Top 13 Budget-Friendly Street Eateries for Winter in Hanoi

Situated across the renowned noodles shop on Dinh Liet Street, Old Quarter Baguette at 38 gives off a surprisingly simple vibe. There are numerous choices for customers such as bao buns, pan-fried bread... but the main dish here is the traditional sandwich with familiar ingredients like cotton wool, pate, and Chinese sausage. The baguette is baked in a traditional charcoal oven, enticingly crispy and delicious, allowing you to choose the fillings freely. Regardless of the chosen filling, the bread remains hot and crispy with a generous amount of filling.

The exact founding date of the shop is uncertain, but the sandwiches here are quite famous for their self-prepared ingredients, especially with reasonable prices for an old quarter eatery. Due to its central location with a large number of tourists, recently, besides the traditional baguette, this place also sells various new types such as pan-fried bread, roasted chicken baguette, roasted pork, and cheese beef with potatoes. The prices here range from 15,000 to 65,000 VND/piece, with the beef and potato baguette and beef pate being slightly more expensive at 50,000 VND/portion, or the highest-priced items like steak and sunny-side-up eggs at 65,000 VND.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: 38 Dinh Liet, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Phone: 0355 280 085

Fanpage: www.facebook.com/banhmy38dinhliet

Quality Rating: 4.3/5 (52 Google reviews)

Experience the delightful Saigon flavors amidst the cold of Hanoi winter, right? How about len xao dua snails, 'hot' balut eggs sautéed with tamarind, and many more delicious dishes. If you want to explore authentic Saigon snail flavors, don't miss Vi Saigon. Vi Saigon Restaurant is pleased to introduce you to delicious dishes made from seafood in the youthful and diverse culinary style of Saigonese.

When you visit Vi Saigon Restaurant, you will easily find sympathy and closeness to the culinary culture of the South, with a staff from the South, you'll feel like returning to Saigon if you are traveling or living and working here. The lunch is served with the deliciously fatty and tamarind-flavored snail dish, soft, sour, salty, and slightly spicy, accompanied by the hot crispy bread from Oc Vi, making you forget the way back. This promises to be an ideal place to meet and chat with friends while enjoying the authentic Saigonese flavors. The menu here is very diverse, in addition to seafood, there are also porridge, fried rice, stir-fried noodles, fried mussels, ... many types and affordable prices.

Contact Information:

Address:

• 21 Gia Ngu, Hang Bac, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi - 0888 323 342
• Kiot 9B Green Pearl, 378 Minh Khai, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi - 0888 847 774

Email: [email protected]

Fanpage: www.facebook.com/quanvisaigon

Opening hours: 10:00 - 22:00

Quality rating: 4.3/5 (393 reviews on Google)

Hoàng Đức Grilled Meat attracts customers not only with delicious food but also with the handsome and dynamic hot boy owner, drawing many female students to the shop. The meat is marinated to be tender, fragrant, grilled without being dry, very delicious. Super affordable price with good service quality. 12,000 VND for 1 skewer of meat, free iced tea, complimentary candy when leaving. Don't hesitate, why not stop by, guys?

This has been a long-standing famous dish on Chua Lang Street. From the beginning to the end of the street, you can find grilled skewers everywhere, but the most famous is Hoang Duc Grilled Meat. The skewer shop and the famous owner have been featured in online newspapers for the successful startup story, and food reviewers have also crowded the social media platforms with their reviews.

The shop is located at the beginning of Lane 69B Chua Lang, next to the Diplomatic Academy. The three-layered pork is tender, with both lean and fatty meat, so the grilled meat is not dry, the fatty part is crispy and fragrant. Whether you order 1 or many skewers, a plate is also served with a little pickled cucumber, sweet and sour, refreshing to eat with the hot grilled skewers. The price is very affordable, only 12,000 VND for 1 skewer of meat.

