Dalat
The signature restaurant at the Dalat Palace is the colonial-style destination, with the grandest of dining rooms and a spectacular terrace that looks…
Must-see restaurants in Southwest Highlands
Kon Tum
During the day, this shaded, plant-filled courtyard restaurant is a great place to escape the heat with a coffee, ice cream or a simple rice or noodle…
Dalat
Dalat's only truly genuine Japanese restaurant is compact, with subdued lighting and jazz in the background. Spicy tuna rolls, chicken yakitori and…
Dalat
This humble eatery is famed throughout Dalat and is always heaving with locals, who come for the noodle wonton soup. It's served with thin slices of pork…
Dalat
Intimate restaurant, run by a very hospitable team, where the creative menu includes spins on Vietnamese delights such as shrimp paste on a sugar-cane…
Buon Ma Thuot
There's really only one dish at this welcoming and popular place: delicious, roll-your-own nem nuong (rice-paper rolls, with salad, crudites, herbs and…
Dalat
All your subcontinental favourites are here – tandoori chicken, South Indian coconut curries, huge nan breads and set-meal thalis (180,000d to 210,000d) –…
Dalat
Strategically located almost opposite Dalat's most popular tourist sight, Hang Nga Crazy House, this partially open-air, artfully decorated garden bistro…
Dalat
This bistro-style place is a key hang-out for Dalat expats. It serves international cuisine, such as a Vietnamese grapefruit salad with peanuts and shrimp…
Buon Ma Thuot
Upscale Vietnamese cuisine in refined but relaxed surroundings, with excellent service. Try the clay-pot dishes or the excellent fish soups delicately…
Dalat
The local speciality banh uot long ga here is among the best in town. The rice noodles are saucy not soupy and the fresh shredded chicken, herbs and…
Southwest Highlands
Run by Mr Duc and his English-speaking daughter and son, this place serves tasty local spreads; there's no menu, just say what you like or don't like. The…
Kon Tum
A great place to try the local speciality, pho hai, a noodle dish served in two bowls. One contains dry noodles topped with fried ground pork, onion,…
Dalat
Casual, popular, foreigner-friendly place with bamboo furnishings run by a welcoming Hanoi couple. Strong on dishes such as coconut curry, mango chicken,…
Kon Tum
The only thing this hole-in-the-wall place serves is delicious nem nuong – roll-your-own spring rolls that incorporate Vietnamese pork sausage, green…
Kon Tum
Big groups pack this hangar-like space. The beer is disappointingly unchilled but the (Vietnamese-only) menu offers lots of choice and our bo toi chanh …
Dalat
Popular with backpackers, Asian tourists and even a few locals, this Australian-run joint isn't cheap but serves up delicious burgers, along with toasted…
Buon Ma Thuot
For a fabulous quick lunch or breakfast, this roadside stall does fantastic crab noodle soup. Throw in the provided green leaves, lime, fish sauce and…
Southwest Highlands
This busy, simple place specialises in delicious crispy chicken and rice with a side salad of lettuce, tomato and onion.
Dalat
Calling all trainspotters! Don't miss the opportunity to step inside this lovingly resorted French-era railway carriage for a meal in a unique setting,…
Southwest Highlands
The menu at this welcoming restaurant, inside the HAGL Hotel, is a stampede through a variety of Asian (read: Chinese), Western and Vietnamese dishes. The…
Dalat
Refined Chinese restaurant housed in a nicely restored, colonial-era villa, with lake views from its terrace and a pleasant garden. Scroll through the…
Dalat
Comfy chairs, eclectically decorated peach walls and a glass display full of house-baked cakes and seven-seed bread greet you at this cosy, Aussie-owned…
Dalat
This place serves hearty highland meals on tartan tablecloths (something of a Dalat restaurant theme), including sumptuous hotpots, grilled meats and…
Kon Tum
Tucked up a small street off Ð Tran Hung Dao, this friendly, unpretentious place is your best bet if you are craving Western comfort food. There's a few…
Cat Tien National Park
This breezy, thatched riverside restaurant is part of the Cat Tien National Park HQ. It serves up breakfasts, OK noodle and rice standards and more…
Dalat
Run by Loc, a friendly English speaker, this place has a sophisticated ambience, yet accessible prices. The traditional clay-pot dishes and hotpots are…
Dalat
A cosy bistro run by a Francophile owner. Westerners come here for the Vietnamese food; Vietnamese come here to try the steaks. Top off your meal with a…
Dalat
For cheap eats during the day, head to the upper level of the Central Market. In the evening, food stalls pop up around the market along Nguyen Thi Minh…
