Vietnamese rice shops in the heart of the old town are priced from affordable to high-end

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Not only tourists, but these rice stalls also attract Hanoians, especially office workers.

Recently, on food groups, there are constant posts looking for places to eat Vietnamese rice in the Old Quarter area of ​​Hanoi. From here, many people are also startled to find out that some familiar rice shops have closed since when.

Faced with the above situation, the following article was born to help those who deeply miss the meal “mother cooked” reposition the map of restaurants in the old town. Each row will bring a unique flavor, but, we can sort by price from high-end to affordable.

A new day

Having existed for nearly 20 years on Ma May street, A New Day restaurant has been familiar to many domestic and foreign guests. Compared to the nature of dust, the price of dishes at the restaurant is relatively high, averaging about 80,000 VND – 120,000 VND / dish.

Mist, just determined to sit down will cost each person from 150,000 VND / capacity. If eating every day is a bit difficult, but sometimes want to improve or invite friends, this is not a bad choice.

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Photo: Tran Anh Hong, Tuan Vu

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A table of rice as shown in the picture costs 327,000 VND.Photo: Tran Anh Hong

Address: 72 Ma May, Hoan Kiem

Featured dishes: Stir-fried potatoes, braised meat with melon, sweet and sour ribs, rimmed shrimp…

Selling price: 80,000 VND – 120,000 VND/item

Vinh Thu

As famous as A New Day is Vinh Thu rice restaurant, located in an old villa on Ly Thuong Kiet street. Although some fastidious guests sometimes complain about hygiene problems when they see that the dishes are not carefully covered, there is not a day when the restaurant is empty.

According to a guest’s share: “For those who love to remember the tray of cooked rice when they were children, their grandmother and mother used to cook, only to find that Vinh Thu rice is really worth the money. Because from the U40 generation like me, and later grandchildren, it is almost impossible to cook dishes according to the taste of the past, every dish has been adjusted to be simpler, or slightly changed for fit now”.

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A table of rice as shown in the picture costs 230,000 VND.Photo: @eatwithkell_

Address: 14 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hoan Kiem

Featured dishes: Braised carp with soy sauce, steamed meat with shrimp paste, braised shrimp and meat

Selling price: 50,000 VND – 120,000 VND / dish

Old Town Rice

The price is a bit “lighter”, but the quality of the dishes at the Old Town Rice restaurant is not inferior. The “standard” meal consists of one rice, one vegetable and 2-3 savory dishes, plus a bowl of soup. In addition to the taste, being ordered according to the set or dishes according to the needs is the main attraction for the diners. Because if you are at the two restaurants above, you are required to order food by plate, so sometimes eating alone will not be all.

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Photo: Kai Hoshino, Phung Thu Hang, Nguyen Hoa

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Address: 16 Nguyen Sieu, Hoan Kiem

Featured dishes: Hanoi spring rolls, tofu braised with shiitake mushrooms

Selling price: 45,000 VND – 115,000 VND / dish

Rice

A nice little shop located right on Trieu Viet Vuong street but impressed by the arrangement to create an airy space, combined with cozy brown wooden furniture. The dish that leaves the deepest impression on diners is crab soup, then stir-fried morning glory with garlic and fried corn. The rest, other dishes on the menu such as grilled ribs with garlic, roasted pork belly with shrimp paste, stuffed beans with tomato sauce, etc. The restaurant needs to pay more attention in seasoning to be more like “house rice” than “dust rice”.

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Photo: Linh Diamond, @hktuananh, @habichgiang

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Address: 135 Trieu Viet Vuong, Hoan Kiem

Featured dishes: crab soup, stir-fried beef with melon, spinach with garlic

Selling price: 40,000 VND – 90,000 VND / dish

Mai Anh Rice

On Dinh Ngang Street, less than 1km long, there are a series of family-style rice restaurants, but people often like to wait in long lines to enter Mai Anh. On average, a meal for one person here costs about 40,000 – 50,000 VND, including char siu, fish or egg braised meat, along with fragrant and flexible rice, standard rice cooked by the mother.

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Photo: Tung Anh Nguyen, Tran Hoai Thanh, Thanh Quach

Address: No. 5 Dinh Ngang, Hoan Kiem

Featured dishes: char siu meat, fried eggs and onions

Selling price: about 40,000 VND/person on average

Opening time: 10:30 – 13:30, 17:30 – 19:30

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