Hello everyone!! How are you? Summer coming.. If you are planning to visit Dai Lai tourist area – one of the famous resort places in the North of Vietnam, I really recommend **3 Cay Hoa Sua Restaurant, located right at the boat station of Dai Lai. Eat delicious food and buy boat ticket to cross the lake to the play area – very convenient combo!
Location & boat ticket service:
This restaurant is next to the boat station, very convenient for people who want to go to the Dai Lai resort. To go to the play area, you must take a boat for about 5–7 minutes, and the restaurant sells boat tickets too – price is about 8 dollars (around 200,000 VND) for round trip.
Buy the ticket and get on boat right away, very convenient. On the other side of the shore there are tourist experiences such as Ngoc Island (I came here 15 years ago and found this to be a wild place with only monkeys, tourists would take pictures with the monkeys, monkeys would steal your things,.. and all the funny things related to the monkeys) .. now I came back here after 15 years and I chose Flamingo resort /
This place is a tourist complex including a children's playground, luxury apartments, a zoo for visitors, boating experience, floating ball experience on the lake, electric car experience throughout the tourist area... in short, this place is very beautiful and worth the money.
Food – Delicious and price is reasonable
Me and my friends ordered some dishes, must say quality is better than expected.
- Steamed veal: meat is soft, sweet and fresh, but the special thing is soybean tofu sauce – strange but delicious, very rich taste. Only thing is the meat is cut quite big, some people may feel it too thick.
Veal salad: this dish is surprisingly delicious, veal mixed with lemongrass and pineapple – very fragrant, cool taste, a bit sour, very good with rice.
Crab soup with Malabar spinach: traditional Northern taste, a lot of crab meat, very fragrant, eating in summer feels cool and fresh. Big bowl, eat with rice is very satisfying.
- Grilled chicken: I am very impressed. Chicken is grilled with crispy golden brown skin, inside still keeps sweet and chewy meat. Add some sliced lime leaves on top, very fragrant. Price is only about 350,000 VND (~14 dollars) for a big plate – very worth it!
Price:
- Veal salad ~10 dollars
- Grilled chicken ~14 dollars
- Soft drink only 0.7 dollar
=> Very reasonable price for good food and nice space.
Space – Many options, nice lake view
Big plus point is cool and various sitting areas. If you like cool air, sit inside with air conditioner, also has stage for singing if you go in a group. Outside has big grass area for event. If you want to relax and chill, choose to sit by the lake in bamboo huts, cool wind from lake blows in, eat and watch boat, people paddling, swimming – very resort style.
The space is so big, you can bring all your food, you can just bring a tarp and food to save money, sit on the lawn and watch everything. It is an economical but quite interesting option when everyone can leave the house and have memories together.
Summary
A great place for people who want to eat delicious food, enjoy nature and prepare for visiting resort across the lake. Nice space, good food, reasonable price, quick service – 3 Cay Hoa Sua is a very good stop if you visit Dai Lai.
