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  1. Rank 87. Bếp Hên

    Vietnamese

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  3. Rank 87. Bếp Prime

    Vietnamese

    A Vietnamese restaurant in a crumbling old building on Hang Dieu Street, Bep Prime pulls from the full breadth of the country's regional cooking with a clear soft spot for Hanoi. The kitchen's signature pigeon and mushroom hot pot arrives in a bird cage, which is exactly as theatrical as it sounds. The Michelin Guide lists it among its selected restaurants. Book ahead; the room is small and the regulars know it.

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  4. Rank 87. Bờm

    Modern Vietnamese

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  11. Rank 87. Cau Go

    Central Vietnamese

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  12. Chả cá, grilled catfish rubbed with turmeric until it turns a burnished gold, is essentially the whole menu here, and that's a fine way to run a restaurant. This family-run Hanoi spot has been at it forever, with cheerful murals, checkered tablecloths, and service that moves with purpose. Fish spring rolls and fish soup round things out if you want to make an afternoon of it.

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  13. Rank 87. Chapter

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  14. Rank 87. Cồ Đàm

    Vegetarian Vietnamese

    The terracotta arched entrance and ornate facade, drawn from Buddhist and Champa traditions, set expectations before you've even sat down. Cồ Đàm is a vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant spread across four floors, though the ground-floor pond and stone Buddha make a case for lingering there. Two set menus only, both modern takes on Vietnamese classics, with plating that suggests the kitchen takes presentation as seriously as flavor.

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  15. Rank 87. Cô Liêng

    Southern Vietnamese

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  16. Rank 87. Cơm Gà Lan

    Vietnamese

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  18. Rank 87. Đông Phố

    Vietnamese

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  19. Rank 87. Du Yên

    Vietnamese

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  21. Rank 87. Elgin

    Seasonal European

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  22. Rank 87. Esta

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  23. A café tucked inside a two-floor clothing boutique on Phung Khac Khoan Street, where the menu runs to European cooking with Vietnamese touches and plating that matches the surroundings for effort. Sit in the glass-roofed garden room or climb to the mezzanine for something quieter. The pho broth made with consommé and roasted duck breast is the dish that earns its own conversation. Selected by the Michelin Guide.

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  24. Rank 87. French Grill​

    Contemporary French

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  25. Rank 87. Hanoi Garden

    Modern Vietnamese

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    Address
    36 Hang Manh Street, Hoan Kiem Ward, Hanoi, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam · Hanoi
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  26. A steak and seafood restaurant on the second floor of the Sheraton, with floor-to-ceiling views over West Lake that do a lot of heavy lifting on a humid Hanoi evening. The menu roams freely, pulling beef and seafood from whichever hemisphere is having a good season. The surf-and-turf format is the move here, with premium cuts alongside fresh seafood. It's a hotel restaurant, polished and unhurried, and the lake view makes it feel less like one.

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  28. Rank 87. Highway4 (Hang Tre Street)

    Northern Vietnamese

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  30. Rank 87. Hoi An Sense

    Vietnamese

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  32. Rank 87. Kobe Bistro

    Contemporary French

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  33. Rank 87. La Badiane

    Fusion French

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  35. Rank 87. La Villa

    French

    Velvet curtains, a chandelier, and foie gras on the menu: La Villa is a formal French restaurant that seems entirely unbothered by its Ho Chi Minh City address. The kitchen leans into the classics, and the wine list and cheese trolley hold up their end of the bargain. On warmer evenings, the garden terrace offers a little breathing room from all that starched Gallic dignity.


  36. Rank 87. Labri

    French

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  37. Rank 87. Lamai Garden

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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    Address
    36B De Quai Street, Tay Ho Ward, Hanoi, Hanoi 11208, Vietnam · Hanoi
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  38. French fine dining inside the Sofitel Legend Metropole, where the crystal chandeliers and blue velvet banquettes have survived every renovation the twentieth century could throw at them. An old-school institution, the kind where lobster bisque arrives from a guéridon and crêpe Suzette is flambéed tableside with a seriousness that feels entirely earned. The tasting menu threads in quiet Vietnamese notes, which keeps things from feeling like a museum piece.

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  40. Rank 87. Little Bear

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  41. Rank 87. Lửa

    Japanese-influenced European Wine Bar

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  42. Rank 87. Luk Lak

    Vietnamese

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  43. Rank 87. Lüne

    Modern French

    A Lyon-trained French chef doing modern European fine dining in a quietly elegant room on Le Thanh Ton, the street Ho Chi Minh City has quietly handed over to this sort of thing. Private dining rooms make it a natural choice when someone has news to share over several courses. The cooking leans into precision and presentation, with classic French foundations pulled in a cleaner, more contemporary direction.

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  44. Rank 87. Madame Lam

    Modern Vietnamese

    Indochine-meets-Art-Deco interiors set a relaxed tone at this contemporary Vietnamese restaurant, where the chef draws on the central region where he grew up. Dishes from that tradition arrive with a refined, creative edge, and the grilled abalone with spring onion oil and fish sauce makes a strong case for ordering from the sea. The banana ice cream with coconut milk and crushed peanuts is a quietly satisfying way to finish.

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  45. Rank 87. Madame Lân

    Vietnamese

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  46. Rank 87. MÀU

    Modern Vietnamese

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  47. Rank 87. Mì Quảng 1A

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  48. Rank 87. Mía Dining

    Modern European

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  49. Rank 87. Miên Saigon

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  51. A beachfront seafood restaurant on Da Nang's main coastal strip, with a terrace that puts the East Sea more or less in your lap. Live tanks at the entrance set up a feast of fresh shellfish and fish cooked to order. Mantis shrimp in typhoon-shelter style, fried with golden garlic and crispy rice, is the thing to order, and Hoi An mud crab shows up here when it seemingly doesn't elsewhere in the city.

