Vegan
Take-out
Asian
Vietnamese

Small vegetarian restaurant located in the Hakaniemi area, behind Aktia bank. Offers mainly Vietnamese cuisine with fried rice, fried noodles, pho, and other choices with tofu and vegetables. Food is available for pre-ordering and takeaway. Reported May 2017 to be now fully vegan.
Note May 2020: confirmed open. Open Mon-Sat 11:00-19:00, Sun 12:00-19:00.


113 Reviews

First Review by veganpolyglot

bleadof

Points +70

Vegan
23 Apr 2014

Delicious vegan food

I've now eaten four different portions with spring rolls and even a avocado smoothie. They've all been super yummy! This restaurant is one of my favourite spots to get vegan Asian food. The Vietnamese dishes, along with Thai and Japanese fusion make their offering quite unique. Taking into account the tasty and quality ingredients with great service make the prices almost a steal, ranging from 7-12 euros for a meal.

Pros: quality, price, service

Tanja*

Points +462

Vegan
11 Apr 2014

Sympathetic little vegetarian restaurant

So many interesting vegan options that it's difficult to choose! Portions also differ from other asian restaurants in Helsinki. Most of the portions are vegan (marked on menu) or vegetarian and available also vegan. They don't use much spices, but you can add some hot chili if you like.

Pitaya

Points +1341

Vegan
20 Feb 2014

Delightful Vietnamese vegetarian restaurant

This small simple place is a lovely addition to the vegetarian restaurant scene in Helsinki. Sen Chay's menu has a nice selection of interesting dishes and vegan options are marked. Flavours are fairly mild - typical to Vietnamese food - but you can add chili and salt to your taste. Service is extremely friendly and nice.

Pros: 1st totally vegetarian Asian restaurant, interesting menu, lovely, friendly service

Cons: small place

tomahola

Points +203

Vegetarian
20 Dec 2013

spacey

This "new" restaurant was a surprise! I would not have known about it without HappyCow. They are located in Hakaniemi by a busy road, but nothing reveals that there is a nice vegetarian (egg in some dish) restaurant with five tables. A very small sign by the road says "Nouto Herkku" (takeaway deli), but really there are tables and it is suitable for dining out. Finding your way around a corner into the backyard you see an open sign and "Sen" on the window. I only visited once sofar. I had the wokked vegetables. I would describe the food as honest. I quite like it that way. No extra aroma intensifiers and chemicals that many Asian wok restaurants might add to the food to gain customers. This was genuine taste from fresh vegetables. If you like spicy food there was soy sauce and chilli sauce on the table to help. The staff was friendly and my dish was prepared reasonably fast.

Pros: honest pure food, good location, space and atmosphere for dining out

Cons: no springroll as side dish available yet

veganpolyglot

Points +77

Vegan
06 Dec 2013

The only Asian vegetarian restaurant in Helsinki

Visited there 3 times recently. They have a pretty long menu with Vietnamese style food. Those that we tried have been very flavourful, certainly the best veg food in Helsinki.

Most of the menu is vegan, the owners promised to mark which ones when we asked yesterday. The menu is in Finnish, but it does have pictures of the dishes. Haven't asked if they speak English or not.

The owners recently turned vegetarian themselves and turned the restaurant along with them.

The ingredients seem very fresh indeed. The cooking takes a while from the menu; if in a hurry, better choose one of the quick lunch options from the board.

Check their Facebook page for their opening times, they may be changing in the beginning.

Pros: A la carte menu with many choices, Very tasty food, Reasonable prices

Cons: They cook relatively slow, Opening times may vary, check facebook, No English menu




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