Cha Ca La Vong

We followed our guide book and found this place and right the moment we sat down at the table, a lady handed us a luminated sheet reading "Only One Dish in this Restaurant - Fried Fish. VND100,000 per person". I was a little surprised when I saw the price because 100,000VND was a lot in Hanoi's standard and don't forget this is only a street food restaurant.

The VND100,000 dish was apparently a pan of VERY OIL fried fish fillets with herbs - totally not worth the money. What really pissed me off was that I saw a local family of 3 paying VND 7,000 (total amount for 3 persons) for the very same dish! A total tourist rip-off.

Service was bad and the place was awful. Just imagine the amount of carbon monoxide released from 8 tables of burning charcoal indoor - not a very smart idea.

I urge LP to remove this low standard restaurant from the guidebook. This store is no good for any travelers.

not worth the money at all! i believe if local ppl come, the charge must be less than VND40,000, but local ppl wont go paying VND40,000 for the food and service I believe.  But for foreigners, it's VND100,000 per person and the food is very close to rubbish...

Everythin LP says is right, its quaint, but paying VND 10,000 for food scraps worth maybe VND 500 is to me a restaurant making hay while the sun shines.
If the meal was maybe VND 2,000 I would have no complaint, but otherwise its a total theft flogging unsuspecting tourists..
What LP does not mention though is  that the place is in my opinion a Fire trap!!
Fire burning on every table in a wobbly cooking brazier  in a ricckety dry timber building with a steep attic type  staircase the only way to access the upstairs dining area is an accident waiting to happen.
Only twice the amount asked at this establishment for a feed of scraps will get you a fine Buffet at a 5 star hotel with a range of over 100 different dishes,so how does that make sense!/

Went to one of the best eating place in Hanoi. I m not a great fan of fish but I love every bit of the dish served here. Having read it on the guide books, I went searching for this place, but went passed it as it looks like any other antique shop. I tried again the next day and got lucky, the eating place is upstairs. Heading up tiny steps, we finally made it there. It was very traditional and the food was soon on its way. Fish cooked hot on a small stove at your table...eat the fish with Pho and peanut oil and sauce...yummmy...don't miss it when you are in Hanoi.