Da Nang food guide6 places

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Places where the scene stays with you longer than the food

The same ingredients leave a different memory depending on how they reach you. Da Nang has places where the scene lasts longer than the plate.

At the seafood houses, a member of staff stands beside your table and shells the prawns for you. Garlic-butter tiger prawns without lifting a finger, and the same treatment for salted-egg crab or chilli crab — the plates that usually cost you a clean shirt. At one restaurant the entire ground floor is an open kitchen, so you watch the seafood you picked go onto the fire.

At the other end sits MICHELIN: a kitchen that built its course from Central Vietnamese ingredients and earned a Green Star, and a one-star French dining room on the Son Tra hillside. And at nine on a weekend night, the Dragon Bridge fire show taken head-on from a boat — the city's most famous sight, from its best angle.

In this guidePrawn-peeling serviceOpen kitchenMICHELIN Green StarOne MICHELIN StarDragon Bridge fire show

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You will eat the prawns without lifting a finger

Hải sản Mộc quán

Approximate locations — see each card for the exact address

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Hải sản Mộc quán

Mộc Quán Seafood

You will eat the prawns without lifting a finger

Garlic-butter tiger prawns arrive still sizzling. Just as you reach out, a member of staff steps in, pulls on a glove and starts shelling. The meat stacks up on your plate while all you do is hold a fork. Salted-egg crab, Singapore chilli crab — every plate that usually costs you a clean shirt gets the same treatment. The room is built from bamboo and rattan like a village house lifted into the city, and once the lanterns are on there is no bad angle. Listed in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide.

MICHELIN Selected 2026They peel your shrimpCan be made without porkEnglish menuAir-conditioned

What to order

Tôm sú nướng bơ tỏiGarlic-butter grilled tiger prawnsStaff peel them for you350,000₫≈ ฿446
Cua sốt trứng muốiSalted-egg crab650,000₫≈ ฿829
Cua sốt ớt SingaporeSingapore chilli crab650,000₫≈ ฿829

Hours: 10:30–23:45
Price: 200,000–700,000₫
Phone: +84 905 665 058

26 Tô Hiến Thành, Phước Mỹ, Sơn Trà

Before you goJust ask and they will do the shelling. Crab is charged by weight, so confirm the weight per piece before ordering. Last order is half past ten.

#peeledforyou #michelin #seafood #tigerprawns #aircon #nopork

How to goWe peel the shells for you

฿940

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Hải sản Bé Mặn

Bé Mặn Seafood

Pick tonight's dinner straight out of the tank

You walk the tanks at the entrance and point — crab, langoustine, clams, sea snails — then say how you want it: steamed, over charcoal, or tossed with garlic. Ask, and staff will shell the prawns for you. The room runs mostly on local customers, which keeps the prices honest, and it is listed in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide.

MICHELIN Selected 2026They peel your shrimpCan be made without porkEnglish menu

What to order

Tôm hùm baby nướng phô maiBaby lobster grilled with cheese450,000₫≈ ฿574
Ốc hương xào tỏiSea snails stir-fried with garlic220,000₫≈ ฿281
Ghẹ hấpSteamed flower crab300,000₫≈ ฿383

Hours: 10:00–23:00
Price: 200,000–400,000₫
Area: Sơn Trà

Before you goSources disagree on the lot number along the beach road, so we have not fixed a street number — search the name on a map instead. Look at the per-kilo board before you choose, and watch the scale as it is weighed.

#pickyourown #peeledforyou #michelin #livetanks #seafood #localsonly

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Brilliant Seafood

What you picked goes onto the fire in front of you

The entire ground floor is tanks and open kitchen. You watch the chef cook what you picked at a counter a few steps away, which turns the meal itself into something to watch — flames coming off the wok right in front of you. The range runs from a plate of oysters to a whole steamed fish, so it scales to your party and your budget.

Open kitchenCan be made without porkEnglish menuAir-conditionedFamily friendly

What to order

Hàu nướng mỡ hànhGrilled oysters with scallion oilPer piece25,000₫≈ ฿32
Cá mú hấp Hồng KôngHong Kong style steamed grouper900,000₫≈ ฿1,148
Mực nướng sa tếGrilled squid with satay180,000₫≈ ฿230

Hours: 10:00–14:00, 16:00–22:30
Price: 69,000–2,000,000₫

178 Hồ Nghinh, An Hải, Sơn Trà

Before you goThere is a break between two and four in the afternoon. Ask for a ground-floor table with a clear view of the open kitchen.

#openkitchen #wokfire #seafood #familyfriendly #aircon

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Nén Danang

Each plate carries a piece of this coast with it

Modern Vietnamese fine dining, open since 2017. The kitchen rebuilds seasonal Central Vietnamese ingredients and old fermenting methods into a course, and every plate comes with its story — how many months that ferment sat, which field the herbs came from this morning. Its own growing and its sourcing made it the first restaurant in Vietnam to earn a MICHELIN Green Star, retained every year since. Reservation only, and it runs two to three hours.

MICHELIN Green Star 2026Vegetarian optionsCan be made without porkReservation requiredDress codeEnglish menu

What to order

Tasting menu1,500,000–3,000,000₫ depending on the course1,500,000₫≈ ฿1,913

Hours: 17:30–22:00
Price: 1,500,000–3,000,000₫

16 Mỹ Đa Tây 2, Ngũ Hành Sơn

Before you goTell them about allergies or dietary limits — vegetarian, halal — when you book and the course is adjusted. Service runs in English.

#greenstar #michelin #tastingmenu #fermentation #splurge #bookahead

How to goWe book the table and translate every dish

฿3,950

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La Maison 1888

The room you save for an anniversary

French fine dining inside the InterContinental resort on the Son Tra hillside. The room feels like a colonial mansion carried here whole, chandelier and all, and the terrace opens onto the sea. It is the only MICHELIN-starred restaurant in Da Nang and Central Vietnam, and it kept the star in the 2026 edition.

One MICHELIN Star 2026Great viewReservation requiredDress code

What to order

5-course set menuFive-course set menu4,000,000₫≈ ฿5,101
8-course set menuEight-course set menu7,600,000₫≈ ฿9,693

Hours: 18:30–22:00 (last order 21:30)
Price: 4,000,000–9,400,000₫

InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Bãi Bắc, Sơn Trà

Before you goForty minutes by car from the centre, and there are no walk-in tables. Book through the InterContinental Danang concierge or ask us on LINE. There is a dress code — smart casual or better.

#michelinstar #michelin #frenchfinedining #anniversary #splurge #bookahead

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Du thuyền sông Hàn

Han River Dinner Cruise

The bridge crowd sees it side-on. From the boat, you get it head-on

A night cruise from Bach Dang pier that runs up and down the river past the lit bridges. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday at nine the engine drops and the boat settles directly in front of the Dragon Bridge. Fire climbs out of the dragon's mouth, water follows, and nobody is standing in your frame. Some sailings include dinner on board.

Great viewReservation recommendedFamily friendly

What to order

Night cruiseNight cruise (boarding only)150,000₫≈ ฿191
Cruise + dinner setCruise with dinner set450,000₫≈ ฿574

Hours: 18:00–22:00 · show Fri–Sun 21:00
Price: 150,000–500,000₫

Bến du thuyền sông Hàn, Bạch Đằng, Hải Châu

Before you goThe fire show runs Friday to Sunday at nine only. Take a sailing that leaves between eight and half past, so you are on the water when it starts.

#dragonfireshow #frontrow #riverview #nightview #familyfriendly #bookahead