Tram Ma Dao Da Lat

I went based on reviews. I didn't expect much, but the cafe really surprised me. - The staff was enthusiastic right from the parking area, providing thoughtful service. - As for the food, it came out quickly, and the space was airy. The grilled cheek meat was super delicious, tender, and very sweet. The mixed salad was very fresh and generous. - The biggest surprise was the kimchi, which was well-seasoned with a bit of ginger that was very warming for the stomach. Everyone should drop by to eat here. Worth a try on your Da Lat trip.

The place is quite crowded, but there are few staff members, so they are probably overloaded. Asking for the menu took forever, so I just helped myself; oh well, understandable. The food was okay; some dishes came out quickly, but there was one dish I asked for 2 times that still got missed. If ordering dishes, you should order from the manager to ensure your food comes out quickly 😄😄. The only downside is smoke everywhere :)))).

Following fomo, on the first day the restaurant was full of tables so I decided to return the next day, intentionally arriving early at around after 5 pm, at this time there were 2,3 tables with customers. The space is spacious, staff seemed not fully awake or something, just spaced out. No bowls, dipping sauce also had to be requested extra, calling them was like calling a boat. Brought water and glasses but no ice. The ice bucket was right next to them, yet staff still had to go into the counter to ask for permission or something before coming back to serve ice to customers? Plates and bowls were mostly chipped, not sure if that's the restaurant's signature style or what? Because I saw the restaurant just opened not long ago. Asked for a clean plate for cooked meat, staff pointed to the raw meat plate (meat I had already put on the grill so only an empty plate was left), and I explained that this plate held raw meat, but the staff kept insisting instead of getting a plate for the customer. Slow service even though the restaurant wasn't crowded. About the food, prices are cheaper than other places and naturally the portions are smaller too. Meat is marinated with too much sauce, lemongrass burns easily, meat is tough. Deep-fried chicken cartilage with fish sauce was salty, onions were raw. Green chili salt sauce was ok, the remaining sauce seemed like peanut sauce, not delicious. My family probably didn't suit the taste of the restaurant, everyone complained. Eating and drinking in Da Lat from the 6 to the 9 of Tet, but only this single restaurant surcharged 10% (I came to the restaurant on the 8) while on this day the government had already gone back to work. Will definitely not return.

*Minus points: - The restaurant has a bit few dishes for me - Food taste is at an ok level, not very special - Marinade sauce tastes pretty similar to each other, not very diverse - Each table will have 1 grill to barbecue by yourself, but for my group specifically, grilling like that felt a bit laborious, time-consuming, and took on a lot of smoke, coming home smelling entirely of grill charcoal - Hot pot uses 1 other burner with alcohol but it also took too long to boil *Plus points: - Chicken hot pot with é leaves is delicious but a bit few é leaves - Apricot juice is delicious - On Thursday 7 when I went, there was an acoustic band that was very chill, the male singer sang well with a warm voice - Staff were enthusiastic, quick, changed grill grates frequently, and our group had 5 people so we asked for 1 more grill to cook faster and they still allowed it

The restaurant was crowded, and the staff couldn't remember who arrived first or later, so they asked the customers who arrived first??? When entering, no one gave us a menu to order, so we had to go to the counter ourselves to ask for one. The food was not fresh and small in portion compared to the price. When an item ran out, they didn't inform us; only when we asked why it hadn't come out yet did they tell us. It was crowded inside and they couldn't serve in time, but outside they kept accepting more customers. The soft drinks didn't arrive until halfway through the meal, and there were no glasses to drink from. We asked for dipping sauce and vegetables 5 6 times but no one brought them out, so we had to get them ourselves, find our own plates for meat, and get tongs. Not as clean as in the reviews, even though it was busy during Tet and short-staffed, they could have limited the tables when taking customers in