Top 13 Best Vietnamese Restaurants In New York City
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When the war ended in 1975, Vietnamese immigrants began to flood into the United States, settling in cities such as New Orleans, Orlando, San Jose, and Orange County, California. It's no surprise that these cities have some of the best Vietnamese restaurants in the country.
Great Vietnamese cuisine has never been a New York City hotspot. Hoa, or ethnic Chinese-Vietnamese immigrants, ran the few restaurants that did exist, mostly in Manhattan's Chinatown. The food was adequate for a quick pho fix, but it didn't light up the palate with culinary fireworks.
Long considered a "Vietnamese food desert," New York City is now experiencing a Golden Age of Vietnamese cuisine, led by first- and second-generation chefs.
Top 10+ Most Famous Vietnamese Restaurants In New York
1. Banh Vietnamese Shop House
Websie: https://www.banhny.com/
Location: 942 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
Banh, which is on the Upper West Side, opened in 2020 as a pop-up shop. People began to wait outside of the new, great Vietnamese restaurant on the Upper West Side that served rich, flavorful pho as word spread. And the line was never really done.
Banh is one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in New York City and has been there for a long time. Thank the pho gods. Along with pho and bun cha, which are popular in Hanoi but not often found in Vietnamese restaurants in the US, Banh serves banh chung chien, a deep-fried rice cake filled with pork that is also hard to find outside of Vietnam.
2. Van Đa (East Village)
Websie: https://www.vanda.nyc/
Location: 234 E 4th St, New York, NY 10009
Restaurant owners Yen Ngo and Chef Hannah Wong came up with this great and exciting idea for the East Village. This menu has street food from different parts of Vietnam, like Hanoi, Hue, and Saigon, each with its own style. The dishes that really stand out are the turmeric griddle cake with wild mushrooms and coconut custard, the crisped and delightfully chewy mochi balls, and the tapioca dumplings that are steamed in banana leaves.
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3. Ba Xuyên
Location: 4222 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Websie: Ba Xuyên Brooklyn, NY
The banh mi sandwich is possibly the best sandwich in the world. And the best banh mi sandwich in New York is likely to be found at this small, no-frills establishment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
It's loaded with vegetables, stuffed with porky goodness, and slathered with buttery silky pâté. The bread, however, is what really seals the deal—and this is the secret to any good banh mi. Neri's Bakery in Port Chester, Westchester County, supplies them with baguettes. The address is 8th Avenue and 43rd Street.
4. Bunker
Websie: https://www.bunkernyc.com/
Location: 99 Scott Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
This restaurant in East Williamsburg helped the city's growing number of great modern Vietnamese restaurants. Jimmy Tu, who used to work at Eleven Madison Park, is the owner of Bunker. He serves food from his childhood, mostly from and around Ho Chi Minh City, which people still call Saigon.
Start with the smoke-mussels and bacon-filled crepe-like banh xeo. Then move on to main courses like the delicious pork belly and pâté-filled banh mi. One nod to the north is the cha ca, a fish dish from Hanoi that is spiced with dill. (In Hanoi, they use salmon instead of catfish.) The chicken in the pho ga is also tasty because it has been smoked, which gives the dish a unique flavor.
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5. Thai Son
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Location: 40-10 74th St, Queens, NY 11373
A quick glance at the specials on the walls (perhaps golden-fried squid strewn with sea salt) will have you begging for a seat in the crowded room.
There are numerous pho options, but the real star of the show is pho tai, which combines raw beef shavings cooked to tender perfection with a scalding hot, savory broth replete with herbs, sprouts, and chewy noodles.
6. Đi Ăn Đi (Greenpoint)
Websie: https://www.diandi.nyc/
Location: 68 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
The menu offers well-known favorites, daily specials, and, of course, an array of pho, which is also the star of the show. Tender sliced brisket, egg yolk, and rice noodles float in an umami-packed bone broth in this wok-seared beef pho. For a serotonin-boosting spread, combine crispy goi ca (handrolls) or meaty mackerel with sweet chili jam.
