Restaurant in Hoi An Vietnam
Vietnamese Restaurants in Hoi An
Thi Nhan 128 Cua Dai, Cam Chau Hoi An.
Halfway from Hoi An old town to Cua Dai beach, by the shrimp farms you will find Thi Nhan across from Full Moon Towns where ½kg grilled tiger prawns is $12 & 1kg large crab in tamarind sauce $25. They sell their prawns & crabs to local restaurants. Clams are also very tasty! Definitely the best seafood restaurant in town. If you love seafood then make sure to get yourself to Thi Nhan while you are in Hoi An.
Lighthouse Cafe Hoi An Vietnam
Lighthouse Cafe & Restaurant Cam Nam Island, Hoi An.
Authentic Viet dishes with a touch of Dutch cheese, ice cream & Apple Cake. Look for the free Lighthouse ferry boat near the food market. Once on Cam Nam Island, you are away from the bustle. $4 curry is tasty, the service & toilets are impressive. Great for a romantic dinner or leisurely lunch with a lovely view. Lighthouse also organize bicycle tours around Hoi An.
Mermaid Restaurant Hoi An Vietnam
Mermaid 72 Tran Phu, Hoi An Old Town.
The Vietnamese food here is among the best we've had in Vietnam. Easy to walk past by day, but, by night: Mermaid is classy. Always busy, the food is well presented, the staff attentive and the toilets are tidy. Check out the prices: $3 Tuna steak. $2 Green mango salad and a $4 Prawn curry in a clay pot. Excellent food and cheap drinks: $2 cocktail list and $0.70/ beer.
Ly Cafeteria Hoi An Vietnam
Ly Cafeteria 22 Nguyen Hue St, Hoi An.
Ms Ly has her own style when it comes to cooking and clothes. Popular with the expat community, she is in a different league to your average Vietnamese restaurant. This is what good Vietnamese cooking tastes like and the price is unbeatable: $2 Ly's special grilled pork, $2 'big' prawn spring rolls, $1 green papaya salad, $1 omelet, $1 pancakes and a great $1 Cau Lau. Great value & good fun.
White Rose Original Restaurant Hoi An VietnamBong Hong Trang 533 Hai Ba Trung, Hoi An.
For four generations, the Tran family has developed local delicacies. Great grandfather Tran invented the white rose. The grandfather added fried wantons & the mother, developed the sweet & sour sauce to cover them. Today they still serve only these two dishes. Other restaurants might sell them, but this is where they are made. $4 gets you both! This is a must for any visitor to Hoi An.
Bale Well Vietnamese Restaurant Hoi An Vietnam
Bale Well Down an alley on the corner of Tran Hung Dao & Le Loi
Bale Well is one of the Old Town's hidden secrets. 'Make your own' rice paper wraps with: BBQ shish pork, country pancakes, spring rolls, salad and dipping sauce. The friendly staff will show how. With a beer each, two people can eat till bursting point for: $6. Hoi An people love Bale Well, they only serve one meal and its always busy. Cheap and cheerful, you will enjoy the experience. Ban Xeo is yum!
Pha Cafe Vietnamese Restaurant Hoi An Vietnam
Pha Cafe 99 Bach Dang St St, Hoi An.
Beside the river, with a shaded courtyard out front. $10 for a two person mixed seafood platter, $5 Tiger prawns in coconut or chilli sauce, $3 home made pasta $1 croque monsieur and $1 local dishes. The food is especially good when Pha is working the BBQ. Evening or in the day time, this is a cool place to relax. Pha is a pleasant chap to have a beer with. Unfortunately his lease expires end of 2007.
Cafe 19 19 Tieu La St, Hoi An.
Well known by travellers Cafe 19 is very popular with ex-pats, tour groups & tourists who want to get local. The menu has a wide array of Vietnamese dishes & a large vegetarian offering. They serve seafood, pork, chicken & beef dishes. The local Hoi An specialities like Cau Lau & White Rose are the cheapest you'll find in a restaurant in the old town. The walls are adorned with happy customers who've bonded with the owners & enjoyed a cooking class.
Western Restaurants in Hoi An, Vietnam
Cargo Club Restaurant and Patisserie Hoi An Vietnam
The Cargo Club Restaurant & Patisserie 107-109 Tran Phu Street.
