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 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Hanoi, Vietnam
Look for the best places to eat in Hanoi, Vietnam. You may read about recommended restaurants and food. Find out about local food and local dining customs. Also, you might want to read our
Central Vietnam city guide,
Halong Bay city guide,
Hanoi city guide,
Ho Chi Minh city guide,
Phan Thiet city guide,
and Hoi An city guide.
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| K Tantiansu |
20 May 2005 |
Stayed at Fortuna Hotel Hanoi - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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I recommend Seasons of Hanoi restaurant in Hanoi--very nice ambience, good food, friendly staff. It was recommended to us by the receptionist at the Galaxy Hotel (when we couldn't find the restaurant originally recommended to us by our hotel's receptionist).
Our shopping experience in the Old Quarter was also very interesting. We found Vietnamese silk clothing at reasonable prices, and the stores we went to (one, I think, was called Tha Anh) had friendly and helpful staff. Although they speak barely understandable English, they also speak French.
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| M Phillips |
21 February 2005 |
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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I am 77 1/2 years old, American, extremely well travelled, experienced. My favorite city in Vietnam was Hanoi--good things to see in and away from it, very fine restaurants such as "Wild Rice" beautiful inside, excellent food. Halong Bay of course I liked, the Mekong Delta for early morning floating markets, and the charming city of Hoi An a great delight. I ran out of energy but wished I could have gone to Sapa for a treak and a chance to see local colorful markets. I prefer always to travel solo, no guides except at Siem Reap, Cambodia to visit several of the temples. Definitely no tours. Not for everyone of course but I'm an independent artist.
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| I Cooper |
12 February 2005 |
Stayed at Sofitel Metropole Hanoi - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Hanoi is hustling and bustling and a 'must-do' Asian city. And the art shops are an essential 'must-do' for buying Vietnamese art. Had lovely food in the evenings in the 'Wild Rice' and 'Emperor' restaurants...and good lunch food at 'Little Hanoi'. We didn't take tours, but did our own thing, using taxis or just walking!
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| G Katzenstein |
23 January 2005 |
Stayed at Hanoi Heritage Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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My favorite thing to do in Hanoi is the water puppet show. I can also recommend Bobby Chinn's Quan An 22 Restaurant, and Cha Ca La Vong for fish!
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| S Smith |
01 January 2005 |
Stayed at Lucky Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Hanoi has a lot of great shopping - brand name shoes, clothes, bags, etc. - at incredible bargain prices. Delicious Vietnamese food is available at every price range. Be sure to try cha ca (my favourite place for the dish was below Cafe Des Arts - can't remember the name). Traffic in Hanoi is thrilling to observe and experience, especially the act of crossing the street through the moving swarm of motorbikes.
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| L Ng |
10 December 2004 |
Stayed at Guoman Hanoi Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Water Puppet show was very enjoyable, highly recommended for anyone. Bobby Chinn Restaurant is a great restaurant with nice and friendly atmosphere. Handspan Adventure Travel offers great package tours to different places in Vietnam. Very good service and great price.
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| P Sohonie |
06 December 2004 |
Stayed at Melia Hanoi - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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The best thing about Hanoi at this time of the year is the weather. It's cool and dry. Not much to see, Ho Chi Minh's museum was closed for annual refurbishing and the one legged pagoda a big dissappoint. The fine arts museum was worth a visit. Halong Bay is a 3 hr drive, very picturesque. Restaurants - recommend Little Hanoi Cafe, Indo Chine, Emperor and Lotus at Melia Hotel.
Taxis are easily available and also enjoyed bicycle rickshaw rides in the evenings when it was wonderfully cool.
Shopping is the main focus in Hanoi. Excellent lacquerware, table linen and plenty of art galleries to choose from. Do be careful, prices vary by 100% for certain artists!! Difficult to figure out the art scene but the Vietnamese artists are worth buying. Copies are excellent, so don't hesitate to buy them.
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| M Miles |
09 November 2004 |
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Excellent if slightly expensive Vietnamese food (accompanied by very nice traditional Vietnamese music) at the Nam Phuong restaurant which is a 5 minute walk from the hotel. Wouldn't recommend the food at the equally expensive Emperor restaurant (also 5 mins from the hotel) but the bar looked very nice for a relaxing drink or two. Excellent Italian food in a very nice courtyard atmosphere at Luno d'Autumno, and don't miss an ice cream at Fanny's at the south-west corner of the lake - great flavours !
Best museums we visited were the wonderfully abstract Ho Chi Minh museum (go upstairs to see what I mean !) and the excellent Museum of Ethnology with its array of displays celebrating the vast number of diverse ethnic tribes native to today's Vietnam.
Sit back and enjoy a relaxing shave for only US$1 at any number of Hanoi's barber's shops - not only will it be fun for you, but the local staff and customers will love the show!
Can't wait to go back to Hanoi and spend more time drinking in the vibrant culture, amazing buildings and incredible friendliness of the Vietnamese people. Viva Ho Chi Minh!
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| S Kerr |
23 October 2004 |
Stayed at Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Sua Hoa Restaurant is well worth a visit - not only good food & reasonable prices but it is run by street kids who are being trained.
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| K Byung chul |
06 August 2004 |
Stayed at Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Nam Phuong is the best restaurant serving Vietnamese traditional food. When you visit there, never miss the 'Salad of the three different regions'. It was really marvelous! One more thing, never ever take a taxi at the street. They only think rip the foreigners off. Just give a call to Noibai to go to the airport, or use the taxies with the 'Hilton' mark in front of the hotel.
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