La Maison 1888
Located in a five-star resort in Da Nang, La Maison 1888 is one of three new names awarded one-star status by Michelin this year. This is also the first restaurant in Vietnam to cooperate with Michelin-starred chef - Pierre Gagnaire.
The restaurant's menu combines French cuisine and local ingredients. Another highlight of La Maison 1888 is the wine cellar, which has been awarded for seven consecutive years by Wine Spectator, one of the largest wine awards in the U.S.
Before receiving a Michelin star, the restaurant was voted among 10 best restaurants in the world in 2016 by CNN.
It is located within the InterContinental Sun Peninsula Resort at Bai Bac beach in Son Tra District.
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The Royal Pavilion
Located on the fourth floor of the Reverie Saigon Hotel in HCMC’s District 1, the Royal Pavilion is the only restaurant from last year's Michelin Selected list to be promoted to one star.
The restaurant's menu revolves around traditional Cantonese cuisine.
The restaurant has a variety of à la carte dishes, a set menu featuring Cantonese culinary heritage, and a dim sum menu served at noon.
It is located at 22 – 36 Nguyen Hue Street in District 1.
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Akuna
Akuna on the ninth floor of Le Méridien Saigon overlooking the Saigon River in downtown HCMC was introduced by Michelin as "specializing in serving creative European dishes, with influences from Vietnamese cuisine."
It is located at 3C Ton Duc Thang Street in District 1.
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Gia
Gia Restaurant opened its doors for business in 2020 and its decor draws inspiration from Hanoi's Temple of Literature.
The restaurant's name means "family" in Vietnamese that derives from the family love of head chef Sam Tran and CEO Long Tran, who have been working abroad for years.
The restaurant has two floors with a total of 14 tables.
Its menu includes dried black apricot, Hmong chicken served with rice, crab with beetroot, scallops with lime, and lamb with black garlic.
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Hibana by Koki, located inside the Capella Hotel on Le Phung Hieu Street in Hanoi's Old Quarter, is one of Vietnam’s best fine dining restaurants where a meal costs up to VND8.5 million (US$334) per person.
The restaurant uses premium ingredients flown in twice weekly from Japan, such as abalone, spiny lobster, sea urchin, YaeyamaKyori beef and Hokkaido hairy crab.
The restaurant has several secluded dining spaces including four private dining rooms that accommodate up to eight guests and five others for up to 16.
It is located at 11 Le Phung Hieu Street in Hoan Kiem District.
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Tam Vi
Tam Vi Restaurant provides guests with northern Vietnam-style family meals.
Its design takes inspiration from the Tonkin period with a touch of northern Vietnamese architecture that features nostalgic collection of Chinese furniture, hand-written signs and an antique gramophone and telephone.
Its signature dishes include Vietnamese ham with periwinkle (snails) that comes with fresh herbs, vegetables and rice vermicelli with fish sauce.
The restaurant is located at 4b Yen The Street in Dong Da District.
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Ănăn Saigon
Anan Saigon Restaurant in downtown Ho Chi Minh City was the only representative from HCMC to be awarded with one Michelin star rating last year. This year the restaurant continued holding its one-star status.
After opening its doors in 2017, the restaurant inside a six-storey house on Ton That Dam Street in District 1 has quickly catapulted to global fame thanks to serving street food-inspired dishes.
The restaurant's signature dishes include a $100 banh mi that is topped off with French foie gras, truffle, a traditional garnish of sliced cucumbers, cilantro and mint and served with a side of fried sweet potatoes and caviar.
It also has a banh xeo taco, a dish consisting of a central Vietnamese region-style banh xeo (Vietnamese pancake) folded into the shape of a Mexican taco and filled with shrimp and pork, Hanoi-style grilled catfish or beef stew.
Due to its location inside a small traditional market, the restaurant is only able to serve 40 diners at a time.
The restaurant's prices start from VND185,000 ($8).
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Nen Danang
In addition to the seven restaurants that received the Michelin Guide's star honor, Nen Danang is the first name to be awarded a Michelin Green star in Vietnam, demonstrating the restaurant's commitment to sustainable gastronomy.
Most of the ingredients used at the restaurant, which was opened in 2017, are grown locally.
The restaurant regularly shares information about its farm in social media and calls on diners to support a greener, more sustainable future.
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