Step through the carved doors.
A hidden courtyard with a lotus pond behind carved wooden doors — lantern light, thangka art, and vegetarian plates composed like ceremony.
Shamballa Vegetarian — hidden-courtyard vegetarian restaurant & lounge, District 1
Three steps into the courtyard
The restaurant hides behind its Lý Tự Trọng façade — the experience starts at the entrance.
The carved doors
Carved wooden doors under the Shamballa sign — a gate into a quieter Sài Gòn.
The lantern path
A winding stone path through the night garden, red lanterns lighting each step.
The courtyard at night
The hidden courtyard opens in lantern light — lotus pond, greenery, and the city suddenly far away.
The lantern-lit lounge
High ceilings, glowing lanterns and thangka art on the walls — the Tibetan-Buddhist inspiration warms every corner. Night is when the room comes alive.
Ceremony on the plate
The kitchen treats vegetables with fine-dining care — bamboo steamers, lotus leaves, floral plates. Shamballa publishes no menu; these are dishes captured in photographs.
Cassava salad in a rice-cracker nest
Crisp cool cassava salad in a fried rice-cracker nest — the most-photographed starter.
Bamboo-steamer noodles
Vegetarian noodles steamed in bamboo — warm, rustic, ceremonial.
Spring rolls, peanut sauce
Fresh spring rolls with rich peanut sauce — simple and composed.
The space, in photos
Photos from the venue and its guests — the entrance, the night garden, the lantern lounge and the food.
Find your way to Shamballa
31 Lý Tự Trọng, Sài Gòn, District 1 — open daily 9:00–22:00.