Contact Information:

Address: 55 Chua Lang, Dong Da District, Hanoi (at the beginning of Lane 69B Chua Lang)

Phone: 0903 430 034

Email: [email protected]

Fanpage: www.facebook.com/thitxienhoangduc/

Opening hours: 11:00 - 13:00, 16:00 - 19:30

Quality rating: 4.4/5 (495 reviews on Google)

Goc Da Restaurant is a famous traditional restaurant. Therefore, every afternoon, the place is crowded with visitors. The restaurant offers fried doughnuts, pillow cakes, fried dumplings, shrimp cakes, fried sour rolls, fried crab spring rolls, pho rolls, etc. All the cakes here are fried hot, with rich fillings and delicious meat. The crispy crust, along with the flavorful dipping sauce, is addictive. The prices of the cakes range from 3,500 VND to 7,000 VND, and the spring rolls from 9,000 VND to 11,000 VND. On cold rainy days, it's a wonderful and enjoyable time to savor the hot and crispy fried cakes with rich fillings at 52 Ly Quoc Su.

Wandering along Ly Quoc Su Street makes it easy for you to find the address of the attractive salty fried cakes at number 52. Here, diners are delighted with the salty fried cakes with a crispy outer layer and a hot, flavorful filling, dipped in a sauce or sweet and sour fish sauce. The price for these cakes is only around 7,000 VND, very reasonable for the quality of service and the delicious taste of the cakes at this location. The taste is excellent, the cakes are quite large, so not only warm your stomach but also make you full after eating just two pieces.

Contact Information:

Address: 52 Ly Quoc Su, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Phone: 0946 656 056

Fanpage: www.facebook.com/Banhgoigocda/

Opening hours: 9:00 – 19:00

Quality rating: 4.3/5 (594 reviews on Google)

Warm doughsticks, pillow cakes, fried dumplings,... are all hot and especially suitable for Hanoi winter, and these are familiar and famous dishes sold at 149 Nguyen Luong Bang. As a small, cute, and cozy family restaurant, it is loved by guests near and far as well as local people because the food is delicious and reasonably priced. Especially, the warm doughsticks here are irresistibly crispy, not found anywhere else. The doughsticks here may seem smaller than other places, but they are quite long, evenly puffed, and attractively golden and fragrant.

The restaurant's frying pan is placed right in front of the door so that customers can see that the frying oil is fresh. The fried dumplings are large, flavorful with meat filling, vegetables, quail eggs, and the pillow cakes also impress many people with a rich filling and not too overwhelming. With weather like this, eating warm doughsticks, fried dumplings, and pillow cakes with sweet, sour, and spicy dipping sauce is perfect. With just a few thousand dong for a doughstick or a fried dumpling, you can have a delicious meal.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: 149 Nguyen Luong Bang, Dong Da District, Hanoi

Phone: 0395 211 323 & 0966 428 208

Email: [email protected]

Fanpage: www.facebook.com/Quaynong149/

Opening hours: 14:00 - 20:30

Quality rating: 4.7/5 (6 reviews on Google)

Despite being a long-standing establishment, not belonging to the 'big street,' and mainly serving regular customers, Pham Bang's Chinese Glutinous Rice Balls are in no way inferior in quality and deliciousness to any famous bakery. The rice balls are fragrant, chewy, thin-skinned, and have a rich filling with black sesame, green beans combined with coconut stir-fry, processed to be just right.

As a fan of Chinese glutinous rice balls, you will surely be familiar with Pham Bang's Chinese glutinous rice ball shop on Hang Giay Street. The shop is famous for the sweet aroma of the syrup that soaks each ball. Here, each bowl has two balls: one black sesame ball, one green bean and coconut ball with a unique flavor that can only be found here. The rice balls here are made from old rice, so the balls are not broken and always soft and flexible, combined with the resilience of the filling, harmoniously blended with the lingering scent of ginger, making it irresistible. This is one of the dishes that you should not miss in every Hanoi winter.

The shop only sells in winter, starting from October each year until around mid-April of the following year. Please note the time and address for easy purchase.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: 30 Hang Giay, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Phone: 0963 319 192 & 0982 335 588

Email: [email protected]

Fanpage: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100041628776107

Opening hours: 15:00 - 22:00

Quality rating: 4.4/5 (214 reviews on Google)

Yen Beo Chicken Soup is quite famous, located across from Lotte Hang Than, open from 3 PM - 6 PM daily. The shop, situated on the sidewalk, is not very large, with only about 4-5 tables outside and a small cart for selling soup. The shop has a famous chicken soup, rich in flavor, delicious when hot, priced at only 20,000 VND/bowl. In addition, the hot banh duc (rice cake) here is also very popular, priced at only 15,000 VND/bowl.

