Hanoi — Places to eat
Lakeside tai chi at dawn, beer on tiny stools at night.
- Bún Chả Hương Liên (the Obama bún chả) — Where Obama and Bourdain shared beers; the combo is still ₫130k
- Phở Gia Truyền Bát Đàn — Queue, pay, carry your own bowl: a beef phở institution
- Phở 10 Lý Quốc Sư — Clean, clear broth that lands in two minutes; Bib Gourmand
- Chả Cá Thăng Long — Turmeric snakehead and dill sizzled at your table
- Bánh Mì 25 — The Old Quarter's best-known bánh mì, queue round the corner
- Bún Bò Nam Bộ Bách Phương — Southern-style dry noodles with beef, peanuts and herbs
- Quán Ăn Ngon (Phan Bội Châu) — Dishes from all over Vietnam; staff wrap your bánh xèo
- Madame Hiền — Vietnamese home cooking in a 1928 French villa
- New Day Restaurant — Air-conditioned, huge menu; dinner before beer street
- Bún Chả Ta — Air-conditioned Bib Gourmand bún chả, floor seating upstairs
- Bánh Cuốn Gia Truyền Thanh Vân — Steamed-to-order rice rolls; a Bib Gourmand breakfast
- Café Giảng (the original egg coffee) — The alley café where egg coffee began in 1946
- Cộng Cà Phê (St Joseph's Cathedral) — Coconut smoothie coffee with a cathedral view
- The Note Coffee — A lakeside café papered in travellers' sticky notes
- Hanoi Train Street cafés (Trần Phú section) — Coffee inches from a real passing train
- Café Đinh — Egg coffee near Hoan Kiem Lake
- Kem Tràng Tiền — Long-running ice-cream stop on a Hanoi walk
- Bún Chả Chan — Michelin Bib Gourmand bún chả, a proper lunch
- Phở Gà Nguyệt — Clear, rich chicken broth, Bib Gourmand
- Miến Lươn Đông Thịnh — Crispy eel with glass noodles, a Hanoi signature
- Xôi Yến — A toppings-heavy sticky-rice bowl for breakfast
- Ưu Đàm Chay — Buddhist vegetarian dishes, no meat in sight
- Hà Thành Mansion — Northern Vietnamese feasts in a century-old villa
- ONVIT — One Michelin star, Korean tasting menu
- Bánh Tôm Hồ Tây — Sweet-potato shrimp fritters by West Lake
- Cà Phê Phố Cổ — Up through a silk shop, egg coffee above the lake
- Loading T Café — Egg coffee on the second floor of a 1930s house
- Café Lâm — An old Hanoi coffee house; lighter egg coffee
- Tranquil Books & Coffee — A bookshop café, quiet between the shelves
- Tadioto — Contemporary art on the walls; the mojito rules