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    An independent selection of the best eateries from fine dining to street food in Hanoi, from Rusty Compass. No paid endorsements.

    Hanoi eating guide

    Food Street - Tong Duy Tan St, Hanoi

    Food Street - Tong Duy Tan St, Hanoi

    Tong Duy Tan St, aka. Food Street, is a strip of mainly local eateries that gets especially busy at night. There are some cafes... Read more

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    Food Street - Tong Duy Tan St, Hanoi
    Tong Duy Tan St, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

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    West Lake - a guide to eating in Hanoi's expat enclave

    West Lake - a guide to eating in Hanoi's expat enclave

    If you’re spending more than a couple of days in Hanoi, it’ll be worth checking out the cafe and restaurant scene in the West... Read more
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    Street food touring Hanoi - self guided

    Street food touring Hanoi - self guided

    Street food tours are all the rage in Saigon and Hanoi. The best of them are excellent. But you’d be surprised what you can... Read more

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    Street food touring Hanoi - self guided
    From Duong Thanh to Hang Dieu St, Hanoi

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    Pho Gia Truyen, Hanoi

    Pho Gia Truyen, Hanoi

    Also known as Quan Pho Gia Truyen Bat Dan, this is one of those “best pho in Hanoi” places and a fixture in guidebooks for... Read more

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    Pho Gia Truyen, Hanoi
    49 Bát Đàn, Cửa Đông, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

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    Bun Cha Dac Kim, Hang Manh

    Bun Cha Dac Kim, Hang Manh

    Bun Cha is another Hanoi specialty not to be missed and this little bun cha stop on Hang Manh St is one of the dish's best... Read more

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    Bun Cha Dac Kim, Hang Manh
    1 Hang Manh St, Hanoi
    043 8285022

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    Cha Ca La Vong, Hanoi

    Cha Ca La Vong, Hanoi

    Hanoi’s original cha ca eatery. Cha Ca is a northern specialty consisting of river fish, turmeric, dill, peanuts, noodles and a... Read more

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    Cha Ca La Vong, Hanoi
    14 Cha Ca St, Old Quarter, Hanoi

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    New Day Restaurant, Hanoi

    New Day Restaurant, Hanoi

    A great little local eatery on Hanoi's Ma May St. Packed for lunch and dinner with locals and travellers serving solid northern... Read more

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    New Day Restaurant, Hanoi
    72 Ma May St Hanoi in the Old Quarter

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    Ngon Restaurant (Quan An Ngon), Hanoi

    Ngon Restaurant (Quan An Ngon), Hanoi

    Ngon - which means delicious in Vietnamese - is a large open festival of street food in the comfort of a restaurant space.... Read more

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    Ngon Restaurant (Quan An Ngon), Hanoi
    18 Phan Boi Chau St, Hanoi
    quananngon.com.vn/

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    Mau Dich 37, Hanoi

    Mau Dich 37, Hanoi

    Mau Dich 37's quirky nostalgia for the impoverished days of Hanoi in the 1970s and 1980s makes for an intriguing and... Read more

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    Mau Dich 37, Hanoi
    37 Nam Trang, Ngu Xa, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
    +84437154336

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    1946 Restaurant, Hanoi

    1946 Restaurant, Hanoi

    1946 is a busy little Vietnamese restaurant in the Cua Bac area not too far from Ba Dinh Square. Nothing slick. Nothing fancy. Read more

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    1946 Restaurant, Hanoi
    3 Ngo Yen Thanh, 61 Cua Bac, Hanoi

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    Highway 4, Hanoi

    Highway 4, Hanoi

    Highway 4 is an old Hanoi favourite that's lost some of its ramshackle edge in recent years. Still a dependable stop for... Read more

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    Highway 4, Hanoi
    5 Hàng Tre, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi

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    Bun Cha Huong Lien - aka. Bun Cha Obama

    Bun Cha Huong Lien - aka. Bun Cha Obama

    Bun Cha Huong Lien, aka, Bun Cha Obama, looks set to become a Hanoi shrine to the Obama presidency. It was already a popular... Read more

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    Bun Cha Huong Lien - aka. Bun Cha Obama
    24 Lê Văn Hưu, Phạm Đình Hồ, Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội, Vietnam
    +84 4 3943 4106

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    Banh Mi, Hang Ca, Hanoi

    Banh Mi, Hang Ca, Hanoi

    Just down the road from the famed Banh Mi 25, Mr Hoan has been on the job making banh mi Vietnamese bread rolls, for the people... Read more

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    Banh Mi, Hang Ca, Hanoi
    Cnr Hang Ca and Cha Ca, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

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    Cha Ca Thang Long, Hanoi

    Cha Ca Thang Long, Hanoi

    Cha Ca is one of Hanoi’s legendary culinary specialties. It’s a noodle dish of river fish, turmeric, dill, peanuts. It hasn’t... Read more

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    Cha Ca Thang Long, Hanoi
    19 - 21 - 31 Duong Thanh, Hoan Kiem, Cửa Đông, Hanoi

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