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Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi Old Quarter, Vietnam

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Where To Eat In Hanoi Vietnam

With a city plan almost tailor-made for exploring, Hanoi will keep you busy for days on end but there's one thing you're going to enjoy most of all: discovering Hanoi's dining-out scene.

Local cuisine is fine and light with subtle flavours but that's not the only type of food available. Try fine dining at an international restaurant or go Mexican or even Italian. The choices are out there and all you have to do is discover them.

Al Fresco's

Chain restaurant Al Fresco's is a superb choice for family dining, serving up large portions of western fare. It's the place to go when you're tired of the lighter Vietnamese food and want something more substantial. The ribs and enchiladas are house specialties served in this casual friendly diner and the wine list is heavy on Australian and inexpensive South American reds. A children's menu is also available.

Opening Hours: 09:30-23:00
Location: 23 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hoan Kien District. 4th Floor, 402 Vincom Center, Long Bien.
98 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho. 3 Truc Bach, Tay Ho, Hanoi plus several other outlets across Hanoi.
Tel: +844 3996 1986, +844 3826 7782, +844 3719 5322
Cuisine: International and Mexican

Au Lac House

Starched white table linen and attentive service are order of the day at this sophisticated old colonial house. Tables are dotted beneath high ceilings on which rest dishes including slow-cooked pork with salted fish and Viet satay; the perfect choice for sophisticated Vietnamese fare on a special occasion. Au Lac House is also open for lunch when snacks, sandwiches and pastries are served.

Opening Hours: 08:00-23:00
Location: 13 Tran Hung Dao, Hai Ba Trung District
Tel: +844 3933 3533
Cuisine: Vietnamese

Bar 69 Bar and Restaurant

Set in a 300-year old two-storey wooden building, the menu is Vietnamese fare catering to Western palates. Portions are on the small side making them ideal for a pre-dinner snack and a drink rather than a full meal. Their specialty beef strips with lemon, chilli and salt sauce goes down a treat with a cold Saigon Beer. The restaurant hosts regular live Vietnamese chamber music nights.

Opening Hours: 09:00-23:00
Location: 69 Ma May Street in the heart of Hanoi's tourist district
Tel: +844 3926 0452
Cuisine: Vietnamese

Bobby Chinn

Situated out of town in the lakeside home of Chef and Restaurateur Bobby Chinn, the food served here is modern fusion combining organic Vietnamese ingredients with modern touches. Service is attentive at this award-winning eatery, the only place in Vietnam to receive the five-star Diamond Award. Signature dishes include filet mignon spring rolls and tamarind-glazed crab cake on chive flowers.

Opening Hours: 10:30 - 22:00
Location: 1 Ba Trieu Street
Tel: +844 934 8577 or +844 934 8578
Cuisine: Modern Fusion

Bun Cha

Bun Cha serves authentic Vietnamese street food. Expect a menu packed with favourites including grilled pork patties, spring rolls, barbecued pork and lots of soup-based dishes. Downstairs can get very busy so head upstairs for more comfort.

Opening Hours: 09:00–22:00
Location: 1 Hang Manh, Hoan Kiem District
Tel: +844 3828 5022
Cuisine: Vietnamese

Cha Ca La Vong

Cha Ca La Vong in Hanoi's old quarter is rumoured to be one of Vietnam's oldest restaurants, first opening its doors over 100 years ago. Little has changed since then, particularly the menu which only offers grilled or fried fish. Grumpy wait staff members serve up these legendary specialities in this busy and sometimes overcrowded restaurant where Cha Ca is grilled on your table with turmeric and dill, accompanied with peanuts and noodles. Arrive early or expect to wait in a long line.

Opening Hours: 10:00-20:00
Location: 14 Chả Cá, Hoan Kiem
Tel: +844 825 3929
Cuisine: Fried fish

Club Opera

Across from the Sofitel Metropole, this classic bistro serves delectable Vietnamese food. The building is a retro-French mansion with lots of cosy romantic nooks and candlelit corners. Club Opera lists dragon cake pancakes, roast beef with honey, hot-pot specials and shrimp mousse on their extensive menu.

