Chay An Nhiên-Vegan Food Restaurant

A fully vegan restaurant sitting just off the main tourist drag, run by owners who will actually explain what’s in every dish and seem to mean it. The menu covers more ground than you’d expect – pho, sushi, udon, spring rolls, banh mi, lion’s mane mushroom salad – and the kitchen handles all of it well enough that multiple people call specific dishes the best they had in Vietnam.

The salt coffee and banh mi combo is the move for breakfast or a cheap lunch. Cooking classes are available if you want something to do beyond eating (though eating alone is a solid plan).

Card payments accepted with no fees, Kangen water on offer for the health-conscious, and the place is clean in a way that feels deliberate rather than accidental. Sits near the beach, which matters if you’re staying in that part of town.