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The city Hoi An has a lot of charm with it. Of course, food has a big role in this. You will find a lot cozy restaurants that serve great food. A romantic night or just a quick lunch? It’s all possible. Don’t forget to try one (or more) of the specialties below!

Local Food in Hoi An

Cao Lau (rice noodles with barbecued pork) 

Fat yellow noodles, slices of juicy pork and served with vegetables, bean sprouts and crispy croutons. You can only get this dish in Hoi An because the noodles can only be cooked in the water from ancient Cham wells. 

Try it at Thanh Cao Lau Located 26 Thai Phien Street, Hoi An

Com Ga (chicken rice) 

Delicious fluffy rice cooked in chicken stock. The rice is cooked in a mixture of pandan leaves, chicken stock and a tiny bit turmeric in wood-fired clay ovens. Everything gets thrown in a wok and served with boiled, shredded village chicken, fresh herbs, chili jam and pepper. The village chickens are farm-raised chickens with freedom to walk around. 
Com Ga Ba Buoi (Ms Buoi Chicken Rice) No 22 Phan Chau Trinh Street, Quang Nam province. Business hours: 11AM – 9PM. Price: VND 30,000 – 55,000 (USD $1.32 – 2.42)  

Mi Quang (Quang noodle) 

Mi Quang is made from rice noodle and herb, lettuce and the flower of bananas. The yellow noodles are mixed with shrimp, pork and vegetables. The broth can be made from shrimp, fish, crab, chicken, beef or pork bone. Topped with green chilies, lime and rice cracker. Mostly, they use chicken, pork or beef for this dish, but many restaurants now include squid, snails, frogs and boiled quail eggs. For you the option what you want. 

Banh Xeo (crispy pancake) 

Banh Xeo is used as an appetizer or snack. It’s called ‘sizzling cake’ because of the sizzling sound it makes. This dish is made of rice flour. The pancake consists of water and turmeric. They fill the pancake with pork, chicken, shrimp or beef with sliced onions, mushrooms and bean sprouts. It is a very popular dish in Southern Vietnam.

Banh Dap (Vietnamese rice crackers) 

A traditional snack that is made by placing a wet rice paper atop a crispy one. Then it’s layered with some mung bean paste, chopped spring onions and shallots. To finish it, they put another crispy rice paper to cover everything. Use some fish sauce with chilies to maximize the taste. 

Hoanh Thanh Chien (fried wonton dumplings) 

This snack is a fried wonton dumpling filled with a variety of meat fillings. Fillings like diced pork, shrimp, eggs and spices. The topping they use is a mix of sautéed pork, corn, tomato roulade, coriander leaves and shrimp. A very nice snack or appetizer. 

Here are some amazing restaurants you should try now you find out what you should eat in Hoi An!

  • Tra Que Garden Cooking Class & Restaurant
    Address: Hai Ba Trung Street, Cam Ha Ward, Hoi An, Vietnam
  • The Claypot Restaurant 
    Address: 217 Ly Thai To Street, Hoi An, Vietnam
    Opening hours: 10:00 to 22:00
  • Binh Cafe
    Address: 609 Hai Ba Trung | In front of Tribee Kinh hostel Hoi An, Hoi An, Vietnam

Non Local Food in Hoi An

Not really in for some local food and you want to have another kitchen for some variety? We found many delicious restaurants so you can still enjoy the some non-local food!

Restaurant

  • Restaurant & Cafe Tuan
    Kitchen: Italian - European - Asian

    Address: 170 Tran Nhan Tong, Hoi An
  • The Kebab Shack
    Kitchen: Fast food - British - Bar

    Address: 38B Thai Phien | Cam Pho, Hoi An
  • Jim’s snackbar
    Kitchen: Dutch - Australian - American Bar

    Address: 552 Hai ba trung, Hoi An
  • Pause Restaurant
    Kitchen: Italian - Seafood - Vietnamese

    Address: 17 Nguyen Hoang St | in the end of Night Market St, 300m from 13 Nguyen Hoang St, Hoi An
  • Samurai Kitchen
    Kitchen: Japanese - Asian

    Address: 09 Tieu La Street, Hoi An

Café/bakery

  • What Else coffee
    Address: 10/1 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Cam Pho Ward, Hoi An

    Opening hours: Mon - Sat 09:00 till 21:00, Sun 08:30 till 21:00 
  • French Bakery and Restaurant
    Address: Nguyen Phan Vinh An Bang Village | Crossroads Shopping Center, Hoi An

    Opening hours: 07:00 till 21:00 

Halal food in Hoi An

Restaurants

  • Ganesh
    Address: 24 Tran Hung Dao, Hoi An, Vietnam

    Tel: 84 510 3864 538
  • Dam Kiet Restaurant
    Add: Hoi anPhan Chu Trinh, Phuong Minh An, Hoi An, Vietnam

    Tel: 84905193006
  • Karma Waters Restaurant
    Add: 213 Nguyen Duy Hieu, Hoi An, Vietnam

    Tel: 84-510-3927632 

Food Allergies

There are a lot of ‘gluten free options’ restaurants in Hoi An. Below a few restaurants that we also have recommended as (non) local restaurants. So no worries. You and your friend can choose the same restaurants. 

Note: There are no restaurants that are fully gluten free. These have the option to eat gluten free so please tell the waiters. 

Restaurants

Restaurant & Cafe Tuan
Kitchen: Italian - European - Asian
Address: 170 Tran Nhan Tong, Hoi An

 Tra Que Garden Cooking Class & Restaurant
Kitchen: Asian - Vietnamese
Address: Hai Ba Trung Street, Cam Ha Ward, Hoi An, Vietnam

 Samurai Kitchen
Kitchen: Japanese - Asian
Address: 09 Tieu La Street, Hoi An

 Aubergine49 Restaurant
Kitchen: French - European - Asian- Contemporary
Address: 49A Ly Thai To, Cam Chau Ward, Hoi An

Vegan/ Vegetarian Restaurant 

  • Nhan’s Kitchen
    Kitchen: italian, bar, pizza, asian, cheap,

    Add: 167 Tran Nhan Tong Street | Cam Chau, Hoi An Vietnam

    Tel: +84 90 518 68 67
  • Green heaven restaurant & bar
    Kitchen: European, asian, bar

    Add: 25 La Hoi St., Minh An Ward, Hoi An, Vietnam

    Tel: +84 235 3962 969
  • Minh Hien vegetarian Restaurant,
    Kitchen: Vietnamese, cheap

    Add: 50 Tran Cao Van, Hoi An , Vietnam

    Tel: +84 90 566 77 43
  • Herbs and spices cooking classes
    Kitchen: Asian, vietnamese, international, fusion, mid

    Add: 2/6 le Loi Str, Hoi An, Vietnam

    Tel: +84 510 3936 886

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