Opening Hours: 11:00-14:00 and 18:00-22:30
Location: 59 Ly Thai To Street
Tel: +844 382 4695
Cuisine: Vietnamese

Le Cyclo Bar & Restaurant

A quirky eatery, Cyclo has a laugh at the city's many peddlers and bike-pushers by placing customers in the famous three-wheeled bicycle taxis. Packed full of atmosphere and fun with warm staff, the food is a mixture of culinary tastes including pizza, Peking duck, ribs and steak served somewhere in between French and Vietnamese flavours.

Opening Hours: 09:00-23:00
Location: 38 Duong Thanh, near the Hang Da Market
Tel: +844 828 6844
Cuisine: Vietnamese and French

Da Paolo

Da Paulo Italian restaurant in the stunning West Lake area is run by the former manager of Luna d'Autunno. Da Paulo serves traditional Italian cuisine and is fast establishing itself as the place to go for local expatriates. Specializing in wood-fired pizzas, salads, risottos and pastas, it also does takeaways and deliveries. An interesting wine list features unusual choices of Italian labels.

Opening Hours: 10:00-23:00
Location: 18, Lane 50/59/17 Dang Thai Mai Street, Tay Ho District
Tel: +884 8585 1443
Cuisine: Italian

Don's

Don's is a unique dining experience packing a restaurant, lakeside bistro, deli, cigar den, 500-label wine cellar, rotating art gallery and rooftop oyster bar into one venue. Nova Scotia lobster is served four ways in the restaurant or you can go more casual and opt for a wood-fired pizza at the lakeside bistro. Menus change regularly to ensure the freshest local and imported produce is used.

Opening Hours: 08:30-24:00
Location: 16/27 Xuan Dieu st, Tay Ho District
Tel: +844 3719 2828
Cuisine: International

Emperor

Considered by many to be Hanoi's most beautiful dining establishment, Emperor is set in a two-story pagoda-style villa decorated with fairy lights. Renowned as being a food lovers delight this elegant eatery offers clay pot dishes, fresh seafood delights including soft shell crab and a host of Hue specialties from a refined Vietnamese menu. Comfy sofas on the ground floor are a great place to enjoy a pre-dinner cocktail in this sophisticated restaurant which is perfect for a romantic dinner.

Opening Hours: 11:00-14:00 and 18:00-10:30
Location: 18b Le Thanh Tong
Tel: +844 826 8801
Cuisine: Vietnamese - Hue specialties

KOTO (Know One Teach One)

KOTO is a great spot to meet friends for lunch or dinner with a fantastic atmosphere and a superb charitable programme in place. Amiable staff are young Vietnamese seeking to better themselves and move beyond shining shoes on the street. Food is mainly Vietnamese favourites including great soups with some international dishes offered; there are also two bar terraces if you just fancy a drink and a snack.

Opening Hours: 07:00-22:00
Location: 59 Van Mieu Street (Opposite the Temple of Literature). Dong Da District.
Tel: +844 474 70337
Cuisine: Vietnamese

La Terrasse du Metropole

La Terrasse du Metropole has been something of a legend in Hanoi since it first opened its doors in 1911. It is a chic Parisian-style café serving light snacks and perfectly brewed coffees to patrons who want to sit back and watch the world go by. A saxophonist entertains most evenings.

Opening Hours: 11:00-14:00 and 16:00-22:00
Location: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, 15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District
Tel: +844 3826 6919
Cuisine: French

La Verticale

The restaurant of renowned Hanoi Chef Didier Corlou (of Sofitel Metropole fame) is located in a four-storey colonial-style mansion with diners having the experience of an open kitchen in a modern setting. Food reflects Corlou's passion for spices with a seasonal menu which often included pork braised on red wine sauce. There is also a roof top terrace with views across Hanoi.

Opening Hours: 11:30-14:00 and 18:00-22:00
Location: 19 Ngo Van So Street, Hoan Kiem District
Tel: +844 3944 6317
Cuisine: French and Vietnamese

Le Petit Bruxelles

Popular with expats, Le Petit Bruxelles delivers Belgian cuisine and Belgian beer in a refurbished colonial villa. Signature dishes include steak tartar, imported mussels, beef fondue with six sauces and beef stewed in Belgian beer. There is a special fixed price menu for lunch offering soup or starter and main course. Hoegaarden, Duval and Leffe are just some of the many Belgian beers available.

Opening Hours: 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-23:00
Location: 10 Alley 27 Xuan Dieu Tay Ho (right next to West Lake)
Tel: +844 3938 1769
Cuisine: Belgian

Pane e Vino

Pane e Vino cooks up homemade pasta in a chic restaurant setting. A glass veranda and vast windows fill the restaurant with light with an upstairs balcony delivering views over the Old Quarter. There is a three-course set lunch menu, a wine shop and a superb value-for-money menu including plenty of pizza options.

