After i posted the article Hanoi travel itineraries for 1 or 2 days, there’re few people asked me for some good restaurants in Hanoi. Really i also forgot this when writing the Hanoi article. Following, i’m going to provide the list of famous restaurants in Hanoi, where have been favorited by Hanoian and tourists.
Hanoi cuisine is diverse and changed by seasons, so you may have to spend a couple days to enjoy all of Hanoi’s specialties.
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The specialties and famous restaurants
1. Pho Hanoi (Phở Hà Nội). If you’re learning about Hanoi tourism, maybe you knew this specialty. There’re lots of Pho restaurants in Hanoi, but if you want to enjoy really traditional taste of Pho Hanoi, you have to come Pho at 49 Bat Dan street (near the Old Quater) or Pho Thin at 11 Lo Duc street – 2 Pho restaurants are best in Hanoi city.
2. Rolled and fried Pho restaurant (Phở cuốn và phở xào) (2 other dishes of Pho) on Nguyen Khac Hieu street.
3. Bun Cha (bún chả), another specialty of Hanoi. There’re many restaurants:
– Bun Cha on Hang Manh street (near the junction of Hang Quat and Hang Non streets), very tasty and famous (but quite expensive compared to others).
– On Duong Thanh, near Hang Bong street.
– 47C Mai Hac De, i like this restaurant most, although it’s far from the center.
– Bun Cha on Hang Buom street is cheap and tasty.
4. Rolled rice cake (bánh cuốn).
– Thanh Van restaurant at 14 Hang Ga street.
– Gia An rolled rice cake restaurants, there’re many addresses: 21 Lo Duc, 25 Thai Phien, 11A Yet Kieu, 111/8 Lang Ha, 61 Huyn Thuc Khang, 108 A6 Tran Huy Lieu,…
5. Grass duck, duck hot pot (vịt cỏ, lẩu vịt).
– Thanh Luan at 9/2 Phu Vien – Long Bien district, near Chuong Duong bridge.
– Van Dinh grass duck is close to Long Bien pitch.
– If you stay near Ha Dong district, you can come to the restaurant behind the Xuan Mai building, close to Ha Dong stadium.
6. Bun dau (bún đậu)
– Restaurant at intersection of Pham Dinh Ho – Hoa Ma streets, sell at noon, very tasty.
– 55 Phat Loc alley, near the intersection of Hang Be – Hang Mam, sell at noon.
7. Seafood. There’re many good restaurans on Nghia Dung street, close to Long Bien pitch. I like Huong Lan restaurant at 4 – Nghia Dung street.
8. Dishes from snails.
– Cay restaurant on Giang Vo street (opposite Giang Vo lake)
– Some restaurants at the begin of Luong Dinh Dua street.
– Restaurant on Dinh Liet street (near the center of Old Quater), open from 4.30pm
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Fried snail
9. Baked beef.
– Begin of Hang Dau street, open in evening.
– On Ma May street at junction Hang Chinh – Ma May.
– Few restaurants on Bach Mai street, near Hong Mai street.
10. Crab and beef hot pot, there’re few restaurants on Pho Duc Chinh street.
11. Yen sticky rice (xôi Yến) at 35 Nguyen Huu Huan.
12. Fried dishes from pig organs. I was heard that the Westerner does not eat organ, but it’s very tasty, and we enjoyed it. If you want to eat this dish, let’s come to Nguyen Sieu street, there’s a restaurant close to Gao Market (chợ Gạo), opposite a parking and a school.
13. Nem Tai, a dish is made from pig ear. You can enjoy it at a famous address: Ba Hong restaurant 35 Hang Thung street.
14. Pillow rice cake, the cake has pillow shape, a very unique dish of Vietnam, on Ly Quoc Su street, close to Hanoi cathedral.
15. Frog hot pot at 5 – Lo Duc street, open in noon and evening.
16. Cuisine center in Thanh Cong, close to Thanh Cong preschool. There’re so many dishes: baked rice paper, fruits, beef noodle (bún bò,… and specially, there’s Hue porridge very famous.
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Pillow rice cake
The drinks and famous cafes
17. Cafes. There’re 2 best places near the Old Quater where you can’t skip:
– Cafe Old Quater, this has been very famous cafe in Hanoi from early 20th century. They also have nice view (overlooking Hoan Kiem lake) and the famous egg-coffee. The cafe is in alley 11 – Hang Gai street (quite difficult to find).
– Cafe Lam at 60 Nguyen Huu Huan street, near the Yen sticky rice (xôi Yến that i mentioned above).
– Addition, you can come to Hang Hanh street, there’re many sidewalk cafes (all of street sell coffee).
18. Sidewalk Ice-tea restaurants. Ice-tea is very popular in Hanoi, you can see the sidewalk restaurants in everywhere. Few famous addresses: Ly Quoc Su street, Nha Tho street, 31 Dao Duy Tu, Gao Market (Chợ Gạo),….
A ice-tea sidewalk restaurant
19. Fruits and juices on To Lich street.
20. Cafe Nola at 89 Ma May. The cafe has nice view, many drinks, spacious space and impressive layout.
