Indian Restaurants in Vietnam: Where to Eat, City by City

Indian food is available in every major tourist city, and the number of Indian restaurants in Vietnam has followed the visitors. Vietnam’s tourism authority logged a 42.9% rise in Indian arrivals for January to July 2026, as reported by India Outbound. So if you searched “Vietnam me Indian food milta hai”, the short answer is haan. Chains now do much of the work. Ganesh lists branches in nine places, Benaras runs ten in Vietnam, and Gujarat covers Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Sapa and Phu Quoc.

The harder question is where it stops. Use this table to see how much planning each stop needs.

Hanoi’s Indian food sits almost entirely in the Old Quarter and around Hoan Kiem Lake, so a hotel there puts seven of the options below within a short taxi ride. For a family dinner, Hanoi Haveli is the easiest start, with vegetarian, non-vegetarian and Jain-friendly dishes on one menu. It launched on 30 June 2025 by its own press release, which also makes it the newest name here. Amy is the small one, with a review on 5 August 2026 and a menu of pakora, dal and tawa roti that reads closer to a dhaba than a dining room.

Two Hanoi names need a phone call first. Ram Krishna, another vegetarian kitchen, appears at 44 Luong Ngoc Quyen on HappyCow and at 26 Hang Buom elsewhere, though VietnamTourism.com puts a different restaurant at 26 Hang Buom, so confirm on +84 989 299 898. Dalcheeni at 100 Xuan Dieu is the usual West Lake pick, but its website domain was parked when we looked and the newest guide we found dates from November 2025. Check Maps for a current number before you cross town. If you have a free day, our guide to restaurants in Hanoi covers the Vietnamese side.

Ho Chi Minh City has the widest choice in Vietnam, and most of it falls inside the old District 1 between Ben Thanh Market and Bui Vien. Tandoor is the safest all-rounder, trading in Vietnam since 1996 by its own account, with two branches and a full online menu. Vegetarians should go straight to Tanishq, which had a HappyCow review on 18 August 2026, or Gujarat’s Pham Ngu Lao branch, reviewed on 13 July 2026.

Older lists will still send you to addresses that no longer work. Ganesh at 38 Hai Ba Trung is closed, and the chain’s own site no longer shows it. Couple Star at 8 Nguyen Ba Huan was reported closed in 2019. Saigon Indian’s website now gives 26 Le Anh Xuan while most listings still say 73 Mac Thi Buoi, so ring 028 3824 5671 first. Shri Natraj is at 41 Bui Thi Xuan in the newest guides, so treat 35 Ngo Duc Ke on older lists as out of date.

Hindu travellers can pair lunch with Mariamman Temple, which is close to Ben Thanh Market and to both Gujarat branches. Our guide to Hindu temples in Vietnam has the details. For everything beyond Indian food, see our list of restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City.

Da Nang is the one city where Indian food has outside recognition. Rang and Indian Aroma both sit on the MICHELIN Guide’s 2026 Bib Gourmand list for Da Nang, which is a value award and not a star. Rang faces My Khe Beach, and its owner-chefs are two brothers born in India and raised in Australia. Michelin suggests chicken tikka, then dal tadka with roti or naan, and lists lunch from 11:30 am to 3 pm and dinner from 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Indian Aroma has moved to three floors at 69 Hoai Thanh, so ignore older An Thuong addresses. Its Michelin page links to a Mumtaz Indian Aroma website, so a “Mumtaz” listing on An Thuong is probably the old site. Michelin’s pick there is saag ghosh, a lamb and spinach curry, with garlic naan.

Staying by the river in Hai Chau? MAAZI is your closest option, and the beach-side group is a short taxi ride over the bridge. Our guide to restaurants in Da Nang covers the local food.

Hoi An has more Indian kitchens than its size suggests. Rasoi is the strongest pick for vegetarian families. Its own site calls the menu exclusively plant-based and publishes a Jain commitment, and it can seat 200 people, which suits a wedding party or a tour group. Baba’s Kitchen on Phan Chu Trinh is the meat-eater’s choice, with a Tripadvisor review from September 2026.

Most Indian travellers treat Da Nang and Hoi An as one stop, because the two are about 30 km apart. If you are sleeping in Da Nang, book your Hoi An dinner before the day trip and let Rasoi or Ganesh know your timing. For the rest of the day, see things to do in Hoi An.

Phu Quoc’s Indian restaurants bunch along Tran Hung Dao street in Duong Dong, which makes your hotel location the deciding factor. Three of the four below share one stretch of that street, from number 97 to 107. Stay near there and you can walk to dinner. Stay at a southern resort and each meal becomes a planned taxi trip.

The south has newer options. Sun Paradise Land’s October 2026 guide names Apnaa Indian Dhaba Bistro and Maa Indian Restaurant in Sunset Town, plus a Hon Thom buffet with separate vegetarian, Jain and halal areas. That guide comes from the group that operates the area and gives no addresses, so treat those three as leads. Our Phu Quoc island guide helps you pick a base.

Outside the five main cities, plan around one named restaurant or none. This is the table to read before you book a two-night stop somewhere smaller.

Ninh Binh and Cu Chi are often day trips, so eating in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City the night before solves most of the problem. If you are heading to Tam Coc, carry a snack and ask your hotel to confirm a kitchen. For Vietnamese food on those stops, see restaurants in Nha Trang and restaurants in Hue.

You can get Indian or vegetarian food on many Ha Long cruises, but only if you ask when you book. Cruise kitchens load food for a set seafood-led menu, and nobody can shop for paneer once the boat has left the pier. Ask for the menu in writing, name the diet, and get the number of Jain or vegetarian guests confirmed on the booking.

