Reviews by travelgoddess
My first massage was in Hanoi a couple of years ago, and I have since turned into a spa junkie. A very happy one at that. And Zen Spa has been on the list of places I have wanted to go, but the price has always made me hesitate and go to my less expensive, but wonderfully relaxing places instead.
And today that changed.
They were very responsive to my English text emails and it was easy to make an appointment. But once there, the experience was really rather ho hum.
We had the mud thing and rose water bath. The mud thing (dont remember the name exactly) was painted on with brushed and then we were wrapped with plastic sheets. That was interesting. And the bamboo huts were nice and peaceful, as were the surrounding outside. The wooden bathtubs were very small and although an interesting experience, nothing to warrant the elevated price in my book, esp since I have found other places with diff services where I felt infinately more relaxed.
I cant say that I would never go back, but it wont be often or my idea when it happens. It wasnt by any means awful, I do feel more relaxed and they were sweet. It just wasnt anything new, different or of a higher quality than the other places in town that I have been to.
And that all goes to show ya how easy it is to be spoiled in this place. Not a state I am minding, btw.
Steph
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I was pleasantly surprised to walk into this posh looking, relaxed place and find a yummy menu that was incredibly affordable (especially considering the Vine alternative nearby). The red walls got me, the fruit smoothie made me stay a bit longer than I planned and the food menu (that I didnt try yet, the only reason for 4 not 5 stars) will bring me back. Thinking up excuses to go back already and last night was the first time. Oh, the staff was super sweet and they accept dollars.
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Just learned about Kitchen last week and man am I glad. I love street food in Hanoi but I need some creative salads in the mix as well, and thats where Kitchen comes in. They had bacon, walnuts and cheese with NON iceberg lettuce. Not to mention they got the salad dressing right. Dont remember the name of this salad, but the ingredients are listed on the HUGE menu.
Also, the muffins rock (there is a bacon and cheese muffin that sounds weird, but tastes just like a biscuit from the states, YUM!). All this excitement and I am not even a muffin person. haha.
Now, how do we get them to make scones?
Steph
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I went here a year ago when street food was still dirt cheap and restaurant food noticeably higher in price. It was an ok experience then but not memorable, so I never made a point to go back (most likely due to Koto so close by).
Today I went in there cause its so close to my home and I wanted something different. The pho I had tonight was the "special pho" for 25, 000 (the regular pho was only 19,000) and I gotta say, WOW, it is the best pho I have had in Vietnam so far. Seriously! I am definately going back to try some more of their items now that I know how much more affordable and at least if not more tasty they are than Koto!!!
The staff was either overzealous or meek, but thats nothing diff than most restaurants I go to here, so no biggie there.
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Yup, they did the pan pizza justice. But, being a Pizza Hut breadstick junkie, I was more than kinda bummed that they did NOT have these on the menu.
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