Cat Ba Island
With a menu traipsing from steaks to seafood, and over to Italy for pasta and pizza (with a small selection of Asian dishes as well), Green Mango is a…
Must-see restaurants in Northern Vietnam
Cat Ba Island
This TripAdvisor darling pulls the foreign crowd despite its overbearing service and overpriced and gentrified Vietnamese food. But it's a sensible choice…
Northwest Vietnam
Located west of town, a few doors down from Dung Phu hotel, is this typical com – dishes made-to-order and served over rice – place. In the evenings, it…
Dong Van
Opposite the old market plaza, in the centre of town, Quang Dung has an English menu featuring good breakfasts and hearty Vietnamese staples. The balcony…
Haiphong
With its brick-wall interior displaying old music paraphernalia and a jazzy soundtrack, Phono Box is a hip hang-out for coffee and beer lovers that also…
Northeast Vietnam
P Minh Khai, a couple blocks north of Lang Son's market, is home to several com (point-and-choose dishes served over rice) restaurants. Quan Nga Tue is…
Halong City
A simple local place with an English menu that specialises in fresh seafood. You can also pick your fish, squid or crab from the tanks outside, but make…
Cat Ba Island
Second branch of this backpacker-oriented family restaurant serving an identically vast menu of pan-Asian dishes – think Indian curries, pad thai and…
Northwest Vietnam
At the southern end of Sin Ho, by the edge of the lake, is this large, friendly com (made-to-order dishes served with rice), one of the few places in town…
Cat Ba Island
Bustling breakfast spot that’s a popular place for a hearty bowl of pho bo (beef noodle soup) – just the thing you need before a day of climbing or…
Cat Ba Island
Friendly spot that opens early for almost-passable Western-style pastries. Pop in for a coffee, crème caramel or croissant before the bus-ferry-bus combo…
Dien Bien Phu
There's good-value eating at these inexpensive pho stalls and simple restaurants opposite the bus station; some serve delicious fresh sugar-cane juice.
Sapa
Lots of local food stalls and a good alternative to another hotel breakfast or for a cheap and authentic lunch, if you don't mind a walk by a lake to get…
Dien Bien Phu
Meet the locals at the bia hoi (draught beer) gardens along Ɖ Hoang Van Thai. There's decent and cheap grilled food as well.
Bac Ha
Hoang Yen's simple menu includes decent breakfast options and a set menu for 200,000d. Cheap beer is also available.
Cat Ba Island
Handy supermarket for stocking up before heading off trekking or for the boat trip back to the mainland.
