16 places for Chicken rice Nha Trang
Our own score, not an average of guest reviews
Rice cooked in chicken fat, poached-and-shredded or fried. The local lunch
Reference photo
Photo supplied by Hà Cơm Gà
Photo supplied by Hà Cơm Gà
Photo supplied by Hà Cơm Gà
Photo supplied by Hà Cơm Gà
Photo supplied by Hà Cơm Gà
Photo supplied by Hà Cơm Gà
- Address
- Sixteen shops, most of them around Ngo Gia Tu, Yersin and To Vinh Dien. Addresses and prices at the foot of the page
- Opening hours
- Mostly lunchtime; shops shut anywhere between 18:00 and 23:00
- Price range
- 40,000 – 70,000₫/dish
- Best time to go
- Lunchtime
Overview
Cơm gà is the default lunch in Nha Trang, and what decides it is not the chicken but the rice: cooked in the poaching stock and the fat, so it comes out golden, loose and lightly rich, worth eating on its own. Where the rice turns soggy or dries out, the shop has already lost, however good the chicken.
A plate is rice, chicken either shredded or chopped, herbs, pickled papaya and carrot, with a bowl of broth and a dish of chilli on the side. The chicken comes two ways: poached and pulled, soft and sweet, or fried to a crisp gold skin. What nobody warns you about, and what most separates one shop from another, is the buttered egg sauce served alongside. Where it is made well it lifts the whole plate, and at Hà Cơm Gà or Cô Phin it is the reason people come back. Ask for the pickled onion and garlic if the shop has them.
If you only eat one plate, go to Cơm Gà Phố Hội at 67 Tran Nguyen Han: it does the basics right. Loose dry rice, chicken poached just far enough with the skin still snapping, dipped in ginger fish sauce, and a shredded-chicken plate with two side dishes still comes under 130,000₫ for two. The cheapest that is still good is Cơm Gà Đài at 51 Yersin, 35,000₫ a plate and full of locals at lunch; the trade is that it is small, so at the rush the tables go uncleared and the food comes slowly. And Cơm Gà Tùng on Huong lo Ngoc Hiep is the one many locals name first: crisp chicken that is not greasy, with plenty of ginger in the sauce. Say so in advance if ginger is not for you.
The best-known name is Cơm gà Trâm Anh at 10 Ba Trieu, an old shop that every article mentions. It still eats well: springy rice, free-range chicken with some chew, that distinctive knot of rich sauce, but 70,000₫ a portion is high for this dish in Nha Trang, and the portion is not large. Going for the name, and for a room that has been refitted and is clean, is fair enough; if what you want is a good plate at a local price, the three above answer better.
A few worth avoiding. Cơm Gà Hai Chùa at 9A To Vinh Dien charges 140,000₫ for a roast-chicken plate and 180,000₫ for a steak: three times the going rate without being three times as good, and several people describe being brought the wrong cut and still billed for the dearer one. Quán Cơm Gà Ngon at 30 Ly Tu Trong is the same story: 70,000₫ a plate, clean enough, but twice its neighbours for a plate that is only average. Cơm Gà Cô Phin at 21 To Vinh Dien cooks well and makes a good buttered sauce, but ask the price before ordering a leg portion, the menu says 170,000₫ and the bill can run further than you planned. The rule of thumb: a decent plate in Nha Trang sits between 35,000₫ and 70,000₫, and a number well above that is worth querying.
Ngo Gia Tu, Yersin and To Vinh Dien all sit inland rather than on the Tran Phu seafront, which is why the prices are what they are. From a beach hotel it is a 10–15 minute walk or a short Grab ride. Most of these shops are lunch places; for an evening plate, Hà Cơm Gà runs to 21:00 and Cơm Gà Núi 1 to 20:00, and the rest close when the rice runs out.
The other rice plate in town: cơm tấm. Other quick lunches: bánh mì and fish noodles.
