HANOI RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS
Hanoians looking for the best food in town head to the streets.  However, there are increasing numbers of Hanoi restaurants where you will also find delicious food.  Here is a short list of worthy Hanoi restaurants. Our recommendations are unsolicited and uncompensated, and our tasting sessions are all anonymous.

Green-lipped mussels with tomato and peanut sauce at Highway 4. Photo by Aidan DockeryVery Vietnamese:  Our main priority is to introduce you to the best and most authentic, traditional Vietnamese food.

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The French Connection:  We have also included our favorite French inspired places--these eateries offer culinary gems beyond Vietnamese food that have truly local roots.

Splashy Favorites:  We don't push these super chic places very hard because the most common compliment about them - that "they wouldn't be out of place in New York, London or Tokyo" - is exactly the reason we look elsewhere.  Our aim is to steer you to places with food you'd be unlikely to match outside of Hanoi.

Worth a Visit:  Unique venues that are hard to classify.