Trang Viet Cuisine - Tampa

At least once a year, I fly into Tampa on my way to Zephyrhills. By the time Chris and I arrived, we were hungry really hungry. So, we headed to Loving Hut. Unfortunately, though, Loving Hut was closed this day and I really wanted a vegan meal before heading to a non vegan friendly place. We hit Yelp and found Trang Viet Cuisine and I'm so glad we did! Trang Viet Cuisine is a family owned Vietnamese restaurant that has been in business for nearly 20 years. It is not a 100% vegan restaurant, but it is incredibly vegan friendly boasting four pages of vegan options to choose from! I was so excited. The walls of the dining room are adorned with pictures of flowers and beautiful green trees are placed throughout the dining room. It is a very casual place that you could feel comfortable wearing whatever. The vegetarian menu clearly indicates if items are vegan and our waiter was able to answer any questions we had. I found it so hard to choose! With 11 vegan appetizers, eight vegan salads, nine vegan soups, and over 20 vegan entrees, it is like a vegan paradise. We started with an order of the spring rolls, which were filled with imitation meat and sweet potatoes fried in a spring roll shell. They were delicious. We also tried the Southern Vietnamese Rolls filled with shredded tofu, potatoes and imitation pork wrapped with fresh herbs in rice paper. These rolls had so much flavor and were so much better than the typical spring roll you'd get in a regular Vietnamese restaurant. I was very impressed. For my entree, I ordered the V35 Vegan Lemongrass Beef Noodles (Bun Bo Sa Ot), but instead of noodles, I had rice.  This was vegan beef sauteed with lemongrass and onions served over rice. I also requested that they add other vegetables so they added some broccoli for me. The vegan beef had a nice texture and the sauce was very good. They also made it super spicy for me. That said, Chris' entree was my favorite of the night. He ordered the V48 Vegan Central Vietnamese

Clean, good service, fresh flavors. I would come here again.

Very good!. Tasty food and very friendly service. Well worth the try if you like authentic Vietnamese food!

I really loved the food... Lot of options to try very huge menu... But the prices are very low... Every thing pretty much under 10$ .... The people are very friendly but the place is ok.... I

Best Viet food in Tampa Bay. My husband and I have been going here for years. And when we became vegetarians, we were delighted to see the wonderfully, extensive vegetarian menu they offer. The menu is very extensive for anyone's tastes with dishes served from every region of Vietnam. We love everything from appetizers to desserts to the delish coffee brewed right at the table.The menu also offers pictures of many of the dishes so patrons can get an idea of what they are ordering. They grow their own herbs that they use in their dishes. The staff is consistently friendly and fast. Everything is spotless and clean too. One of my favorite restaurants in Tampa Bay.