On land, The One Indian in Bai Chay is at Lot N5/15, Cai Dam New Urban Area, with WhatsApp on +84 96 682 0758. Its own site offers vegetarian set menus and catering for hotels and events, but it lists two sets of hours and does not say whether it supplies boats, so ask. Benaras also advertises cruise catering across Vietnam. That is the restaurant’s own marketing, so get a quote before you rely on it. Some Ha Long day cruises now sell an optional Indian set menu, which helps, but it does not replace a written confirmation.

Strict diets are manageable in Vietnam if you pick the right kitchen and message ahead. Labels are the problem, because most of them are the restaurant’s own words. No page we read names a certifying body or describes an independent audit. So this table reports what each place says, and nothing more.

Vegetarian Food Beyond Indian Restaurants

The word to learn is chay, which means vegetarian, and a quán chay is a vegetarian eatery. Two traps catch Indian travellers. Fish sauce goes into food that looks meat-free, so “no meat” alone won’t protect you. And menus in chay kitchens often borrow meat names, so “grilled pork” there means tofu or gluten. Egg can also appear in chay food. Our list of vegetarian street food in Vietnam shows which dishes to try. Many Vietnamese Buddhists eat vegetarian on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month, so more stalls sell it on those two days.

Jain Food

Jain travellers should expect a request, not a menu. We found no Jain-only kitchen, and any restaurant with a mixed menu cooks meat in the same building. Send your rules by WhatsApp or Zalo a few hours before you arrive, spelling out no onion, no garlic and no root vegetables. Gujarat’s own Jain guide, dated 29 September 2026, gives the same advice for Hanoi and Da Nang, and one aggregator suggests four to six hours’ notice.

Halal Food

Vietnam’s halal system is not standardised, according to VietnamTourism.com’s guide updated on 9 August 2026, and many places trade without paperwork. If you need strict halal, ask to see a current certificate and ask who issued it. VHCA and HALCERT are two names you may see on one. For a Muslim-run option in Hanoi, the same guide names Al Safa at 48 Hang Luoc, a small Indian restaurant with a Muslim owner and no certificate. It also names Bismillah in Ho Chi Minh City, Pakistani-Indian and likewise uncertified. Vegetarian is not halal either, so don’t treat one as the other.

Cities are easy. The trouble comes in the gaps between them, and those gaps are predictable.

• Early departures. Morning transfers to Ha Long or Sapa can leave before restaurants open, so ask your hotel for a packed breakfast the night before.
• Cruises. Settle the menu at booking, as above.
• Homestays and treks. One pot feeds everyone in a Sapa or Mekong homestay, so tell your agent well ahead.
• Transfer days. The drive to Ha Long or Ninh Binh can pass few useful stops. Carry theplas, khakhra or instant poha for these days.
• Rain days in Hoi An. Book a taxi and call ahead, especially from October to December, and check our Vietnam in November guide if your trip falls then.

Show this table on your phone. Tones are hard, and the written words work better than your pronunciation at a busy stall.

In the north, swap thịt heo for thịt lợn. Paste Quán chay gần đây into Google Maps to find chay eateries around you.

An Indian meal in a mid-range city restaurant costs about 240,000 to 330,000 VND per person (roughly ₹900 to ₹1,200) before drinks. We built that from menus instead of copying blog ranges, which disagree with each other. All rupee figures below use ₹1 = 270 VND, the rate on 30 October 2026, and they will move.

Here is how that adds up for two people at Tandoor, drinks excluded. A vegetarian order of two curries, two butter naan and one rice comes to 483,000 VND, or about ₹895 each. Swap in butter chicken and lamb and the bill reaches 659,000 VND, or about ₹1,220 each. Rasoi’s set menu is listed at US$12 a head, about ₹1,145, and its tour-group buffet at US$10. Be wary of quick conversions online. 200,000 VND is about ₹740, not ₹300.

This takes about 20 minutes per city and saves a wasted taxi fare.

1. Pick your hotel area first, using the access table above.
2. Save two restaurants per city in Google Maps, one of them a backup.
3. Check that the newest Google review is under a month old.
4. Message the restaurant on WhatsApp or Zalo with your date, group size and diet.
5. Ask Jain or halal questions in writing, and keep the reply on your phone.
6. Give your agent or cruise the same diet note when you book, not on arrival.
7. Pack snacks for early departures and transfer days.

These three routes stay near the restaurants above, which matters most for families and vegetarians. The nights are a starting point, and our planners can adjust them.

Families can start with our Vietnam Cambodia tour with Indian food, where vegetarian and Indian meals are available on request. Check the Vietnam visa for Indians rules early, and use the Vietnam travel guide for the wider picture.

Every restaurant in our tables has a source, and the Latest proof column shows which one. “Own site, read Oct 2026” means we read the site that month, not that the restaurant updated it then, and we note an old footer where we saw one. In October 2026 we read each restaurant’s own website, the MICHELIN Guide, or its newest dated review on HappyCow or Tripadvisor. Where we had none of those, we used a dated VinWonders guide and said so. We dropped places with no proof since 2024. We did not phone every restaurant, so a website being live does not prove the kitchen is open today. Call before a long trip across town.

Addresses need one more warning. Vietnam abolished its district level on 1 July 2025, so District 1 addresses now often read Sai Gon Ward or Ben Thanh Ward, and Phu Quoc is a Special Zone of An Giang. Search the street number and restaurant name in Maps, not the old ward.

Indian food won’t be the hard part of a Vietnam trip if you stay near it. Pick a base in each city, message one restaurant before you land, and settle cruise meals when you book. When you’re ready to shape the route, compare our Vietnam tour packages and ask for hotels close to the restaurants that suit your diet.