7. Em Vietnamese Bistro
Websie: https://www.emrestaurants.com/
Location: 57 Front St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
The first restaurant opened in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and this one will be the follow-up. It will open in late spring 2021. This Dumbo restaurant, which is only a few steps from the Brooklyn Bridge, may be better than the first one, though. It's one of the best Vietnamese places in NYC. The restaurant's Vietnamese-American owners have tried to make it feel like a night out in Saigon on a Saturday.
The menu is different from the first place because it has more shellfish. Tip: To see the full menu, go for dinner or lunch on the weekend. Then you can get chao, a rice porridge with scallops that tastes a lot like Chinese congee, as well as garlic-butter clams, mussels, and oysters.
8. Bolero
Websie: https://bolero.nyc/
Location: 177 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
With ease and creativity, the kitchen team straddles the line between subtle and savory. Consider making a Vietnamese rice tamale with shrimp, chilies, and pork crackling. This hidden gem stands out for its keen understanding and delectable rendition of Vietnamese cuisine, which is uncommon in these parts. Shelves of market goods entice passersby into the cool, contemporary space, which features a central open kitchen, two large dining areas, and a cozy backyard.
9. Sai Gon Dep
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Location: 719 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016
This Murray Hill restaurant, opened in late 2018 by chef John Nguyen, who was the opening chef at Hanoi House, offers the usual array of Vietnamese staples: shaking beef, spring rolls, beef pho, and grilled pork chop with broken rice. But the main attraction here is pho ga, or chicken pho. Nguyen, who is from Saigon, makes an excellent pho ga, with the fowl almost falling apart when the chopsticks touch it.
10. Saigon Social
Websie: https://www.saigonsocialnyc.com/
Location: 172 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
This Lower East Side restaurant deviates from the usual suspects by offering a Southeast Asian-inspired menu. Begin with the fried sticky rice cakes with pork belly and/or the tender lemongrass-spiked spareribs.
Then try one of the outstanding main courses, such as the bun rieu, a Saigon tomato-and-crab soup, the legendary fried chicken sandwich, or the banh mi burger, which is topped with pâté, cilantro, and jalapeos.
11. MONSIEUR VO
Websie: https://www.monsieurvonyc.com/
Location: 104 2nd Ave, New York
This list would be incomplete if Monsieur Vo was not mentioned. Madame Vo, a popular East Village eatery, has a sister restaurant. Chef Jimmy Ly and Yen Vo, a husband-and-wife team, created both restaurants. Monsieur Vo is a chic, modern restaurant that debuted last year. Their menu focuses on street food, drinking food, and larger plates of meat and fish, not to mention an extensive drinks menu that includes a ngon (delicious) Vietnamese iced coffee.
You must try the bánh m board, BBH beef shank, and tamarind BBQ ribs at Monsieur Vo.
12. Cơm Tấm Ninh Kiều
Websie: https://www.ctnkpickup.com/
Location: 2641 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY 10468
This Vietnamese restaurant is located in a neighborhood known for its Cambodian community, which is represented by a couple of very good grocery stores, not far from Edgar Allen Poe's cottage in Fordham Heights. Cm Tm Ninh Kiu specializes in soups, including a half-dozen pho options. The traditional beef noodle soup is delicious and simpler than most Saigon-influenced bowls; order it with beef balls, which are best removed and dipped in chile sauce.
13. Two Wheels
Websie: https://twowheels.nyc/
Location: 426 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
The name undoubtedly refers to the tiny neon bicycle in this small and charming shop's front window. Vietnamese cuisine has been Westernized to good effect. The pho has meatballs that are more Italian-style than the compressed, pounded Southeast Asian variety, and the banh xeo has been fried to resemble a hard-shell taco while retaining its rice noodle wrapper. Don't forget about the sticky-and-spicy chicken wings.
Bottom Line
Vietnamese food in New York City has changed a lot in the last ten years. It used to be a bunch of cafes with similar menus in Chinatowns in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Now there are a huge variety of banh mi shops, bistros, regional specialists, quirky cheap cafes, and yes, pho parlors. The signature soup sometimes includes versions of the original from Hanoi, along with other delicious soups like bun bo Hue.
Check out our list if you live in New York and don't know what kind of Vietnamese food to eat tonight!
Above is the list voted and introduced by KnowInsiders.com. If you know and like any Vietnamese restaurants, let us know.
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