Hanoi food guide6 places

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Three Michelin stars, one dish served for 150 years, and fritters over the lake

A special meal in Hanoi splits two ways. One is MICHELIN: three restaurants hold a star, and in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Hanoi they are still the only three. The other is the house that has done one thing for over a hundred years. Both give you a reason that exists nowhere else.

The three starred rooms have nothing in common with each other. Gia serves a single seasonal tasting menu. Tầm Vị serves a hundred northern home dishes à la carte, at prices low enough that it is named among the cheapest Michelin stars anywhere. Hibana by Koki is a fourteen-seat teppanyaki counter with ingredients flown in from Japan.

The other three could not exist anywhere else: a house that has served nothing but chả cá since 1871, a restaurant selling shrimp fritters out on the West Lake causeway, and the vegetarian kitchen MICHELIN gave a Bib Gourmand. Three of the six need a booking — Gia and Hibana require one, Tầm Vị is safer with one. Mention allergies, vegetarian or no-pork when you book and the kitchen will adjust.

In this guideOne MICHELIN Star14-seat teppanyakiChả cá since 1871West Lake bánh tômMICHELIN vegetarianBook ahead

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There is one menu, and it is rewritten every season

Gia

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01Only in Hanoi

Gia

There is one menu, and it is rewritten every season

Modern Vietnamese fine dining. The name comes from gia đình, family — chefs Sam Tran and Long Tran named it for the home they were away from during years of working abroad. There is one tasting menu and nothing else, rebuilt from scratch each season. Familiar names like phở and bánh mì turn up inside the course, the flavours kept intact and only the form changed. Fourteen tables over two floors, on a lane opposite the Temple of Literature. The meal takes two to three hours; dinner Tuesday to Saturday, with lunch added on Friday and Saturday.

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

What to order

Tasting menu1,000,000–2,500,000₫ depending on the course1,000,000₫≈ ฿1,275

Hours: Tue–Sat 18:00–22:30 · lunch Fri–Sat 11:30–14:30
Price: 1,000,000–2,500,000₫

61 Văn Miếu, Đống Đa

Before you goClosed Sunday and Monday — if your Hanoi days fall on a weekend, book the Saturday. Reserve through the website or by email, and state allergies or dietary limits (vegetarian, no pork) when you book so the course can be adjusted. It runs two to three hours, so don't schedule anything after it.

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Tầm Vị

One of the cheapest Michelin stars in the world

A restaurant serving northern home cooking exactly as it is, holding a Michelin star for it. There is no tasting menu — a hundred-odd à la carte dishes meant to be shared, which is to say a Vietnamese family table transplanted: braised fish, fried tofu, a clear soup of gourd and shrimp, pork braised with eggs, cabbage rolls. Dishes run 100,000–200,000₫, and even the special ones stay under 300,000₫. Order four or five between you and it lands at around 200,000₫ a head. Two floors around a courtyard, a photo menu and English-speaking staff, so ordering is straightforward.

One MICHELIN Star 2026Reservation recommendedEnglish menuFamily friendlyAir-conditioned

What to order

Set Trung BắcTrung Bắc setPriced for the table, not per person739,000₫≈ ฿942
Món lẻÀ la carte dishMostly 100,000–200,000₫, up to 300,000₫ for the special dishes100,000₫≈ ฿128

Hours: 11:00–14:00, 17:00–21:00
Price: 200,000–400,000₫

4B Yên Thế, Văn Miếu, Đống Đa

Before you goThree or four people beats going alone — the dishes are made for sharing, and a small party can't cover much of the menu. Last orders are 1:30pm and 8:30pm, so don't turn up after eight. Evening tables fill up since the star, so call a day ahead.

#tamvi #michelinstar #northernvietnamese #homestylefood #affordablemichelin #dongda

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Hibana by Koki

Fourteen seats at a counter, the chef cooking in front of you

A teppanyaki counter in the basement of Capella Hanoi. With only fourteen seats, it works as an invitation into one chef's kitchen. Chef Hiroshi Yamaguchi cooks the entire course on the steel plate in front of you, and the ingredients come in from Japan every two weeks — abalone, spiny lobster, sea urchin, Hokkaido hairy crab, with certified Kyori beef arriving monthly from Yaeyama. It is the only Japanese restaurant in Hanoi with a Michelin star, and there are two courses to choose from. Pick it when you need somewhere quiet, or when you want one night in Hanoi that is nothing like the others.

