New York City · Cuisine
Vietnamese
From Chinatown encyclopedia rooms and LES chef kitchens to Union Square polished phở, East Village bánh mì and Hanoi-style bowls, and Greenpoint modern shareables.
Working Vietnamese kitchens have long clustered in and around Chinatown; Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan added brighter, chef-driven rooms in the 2010s-20s. Choose a sprawling Baxter Street institution, uncompromising small-room seasonal cooking, modern LES comfort food with bún chả, a polished Union Square room for wagyu phở, an East Village Hanoi-style phở and summer-roll night, a house-baked bánh mì specialist, or a plant-filled Greenpoint shareable room.
Focus areas: Chinatown, East Village / LES, Union Square, Greenpoint
Restaurants
Mắm
$$Lower East Side
Lower East Side Vietnamese room for bún đậu mắm tôm, housemade tofu, and a fiercely seasonal menu.
Bánh Anh Em
$$East Village
East Village sibling of UWS Bánh, baking baguettes and making phở noodles in-house; Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Đi Ăn Đi
$$Greenpoint
Greenpoint modern Vietnamese since 2018: Phở Thìn Hà Nội with wok-seared brisket, shareables, and a plant-filled room.
Thái Sơn
$$Chinatown
Chinatown Vietnamese institution on Baxter Street since the mid-1990s: grilled pork bánh mì, combination phở, and a vast classic menu.
Saigon Social
$$$Lower East Side
Lower East Side Vietnamese comfort food from Helen Nguyen: bún chả Hanoi, oxtail fried rice, and two NYT stars.
La Đồng
$$Union Square
Union Square Vietnamese since 2024 from the Pranakhon team: tableside wagyu phở, ornate room, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Hanoi House
$$East Village
East Village Vietnamese since late 2016: pork summer rolls, Hanoi-style phở bac with pickled garlic, and shaking beef.