The short answer
Com Chay Nang Tam: what visitors should know first
Useful for vegetarians and for older travellers wanting a plain rice meal. Wikivoyage calls it vegetarian, but we found no statement on egg, so it is not tagged pure veg.
Useful facts
Com Chay Nang Tam facts at a glance
- Location
- 79A Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem
- Dining style
- Vegetarian rice restaurant
- Price signal
- Budget
- Signature order
- Ask for the day's vegetable and mock-meat dishes
- Good for
- Vegetarians and plain rice meals
Why it matters
Why Com Chay Nang Tam is worth your time
Hanoi's meat-and-fish-sauce cooking makes dedicated vegetarian restaurants valuable, and Buddhist-style meals are a long local tradition.
This one sits on a main avenue near the lake, so it is easy to reach on a day of sightseeing, and the long hours mean it works for an early or late meal.
For Indian vegetarians it removes the daily worry about hidden fish sauce and meat stock, though egg and garlic still need a question at the counter. A plain meal of rice, soup and vegetables is also easy on older stomachs, and the central address keeps the afternoon free for the nearby lake and cathedral.
Highlights
What not to miss
- 01
Vegetarian menu
Per Wikivoyage, with fake-meat dishes.
- 02
Long hours
Listed 10:00 to 21:00 daily.
- 03
Easy to reach
On Tran Hung Dao avenue.
Plan your visit
How to experience it
Wikivoyage lists Com Chay Nang Tam as a vegetarian restaurant, including fake-meat dishes, open daily. Com chay means vegetarian rice, a Buddhist-style meal of rice with several dishes, and the page does not give a menu, so ask what is made that day.
If you avoid egg or onion and garlic, say so, since the source does not state how the kitchen treats them. Mock-meat dishes can contain egg binders, and Buddhist kitchens vary on garlic.
Portions are best shared, and a plain rice, soup and vegetable order is gentle on older diners. The long opening day makes it flexible when other places close in the afternoon.
Plan with confidence
Small checks that make a better meal.
- Ask whether egg is used
- Ask about onion and garlic if you avoid them
- Confirm hours
- Share dishes
Know before you go
Timing, access and comfort
- Area
- 79A Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem
- Time needed
- About 1 hour
- Best time
- Lunch
- Walking level
- Easy
- Senior comfort
- Tran Hung Dao is a long, flat avenue south of the lake, easy for a taxi drop-off. Seating and steps are not published, so look when you arrive.
- Tickets and access
- Walk-ins are normal; Wikivoyage lists daily hours from 10:00 to 21:00, so confirm hours before you go.
Best for
Plan it with
Plan the practical part
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Travelling with parents?
Tran Hung Dao is a long, flat avenue south of the lake, easy for a taxi drop-off. Seating and steps are not published, so look when you arrive.
Raahzo can arrange an arrival or day companion who handles tickets, queues and pacing, and keeps the family updated.
See concierge supportFAQs
Is it pure veg?
Wikivoyage calls it vegetarian; egg is not mentioned, so we have not tagged it pure veg.
Is it Jain?
Nothing says so. Ask.
What are the hours?
Listed 10:00-21:00 daily; confirm.
Sources and further reading
Timings, fees and access rules change. Recheck with the official source before you travel.