One MICHELIN Star 2026Open kitchenCan be made without porkReservation requiredDress codeEnglish menu

What to order

Hibana Teppanyaki MenuPlus service charge and VAT5,500,000₫≈ ฿7,014
Premium Teppanyaki MenuPlus service charge and VAT8,500,000₫≈ ฿10,840

Hours: 18:00–22:00
Price: 6,000,000–9,000,000₫

Capella Hanoi, 11 Lê Phụng Hiểu, Hoàn Kiếm

Before you goWith fourteen seats, book at least a week ahead. The restaurant handles its own bookings, not the hotel. Service charge and VAT are added on top, so the final bill runs about 15% above the listed price. It is counter seating, so a group may be split — say how many of you there are when you book.

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Chả cá Lã Vọng

Chả Cá Lã Vọng

Since 1871, and still only one dish on the menu

In 1871 the Đoàn family began selling this dish at number 14 of what was then Hàng Sơn street. It became well enough known that the street itself was renamed Chả Cá street. There is still only one dish on the menu. You sit down, say how many you are, and out come the brazier and pan, a plate of dill, rice vermicelli, peanuts and the fermented shrimp sauce. The wooden stairs and the worn upstairs room are unchanged, and what tends to stay with people is having sat in that room rather than the food itself. Reviews do consistently say the portions are small for the price — go for a scene out of old Hanoi, not to fill up.

Long-runningLocal favouriteCan be made without porkEnglish menu

What to order

Chả cá (1 người)Chả cá (per person)350,000–500,000₫ per person, drinks not included350,000₫≈ ฿446

Hours: 11:00–14:00, 17:00–21:00
Price: 350,000–500,000₫

14 Chả Cá, Hàng Đào, Hoàn Kiếm

Before you goPortions are widely called small, so if you have a big appetite order two servings or plan a second stop nearby. The upstairs wooden room is the picture here, so ask for it when you are seated. Several shops on the same street use the name "Lã Vọng" — check you are at number 14. If the fermented shrimp sauce is too much, they will swap it for fish sauce.

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Nhà hàng Bánh tôm Hồ Tây

Bánh Tôm Hồ Tây

Shrimp fritters eaten on the causeway between two lakes

Bánh tôm is a Hanoi thing: shredded sweet potato through a batter with whole West Lake freshwater shrimp, shells on, deep-fried. This restaurant sits out over the water on the Thanh Niên causeway that divides West Lake from Trúc Bạch, so there is lake on either side of you. Eat it the moment it lands — the whole point is the shell staying crisp, and once it cools it is just fritter. Wrap a piece in lettuce and herbs and dip it in nước chấm. You eat the shrimp shell and all; that is the texture the dish is built on. For Hanoians this is closer to something you do on a weekend afternoon when you go out to look at the lake.

Great viewLong-runningLocal favouriteCan be made without porkFamily friendly

What to order

Bánh tômBánh tôm (West Lake shrimp fritters)80,000–130,000₫ per person80,000₫≈ ฿102

Hours: 09:00–21:00
Price: 80,000–130,000₫

1 Thanh Niên, Trúc Bạch, Ba Đình

Before you goEat it within five minutes of it arriving — cold, the reason for the dish disappears. Don't peel the shrimp; whole is how it is meant to be eaten. Lakeside tables are limited, so go a little early on weekend afternoons, and bring a light layer for the evening breeze off the water (November to March).

#banhtom #westlakehanoi #shrimpfritters #lakesidefood #trucbach #hanoiclassic

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Ưu Đàm Chay

The first vegetarian restaurant in Hanoi to make the MICHELIN Guide

The first vegetarian restaurant in Hanoi to appear in the MICHELIN Guide, and a 2026 Bib Gourmand. The room is built on northern Vietnamese house forms with Buddhist elements — a pond, a Buddha figure, wooden posts and exposed brick — and functions as somewhere to go quiet for an hour as much as somewhere to eat. The menu is Vietnamese vegetarian with Western and Thai influences: enoki salad, wild mushroom hotpot, fresh spring rolls, Huế-style vegetarian noodles, macadamia and pineapple fried rice. Nothing here uses meat, fish or fish sauce, so it fits straight into a Thai vegetarian-festival period or any vegetarian or vegan itinerary.

Bib Gourmand 2026Vegetarian optionsCan be made without porkEnglish menuAir-conditionedFamily friendly

What to order

Cơm chiên hạt macca dứaMacadamia and pineapple fried riceMost à la carte dishes run 60,000–200,000₫150,000₫≈ ฿191
Lẩu nấmWild mushroom hotpotPer pot, enough for two or three300,000₫≈ ฿383

Hours: 10:00–22:00
Price: 200,000–400,000₫

55 Nguyễn Du, Hai Bà Trưng

Before you goIt is fully vegetarian down to the stock — even with non-vegetarian companions, the mushroom hotpot and the fried rice carry the table. Evenings fill up, so book. The group runs several vegetarian restaurants in Hanoi, so check your map is pointing at 55 Nguyễn Du.

#uudamchay #vegetarianhanoi #michelinbib #plantbased #mushroomhotpot #meatfree

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