Must-see restaurants in Vietnam

  • Quan An Ngon

    Hanoi

    This small kitchen elevates Vietnamese street food in a beautiful indoor setting while keeping prices reasonable.

  • Ganh Hao 2

    Vung Tau

    High-end waterside restaurant that's great for seafood, though pricey.

  • Dining room of Hoa Tuc Restaurant

    Hoa Tuc

    Ho Chi Minh City

    In the courtyard of a former opium refinery, Hoa Tuc offers atmosphere, style and excellent food. Signature dishes include mustard leaves rolled with…

  • Annam Gourmet Market has a deli, bakery and lunch salad bar

    Annam Gourmet Market

    Ho Chi Minh City

    A quiet, relaxing and neat place for breakfast, brunch, a salad, bruschetta or baguette sandwich, this stylish coffee shop on the upper floor of a…

  • The Elbow Room has an American diner vibe

    Elbow Room

    Ho Chi Minh City

    If you’re a lumberjack, you’ll be OK at this upmarket American-style cafe-bistro where there’s a big breakfast with your name on it (pancakes, bacon, eggs…

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    Lang Son Market

    Northeast Vietnam

    Lang Son’s market area sprawls over about three blocks, just off P Tran Dang Ninh. It's a colourful and hectic place stuffed to the brim with hawkers and…

  • Nha Hang Ngon

    Hanoi

    With a focus on authentic flavours from around Vietnam, this joint gets popular with both locals and visitors. It's street food taken off the street and…

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    Mon Hue

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Hue’s famous cuisine comes to HCMC’s hungry hordes through this chain of eight restaurants. This handy branch offers a good, air-conditioned introduction…

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    Dam Market

    Nha Trang

    For a traditional local experience, try Dam Market, which has a colourful collection of stalls, including com chay (vegetarian) options, in the ‘food…

  • A Vietnamese husband and wife with their young son walk past a woman using a mobile phone in bustling Con Market, Danang, Vietnam.

    Con Son Market

    Con Dao Islands

    A good spot for breakfast, with delicious noodle dishes and pancakes churned out at wallet-friendly rates. You can stock up on fruit and snacks here, too.

  • Vintage Emporium

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Housed in a grand villa tucked down a small side street, Vintage Emporium is all about whimsy. Gleaming wood and vintage-tiled floors, and separate…

  • Hong Mai

    Hue

    After visiting the Citadel, try this excellent Vietnamese place with aluminium furniture that draws a local crowd for superior versions of two local…

  • Com Ga Dong Nguyen

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Located in the heart of Chinatown, Com Ga Dong Nguyen has been serving its winning brand of Chinese-Vietnamese dishes at very reasonable prices since 1945…

  • Vintage Emporium

    Ho Chi Minh City

    It's hard to know which is more social-media ready: the retro-chic decor with colonial-era-inspired tiles and ethnic textiles, or the brightly coloured…

  • Royal Rice & Bun Bar

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Already fresh and light Vietnamese food gets an even healthier makeover, thanks to colourful homemade bún (rice noodles) flavoured with freshly pressed…

  • Dalat Train Cafe

    Dalat

    Calling all trainspotters! Don't miss the opportunity to step inside this lovingly resorted French-era railway carriage for a meal in a unique setting,…

  • Puku

    Hanoi

    Puku is one of Hanoi's few 24/7 establishments (most of which are in this area), and is a five-minute walk from Hanoi train station (ideal for a…

  • Co Dau

    South-Central Vietnam

    Vegetarians can avoid accidentally ordering pork, beef or chicken at this decent vegetarian restaurant in Hung Vuong Park (Cong Vien Hung Vuong). Dishes…

  • Morning Glory Restaurant

    Hoi An

    An outstanding restaurant in historic premises that concentrates on street food and traditionally prepared dishes (primarily from central Vietnam)…

