Y Thao Garden Restaurant

Y Thao Garden is in the corner of the Citadel. It offers traditional Hue dishes that make tourists feel the ancient atmosphere of the old capital. This is an authentic family run restaurant base on the beautiful traditional Garden House in the citadel of Hue. Built 50 years ago, the 2-storey Y Thao house is filled with ancient charm. The owner tries her best to keep the original state of the house. This is evidence by the antique used in every aspect of the house. In addition, the garden is well landscaped. In the main hall, the ancient ceremics used by Hue royalty family is displayed in the rose-wood cupboard. The Y Thao is an ideal place for catching up over lunch or dinner. The food is well-prepared at least one of the Hue royal dish is included in the menu.

Address: 3 Thach Han, Hue, Vietnam - Tel: 054.3523018

The Tropical Garden Restaurant

Tropical Garden Restaurant is on 27 Chu Van An Street and is a popular tour-bus stopover but it nevertheless has a cozy atmosphere. It serves fine Vietnamese fare from a good English-language menu, and there is live music nightly. Dishes at Tropical Garden include banana flower soup, steamed crab with beer, and grilled minced shrimp with sugarcane wrapped in rice paper and served with peanut sauce.

Address: 27 Chu Van An St., Hue. Tel: 054.3847143

Royal Park Restaurant

Royal Park restaurant is a creative artwork of oriental and modern designs with 8 gastronomic areas and 160 seats in each, serving Hue royal foods and Europe a la carte. Beside, surrounded by trees and bonsai garden, the landscape always maintains a quiet, cool airy and relaxed environment, which will save you a best place for family gatherings.

Address: 38 Nguyen Sinh Sac St. Hue. Tel: 054.3897202

Temple Restaurant

Temple restaurant is a good Vietnamese type in Hue. The food is delicious and the atmosphere is warm that make tourists feel relaxing. The restaurant is the original mixture of the Asian ancient villa and Europe old-house designation, an open space for tourists to enjoy Hue gastronomy. With capacity of 140 guests, the restaurant usually serves the European, Asian and Hue traditional cuisine such as Russian salad, Grilled minced shrimp wrapped around sugar cane, Fried shrimp with garlic, etc.

Address: 5 Chu Van An Str. Hue. Tel: 054.3830716

Bo De Quan

Bo De Quan is a good vegetarian restaurant in Hue. It offers tasty dishes with diversity flavors.

Address: 49/1 Ba Trieu Str, Hue. Tel: 0905523762

Ancient Hue

Ancient Hue restaurant stays at the tourism area Phu Mong – Kim Long. It offers tourists the reflection of Hue ancient capital beside the modern life. This Hue restaurant locate in quiet lane near Thien Mu Pagoda is an adventure in itself. The five-acre compound feels like a step back in time to a Nguyen dynasty palace with a centerpiece open-air dining room. The raised, wooden pavilion quotes the lines of the Citadel's Peace Palace with imperial touches like a lotus pond, bronze urns, and red silk tablecloths. The menu mixes Mediterranean and Vietnamese flavors resulting in dishes like steak with grilled tomatoes, zucchini, and couscous-stuffed bananas. Save room for the homemade ice cream, especially fruit flavors like mango and mangosteen, then peruse the on-site art gallery housed in an antique home.

Address: 4/4/8 Lane 35 Pham Thi Lien Street, Kim Long Ward, Hue. Tel: 054.3590356

Ong Tao Restaurant

Ong Tao is a great traditional restaurant in Hue. The food is diversity as the menu offers many choices.

Address: 31 Chu Van An, Hue. Tel: 054.3823031

DMZ Bar

The DMZ Bar was named after the demilitarized zone of the 17th parallel that once divided Vietnam. Located on the main hotel and restaurant street in Hue, and close to two of the major riverfront hotels, the DMZ is a casual place with a pool table that offers a good choice of Vietnamese and some Italian food.

Address: 60 Le Loi Str, Hue. T: 054.3826928

Fancy Restaurant

On nearby Tran Cao Van is yet another pizza-pasta-burger-fruit shake French-style patisserie that comes recommended by locals.

Address: 38 Tran Cao Van Str, Hue. Tel : 054.3849852

Japanese Restaurant

Japanese Restaurant which also has a limited menu of other Japanese dishes. It's run by a Japanese expat who has set up a home for street-children on the other side of the river and is teaching them job skills in a sewing shop above the restaurant. If you're curious to learn more, the owner, Michio Koyama, can fill you in. In the meantime, the best way to help out is to eat heartily at the restaurant, and think of the slightly inflated prices as a way of donating to a good cause. It's only standard Japanese restaurant fare, but satisfying.

Address: 12 Chu Van An, Hue. Tel: 054.3828177

La Carambole

The restaurant s an old stand-by in the Italian food category, the pizzas is good here, and the atmosphere and location make it one of the most popular places on the block.

Address: 19 Pham Ngu Lao Str, Hue. Tel: 054.3810491

Little Italy

Little Italy Restaurant is the first Italian type in Hue as it was opened in 2002. It offers great food.

Address: 2A Vo Thi Sau, Hue. Tel: 054.3826928

Mai Huong Patisserie

Located on Pham Ngu Lao serves French and Vietnamese style pastries, as well as western food, in a small shop with a nice atmosphere -- they don't overcharge for drinks either, making it a pleasant and affordable alternative to the bar scene in the evenings.

Address: 11 Pham Ngu Lao, Hue. Tel: 054.3848772

Omar Khayyam's Indian Restaurant

It's Indian owned and run, and quite good. A good-value Indian restaurant, deservedly popular for its reasonably priced North Indian fare, which includes a good vegetarian and Thali selection. Take-away and free delivery service.

Address: 10 Nguyen Tri Phuong Str, Hue. Tel: 054.3821616

Mandarin Cafe

The owner - Mr. Cu is a very talented, self-taught photographer who's iconic pictures of Vietnam deck the walls of his restaurant and are available in printouts of various sizes, including post cards. Some of the photos are so deftly composed it's hard to believe they are all candids, taken without any direction from the photographer. The cafe itself is beautiful, if a bit touristy, but it attracts the crowds simply because its that good.

Address: 24 Tran Cao Van Str, Hue. Tel: 054.3821281

Minh &Coco Mini Restaurant

The restaurant is run by two hard-working, feisty ladies who create a lively atmosphere and attract a steady clientele of tourists passing through. Chilly beers and good cheap food, along with western breakfasts and tourist services.

Address: 3B Hung Vuong Str, Hue. Tel: 054.3821822

Lac Thien

Lac Thien, Lac Thanh, and Lac Thuan. All three are run by members of the same extended family, most of whom are deaf. The charismatic leader of the pack is Trung, one of the most happy-go-lucky guys you'll ever meet, and one of the most gregarious, especially considering he can't really speak. It's surprisingly easy to communicate with him, and the others, using hand gestures. Trung makes bottle openers out of a stick of wood and a bolt which he hands out to guests for free. They then take them all over the world and send back photos of themselves with the bottle opener -- in front of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tour, the Grand Canyon, etc. The whole procedure is as absurd as it is heart-warming, and it seems to bring Trung endless delight. Participation in the scheme is highly recommended. And the food -- amazingly good local specialties. Just start at the top of the menu and work your way down.

Address: 6 Dinh Tien Hoang Str, Hue. Tel: 054.3524674