10 best restaurants in Vung Tau City for tourists from Ho Chi Minh City, the Northern of Vietnam, Phu My Port, and other visitors: Vung Tau City has an area of 140 square kilometers, used to be the economic, financial, educational and cultural center of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province. The city has most beautiful beaches in the Southeast region. It has mountains, beaches, holy temples, sacred pagodas, and sophisticated palaces. Especially, the city offers a wide range of delicious Vietnamese dishes such as Banh Khot mini pancake, ray fish hot pot, snails, herring salad, clear rice noodle soup with squid, fried baby squid with fish sauce,… I would like to share the best eating places in this beautiful coastal city.
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10 best restaurants in Vung Tau City
Most of the best restaurants in Vung Tau serve seafood dishes, noodle soup with seafood, Khot cake, and Vietnamese traditional dishes. I also share a list of good international restaurants for tourists who would like to eat American, European, Japanese dishes.
Gành Hào 2 Seafood Restaurant (Ganh Hao 2 Restaurant)
- Address: 9 Ha Long, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Phone: +84 2543577777
- What to eat: seafood dishes such as steamed crab, steamed squid, stir-fried mushroom, grilled oyster, seafood hot pot, grilled fish, Vietnamese traditional dishes,…
- Website: http://ganhhao.com.vn
- Prices: from 100,000 VND
Ganh Hao is known as one of the oldest and most famous seafood restaurants in Vung Tau City. High quality seafood, tasty recipes, sea breeze are the highlights of this seaside restaurant.
10 best restaurants in Vung Tau City
Van Chai Restaurant
- Address: 2 – 4 Le Hong Phong, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Phone: +84 901558866
- What to eat: seafood dishes, Vietnamese dishes, BBQ
- Prices: from 50,000 VND
Van Chai Restaurant is spacious and serves delicious dishes from fresh and live seafood. You can choose from dozens of local specialty dishes. Grilled oyster, beef and bean sprout salad, grilled fish, steamed clam, boiled crab/ocean crab, grilled shrimp, grilled lobster with cheese sauce, stir-fried snail with garlic,…
Lâm Đường Restaurant (Lam Duong Restaurant)
- Address: 125B Tran Phu, Ward 5, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
- Phone: +84 2543553279
- What to eat: seafood dishes, Vietnamese traditional food
- Prices: 50,000 VND
- Website: https://www.lamduong.com.vn
Coming to this amazing restaurant, you will enjoy delicious dishes and see the beautiful sea. Colorful boats dock or sail the sea, fishermen work on their boats. Grilled oyster with cheese sauce, stir-fried mantis shrimp with garlic, roasted ocean crab with salt are signature dishes at Lam Duong.
Ocean Bay Seafood Restaurant
- Address: 115 Tran Phu, Ward 5, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Phone: +84 2543511118
- What to eat: seafood dishes, Vietnamese dishes, BBQ
- Website: http://www.oceanbayvungtau.vn
- Prices: from 50,000 VND
Customers usually say that they are pleased with the 5-star service at Ocean Bay Seafood Restaurant. Because it is located close to the sea, you can catch the sea wind while enjoying yummy seafood dishes.
Hủ tiếu mực Ông Già Cali (Old Man Cali clear rice noodle soup with squid)
- Address:
- 3 Le Hong Phong, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- 1 Vo Van Kiet, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
- 113 Hoang Hoa Tham, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
- Opening hours: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Phone: +84 2543553279
- What to eat: seafood dishes, Vietnamese traditional food
- Prices: 40,000 VND
A bowl of clear rice noodles, broth cooked from seafood and bones, toppings such as quid and other seafood, herbs, bean sprouts is a perfect choice for your meal in Vung Tau. All of the Old Man Cali restaurants are located in the city center so they are easily for tourists to come and enjoy the noodle soup.
10 best restaurants in Vung Tau City
Cô Ba Restaurant Vũng Tàu (Co Ba Restaurant Vung Tau)
- Address: 1 Hoang Hoa Tham, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM
- Phone: +84 2543526165
- What to eat: Vietnamese traditional dishes, Khot cake (Vietnamese mini pancake), Xeo cake (Sizzling cake, Vietnamese pancake), rice noodle and grilled pork salad, broken rice, noodle soup, sweet soup,…
- Website: http://cobavungtau.com
- Prices: 30,000 – 100,000 VND
- Menu: CLICK HERE
Khot cake is one of the most famous specialty dishes of Vung Tau City. This food is sold popularly at street food stalls, budget and luxurious restaurants in the city. Co Ba Vung Tau is perhaps the most well-known restaurant serving Khot cake. Fresh and safe ingredients are the highlights of this restaurant. Moreover, the secret recipes make the dishes impressive and unforgettable. Co Ba has a diverse menu so you can not only order Khot cake but also Xeo cake and other delicious Vietnamese dishes.