The variety of chicken soups at the shop includes regular chicken soup, corn and mushroom chicken soup, young corn chicken soup, etc. You can also enjoy hot banh duc if you still feel hungry. Just imagine, in the cold atmosphere of Hanoi, savoring a bowl of hot chicken soup with soft banh duc, what could be more wonderful. The shop is quite crowded due to its afternoon opening hours, with limited seating, but the feeling of holding a delicious bowl of soup is all you'll notice.

Currently, Yen Beo has opened its 3rd branch in Hanoi to meet the needs of customers, including: 19 Doc Hoe Nhai, 35B Alley 12 Nui Truc, and 30 Alley 65 Pham Ngoc Thach. Make sure to give it a try.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address:

• 19 Doc Hoe Nhai, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
• 35B Alley 12 Nui Truc, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
• 30 Alley 65 Pham Ngoc Thach, Dong Da District, Hanoi

Phone: 0911 832 892 - 0964 359 922

Opening hours: 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Quality rating: 4.7/5 (11 reviews on Google)

Located on Doi Can Street, a small banh xeo (Vietnamese crispy pancake) place has been thriving for many years, accompanying those who love the rustic flavors of the countryside. Many people come to Thuy Xeo just to savor the authentic and delicious taste of Hue cuisine in the heart of the capital. The banh xeo is fragrant, with golden and crispy crust, irresistibly delicious when hot. Handcrafted grilled skewers are aromatic and firm. The fresh and tender meat, well-cooked skewers come with cucumber, green banana, peanuts, and raw vegetables, served with sweet and sour fish sauce or dipping sauce, creating an excellent and delightful flavor. Additionally, the homemade banh bot loc (clear dumplings) with shrimp and meat filling, dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce, is also worth trying.

The shop is small, with limited space, but it's enough for you and your friends to enjoy the delicious banh xeo, fragrant grilled skewers, and a cup of iced tea while exchanging stories in the Hanoi winter. If you're looking for a snack spot in winter, don't forget Thuy Xeo, note down the address to visit this place during the winter season.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: 166B Doi Can, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Phone: 0968 877 752 & 0915 577 752

Opening hours: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Quality rating: 3.7/5 (536 reviews on Google)

This dessert shop is quite renowned. With many years of experience, Thai Desserts - Saigon is considered one of the typical dessert places in Hanoi. The shop offers only about 4 or 5 types of desserts, including Thai dessert, pomelo dessert, sweet potato dessert, banana dessert... but the most popular is, of course, the Thai dessert. Despite having a limited menu, each dessert is carefully prepared, offering a distinct taste. The Thai dessert here doesn't feature the colorful jellies seen in other places; instead, it consists of green and white pandan jelly, coconut cream, and ice.

However, the homemade coconut cream is both fragrant and rich, accompanied by pandan leaf-made jelly, adding a subtle aroma to the shop. A bowl of dessert just needs a bit of ice to become fantastic. If you feel that a bowl with only pandan jelly and coconut cream is too little, you can order Thai sweet potato, Thai pomelo (Thai dessert served with sweet potato and pomelo desserts), or assorted desserts for a fuller experience. Thai Desserts - Saigon closes at 5:00 PM every day.

Thai dessert is a suitable snack for any time, whether it's winter or summer. To enjoy a bowl of perfectly delicious Thai dessert, remember to save this address and give it a try.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: 105 Doi Can, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Opening hours: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Quality rating: 4.0/5 (22 reviews on Google)

This address is no stranger to Hanoi residents. When thinking about winter, many people will surely appreciate sticky rice - a delicious, hot, and comforting dish. Despite appearing later, this sticky rice spot stands out with a diverse menu that delights customers. Spicy Ribs Sticky Rice 628 Truong Chinh is a well-known spicy rib sticky rice place, reviewed frequently online. The place is always crowded, the space is not too luxurious but very clean, airy, and has all the necessary services. A plus point is that if you order delivery, the food arrives quickly, not as long of a wait as many other places, making it quite convenient for those who are lazy or too busy but still want to enjoy hot sticky rice here.

Similar to Cat Lam's sticky rice, the spicy ribs sticky rice at Spicy Ribs Sticky Rice 628 Truong Chinh looks very 'fiery' in color but, in reality, it's not too spicy, more flavorful due to its sourness, not much different from sweet and sour ribs. The color of the rib meat is beautiful, placed on the plate of sticky rice, making it look tempting. The meat is tender, the ribs are not too few, just enough for the portion of the restaurant, but honestly, the sticky rice is a bit scarce. If you eat heartily, you might need 2 - 3 bowls. In addition to spicy ribs sticky rice, the place also has many other choices for you to consider such as chicken sticky rice, egg sticky rice, meat sticky rice, pate sticky rice, etc., which have received positive feedback from many customers. The prices are reasonable, ranging from a few dollars depending on the type, making it an ideal place for students to visit!

