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Y Thao Garden

By Mark Bowyer | 15 Feb 2018

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Photo: Mark Bowyer
Photo: Mark Bowyer
Photo: Mark Bowyer
Photo: Mark Bowyer
Photo: Mark Bowyer

Y Thao Garden

3 Rue Thach Han, Hue City

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Price guide: $$$

Our rating

By Mark Bowyer 15 Feb 2018

Hue's traditional cuisine from set menus in a stunning garden setting. This is a beautiful place but the service and food are less impressive.

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Y Thao Garden gets panned one day and glowing reports the next. It serves a range set menu banquets featuring Hue's traditional cuisine.

The garden setting is lovely. And there's a villa packed with antiques. The space creates expectations that the food and service don't quite live up to.

The location in the citadel complex's outer walls makes it a popular stop with tour groups. That may be part of the problem. If the tour groups are in town, you may feel a tad neglected.

Options for a Hue meal in an atmospheric restaurant space are still surprisingly limited - so you may still end up here.

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