Onvit, one of the two restaurants in Vietnam to receive a Michelin star this year, is on the third floor of the Grand Plaza Hotel on Tran Duy Hung Street in Hanoi. It is the first Korean restaurant in Vietnam to earn a Michelin star.
The restaurant is known for its tasting menu, featuring a series of small, carefully curated dishes created by chef Joon Huyk Chi, who blends Korean culinary traditions with Vietnamese ingredients.
Mai Bich Ngoc, a member of Onvit's team, also won the Michelin Guide's Sommelier Award, which recognizes outstanding wine professionals for their expertise, knowledge, and passion in wine service.
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Upstairs, the second Vietnamese restaurant awarded a Michelin star this year, is on Nguyen Ba Huan Street in An Khanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City.
The restaurant opened in December 2024. Its main dining area features just 10 seats, centered around a semi-open kitchen and a chef's counter seat with a direct view of the culinary team at work. There are three private dining rooms with another 12 seats.
Chef Hiep Truong uses Upstairs as a platform to present modern Vietnamese tasting menus inspired by the flavors and traditions of Central Vietnamese cuisine.
For first-time visitors, Chef Hiep recommends trying the clams with rice crackers, grilled scallops with scallion oil, and braised duck.
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CieL in An Khanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, was awarded a Michelin star in 2025 and described by the Michelin Guide as a restaurant that "offers diners an intimate, welcoming culinary experience, like dining at a friend's home."
Set within a villa, the restaurant features a ground-floor dining room where guests can enjoy views of the open kitchen, framed by a lush tropical garden.
CieL's menu blends French culinary techniques with Vietnamese flavors and traditions. Among its signature creations is a Hong Kong-style fish maw and egg custard, a dish highlighted by the Michelin Guide.
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CoCo Dining, on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Xuan Hoa Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, another Michelin star winner in 2025, offers a modern menu, combining traditional Vietnamese recipes with advanced cooking techniques and natural fermentation methods.
The tasting menu features 12 dishes, served seasonally. According to Michelin, the à la carte menu is also a great option, served in the adjacent dining area, CoCo Grill, which features an open kitchen and a more relaxed atmosphere.
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La Maison 1888 in Da Nang earned its first Michelin star in 2024 and continues maintaining its Michelin star status for the third running year.
Opened more than a decade ago within a resort on the Son Tra Peninsula, the restaurant was designed by renowned American architect Bill Bensley. Inspired by a historic French mansion, La Maison 1888 blends Indochinese elegance with a setting surrounded by the peninsula’s lush, unspoiled forest.
The restaurant offers a seasonal menu that combines classic French cuisine with locally sourced ingredients and fresh seafood from the waters off Son Tra. Recommended dishes include Hokkaido-style grilled scallops and Vietnamese boiled snails wrapped in Italian cannelloni pasta.
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Long Trieu, another Michelin-starred restaurant since 2024, opened more than a decade ago to serve Cantonese cuisine through both à la carte and set-menu options. Among its most popular dishes are sea prawns in Shanhu sauce, char siu pork, and fresh shrimp dumplings.
The restaurant is located on Nguyen Hue Street in Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, overlooking the bustling Nguyen Hue pedestrian boulevard.
It features an elegant interior with rich wooden furnishings, Chinese artworks, and feng shui stone decorations.
Aspacious main dining hall and nine private rooms can accommodate up to 200 guests.
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Akuna, a 1-Michelin starred restaurant since 2023, blends contemporary Australian culinary techniques with locally sourced Vietnamese ingredients, resulting in a modern and inventive dining experience.
The restaurant stands on the ninth floor of the Le Méridien Hotel in Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Its distinctive interior features more than 1,000 suspended lights surrounding the open kitchen, creating the impression of a shimmering stream at sunset.
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Gia, also maintaining its 1-Michelin-star status since 2023, offers a tasting menu featuring 10 carefully curated courses, each paired with beverages selected to complement the flavors of the dishes. The menu changes with the seasons, typically every three months, and dishes from previous menus are rarely repeated, ensuring a fresh experience for returning guests.
Led by chef Sam Tran, the restaurant on Van Mieu Street in Dong Da Ward, Hanoi, is dedicated to elevating Vietnamese cuisine through a fine-dining approach. It seeks to inspire new appreciation for familiar local ingredients while telling stories rooted in Vietnam’s culture, heritage, and culinary traditions.
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Hibana by Koki, which has held one Michelin star since 2023, has established itself as one of Vietnam's premier Japanese dining destinations.
Led by chef Yamaguchi, Hibana by Koki showcases the art of Japanese teppanyaki, a cooking style that uses an iron griddle to prepare dishes through grilling, stir-frying, and other high-heat techniques.
The intimate restaurant located within the Capella Hanoi hotel in the heart of Hanoi seats just 14 guests, and advance reservations are required.
According to the chef, earning a Michelin star for four consecutive years has significantly increased the restaurant’s visibility among both domestic and international food enthusiasts, attracting diners from around the world.
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Tam Vi, located on Yen The Street in Ba Dinh Ward, Hanoi, has remained faithful to its original concept since opening, retaining signature dishes such as fried eggs, water spinach, and pickled vegetables even after earning a Michelin star for the first time in 2023.
Housed in a two-story wooden building, the restaurant can accommodate around 100 diners across roughly 20 tables.
Its design recreates the charm of a traditional Vietnamese home, with wooden walls, vintage furniture, old-style staircases, bamboo chopstick holders, and nostalgic decorative details throughout.
Opened in 2019, the restaurant takes its name from Mrs. Tam, the mother of owner Mai Anh, combined with the word “Vi,” meaning taste.
The concept was inspired by the mother and daughter’s wish to preserve and share the warmth of traditional Vietnamese family meals.
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Anan Saigon, holding a Michelin star since 2023, offers a menu inspired by Vietnamese cuisine from all three regions of the country, reimagined through contemporary techniques and presentation.
Chef-restaurateur Peter Cuong Franklin established the restaurant on Ton That Dam Street in Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, one of the city's bustling market areas, after working in culinary hubs such as Hong Kong, Chicago, and Bangkok.
By combining modern cooking methods with traditional street-food recipes, Franklin has created a distinctive dining experience.
According to the Michelin Guide, standout dishes include foie gras spring rolls, Hanoi-style smoked fish, and mini Wagyu beef sandwiches, each showcasing a carefully balanced interplay of flavors and textures.
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