  • Mumtaz

    Danang

    The music volume could go down a notch at Mumtaz, but the menu delivers. Select from an appealing and spicy array of fish and prawn dishes (including the…

  • Quan Kien

    Hanoi

    Quan Kien is an interesting spot for cuisine from the Hmong, Muong and Thai ethnic minorities – try the grilled chicken with wild pepper – traditional…

  • Vy's Market

    Hoi An

    Offering a (sanitised) street-food-style experience for those slightly wary, this huge place has food stations cranking out Vietnamese favourites from all…

  • Bonjuk Lunchbox & Cafe

    Danang

    When you just need to satisfy those kimchi cravings, this simple and neat-looking Korean restaurant dishes up tasty sizzling stone-bowl bibimbap in a…

  • Cocobox

    Hoi An

    Refreshing cold-press juices are the standout at this compact combo of cafe and deli. Our favourite is the Watermelon Man juice combining watermelon,…

  • Au Parc

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The laptop and tablet crowd flocks to this slender two-floor cafe for its Mediterranean and Middle Eastern–inflected selection of salads, quiches,…

  • Mâu Dich 37

    Hanoi

    Styled after a government-run food shop from the impoverished period after 1976, Mâu Dich 37 is a unique exercise in nostalgia. Waiters are dressed as…

  • Vegan Ramen

    Danang

    Vegans can make a beeline for this tiny one-man ramen outlet for ample and satisfying bowls of tantan men (dandan noodles) with shiitake mushrooms,…

  • Soulburger

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Head up the narrow staircase here for some of Saigon's best burgers. They're all named after music legends like Little Richard and James Brown, and sides…

  • Ming

    Dalat

    Refined Chinese restaurant housed in a nicely restored, colonial-era villa, with lake views from its terrace and a pleasant garden. Scroll through the…

  • Rico Taco

    Ho Chi Minh City

    With its breezy al fresco seating area and top-notch menu, this vibrantly coloured and bubbly Mexican restaurant dishing up tacos, tortas (Mexican…

  • Sakura 1

    Phu Quoc Island

    This simple wood restaurant is run by the very fluent English-speaking Kiem. In spite of the name, the dishes are Vietnamese rather than Japanese, and…

  • Mai Fish

    Hoi An

    A casual and laid-back place owned by well-known Vietnamese–North American chef Duc Tran, Mai Fish focuses on authentic and tasty versions of homestyle…

  • Spicy Noodles MYM

    Mekong Delta

    Yes, this Korean-fusion cafe's speciality is spicy, thick rice and tapioca noodles in a crab soup with grilled shrimp, fish cakes and pork, a kimchi take…

  • DeckHouse

    An Bang Beach

    This oceanfront place includes beachy decor with rustic timber, private cabanas, and a menu stretching from local flavours through to burgers and fresh…

  • Mon Hue

    Hanoi

    While this simple, somewhat grubby little restaurant is by no means a member of the famous Ho Chi Minh–based chain whose name it has appropriated, it does…

  • Duc Giang 2 Restaurant

    Ha Giang Province

    Vast, buzzy (read: loud), hall-like restaurant serving hotpot and other Vietnamese dishes. Be careful what you order blindly off the (Vietnamese only)…

  • Cham Restaurant

    Cham Islands

    About 2km southwest of Bai Lang village, Cham Restaurant sits pretty on stunning Bai Chong Beach, and serves wonderful Vietnamese dishes, including lots…

  • Tuan Thuy Restaurant

    Bai Tu Long Bay

    A decent selection of all the usual noodle and rice dishes are available at this simple family-run outfit, which is one of the few restaurants still open…

  • Green Tangerine

    Hanoi

    Experience the mood and flavour of 1950s Indochina at this elegant restaurant located in a beautifully restored French-colonial house with a cobbled…

  • One More Cafe

    Dalat

    Comfy chairs, eclectically decorated peach walls and a glass display full of house-baked cakes and seven-seed bread greet you at this cosy, Aussie-owned…

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