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  54. Rank 87. Nén Danang

    Contemporary Vietnamese


    Address
    16 My Da Tay 2 Street, Ngu Hanh Son Ward, Da Nang, Da Nang Region 50506, Vietnam · Da Nang
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 10:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–8:45 PM

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  56. Rank 87. Nephele

    Contemporary Vietnamese

    Dinner ends at the bar with mignardises and vinyl, which tells you something about how seriously this place takes the whole arc of a meal. Nephele is a tasting-menu restaurant tucked into an alley inside a renovated historic building, and the kitchen leans hard into Vietnamese flavors through sauces that drive each course. The sourdough, fermented 36 hours and charcoal-baked, arrives with truffle butter and housemade miso and makes a strong case for bread as a destination.

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  57. Rank 87. Ngon Garden

    Vietnamese

    The patio wraps around Thien Quang Lake with enough tropical greenery to make you feel like you've stumbled into someone's very well-connected garden. This is a Vietnamese restaurant that pulls from the whole country, with Hanoi-style phở alongside bún bò huế and live seafood, plus Thai and Chinese dishes rounding things out. The Indochinese villa setting fills up fast, so book ahead unless you enjoy standing near other people's prawns.

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  58. Rank 87. NÔM

    Vietnamese

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  59. Rank 87. Nu Đồ Kitchen

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  61. Rank 87. Ốc Dì Tú

    Vietnamese

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  62. Rank 87. Ốc Oanh

    Vietnamese

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  63. Rank 87. Ốc Vi Saigon

    Vietnamese Seafood

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  65. Rank 87. Olivia's Prime

    Steakhouse

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  69. Rank 87. Phở Gà Huyền Hương

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  70. Rank 87. Phở Hùng (Cầu Ông Lãnh)

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  71. Rank 87. Phở Tiến

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  72. A pho shop near Ben Thanh that makes its rice ribbon noodles from scratch, which already sets a certain tone. The menu runs through the usual suspects plus shank, flank, oxtail, and ribs for anyone who wants to think about texture. Order the pho tho da and the broth arrives in a heated stone bowl, staying volcanic to the last mouthful, with beef and noodles served alongside so you control how much the heat finishes the meat.

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  73. A colonial villa with a garden courtyard does a lot of heavy lifting for a casual Vietnamese restaurant, and Quán Ăn Ngon leans into every square foot of it. The menu roams the whole country, with photographs to help you navigate, and the kitchen's rice flour rolls, thin-skinned and generously filled, are a good reason to order before you've settled in. Prices stay well on the friendly side of the bill.

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  74. Rank 87. Quán ăn Ngự Bình

    Huế Vietnamese

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  75. Rank 87. Quince Eatery

    Modern Mediterranean


  76. Rank 87. Rice Field

    Vietnamese

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  77. Rank 87. Senté (Nguyen Quang Bich Street)

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  78. Rank 87. Si Dining

    Contemporary Italian

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  79. Rank 87. Sóno

    Modern Vietnamese

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  81. Rank 87. ST25 by KOTO

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  82. Antler chandeliers and dark wood wainscoting spread across the upper floors signal exactly what kind of place this is: a proper steakhouse, doing things the old way. The focus is grass-fed and grain-fed beef, much of it dry-aged well past three weeks, with house-made sauces that cover the range. The wood-fired mashed potato is quietly the dish people keep mentioning. End with whisky and feel no guilt about it.

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  83. Rank 87. Tales by Chapter

    Vegetarian Vietnamese

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  84. Rank 87. Tanh Tách

    Vietnamese Seafood

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  85. Rank 87. The Albion by Kirk Westaway

    Contemporary British

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  86. Rank 87. The Monkey Gallery Dining

    Contemporary Vietnamese

    A concrete counter faces an open kitchen on the third floor of a Mac Thi Buoi address, and the minimalist, Japanese-leaning room is spare enough that the food has nowhere to hide. The chef grew up in Central Vietnam and trained in Europe, and the tasting menu pulls that tension into something interesting. Named for three founders all born in the Year of the Monkey, which is either a charming origin story or a great excuse for the name.


  87. Rank 87. The Temptation

    Contemporary French

    A spun-sugar egg, shaped like a nest and presented in a bamboo cage, is a reasonable first clue about what to expect at this upmarket contemporary French restaurant in a modern Da Nang villa. The chef grew up in France and brings that lens to the menu, with plating that leans playful and flavors that do not. The courtyard and dining room are dressed for a celebration, and the crowd treats it as one. Book ahead.

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  89. Rank 87. Truffle

    Contemporary French

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  90. Rank 87. Vị An (Đống Đa)

    Northern Vietnamese

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    Address
    145 Hoang Cau Street, Dong Da Ward, Hanoi, Hanoi 11515, Vietnam · Hanoi
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 10 AM–2 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  91. Rank 87. Vien Dining

    Modern Vietnamese

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    Address
    3 Ba Trieu Alley, Hai Ba Trung Ward, Hanoi, Hanoi 11606, Vietnam · Hanoi
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  92. Rank 87. Vietnam House

    Modern Vietnamese

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  94. Rank 87. Zao

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  95. Rank 199. OKKIO

    Coffee



  96. Address
    34 Xóm Hà Hồi, Cửa Nam, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam · Hanoi
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    Open now, until 7:30 PM

    Friday 7:30 AM–7:30 PM

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The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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