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 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Vietnam
Look for the best places to eat in 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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| A Gyure |
08 August 2005 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Do yourself a favor and attend the evening traditional Vietnamese musical concert and fashion show at SI HOANG, a tea salon located on the street just behind Saigon's famous City Hall building. For only $15.00 US per person, you get to sample gourmet teas and snacks while hearing talented musicians play extremely rare instruments (like a unique stone xylophone and beautiful violin made out of a stalk of bamboo) and seeing professional models wearing ancient Vietnamese textiles in intimate, charming, and very atmospheric surroundings. Best of all, it is not cheesy or touristy like a lot of things in Vietnam can be. CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS ENOUGH!
For dinner I highly recommend Luong Son Quan. I like to eat where the locals do--off the beaten track from the tourist circuit, and you won't find any foreigners here, just really well prepared Vietnamese cuisine that is delicious and very safe. Their specialty is a wonderful marinated beef that you grill yourself on a handy table top charcoal grill, accompanied by a nice mustard sauce. For the more adventurous diner, there are also many exotic dishes like deep fried scorpion or grilled field rat!
Best (cheapest) way to get around Saigon is by motorbike or cyclo (bicycle pedaled rickshaw) but BE SURE TO AGREE ON A PRICE BEFORE YOU EMBARK! Same goes for taxi cabs - most of them in Saigon don't seem to be metered!
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| Z Kelly |
01 August 2005 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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We visited the war remants museum, one sided but still very eye-opening, the Bin Tanh market - crazy busy but great bargains and all around the Dhong Khoi area is great shopping. Lemon Grass restaurant (just off Dhong Khoi St) had some lovely Vietnamese food and we ate in Camargue and Le Jardin French restaurants, the former somewhat more expensive but amazing food and setting.
Also worth a look is the Fine Arts Museum, set in a beautiful building (French style) and if you go down the corridors and not just the main rooms, there is a wealth of ornaments and paintings to be seen. A find are the 2 galleries selling art at the bottom of this museum.
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| M Van der kolk |
23 May 2005 |
Stayed at Continental Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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I made intersesting tours to the tunnels of Cu Chi and to the Mekong Delta.
I had an outstanding 'fusion' dinner in the main restaurant of hotel Caravelle.
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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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| G Yee leng |
16 May 2005 |
Stayed at Asian Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Ngon restaurant at 138 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, just across the road from the Reunification Palace is an excellent place to try a wide variety of local foods.
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| S Mesham |
02 May 2005 |
Stayed at Metropole Hotel, Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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We were in Saigon at the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon so the atmosphere was buzzing. However, Saigon seems to be a place that natually has an exciting air to it anyway. Ben Thanh market is a must - the food is great and the shopping is good for watches and clothes. We travelled round the city mostly on the back of a bike - we paid between USD1 and USD2, depending on how far we went, and time of night. We heard about pickpockets, but did not see or experience anything, but we were very careful keeping all of our valuable in a locked back pack and in a moneybelt. Food and drink are definitely more expensive in the city area, but the Saigon Saigon Bar (Caravelle Hotel) and Level 23 (Sheraton Hotel) are definitely worth a visit for the view. Food at street stalls is just as tasty as in the restaurants, and there are plenty to choose from a must have is the Pho Bo - Vietnamese beef noodle soup - our daily fare. It's worth investigating the back streets as there is always something to see - Saigon is great for people watching! You can also buy travel books such a Lonely Planets on the street for approx USD4-5. Saigon was a great introduction to Vietnam for us - we'll definitely be going back!
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| I Schubert |
01 May 2005 |
Stayed at Century Riverside Hotel Hue - Hue, Vietnam.
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The recommended restaurant of Coco & Min has moved about 100m down the street. It is a bit hidden away from the street. Ask the cyclo drivers for the way.
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| T Allen |
13 April 2005 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Just down the road from the Empress Hotel towards the centre of town is a wonderful restaurant 'The Saigonese'.....fantastic local food.
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| A King |
08 April 2005 |
Stayed at Ana Mandara Resort - Nha Trang, Vietnam.
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Nha Trang is a lovely place. Spend the day on the beach then head into town in the evening. All the restaurants and bars are on the road one back from the beach road. We enjoyed the BBQ restaurant Canh Lac most - it's at the North end of town by the river. A full meal for two came to something like $10.
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| B Londergan |
07 April 2005 |
Stayed at Dong An Beach Hotel - Hoi An, Vietnam.
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Definitely rent a bike ($1/day) so you can bike into town -- that way you're not tied to a shuttle schedule or paying for motorcycle rides every two minutes. Great internet places along the road into town. The Safari (?) restaurant just down the road is great -- owned by a Vietnamese woman and her California husband, and there's also a crab place right on the water that's meant to be lovely, although we didn't go there. On the road to town, the Gado restaurant is good. Buy as much stuff as you can -- specially lanterns, art work, ties, silk, etc. -- you'll love it when you get home and it only seems heavy now! Check out all the calisthentics on the beach at dawn -- it's really adorable.
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