Hoi An Restaurants

This place is amazing, one of those places you go for the ambience, but the food and service is just as great. Its on the river, make a reservation so you can get a table on the water. This place makes you feel like you are on a movie set, or in the middle of a pirates of carribean ride. There are lights in the trees, and candles on the tables, very romantic. The food was great, a little pricey for vietnam, but worth the splurge. It its out of your budget, just go for a drink. We paid about $25 us dollars for 2 meals, drinks, dessert.

Favorite Dish: My friend had the crab, messy to eat, really good though.

This restaurant is right by the river and so the view is pretty good in terms of watching life on the river and people parading by on the "promenade". They have numerous tables set up facing the river.
The restaurant itself has various pictures depicting the dishes they provide. They also served beer.

Favorite Dish: We had the Noodle eggplant Claypot and the Cao Lau which was really good - so good that we went there a second time after trying other places.

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Favorite Dish: White Rose cake is the name given to a piece of round rice flour, studded in the middle with minced shrimp. It is delcious, and a speciality of Hoi An. It's served with cruncy onion pieces.

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Don't be surprised when you figure out that there's no menus in this restaurant. This place is very unique for its daily SET menu, depends on what the restaurant's owner, Mr. Kim, feels like cooking on that day!! -- I think that means what FRESH MATERIALS Mr.Kim finds that day. 3 4-course menus available each day; vegetable set, meat set and seafood set. The day I was there, I got curry-flavoured fried seabass, fried veggie with tofu, boiled rice, and shrimp something.

The price is quite expensive here, ranged from 50,000 - 60,000 Dong, but it is a good dining experience.

Favorite Dish: You'll never know!!!!

The 2 Hoi An's local favourite dishes are White Roses and Cau Lao noodle.
Head East, make a stop at Mermaid Restaurant -- very good White Roses. Also a range of eateries along the Tu Bon River, from local street vendors all the way to luxurious most-expensive (seafood, Italian, local) restaurants. I recommend local meat sandwich with sweet brown sauce and sugarcane juice.

But a little warning, my friend got a very bad diarhea from eating ice.

Favorite Dish: White Roses, Cau Lao, Meat sandwich, Soft tofu with ginger syrup, sugarcane juice

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This restaurant is along the river & has earned a loyal following over the past decade. Try sitting at the balcony on the second floor because you can enjoy the view of Thu Bon river while having your meal or drink.

There is no menu. The set dinner is whatever the chef cuisinier, Mr Nguyen Manh Kim, feels like cooking that day but it is always delicious. He has cooked in many exhibitions in Europe.

Favorite Dish: The best seafood, meat & vegetarian. They have 4 course seafood, meat or veg menus from 70,000 to 80,000 VND.

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This is a Hoi An outpost of the celebrated Saigon spot. The best pizzas & pastas in town, as this is the real thing. Italian Management... Italian Restaurant... Italian Chef... Italian Hospitality!

Favorite Dish: Oh, definitely the pizza cos it serves hot & it's crispy plus delicious!

I know others have recommended this place. We went to Hoi An in 2002 so it may have changed... but one of our best memories of Vietnam was this restaurant. "Rose" is apparently the name of the owner, a "real" gentleman, whose wife cooks and whose daughter tries to catch passing tourists...we got "caught" and felt really grateful.

The food was wonderful -- the fish in banana leaf and the fish in garlic, as well as some other things which we can't remember but which we remember were good (no it's not illogical!). We practically ate there everyday. We had shellfish at the beach and I was sick as a dog, but I still went on eating at Rose' and I knew I shouldn't because my tummy hurt so much, but I couldn't resist...

Oh and just sitting there feeling very full and watching the scene from the river was really relaxing and fun.

I can't remember how much we paid but it wasn't expensive.

We will be going back this summer and I hope it's still there and they haven't changed a thing...although since our visit, they have been mentioned in LP and that sometimes seems to spoil things.

Favorite Dish: Fish in banana leaf and fish in garlic. The fish I think was mackerel, covered with loads of fried bits of garlic, crunchy and tasty. Also fruit drinks?