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Chay Garden: Vietnam's first vegetarian restaurant in the Michelin Bib Gourmand, four years running

Chay Garden: nhà hàng chay đầu tiên của Việt Nam vào Michelin Bib Gourmand, bốn năm liền

GBM Network · 4 November 2026 · Lumi Hub, Republic Plaza, Ho Chi Minh City · Tiếng Việt

Công ty Thương mại và Dịch vụ Ẩm thực Xanh (Green Culinary Trading and Services Company) · Ho Chi Minh City · chaygarden.vn

At the end of alley 52 on Võ Văn Tần street stands an old French villa with no sign on the door and a garden left as it was. Chay Garden opened there in 2018 with a goal that sounds simple enough: get people to eat more plant-based food, by easing them off animal protein rather than demanding an overnight conversion. "The food has to be good first. Only then can you persuade a guest to come back," a representative of the restaurant told VnExpress.

Its first two years landed squarely in Covid, and the restaurant switched to delivery to survive. Then, in 2023, the Michelin Guide arrived in Vietnam for the first time and put Chay Garden in its Bib Gourmand list, the category for good food at a fair price. Chay Garden was the first vegetarian restaurant in Vietnam to receive the distinction, and it has held it for four consecutive years, 2023–2026, without raising prices after the award. The dish Michelin singled out: braised aubergine with banana and tofu.

Vegetables from Măng Đen, furniture from old boat hulls

The menu runs to more than 100 Asian and European dishes, changes every six months, and is drawn up with advice from a nutritionist. Vegetables come from a partner farm in Măng Đen (Kon Tum) under environmentally friendly growing requirements; local ingredients such as sâm dây root, sacha inchi seeds and kơ nia nuts find their way into the dishes. The Thảo Điền branch, opened in 2023, is furnished with tables and chairs recycled from old boat hulls and goes by the name "Sự Tái Sinh" (Rebirth); a third branch on Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai street opened in 2025. Their motto: "Eat green to stay young, live clean to stay well."

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For Indian partners, Chay Garden answers a practical question: where do you eat vegetarian in Ho Chi Minh City? It is also proof that Vietnamese plant-based cooking can hold its own in an international frame of reference such as Michelin.

Video · 0:27 · Green business stories: Chay Garden · Chuyện doanh nghiệp xanh: Chay Garden · Ăn Chay TV

Green Business Matching Day Vietnam is co-organised by INCHAM with Canopus, AnChay.TV and Chay Vietnam, with the support of the Consulate General of India in Ho Chi Minh City, Ministry of External Affairs of India.

Based on material provided by the company; compiled by the organisers of Green Business Matching Day Vietnam as a gift to the businesses that joined the day.

Chay Garden: nhà hàng chay đầu tiên của Việt Nam vào Michelin Bib Gourmand, bốn năm liền

Công ty Thương mại và Dịch vụ Ẩm thực Xanh · TP. Hồ Chí Minh · chaygarden.vn

Cuối con hẻm 52 Võ Văn Tần có một biệt thự Pháp cổ không treo biển hiệu, khu vườn được giữ nguyên. Năm 2018, Chay Garden mở cửa ở đó với một mục tiêu nghe đơn giản: khuyến khích mọi người ăn chay nhiều hơn, theo cách giảm dần đạm động vật chứ không ép ai phải đổi ngay. "Món ăn phải ngon trước đã, rồi mới có thể thuyết phục thực khách quay lại," đại diện nhà hàng nói với VnExpress.

Hai năm đầu rơi đúng Covid, nhà hàng xoay sang giao hàng để tồn tại. Rồi năm 2023, Michelin Guide đến Việt Nam lần đầu và đưa Chay Garden vào danh sách Bib Gourmand, hạng mục dành cho quán ăn ngon với giá hợp lý; Chay Garden là nhà hàng chay đầu tiên của Việt Nam nhận danh hiệu này, và giữ nó bốn năm liên tiếp, 2023–2026, mà không tăng giá sau giải. Món được Michelin nhắc đến là cà tím om chuối và đậu phụ.

Rau Măng Đen, bàn ghế từ thân tàu cũ

Thực đơn hơn 100 món Á – Âu, đổi sáu tháng một lần, có tư vấn của bác sĩ dinh dưỡng. Rau đến từ nông trại đối tác ở Măng Đen (Kon Tum) với yêu cầu canh tác thân thiện môi trường; nguyên liệu bản địa như sâm dây, hạt sachi, hạt kơ nia được đưa vào món. Chi nhánh Thảo Điền mở năm 2023 dùng bàn ghế tái chế từ thân tàu cũ, đặt tên là "Sự Tái Sinh"; chi nhánh thứ ba ở Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai mở năm 2025. Khẩu hiệu của họ: "Ăn xanh để trẻ, sống lành để khỏe."

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Với các đối tác Ấn Độ, Chay Garden là địa chỉ để trả lời một câu hỏi thực tế: đến TP. Hồ Chí Minh thì ăn chay ở đâu? Và là ví dụ cho thấy ẩm thực chay Việt Nam đã đứng được trong một hệ quy chiếu quốc tế như Michelin.

Green Business Matching Day Vietnam do INCHAM đồng tổ chức với Canopus, Ăn Chay TV và Chay Vietnam, với sự hỗ trợ từ phía Tổng Lãnh sự quán Ấn Độ tại TP. Hồ Chí Minh, thuộc Bộ Ngoại giao Ấn Độ.

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