Quality Rating: 4.2/5 (582 reviews on Google)

Ngõ Huyện, long known as a small yet bustling street, is the go-to spot for the best eats in Hanoi's Old Quarter. When mentioning Ngõ Huyện, many immediately think of the pork rib porridge here. This dish has gradually become a must-mention when it comes to winter cuisine in Hanoi. The place is a small porridge cart, always crowded, located in Ngõ Huyện. The porridge is finely cooked, smooth, with crispy fritters, and the pork ribs and shredded pork are perfectly seasoned.

Ngõ Huyện Pork Rib Porridge is made from finely ground rice flour and bone broth, making the porridge sweet, smooth, and sticky. In each spoonful, you can see pink meat threads from meticulously stewed pork ribs blending into the porridge. Just sprinkle a bit of pepper and chili powder, add some crispy fritters cut into small pieces, and you have a delicious and wholesome evening meal. The price for a bowl of porridge here is around 25,000 - 30,000 VND, a very reasonable price for such quality. Apart from pork rib porridge, you also have the option to add balut eggs or black bean sweet soup to satisfy your snack cravings. As it is a sidewalk eatery with a humble space, it's quite challenging to find seating if you come in a group, but because of the quality porridge, customers still flock here.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: 61A Ngõ Huyện, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00

Quality Rating: 4.0/5 (3 reviews on Google)

Mrs. Toàn's Rice Paper Salad is a name not unfamiliar in the Bach - Kinh - Xây area, especially in the dining area of Hanoi University of Science and Technology. This is the famous rice paper salad spot that moved from 86 Hàng Trống. The rice paper salad here is abundant, delightful, and incredibly tasty. The rice paper is chewy, with a spicy kick from the sauce and dried beef, the sourness of mango, and the aromatic flavor of fried shallots and coriander, creating a mouthwatering dish for everyone. It's no wonder that Mrs. Toàn's place is always packed with customers. Perhaps because Mrs. Toàn mainly caters to students, she is very generous in serving plates full of rice paper, making it a favorite among students in the area.

For Mrs. Toàn, rice paper salad is no longer just a dish to make a living but has become a work of art, dedicated to those who want to enjoy the essence of street food in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Mrs. Toàn's Rice Paper Salad is an enticing dish for the youth, whether it's winter or summer in Hanoi. Mrs. Toàn's rice paper salad is not sweet, and the sauce is not too spicy like the ones in Saigon because she mixes it according to a special formula, without using shrimp salt and shrimp paste. The rice paper and shredded coconut are placed underneath, mixed evenly with sweet and sour sauce, peanuts, fried shallots, coriander, and 2 boiled quail eggs, making it always busy with customers dropping by to enjoy.

Quality Rating: 3.3/5 (38 reviews on Google)

Fried square sticky rice cake is a beloved treat, especially during the winter season. Roaming around the area across from Dong Xuan Market, known for its diverse late-night street food, you'll easily spot a small stall selling fried square sticky rice cakes near Dong Xuan Market. Linh Lùn's Fried Square Sticky Rice Cakes are neatly arranged on a bright silver aluminum tray. The vendor fries them continuously, skillfully turning them until each cake is golden brown before setting them aside to keep warm.

Alongside the piping hot fried square sticky rice cakes are various side dishes such as fried fermented pork roll, pork pie, sausages, Chinese sausage, and a bit of pickled radish to balance the flavors. You can choose to pair the cakes with any of your favorite side dishes. Afterwards, simply drizzle some chili oil, add a bit of pickled radish, and enjoy them while they're still hot. The price for one serving of fried square sticky rice cakes with sides is quite affordable, ranging from 15,000 to 30,000 VND, depending on the chosen accompaniments. In the chilly winter of Hanoi, sitting by Linh Lùn's tray of hot and aromatic fried square sticky rice cakes with various toppings is undoubtedly a delightful dining experience—make sure to give it a try!

Quality Rating: 5.0/5 (6 reviews on Google)