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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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| H Avent |
01 January 2004 |
Stayed at Hoi An Hotel - Hoi An, Vietnam.
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Hoi An is a photograher's heaven. Pictures at every turn. Great light - overcast in the AM and sunshine (not harsh) in the afternoon. It is a tropical climate, so be ready for the humidity. Also take extra batteries, some types were not available. Old town is within walking distance of the hotel. Cyclos (manpowered tricycles) are also available for transportation. Shopping opportunities abound and some of the vendors can be persistent. The US dollar is used interchangeably with the Vietnamese dong. Bargaining can be very successful using either.
My favorite restaurant was "Faifoo" at 104 Tran Phuc Street - great and varied spring rolls and the local "white roses" (dim sum/dumplings, but special, in addition to other traditional Vietnamese food). Wondeful place for a respite after Hanoi or HCMC. It is "not to be missed" on any trip to Vietnam.
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| J Loo |
29 December 2003 |
Stayed at Dan Chu Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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We enjoyed walking aroung Hoan Kiem Lake, eating by the roadside around the Water Puppet Theatre. I would recommend you to go to Dong Xuan Market for handbags, shoes and fabrics as it is a wholesale market.As you walk away from the D.X market, you will find tailors along the Hang Gai Street where they can tailor make your viet dresses within a day or two.
We also tried the famous fish dish at Cha Ca La Vong which has history that dates back to 2 centuries. Very unique and tasty. For french food, we had a 5 course dinner at the French Reataurant in Sofitel Metropole. It was fabulous though a little pricey but worth it. For good Vietnamese food, we recommend Nam Phuong (which is a 5 star restaurant) and a very cosy Cay Cau located at the De Syloia hotel.
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| M Mok |
28 December 2003 |
Stayed at Bong Sen Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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At side lane of Bong Seng hotel, there's Restaurant Pho 24 serving tasty noodles. Worth visiting: War Museum and Cu Chi Tunnel. Best place to shop for souvenirs :- Benh Thanh Mkt and shops around Dong Khoi. Short trips out of HCMC: Mekong Delta (trips ranging from 1 day to 5 days can be booked easily at HCMC).
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| R Ramad |
28 December 2003 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Be warned! Waterworld is closed. Nobody told me. Took a cab out all the way only to find it deserted. (30min ride) 1 hr to-n-fro. Palace is closed, Notredame cathedral was closed. so basically just shopping around Binh Tham market and chilling out at cafe's for a cool drink. Oh do try Al Fresco restaurant and the Windows cafe - roof top seat.
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| H Tan |
26 December 2003 |
Stayed at Nikko Hotel Hanoi - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Try club opera opposite sofitel metropole. It's a smallish restaurant in what looks like a colonial building, serving French-Vietnamese cuisine. Very friendly people-at the airport, the immigration officers even pointed out that I had left some money sticking out of my pocket.
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| E Smith |
23 December 2003 |
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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A great restaurant to try is the Emperor Restaurant. Outstanding food!
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| D Gobet |
07 December 2003 |
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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The hotel restaurant is not the hippest in town but serves excellent food. We also enjoyed the Hanoi Garden for a lively outdoors dinner. On the other hand, avoid the overrated Club Opera restaurant which serves expensive sugary food with a bit of herbs that western guidebooks reviewers probably take for authentic Vietnamese fare.
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| K Rispoli |
29 November 2003 |
Stayed at Lucky Star Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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We came from Bangkok to Hanoi, the traffic in Bangkok is bad but bearable. In Hanoi the constant beeping of horns can be a bit much. I have found that there are no road rules, every person for themselves and the biggest vehicle wins. It should be considered an artform to cross the road. Walk slowly and the masses of mopeds will hopefully go around you. You would be pretty insane to rent a motorbike in this city. I would recommend the Water Puppet Theatre, and trying the Pho Bo beef noodle soup which originated in Hanoi. If you're there for a while you could check out Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and the Temple of Literature. If you're on a budget stay away from the restaurants and cafes that display prices in U.S. Dollars, in one restaurant we paid about 34,000 dong (about $2 U.S. Dollars) for two plates of food and 3 draught beers, at another restaurant we paid about twice that for two nonalcoholic fresh fruit drinks. If you go outside of the Old Quarter you will find some places considerably cheaper.
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| M Maiwald |
27 November 2003 |
Stayed at De Syloia Hotel - Hanoi, Vietnam.
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In Hanoi, our favorite restaurants were Bobby Chin's, Le Tonkin, and Emperor. Bobby Chin, though expensive by Vietnamese standards, served superb and creative upscale fusion cuisine; food like this could easily cost 3-4 times the price in NYC. Don't miss out on the fresh fish dish stir fried at your table at the unlikely hole-in-the-wall, Cha Ca Van Long. This place is a real Hanoi institution, and the mixture of herbs and exotic ingredients is a perfect flavor harmony.
Inside Hanoi, don't miss the wonderful Museum of Ethnography, even though it's a long cab ride from the city center. There's a bicycle there with 800 fish traps on it, the preferred means of commercial transport of a particularly industrious Mekong Delta entrepeneur. Also don't miss the Temple of Literature, am oasis of serenity in chaotic Hanoi.
For trips outside the city, I recommend Kheng Ga for a scenic boat trip that reveals an untouched rural river life. You'll marvel at the Vietnamese women who power their rowboats with their feet while cutting up vegetable for dinner. Another "must-see" is Halong Bay. Try to stay out here at least two nights, and do some sea-kayaking amongst these serene islands.
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| J Olesen |
27 November 2003 |
Stayed at Novotel Dalat - Dalat, Vietnam.
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Highly recommend Trong Dong restaurant on Phan Dinh Phung.
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