10 best restaurants in Vung Tau City
Bánh Khọt Gốc Vú Sữa (Banh Khot Goc Vu Sua)
- Address: 14 Nguyen Truong To, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
- Phone: +84 2543523465
- What to eat: Khot cake (Vietnamese mini pancake)
- Prices: 60,000 VND
Bánh Khọt Gốc Vú Sữa is one of the oldest and most crowded Khot cake restaurant in Vung Tau City thanks to the special recipe and fresh ingredients to top the cakes. You can choose squid or shrimp Khot cake. The cake is served with assorted vegetables, shredded papaya, sweet and sour fish sauce dip. There are many local people and Vietnamese tourists at the restaurant, so it is usually crowded and noisy.
Bánh Khọt 75 (Banh Khot 75 Restaurant)
- Address: 75 Hoang Hoa Tham, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau. Click here to see the location on Google Maps
- Opening hours: 7:30 AM – 7:00 PM
- Phone: +84 846490696
- What to eat: Khot cake (Vietnamese mini pancake), fried roll with crab/seafood, hot pot with ocean crab, noodle with crab, hot pot with ray fish
- Prices: 60,000 VND
- Menu: https://banhkhot75vungtau.com
Although Bánh Khọt 75 specializes in Khot cake – the specialty dish of Vung Tau, other Vietnamese dishes and seafood dishes at this restaurant are also signature and worth trying. You can choose shrimp, squid, meat, egg, clam to top the Khot cakes. Hot pot with seafood or ray fish and bamboo shoot are great to boost your energy. Fried rolls with crab or seafood are amazing Vietnamese traditional dishes so you can not miss them.
Where to eat international foods in Vung Tau?
Don Quijote (fine dining)
- Address: 36 Tran Hung Dao, Ward 1, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: beefsteak, salad with goat cheese, baked green mussels, lamb dishes, raw beef, pasta, hamburger,… cooked with creative recipe
10 best restaurants in Vung Tau City
David Pizzeria
- Address: 92 Ha Long, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: Italian food
Bistro Nine
- Address: 9 Truong Vinh Ky, Ward 1, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: American foods such as hamburger, fried potato
Matildas Restobar
- Address: 6 Nguyen Du, Ward 1, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: American foods
Belly’s Watering Hole
- Address: 53D Phan Chu Trinh, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: American foods and Vietnamese traditional dishes
Lucy’s Sports Bar
- Address: 138 Ha Long, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: Egg and bacon dishes, Vietnamese fried roll
Cafe Adam Troy
- Address: 83PJ+GHJ Hoang Hoa Tham, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: Fried dishes, grilled dishes
Sushi Tokyo Restaurant
- Address: 215/3 Xo Viet Nghe Tinh, Thang Tam Ward, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: Japanese dishes, sushi, sashimi,…
Pizza Leo
- Address: 2A Phan Chu Trinh, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau
- Menu: Italian dishes, sushi, pizza, pasta
Lotte Mart Vung Tau Shopping Center
- Address: the crossroad of Street 3/2 and Thi Sach Street, Ward 8, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Vietnam
- Opening hours: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Lotte Mart Vung Tau Shopping Center is a great place to go shopping, enjoy delicious and safe food in the city. Some good restaurants in the shopping center are as follows:
- Hotpot Story
- King BBQ
- Lotteria: fast food
- Highlands Coffee
- Dooki Ramen
- Lotte Mart: Vietnamese dishes and Korean dishes
How to reach best restaurants in Vung Tau City (for travelers from Phu My Port)?
In comparison to Ho Chi Minh City, provinces in Mekong Delta region, Vung Tau City is closer and offers many beautiful landscapes. You can easily find good restaurants in the tourist city.
It takes about 1 hour to reach Vung Tau City from Phu My Port. You can book a taxi from the port to Vung Tau, to get around the city, and from Vung Tau to the port. It is recommended to book a private Transfer from Phu My Port to Vung Tau which includes driver, car, petrol, parking fee, transfer in the city with a trusted travel agent. The car will be with you all the time. So there are lots of benefits if you book a private transfer. Money scams, higher prices, inconvenience are minuses of booking taxi from Phu My Port to Vung Tau City.
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