Nê Cocktail Bar
One of Hanoi's modern-cocktail pioneers, home of Pham Tien Tiep's famous flaming Pho cocktail.
Hanoi
Hanoi pairs grand colonial hotel bars near the Opera House with small creative bars in the Old Quarter and the lakeside Tay Ho district, several using Vietnamese ingredients and rice spirits.
Angelina – Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
The Metropole's glamorous bar, with a towering back bar, classic and modern cocktails and a whisky and cigar lounge.
Polite & Co
Hanoi's original speakeasy: a gentleman's-club room of leather chairs and framed photos, strong on classics and whisky.
Workshop14
A minimalist former architect's studio in Tay Ho, serving modernist cocktails built on Vietnamese produce.
The Hudson Rooms – Capella Hanoi
Capella Hanoi's top-floor bar, styled on 1920s Grand Central Terminal, pairing travel-themed cocktails with seafood.
The Haflington
A museum-inspired Old Quarter bar with a dinosaur skeleton overhead and a vintage-minded cocktail list.