Noodle Restaurants in Hanoi

Pho Gia Truyen

Address: 49 Bat Dan Old Quarter

Hours: 07:00-11:00

The perfect broth for pho (rice-noodle soup) should look as though it was ladled from the river. It's opaque and brownish after beef bones have boiled in it for hours. Some places try to take the mystery out of pho by serving weak, see-through broths, but here you get the good stuff. Once you've experienced it you'll understand why some can't start their day without a bowl.

Pho Thin

Address:13 Pho Lo Duc Hai Ba Trung District

Hours: 08:00-10:30

You'll get a very good bowl of pho in this family-run joint. Just be prepared for a down-home pho-eating experience: order yours on your way in, elbow your way into seats, and kick aside the little piles of tissues at your feet. Within seconds, the aromatic steam rising from your bowl will remind you why you came.

Pho 24

Address: 1 P Hang Khay

Website: www.pho24.com.vn

Phone: 04 3747 4840

Hours: breakfast, lunch & dinner

Upmarket noodle chain offering street-style noodles without the street-side location (and exhaust fumes). It’s all very well done indeed: the pho is great and the restaurants are modern and inviting. Choose by the cut.