Restaurants in Vietnam
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Cha Ca La Vong
The antiquated atmosphere here is legendary, and its rickety floors, overcrowded tables and gruff wait staff live up to the billing. Head straight upstairs for the full-on experience, and leave behind all expectations of a relaxed midday repast. It's a one-dish sweatshop, specialising in cha ca (fish grilled on your table with turmeric and dill, served with cold noodles and peanuts).
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Quan An Ngon
Fancy that street-food experience, but afraid to take the plunge? Head to this incredibly busy, popular place that’s rammed with locals and a smattering of expats. Minikitchens turn out terrific food, including specialities from all over the nation like squid with lemongrass and chilli or chao tom (grilled sugar cane rolled in spiced shrimp paste). Be prepared to wait for a table.
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Ashoka
Moderately priced Indian place, with a lunch buffet and halal food.
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Givral
A landmark place that has fine views towards the Opera House and the busy junction.
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Highlands Coffee
Part of a successful nationwide chain, this garden branch sits behind the Opera House.
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Le Bordeaux
One of the city’s best French restaurants serves delicate scallops, succulent sea bass and other delights.
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Falafellim
Friends of the falafel should make their way here, a hole-in-the-wall fast food–style place with bargain bites.
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Hoi An
Under the same ownership as Mandarine, this graceful Chinese-style place has an antique motif and cuisine from central Vietnam.
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Brothers Café
The location is wonderful (in the courtyard of a beautifully restored Buddhist temple) even if the buffet food is less memorable.
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Ladybird Restaurant
Inexpensive place that serves hearty Vietnamese food like stir-fried rice noodles and filling Western grub including pasta and burgers.
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Tin Duc
A friendly, family-run place next to a small pagoda, Tin Duc serves a vegetarian-friendly selection of local favourites, as well as pizza and pasta.
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Zen Seafood Restaurant
The sculpted garden here is indeed quite Zen, with fountains, streams and pools. Popular with Vietnamese high-rollers looking for seafood or suckling pig.
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Turkish Cuisine Kebab Restaurant
If you're craving a kebab, this is quite possibly the only Turkish restaurant in Vietnam. They also serve pizza and pasta. Hookah pipes add to the atmosphere.
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Bo De
Serving excellent vegetarian food of the I-can't-believe-it's-not-meat variety, Bo De is conveniently located near the corner of Ð Nguyen Chanh.
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Hana Kim Dinh Restaurant
With a great location right on the river, this restaurant serves an interesting mix of Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean dishes, along with pizza and pasta.
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Selene
Run by a French-Canadian, this cute little eatery is adorned with colourful local art and serves a mixture of French and Italian cuisine. The pasta is particularly good.
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La Salsa
Informal place on two floors that’s good for tapas or something more substantial off the menu, which has both Spanish (try the paella) and French dishes (such as cassoulet).
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Tib Restaurant
Housed in a Sino-French villa down a quiet alleyway, Tib does impressive Hué-style dishes and a mean jackfruit salad with grilled sesame. It offers a tasty variety of vegetarian specialities as well.
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Cyclo
No one ever forgets this place…no, it’s not down to the tasty Vietnamese and French food, but the cyclos that have been creatively transformed into tables. The set lunch is a good deal at 90,000d.
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Tandoor
With a handy Old Quarter location, this is an ideal place to spice up your life with a tandoori chicken, good-value thali or the Goan-style fish curry. There’s plenty of choice for vegetarians and the food is halal.
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Grill 69
Sizzling barbecued meat is the name of the game at this trim and stylish, four-story restaurant. Grilled kangaroo, ostrich and more pedestrian fare (pork, squid, beef) go nicely with the wine selections. Roof terrace.
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Mekong
Located directly opposite the Victoria Chau Doc Hotel, this restaurant has a large covered section or an outdoor area in front of the gracefully decaying old villa. A good spot for Vietnamese greatest hits at affordable prices.
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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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Warda
Suitably located in a medina-like alley off Mac Thi Buoi, this is a chic place with sensuous flavours from Morocco to Persia. Lamb and prune tagine, sizzling kebabs, it’s all here, including the inevitable shishas for an after-dinner puff.
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Torino
This new authentically Italian restaurant serves excellent pasta, pizza and proper espresso, as well as more exotic dishes such as frogs and crocodile. The windowless dining room takes on a better vibe at night when it doubles as a jazz club.
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