Some shops, with addresses
Hà Cơm Gà
Open map →75 Ngo Gia Tu, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.2★ Google · 8,191 reviewsOpen 9:00 – 21:0075 Ngo Gia Tu, and the latest-opening shop on this list: to 21:00, which makes it close to the only option for cơm gà in the evening. It is roomy, with high tables, clean, and jars of pickled onion and garlic on the table. A small thing that does a lot. The fish sauce and the buttered sauce are genuine strengths. A shredded-chicken plate is 40,000–45,000₫, a whole bird 400,000₫ for a group. The fried chicken can come out dry, so the poached and pulled version is the safer order.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm gà Trâm Anh
Open map →10 Ba Trieu, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
3.7★ Google · 2,036 reviews10 Ba Trieu. The oldest and best-known name in the city, and the one every article puts first. It still eats well: springy rice, free-range chicken with some chew, and that distinctive knot of rich sauce. The place has been refitted, so it is roomier and airier with an air-conditioned floor upstairs, and the owner is spoken of warmly. But 70,000₫ a portion is high for this dish here, and the portion is enough rather than generous. Two leg plates, a salad and two drinks runs about 290,000₫. Going for the name is fair; for the same quality at a local price, Phố Hội, Đài and Tùng all do better.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Xối Mắm B-Food
Open map →04 Nui Mot, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.8★ Google · 1,083 reviews04 Nui Mot. Chicken rice finished with fish sauce, and the crisp rendered chicken fat is the thing to order. There is an air-conditioned room and car parking, and it faces a primary school, so the kerb is busy at midday. Opens at 9:00. The rice pot is occasionally under-done, so if you arrive mid-service it is worth asking for a fresh batch.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Hai Chùa - Thiên Hương
Open map →9A To Vinh Dien, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
3.5★ Google · 478 reviews9A To Vinh Dien, and this is the one I would leave for last. A roast-chicken plate at 140,000₫ and a steak at 180,000₫: around three times the going rate for chicken rice in town, with flavours that do not follow the price: a generous plate of chicken, but plain, and tough beef. The rice itself is well cooked. Ordering the roast and being given breast does happen, so say clearly what you want and check the bill.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Tám
Open map →43 Au Co, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.4★ Google · 423 reviews43 Au Co. A genuinely family-run shop: relatives on the floor, careful with customers, with plates from 40,000 to 70,000₫ depending on the cut, and a bowl of quail-egg broth alongside. The chicken is firm and fragrant, and the buttered egg sauce goes well with it. The rice is where opinion divides: some find it soggy, some find it dry, and the portion is smaller than the going rate. If you like your rice dry and separate, this is not the first place to try.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Đài
Open map →51 Yersin, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.3★ Google · 385 reviews51 Yersin. A shredded-chicken plate is 35,000₫, the cheapest here that still eats properly. Rice cooked in the poaching stock so it comes out golden and fragrant, the meat pulled soft. It fills with locals at lunch, which is the best sign there is. The trade is that it is small and busy: tables go uncleared, food comes slowly, and orders occasionally get lost. Alone and unhurried, this is the cheapest good plate in the city; in a group or in a hurry, get it to go.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Tùng
Open map →11 Huong lo Ngoc Hiep, Xom Ho, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.0★ Google · 312 reviews11 Huong lo Ngoc Hiep, Xom Ho, and the name many locals reach for first. The fried chicken is crisp without being greasy, the rice hot and springy, the prices ordinary, and the broth well seasoned. The fish sauce here carries a lot of ginger: good if that is your taste, sharp if it is not. It gets busy, so the food can take more than ten minutes and arrive cooler than it should; ordering to take away avoids that. There is a second branch over on Tran Quang Khai.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Núi 1
Open map →139 Nguyen Binh Khiem, P. Nha Trang (Xuong Huan former)
4.3★ Google · 299 reviewsOpen 10:00 – 20:00139 Nguyen Binh Khiem, Xuong Huan ward. Large, clean and cool, with easy car parking and quick service: a sensible choice if you are driving or feeding a family. Open to 20:00. The dish to order is the fried chicken in fish sauce. The garlic-leg portion at 70,000₫ suits a smaller appetite. The side salad is unevenly dressed and the rice is sometimes soggy, the cooking here is less consistent than at the leaders.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Gia Phát
Open map →86 Phung The Tai, Nam Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.9★ Google · 255 reviews86 Phung The Tai, south Nha Trang: awkward to find, and people often circle before they get there. The shredded-chicken plate comes with a lot of rice, so ask for less if you eat lightly; the broth is clean and good. A 290,000₫ platter brings salad, offal stir-fried with gourd and grilled chicken, enough for three adults. This is the one for a small group. The chicken is sometimes soft rather than firm. They deliver.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Hải Nam Yummy
