*POST UPDATED OCTOBER 2026.
Hello friends! Happy Sunday! Welcome to the latest edition of my Vietnam based travel posts: A Food & Drink Guide to Hanoi, Vietnam! I’m so excited to be sharing this guide - my first foodie-centric one from our trip! - because holy moly, we ate so well in Hanoi! In case you missed it, this is the companion piece of sorts to my Four Days in Hanoi, Vietnam post, except this one will deal exclusively with all things edible and delicious! You might remember that we ventured down the road of food-&-drink-only-guides for the first time earlier this year - Kyoto / Osaka - and I’m so excited to be adding some Vietnamese cities to that list! Shall we get into it?
For ease, I’ve divided the ginormous list of eateries/drinkeries listed below into the following categories: where we had coffee & pastries, where we ate, and where we drank. Naturally, the where we ate section is further broken down into bánh mì / phở / ice cream & doughnuts, and the where we drank section is divided into beer / cocktails. Sorry, but the Virgo in me just loves to sub-categorize everything!
Enjoy!
where we had coffee & pastries
An An Coffee // located along the tracks at Train Street, this was our first ever taste of Vietnamese coffee. Husband opted for a hot black coffee, while I dove straight in and went for a hot egg coffee; both were good, but wow Vietnamese coffee takes a minute to get used to! The black was so sweet and super strong, it was honestly like a kick in the face after our long 18-hour travel day. The egg coffee was foamy, not too eggy or sweet, and overall quite tasty! The real draw about this place is obviously being sat right on the tracks at train time, but we also really enjoyed just sitting and people-watching for a while — but maybe that was the jetlag kicking in? Address: 5 P. Trần Phú, Điện Biên, Ba Đình, Hà Nội