Top 5 Best Indian Restaurants in Hanoi

Western dishes or food from Japan, Korea, China may be too familiar to everyone, but trying dishes from India will be an amazing experience. Let’s discover the top 5 most delicious and famous Indian restaurants in Hanoi. If you want to try Indian food to change your daily taste, why don't you make a try?

Recently, many people have fallen in love with Indian cuisine. That's why they are always looking for Indian restaurants to taste the food. Today, you do not need to come to India to try Indian cuisine. The below Indian restaurants will help you have an opportunity to enjoy Indian foods right in Hanoi.

Best Indian restaurants in Hanoi

1. Namaste Hanoi restaurant

• Address: 46 Tho Nhuom Street, Tran Hung Dao Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
• Opening hours: 11:00 am - 02:00 pm and 06:00 pm - 10:00 pm
• Average price: 5 - 15 USD

“Namaste” in Indian means “Hello”. The name brings a feeling of hospitality, friendliness, and comfort for customers as soon as they enter the restaurant. With a diverse menu of up to 218 dishes, you have many choices that suit your taste. 

The enthusiastic staff are always ready to help you choose the most delicious Indian dishes to enjoy. Customers will be attracted by different foods, from the curry of the North to the hot and spicy soups of the South, from the rich cuisine of Mughal Hyderabad to the sweets of Gujarat. 

All the chefs of Namaste Hanoi restaurant know how to create a typical flavour for each dish. The restaurant strictly uses genuine Indian Tandoor clay to maintain the taste of Naan bread (a kind of wheat bread). However, barbecue and appetizers here are slightly salty according to Indian standards. You can ask the chefs to reduce the salt amount to suit your taste. Namaste Hanoi Restaurant is certainly an ideal place to taste delicious Indian food in Hanoi.

Namaste Hanoi restaurant

 

2. India Palace Restaurant

• Address: 10 Quang An Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 11:00 am - 01:45 pm and - 06:00 pm - 09:45 pm
• Average price: 3 - 5 USD per dish

Opened in 2005, India Palace restaurant became a familiar address for people who love Indian cuisine. This is one of the Indian restaurants which are beautifully designed, delicious and unique dishes in Hanoi. It can be said that Indian cuisine is a spicy cuisine because all Indian foods must be marinated in dozens of different spices before cooking. 

Thanks to the ingenuity of the chef, the restaurant has many delicious dishes that retain the taste of Indian cuisine and still satisfy customers from many different regions. In Indian Palace restaurant, most grilled dishes such as grilled chicken, grilled fish, grilled shrimp are the favourite choices of diners. 

Moreover, NAAN bread here is also chosen by a lot of customers. It has a special taste and flavour in comparison with other kinds of bread. Furthermore, the restaurant also serves many different types of drinks. In particular, there is Masala tea which is made from Indian black tea combined with ginger and Cardamom seeds. 

India Palace Hanoi restaurant

 

3. Foodshop 45 Restaurant

• Address: 59 Truc Bach Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 09:30 am - 11:00 pm
• Average price: 3 - 5 USD per dish

This restaurant is considered one of the restaurants with the most beautiful views in Hanoi thanks to its perfect location. Moreover, you can enjoy the delicious flavours of North Indian dishes at Foodshop 45. The staff here is always ready to give you suggestions about a North Indian meal at a very reasonable price. 

Coming here, customers will have a chance to immerse themselves in a romantic space on Truc Bach lake, enjoy a cup of tea (Masala Tea) with ginger, cinnamon, and many other Indian herbs. Moreover, you can freely access the internet thanks to the restaurant’s wifi system. Good food, comfortable space, and professional services have made Foodshop 45 a perfect relaxing place for people in Hanoi.  

Food Shop 45 Restaurant

4. Shalimar Restaurant

• Address: No. 63, Ma May Street, Hang Buom Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 11:30 am - 11:30 pm
• Average price: 5 USD per person

Coming to this restaurant, customers will feel like visiting the mysterious and enchanting India. From the cozy atmosphere, the taste of the dishes to the decorative paintings… all bring the attractive beauty of South Asia. The owner of Shalimar restaurant is a Pakistani who dreams to bring the culinary characteristics of Indian and Pakistani cuisine to Vietnam. 

In Shalimar, you will have a chance to enjoy the flavour of the special dishes from these two South Asian countries. The restaurant serves over one hundred South Asian foods and drinks. The most favourite dish of customers here is curry which can be cooked in many different ways with many attractive flavours. 

Especially, Shalimar has food delivery services, which helps busy customers can enjoy great food from the restaurants at their home or offices. 

Shalimar Restaurant

5. Annam Indian Restaurant

• Address: 3rd floor, Mayfair Building, 20 Hang Tre, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
• Average price: 1.5 - 6 USD per person

Annam Indian Restaurant is one of the best Indian restaurants in Hanoi you must give it a try. At a reasonable price, a lot of people choose Annam as a favourite place to come with friends and family. 

The restaurant has a lot of dishes with different tastes and flavors, including vegetarian food and gluten-free food. In particular, Annam owns a cozy, close space which is a gathering place for family, couples, and friends. 

Annam India Restaurant

Good food and good services of these restaurants will surely bring customers interesting experiences. If you want to try new flavours of Indian cuisine, do not forget to visit these top 5 best Indian restaurants when coming to Hanoi. 

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