Open map →85 Thai Nguyen, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.9★ Google · 167 reviews85 Thai Nguyen, and this is a different dish: Hainanese chicken rice in the Singaporean manner, with char siu rice too, rather than the Nha Trang plate. Roomy, clean, quick, and it packs well for takeaway. If you have eaten Hainanese chicken rice in Saigon, this is close to that memory. It prices above the local going rate, and the room gets tight at lunch. Come to eat something different, not to eat the Nha Trang plate.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Xối Mỡ Thuỵ Kha 8
Open map →50 Tran Nhat Duat, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.2★ Google · 157 reviews50 Tran Nhat Duat. The rice is evenly fried with some crisp grains, the chicken hot and tender, and the kimchi alongside cuts through it. The breast plate is well made too. Service is brisk and the place is always busy. But this is chicken with fat-fried rice, which is a different dish from the Nha Trang plate cooked in poaching stock: if you came here to eat the local version, this is not it.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Cô Phin
Open map →21 To Vinh Dien, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.2★ Google · 142 reviews21 To Vinh Dien. Cooks well, and its buttered sauce with fried shallots is among the best here. The quarter-leg plate, crisp-skinned and sweet, is what it does most reliably. Clean, with car parking, and the house soy milk is drinkable. But ask prices before ordering: the menu reaches 170,000₫ for a leg portion, and the bill runs further than planned if you add dishes without doing the sums. The fried chicken can be dry, and the salad is sometimes under-dressed.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm gà Như Ý
Open map →157 Da Tuong, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
3.5★ Google · 107 reviews157 Da Tuong: easy to find, quick, and pleasant with it. The poached chicken is well done, the rice with the rich buttered sauce sits right, and there is iced tea on the table. The grilled chicken tends to arrive cool and the fried version is no better than adequate. Prices are reasonable but the meat is thin for the money, and there are accounts of ordering grilled chicken rice, receiving the leg plate, and being billed at the higher price, repeat your order when the plate lands. A place to try, not one to travel for.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Quán Cơm Gà Ngon
Open map →30 Ly Tu Trong, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
3.5★ Google · 78 reviews30 Ly Tu Trong. The name is the signboard, not anyone's verdict. The room is airy and clean, the service fine, and the hủ tiếu Nam Vang here is actually good. Order that if you go in. But a 70,000₫ chicken plate that is only a little above average costs twice what its neighbours charge, the chicken is sometimes dry and the rice hard, and cars have to park in the road. It has closed for spells without the map catching up, so ring first.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
HALOCHICKEN — cơm gà xối mắm
Open map →Lot CT3, 19 Thang 5 street, Vinh Diem Trung, Tay Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.6★ Google · 78 reviewsLot CT3, 19 Thang 5 street, Vinh Diem Trung. Well out of the centre, but with easy car parking. The strengths are the chicken steamed in first-press fish sauce and the fish-sauce-finished version: crisp skin, still juicy inside, meat with the chew of free-range bird rather than the mushiness of battery chicken, and fried rice that stays moist. Small but airy and clean. This is a trip you make on purpose rather than a stop on the way.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Cơm Gà Phố Hội
Open map →67 Tran Nguyen Han, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
4.9★ Google · 66 reviews67 Tran Nguyen Han. If you eat one plate of cơm gà in Nha Trang, eat it here. It does the basics right: the rice loose, dry and lightly glossy, the chicken poached just far enough that the skin still snaps, dipped in ginger or peppered fish sauce. Rice, congee and glass noodles are all served, and the chicken-offal rice dressed like a salad is worth adding. A shredded-chicken plate with a dish of immature eggs and drinks came to about 125,000₫ for three. New, clean and central.
Reference photos from sources on the internet.
Addresses come from each shop's own Google Maps listing, and the Open map button opens that shop's pin rather than running a search. 18 shops on the site have no listing we could confirm, so they have no button: the address lookup returned a different business, and a button that points at the wrong place is worse than none. A Google score appears only when Maps carries both the score and the number of reviews — a bare average cannot be weighed, so this page leaves it out. Street-food stalls change hours and close without telling anyone; call ahead if you are travelling across town.
What to order
- Rice cooked in chicken fat. Glossy, rich and yellow
- Chicken two ways: poached and shredded, or fried crisp
- Comes with pickled papaya, herbs and a bowl of broth
Practical tips
- Cơm gà is a lunchtime dish, many shops close once they sell out, so earlier is safer
- Cơm gà Trâm Anh (Bà Triệu street) and Bé Ba (Hoàng Diệu street) are the fallbacks if this one's full
Frequently asked
What makes Nha Trang chicken rice different?
The rice is cooked in chicken fat, so it comes out glossy, rich and yellow. Savoury enough to eat on its own without sauce.
Poached chicken or fried?
Both. Poached and shredded is soft and sweet; fried has a crisp golden skin. The photographs on this page show both.
Is it far from the beach?
Both shops in the list are inland rather than on the Trần Phú strip. A 10–15 minute walk from a seafront hotel.
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