work a few hours each day to help pay their college fee 's. Customer are local 's, backpackers, foreigners working in Saigon, homesick overseas Vietnamese. Open 365 days a year. Rooms available to rent. Located in a street of bars cafe 's. Excellent for Viet Nam.

We had an salat (70K and okras with soybean (45k here.) the salat had not all ingredients shown on the menu and was not at all fresh. many leaves were brownish and the avocado was not fresh. we expected the okras to be supported with the soybean, but the cheese was just a sauce that was terrible. it tasted like khmer cheese when someone knows the taste. I think it was fermented soy, but for years too long fermented. the only good thing was that they were on a separate plate so we had okras cooked without something. the witness was very stressed and the atmosphere was not beautiful (ok it is in the middle of the tourist opposite what we expected? also the fact that she calls her chay (veterinary and also meat is confusing. Maybe other dishes are better and you could have a nice dinner here, but we didn't.