Opening Hours: 07:30-23:00
Location: 3 Nguyen Khac Can, Hoan Kiem District
Tel: +844 3826 9080
Cuisine: Italian

Pho 24

Pho 24 is a national treasure in Vietnam where your own creation of noodle soup is made simply by selecting menu options from a checklist. You choose the meat, broth, noodle type and whether you want mint, onion, chillies or limes. Pho 24 franchises are in operation across Vietnam taking street food inside in a clean, fun and informal environment.

Opening Hours: 07:00-22:00
Location: 191 Giang Vo Street. Dong Da District.
Tel: +844 3936 5259
Cuisine: Vietnamese Fast Food

Wild Lotus

Located just south of Hoan Kiem District, Wild Lotus exudes elegance. Lotus ponds, a reflecting pool, sky high ceilings, murals and a grotto dedicated to Buddha set a plush ambience that is complete with gourmet Vietnamese cooking. The restaurant is very detail-orientated and features lotus flowers on the tables and expensive Vietnamese art on the walls and the dishes here are equally attentive to detail. Made for couples or friends to share, the menu options feature delicate spices and sauces and include grilled fish and vegetable salads.

Opening Hours: 11:00-23:00
Location: 55a Nguyen Du Street. Hai Ba Trung District
Tel: +844 3943 9342
Cuisine: Modern Vietnamese.

About Us

Trip Hanoi: A business venture of Vietnam Golden Holidays Co., LTD.

Trip Hanoi has gained much experience in the field of international and domestic travel. With dynamic, enthusiastic, extensively experienced and multilingual staff, such as English, French and Chinese, we are always willing to help our clients in all circumstances and urgent cases. With an enthusiastic and professional service style, we would like to bring special tour programs to customers from the hearts of our tour operators and staff. We are committed to providing services of the highest quality to customers and ensuring that customers experience satisfaction and unforgettable moments when traveling with us.

Established in Ha Noi, now Trip Hanoi has a network of travel agents, both domestic and international, which ensure quality service and competitive prices. Trip Hanoi will continue to satisfy the wide range of customer requirements and contribute to the diversification and development of the tourism industry in Viet Nam and Indochina.

Our mission is to present the history, cultural relics and beauty of Vietnam and Indochina to international friends as well as to introduce world culture to Vietnamese people. We will continue to enhance our status in the travel market, both domestic and international.

Why travel with us ? "We know Because we go"

As a tourism consultancy, we understand that what customers want to have is an itinerary of customized and quality services. We, consultants of Tours, will help you design a unique tour schedule based upon your expectations along with the consultation of experienced local travel experts. You will find a friendly and reliable service when working with us, which plays a very important role in trip enjoyment. Our consultants have deep knowledge about the region and enthusiasm which will help you experience Indochina.

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We have established a long-term relationship with service suppliers which ensures not only competitive prices but also service quality.

We will bring you to large travel sites. You can be sure that wherever you go, tour guides will be side by side with you and meet your needs immediately.

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Top 10 Things To Do In Hanoi

We would like to recommend Top 10 things to do in Hanoi, Vietnam:

1. Hoan Kiem Lake (The Lake of the Restored Sword).

Hoan Kiem Lake meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword", is a lake in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The lake is one of the major scenic spots in the city and serves as a focal point for its public life.

2. Old Quarter

The Old Quarter, near Hoan Kiem lake, has the original street layout and architecture of old Hanoi. At the beginning of the 20th century the city consisted of only about 36 streets, most of which are now part of the old quarter. Each street then had merchants and households specialized in a particular trade, such as silk traders, jewellery, etc. The street names nowadays still reflect these specializations, although few of them remain exclusively in their original commerce.

The area is famous for its small artisans and merchants, including many silk shops. Local cuisine specialties as well as several clubs and bars can be found here also. A night market (near Xuân market) in the heart of the district opens for business every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening with a variety of clothing, souvenirs and food.

3. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a large memorial to the Vietnamese leader in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is located in the center of Ba Ðình Square, which is the place where Ho read the Declaration of Independence on September 2, 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

4. The Water Puppet Theater

Water puppetry "puppets that dance on water") is a tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century CE when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta area of northern Vietnam. Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition.