Restaurant, bakery & patisserie in the heart of the old town. Seating out front, inside or on the roof terrace overlooking the river. The $5 pork mignon with mash potato & berry gravy is the best meal in Hoi An! All the food is good: $3 green mango salad, $3 cheese burger, and $2-3 sandwiches. Excellent $2 Cau Lau & by far the best deserts in town. Owner Ms Vy runs the best cooking class in town.
Mango Rooms Girls Hoi An Vietnam
Mango Rooms 111 Nguyen Thi Hoc St, Hoi An.
Owner & chef, Duc, has been around the world, he has his own style! Mango Rooms cuisine is an eclectic mix of influences: Japanese technique, Latin American sauces & European herbs. He serves: tasty, well presented food in a funky atmosphere. $8 Seared Tuna, $8 Grilled Tiger Prawns & $8 Shrimps in Rum and Garlic Butter. With a tidy washroom, this is our favorite restaurant in Hoi an!
Hoi An Hai San Meal Hoi An Vietnam
Hoi An Hai San Cafe 64 Phan Boi Chau St, Hoi An.
Under a brown tarpaulin facing the river is the second best seafood restaurants. Hard to find, but worth it, Swede Carl serves: Viet seafood with a twist & great $4 salads. Hai San has a cozy romantic atmosphere. The specialties are: $8 garlic tiger prawns, $6 shish kebab, $4 Swedish meatballs with mashed potato & gravy. The food is very tasty & well presented.
Omah Indian Restaurant Hoi An Vietnam
Omar Indian Restaurant 24 Tran Hung Dao St, Hoi An.
The chef from New Delhi cooks authentic N. Indian tandori style curry, using fresh herbs and spices. $3 Garlic chicken kebabs, $4 murg badami kashiri, and $4 lamb biriyani & $4 chicken tikka massala. $1 Kashmiri naan and 50c rice and roti. Beer & cocktails are cheap. Curry fanatics will it, Omar's is always busy with tourists & expats. They also have restaurants in Hue, Nha Trang & Mue Ne.
Victoria Beach Resort Restaurant Hoi An Vietnam
Hoi An Victoria Beach Resort on Cua Dai Beach.
Accessible by river and road this international resort has a quality western chef: Gustaf. Clearly a red meat lover, his rack of New Zealand lamb $20 and Aussie steak $20 are the best in Hoi An. His pizza $7 is also the best to be found. The drinks are expensive, $4 a pint of Larou Export. The beachside pool is worth a visit, they throw in giant ice cubes, to keep the water at 28°c.
Jennys Bamboo Resturant Hoi An Vietnam
Jenny's Bamboo 71 Tran Hung Dao St, Hoi An.
Jenny ran a B&B in Australia for years. She certainly knows what westerners like in the morning! $3 Bacon, sausages, eggs, mashed potato and toast. She also rustles up: $2 toasted sandwiches, $2 Beans on toast, $2 muesli, $2 baked potato, $3 cheese burger and a $2 omelet. She might even let you make your own $3 Bloody Mary. In our opinion this is the best English breakfast in town.
Redbridge Restaurant and Cooking School Hoi An Vietnam
Redbridge accessible by riverboat.
Remote riverside restaurant close to Hoi An, most easily found by water taxi, Redbridge cooking school & restaurant is in a stunning setting. Redbridge Nick offers modern Vietnamese food & an Aussie BBQ. The $5 main courses are best enjoyed tapas style. Relax as the river goes by as quality, price & service come together. This is a great venue for tour groups. The trip up the river is most interesting.
Before and Now Restaurant Hoi An Vietnam
Before & Now on Le Loi Street, Hoi An.
One of the top night spots in the old town. The manager: "Gung" has an eye for what the foreigners like. He plays chilled out music by day, rock, hip hop & funk by night. The menu covers mostly Italian food. $4 Pizzas & pasta dishes. You can escape the crowds at the tables upstairs. They also offer good local food: $1 Cau Lau, $1.20 Won Ton Soup, $2 Green Mango Salad. Spotless washrooms.
Pizza at Good Morning Vietnam Restaurant in Hoi An VietnamGood Morning Vietnam 34 Le Loi St, Hoi An.
This Italian-Vietnamese chain restaurant has a good location & cooks a mean pizza. Their pasta is voted by Italian ex-pats as the best choice in town. We especially like the pumpkin panzarotti & the large Pazza thin crust pizza with mushrooms, onion & fresh chillies for $7US. The manager Massimo is always entertaining. They serve a yummy white doughy bread with oil & balsamic vinegar as soon as you are seated.