Restaurants in Northeast Vietnam
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Green Mango
For inventive, creative cuisine this is the restaurant of choice in Cat Ba Town. There’s an incredibly tempting menu that includes lamb shank, smoked duck and blackened barramundi (160,000d) as well as more inexpensive pasta dishes. It is also a great venue for a cocktail or three, either in the lounge bar–style interior or outside on the terrace.
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BKK
The card proclaims ‘trendy Thai restaurant’ and it’s damn right. A lot of thought has gone into the dining experience here, and whether you eat inside the lovely, carefully restored old townhouse or outside on the little front patio, it’s the perfect setting for a memorable meal. Authentic Thai dishes are beautifully prepared and presented – try the lab moo or pepper squid – and there are good vegie options too.
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Xuan Hong
Xuan Hong is a 'floating' seafood restaurant, a fish-farm-cum-restaurant at Ben Beo Pier, where you can get up close and personal with your dinner first. Select a live victim or two from the pen and they’ll be grilled, fried or steamed for your table in no time. Prices simply go by weight and type of seafood; you can eat your fill of a selection of fish for around 100,000d per person.
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Pilsner Urquell
A modern take on a traditional beer hall, this place has huge glass windows that look down over the lake. The menu has plenty of tempting plates from Central Europe including Czech sausages and German-style stewed pork, plus Vietnamese dishes. It doub les as a microbrewery with gorgeous dark or gold beer on tap.
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Huu Dung Restaurant
This place has always served up wholesome food, but it's best to eat early, as the Lan Song Xanh Disco is right across the road and cranks up the volume from 20:00 or so. The house special is whole steamed fish with lashings of garlic and soy sauce.
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New Dynasty Restaurant
The most famous place in town, this slightly tacky bar-restaurant complex sits on a little peninsula that juts into the lake and has tables facing the water. Everyone is here for the steamboats, but there’s also a draught-beer emporium.
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Hoang Y
The extensive menu at this well-run restaurant, run by the highly talkative chef-patron Mr Long, includes a few Western treats (including shakes and pancakes) and some vegie choices, but it’s the fresh seafood that really stands out.
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Thanh Hai
Thanh Hai is popular, with tanks and bowls full of live crab, squid, grouper, tiger prawns and huge clams. Pick your victim (s) and you’re charged per kilo; the prices are on the board.
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Trung Tau Market
You’ll find cheap food stalls near the Trung Tau market, and if you really want to taste the local delicacy, there’s a line of late-night tripe stalls opposite the Hoanh Anh Hotel.
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Asia Restaurant
A clean, attractive place that’s geared to travellers’ tastes, with good Vietnamese food and a smattering of Western favourites. The owner speaks excellent German and pretty good English.
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Toan Huong
A simple place with friendly staff, a street terrace and an extensive menu (in English) that has a bit of everything: Western breakfasts, salads, fresh seafood and imported wine.
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Men Quyen Restaurant
Tucked away behind the market, this modest little place has a buffet style set-up – just point to the dishes you want. Be sure to try the delicious cha la lot (cabbage rolls).
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Com Vietnam
Diminutive, unpretentious restaurant with a small patio, this place hits the spot for its affordable local seafood and Vietnamese specialities.
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Van Tue
Capacious place that’s renowned for its seafood, including an amazing selection of crab dishes. Wash it all down with home-brewed Czech beer.
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Ngha Hang Long Tu
A long-running restaurant, this place is best for its table-top barbecues, steamboats or seafood.
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Big Man Restaurant
The new place in town, this huge upmarket restaurant-cum-beer garden has a great outdoor terrace and an extensive menu that concentrates on seafood. It also doubles as a microbrewery, with light and dark ales and bottles of German beer.
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Dolphin Restaurant
This place is popular with travellers thanks to a selection of Western dishes to complement the reliable Vietnamese fare. Don't worry, definitely no dolphin!
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