The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play. Traditional legends and historical tales are among the enchanting puppet plays performed at this popular theatre

5. Temple of Literature & Ancient National University

It is a temple of Confucius in Hanoi, Vietnam. Although several Van Mieu can be found throughout Vietnam, the most prominent and famous is that situated in the city of Hanoi, which also functioned as Vietnam's first university. It is featured on the back of the one hundred thousand Vietnamese banknote.

6. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Vietnamese: Bao tang dan toc hoc Viett Nam) is a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, which focuses on the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups in Vietnam. It is located on a 3.27-acre (13,200 m2) property in the Cau giay District, about 8 km from the city center.

It is widely considered to be the finest modern museum in Vietnam and a tourist attraction in Hanoi.

The proposal for the museum was officially approved on December 14, 1987. Construction lasted from 1987 to 1995, and it was opened to the public on November 12, 1997.

The exhibition building was designed by the architect Hà Duc Linh, a member of the Tày ethnic group, in the shape of a Dong Son drum, and the interior architecture was designed by the French architect Véronique Dollfus.

7. West Lake

Ho Tay is the largest of all the lakes in Ha Noi. The lake is on the northwest part of the city. Long ago, the lake was a branch of the Red river but later, as the river changed course, the lake remained a body of water just west of the river. There are many legends associated with West Lake. The most popular is the legend of the golden buffalo. As the story goes, there once was a medicine man who was a giant. He is well known in Vietnam for his medicine practice and the king often used him to treat the royal family. His fame reached China and he was invited to China to treat the king. He was successful where others have failed so the king was going to reward him with great wealth.

He refused offerings of gold and only requested that the king give him all the black copper in the king's vault. The king agreed and the giant left for Vietnam with vast amounts of black copper. In Vietnam the giant molded a giant bell of black copper. The giant rang the bell and the sound resonated all the way to China. In the king's vault there was a golden buffalo. Upon hearing the sound of the bell, the buffalo came to life (because he thought that his mother was calling him) and charged southward. Upon reaching Ha Noi, the buffalo trampled the land in the area near Red river. Over the years, this area filled with water and became Ho Tay or West Lake.

8. Hoa Lo Prison

The Hoa Lo Prison, later sarcastically known to American prisoners of war as the "Hanoi Hilton", was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.

9. Hanoi night market

This market spreading from Hang Dao Street to Dong Xuan Market creates a busy and crowded walking street. on weekend evenings, a lot of people come here to stroll or go shopping, which becomes a habit.

As a commercial street, you can find everything concerning clothes and recreation. Clothes, sweets, "o mai" (salted dry fruit), decorations, toys, stationeries, sundry goods are respectively sold o­n Hang Ngang, Hang Dao, Hang Buom, Hang Duong, Luong Van Can, Hang Ma, Ngo Gach and Hang Ca Streets. All goods and facilities can be found from Dong Xuan Market to Hang Giay Street.

People come here for shopping or just strolling in the crowd to feel the atmosphere of the night market and the habit of Hanoians. Children are excited about going shopping with their family, sitting o­n their father's shoulders, holding their mother's hand, walking in a stream of people, playing with sand pictures and painting statues. It is so romantic to see lovers hand in hand walking o­n the street, smiling, taking pictures, buying some pieces of clothes at weekends. There are lots of foreign tourists who go sight-seeing or shopping. It is easy for them to find Hanoi or Vietnamese style souvenirs at low prices.

Food stalls often sell "banh beo" (bloating fern-shaped cake), bacon, grilled "nem chua", sausages, Hai Phong bread, Donner Kebap, cakes, sweet porridge of northern provinces or Hue city. At the end of the night market street, next to Dong Xuan market, there is a night eatery with a wide range of food, such as "lau", grilled food, "banh khuc" and steamed sticky rice.

10. Bat Trang Ceramic Village

Bat Trang, a small village in the north of Vietnam, is about 13 kilometers south east of Hanoi center, on the other side of Chuong Duong bridge. Why is its name popular to most tourists to northern Vietnam? The answer is its ever famous ceramic and pottery products of high quality. If you have known about Vietnam, you may not be surprised that Bat Trang's vases, bowls, dishes, and many other kinds of ceramic products have been exported worldwide. Should you would like to contemplate workers making ceramic products by hand, just come here! What's more, you can also try it yourself!