Best Restaurants in Hanoi 2026

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the political and cultural centre of the country's north, a city of roughly 8.5 million people built around a chain of lakes on the Red River delta. Its compact core layers a thousand-year-old market quarter, a French colonial grid of villas and boulevards, and the ceremonial state architecture of Ba Dinh Square within a few kilometres of one another.

Hanoi cooking is the origin of phở, bún chả, chả cá and bánh cuốn, and is defined by restraint: clear broths, fresh herbs, fish sauce, and grilled or steamed meats rather than heavy spice. Most eating happens at plastic-stool street stalls and small shops that serve a single dish, from 6:00 phở through to late-night chè. Egg coffee, created in the city in 1946, and bia hơi, the fresh draught beer poured daily on Old Quarter corners, are the local drinks. The Michelin Guide has covered Hanoi since 2023 and by 2026 listed four one-star restaurants alongside 23 Bib Gourmand addresses, many of them street-food shops. Prices in this guide use a fixed rate of 1 USD = 26,000 VND.