Where to eat
Fish noodle soup, grilled pork rolls, mini pancakes, seafood — and which place does each one properly.
264 places
16 places for Chicken rice
Rating: 4.3 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsRice cooked in chicken fat, poached-and-shredded or fried. The local lunch
City centre40,000 – 70,000₫/dish
15 places in Nha Trang for beer and seafood
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsWaterfront seafood, grill buffets and draught beer. Long tables, late hours
North of the city40,000 – 500,000₫/person
16 places for Nha Trang Bánh Mì
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA 20,000₫ breakfast to go. Or dinner when everything else has closed
City centre15,000 – 65,000₫/dish
12 Japanese restaurants
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA conveyor belt, an izakaya open to 4am, and four kitchens that shut at lunchtime
City centre140,000 – 380,000₫/dish
12 Korean restaurants
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsGrill buffets at 169,000–199,000₫, two open to midnight and one to 3am
City centre169,000 – 199,000₫/person
14 places for Chè — Sweet Soups
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsIced sweet soup after a seafood dinner. 15,000₫ a glass
City centre15,000 – 30,000₫/dish
10 places for Pizza
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsTen places in Nha Trang that really bake pizza, and the one you must book
City centre100,000 – 300,000₫/person
11 grill houses
Rating: 4.3 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsEleven tables with a grill on them. A 229,000₫ buffet, meat on a roof tile, and one open around the clock
City centre79,000 – 320,000₫/dish
11 Chinese restaurants
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsDim sum from six in the morning and Chongqing hotpot until eleven at night
City centre35,000 – 95,000₫/dish
9 places for Squid Banh Xeo
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsWhole fresh squid inside. The small crisp kind or the big pan kind, Nha Trang style
North of the city15,000 – 55,000₫/dish
10 places for Gỏi cá mai (raw fish salad)
Rating: 4.5 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsRaw fish cured in citrus and tossed with herbs. Hard to find outside Nha Trang
North of the city50,000 – 200,000₫/dish
10 countryside drinking houses
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsGoat, young beef, free-range chicken and beef hotpot on the city's edge: ten local rooms, with prices
The western highlands (outside the city)70,000 – 469,000₫/dish
11 places for Evening street snacks
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsSkewers, grilled rice paper, rice-paper salad. 3,000₫ to 25,000₫ a piece
City centre3,000 – 25,000₫/dish
8 snail and shellfish places
Rating: 4.3 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe city's real drinking food. 8 places, prices read off their own boards, one open until 3am
City centre30,000 – 120,000₫/dish
9 beer places
Rating: 4.3 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsFrom a 14,000₫ glass of bia hơi to a 100,000₫ craft pour: 9 places, prices off their own boards
City centre14,000 – 100,000₫/drink
8 places for Jellyfish Noodle Soup
Rating: 4.5 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe specialty you won't easily find elsewhere. Crunchy jellyfish in a clear fish broth
City centre35,000 – 55,000₫/dish
7 places for Pasta
Rating: 4.1 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsSeven kitchens in Nha Trang that cook pasta, and the dish to order at each
City centre100,000 – 300,000₫/person
6 vegetarian places
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsSix kitchens, from a 30,000₫ bowl to a plated restaurant: which are vegan, which serve egg
City centre30,000 – 65,000₫/dish
8 places for Broken rice with grilled pork
Rating: 4.0 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsEight broken-rice shops in Nha Trang, 25,000₫ to 50,000₫ a plate, and what each price buys
City centre25,000 – 60,000₫/dish
6 Russian restaurants
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThree that actually cook Russian and three Vietnamese kitchens with Russian menus
City centre44,000 – 255,000₫/dish
7 spicy-noodle and tokbokki shops
Rating: 3.8 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsSeven Korean rooms in Nha Trang, which ones to pick, and what to order there
City centre50,000 – 150,000₫/person
7 places for Late-night eating
Rating: 4.1 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsBánh canh at 3am, congee at 1. The places still lit when the city has gone dark
City centre30,000 – 150,000₫/dish
6 places for Seafood congee
Rating: 4.1 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe late meal after an island day, or breakfast when nothing heavy will do
City centre35,000 – 160,000₫/dish
7 places for Bánh đập (smashed rice cracker)
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA grilled cracker smashed onto a steamed sheet, dipped in fermented anchovy. From 12,000₫, sold from morning
City centre10,000 – 30,000₫/dish
Fish-cake bánh canh
Rating: 4.3 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsFour fish-cake bánh canh shops, and why the name Bà Thừa answers to four addresses
City centre30,000 – 45,000₫/dish
6 places for Bún đậu mắm tôm
Rating: 3.6 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA Hanoi dish in a beach town. Six shops, and the two I would order from first
City centre35,000 – 95,000₫/dish
7 Thai restaurants
Rating: 4.1 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsTwo of them next door at 25 and 27 Võ Trứ, one chain with four branches, and only two publish a price
City centreMid (100k – 500k)
Bánh mì with pork-ball broth
Rating: 4.3 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsNot a filled roll. Bread torn and dipped into a bowl of pork-ball broth
City centre15,000 – 35,000₫/dish
5 places for Banh Can
Rating: 4.5 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsSmall batter cakes fired in clay moulds, dipped in fermented sauce or pork broth
City centre30,000 – 45,000₫/dish
I Like Buffet
Rating: 4.9 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA 90-dish seafood buffet at 280,000₫ a head, draught beer included
North of the city150,000 – 280,000₫/person
Nem Nuong Dang Van Quyen
Rating: 4.6 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsNinh Hoa grilled pork rolls, wrapped at the table. The one everyone gets pointed to
City centre50,000 – 90,000₫/person
Moc Quan Seafood
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA proper sit-down seafood house. Cheese-grilled oysters, grilled squid and fish
City centreMid (100k – 500k)
Bun Ca Co Ba
Rating: 4.6 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsOne of the busiest fish noodle shops in Nha Trang
City centre40,000 – 60,000₫/dish
Hai Ca — Fish Noodles & Banh Canh
Rating: 4.5 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsOpen 6:00 to 22:00. One of the few places you can eat this late
City centre45,000 – 60,000₫/dish
Lang Ngon
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsTimber pavilions, lanterns and a pond. A large Vietnamese restaurant down a lane in the centre
City centre180,000 – 595,000₫/dishCho Dam Market & Seafood
Rating: 4.2 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe central market and the food lanes around it. Where seafood is priced honestly
City centre150,000 – 500,000₫/person
Thanh Suong seafood
Rating: 4.4 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe busiest seafood house in Nha Trang, and the price per kilo is on the tank
South Nha Trang160,000 – 1,550,000₫/dish
Lạc Cảnh grilled beef
Rating: 3.9 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsSixty-five years of grilled beef in Xuong Huan. What to order, and what to know first
City centre150,000 – 300,000₫/person
Quan Dong Xanh
Rating: 3.9 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsA countryside kitchen in Vĩnh Ngọc. Hotpot, grilled fish and salads, 5 km out and almost no visitors
North of the cityCheap (under 100k)
Hon Ro market
Rating: 4.0 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe market beside the fishing port. Where Nha Trang's seafood lands before it goes anywhere else
South Nha TrangCheap (under 100k)
Xom Moi market
Rating: 4.0 / 5 — Our own score, not an average of guest reviewsThe market Nha Trang actually shops at, 06:00–17:00: go early, and go to look
City centreCheap (under 100k)