Hoi An · VEGAN & VEGETARIAN
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 11 vegan & vegetarian meals worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Meet an English-speaking chef such as Ha or Nhung at a family-run cooking school near Cam Thanh Coconut Village. Over three to four hours, prepare four Vietnamese dishes with fresh ingredients, enjoy your meal, and optionally add a basket boat ride and hotel transfers.
“It was an amazing experience! The food was very good. I would highly recommend this activity!”
Join Lily or another English-speaking cook for a 3-hour vegetarian cooking class near Cam Thanh. Paddle a basket boat through coconut channels, then prepare pho, papaya salad, spring rolls, and banh xeo. Hotel pickup from Hoi An or Da Nang, recipes, drinks, and a full meal are included.
“Amazing! Chef explained very well and food was delicious!”
Meet at Hoi An Post Office at 5 pm for a 2.5-hour walk through alleys, the market, and an old bakery. Guides such as Shanti, Toan, June, Sanh, Kun, Trang, and Nguyên introduce vegan banh mi, white roses, cao lau, fruit, cakes, tea, and local stories.
“Kun provided an excellent vegan tour of Hoi An! Couldn’t have asked for a better experience. I learned so much about the food and the vendors and she made sure we were satisfied at each step of the way. Highly recommend for any vegan/ vegetarian visiting Hoi An!”
Spend three hours tasting vegan Banh My, Cao Lau, White Roses, Banh Xeo, sweets, jams, and more with an English-speaking guide such as Vy, June, Kun, or Q. Visit family-run food stops, walk about 1.5 km through Hoi An, and finish with local stories and practical food tips.
“Fantastic tour ! Food was amazing and the guide was really knowledgeable and very kind and funny. Can’t recommend this tour enough!”
Choose a cooking class at a local fishing village, or add a market visit and basket boat ride through Cam Thanh Coconut Village. An English-speaking chef, including Ms. Dim on some departures, leads the cooking and shares the meal with you. Hotel pickup, ingredients, and lunch or dinner are included.
“Great fun! Excellent host, made delicious food I would highly recommend this tour!”
Spend about five hours in Hoi An’s countryside with a local market visit, basket boat ride, crab catching, palm-leaf crafts, and a hands-on vegetarian cooking class. Small groups are capped at 10, with morning or afternoon departures and hotel pickup available.
“We were picked up from our hotel and a driver took us to the markets where we met our guide. We went around the market looking at fruit and veges and noodles which was interesting but it would have been great to see the words writtRead more”
Spend about three and a half hours exploring Cam Thanh Village by basket boat, trying crab fishing, and cooking pho chay, fried spring rolls, Vietnamese pancakes, and green papaya salad. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, with morning and afternoon departures.
“Fantástica y entretenida mañana con Long Phu Eco Tour & Restaurant. El tour reúne dos actividades TOP en Hoi An: coco barcas y lecciones de cocina. Además por la mañana, menos gente ya que los turistas llegan más por la tarde. No te lo pienses.”
Meet an English-speaking chef in Cam Thanh Coconut Village, learn four Vietnamese recipes, and cook tofu in a clay pot, papaya salad, Hoi An spring rolls, and rice pancakes. Hotel pickup and drop-off in central Hoi An are included, with lunch or dinner served after class.
Choose a cooking class alone or add a market visit and basket boat ride in Cam Thanh. An English-speaking guide leads you from Hoi An to a local home, where you cook tofu, papaya salad, spring rolls, and rice pancakes, then eat what you make.
“We liked both the basket boat ride abd the cooking class. it was well organised and we enjoyed it very much.”
Join guides such as Nhung or Mr. Hon for a 4.5-hour visit to Cam Thanh Coconut Village. After hotel pickup, explore a market, ride a basket boat, and cook vegetarian pho, tofu rice-paper rolls, fried spring rolls, and a Vietnamese pancake.
“Nhung was an excellent guide and teacher for this cooking class. The class itself wasn’t vegetarian as we were the only vegetarians in the group but easily adapted. Made rice pancakes, spring rolls, and fried tofu and mushroom”
Chef Thanh guides you through a Hoi An market visit and hands-on vegetarian cooking class. Choose fresh ingredients, learn traditional Vietnamese dishes in English, then eat what you prepare. Hotel pickup and drop-off are available in the Hoi An area.
Pick a boat, a kitchen or a road out of town.
