Top 5 delicious banh cuon shops 'running out of dipping sauce' in Hanoi

Banh cuon Ba Hoanh, Banh cuon Ba Xuan, Banh cuon Thuy Khue,… are famous delicious banh cuon shops in Hanoi, with loyal customers for many years, even eating a few servings to satisfy their cravings.

1. Mrs. Hoanh's rice rolls

Located on To Hien Thanh Street (Hai Ba Trung District), this place is considered one of the best banh cuon restaurants in Hanoi.

Mrs. Hoanh's rice rolls 1.jpg — Ba Hoanh's rice cake restaurant was once named in the Michelin Selected 2024 list. Photo: Kim Ngan

The rice rolls here are soft and smooth, with a layer of fatty scallion oil. The accompanying sausage is cut into thick, plump pieces. Customers can order grilled meat or meatballs depending on their needs.

The restaurant's dipping sauce is also considered a highlight that attracts customers with its beautiful brown color and easy-to-eat sweet and sour taste.

In particular, Ba Hoanh's rice rolls also have an ingredient that not many restaurants have. That is water bugs. Water bugs are steamed instead of fried or grilled to preserve all the essential oils and eye-catching appearance.

Mrs. Hoanh's rice rolls cost from 30,000 - 60,000 VND/serving. Photo: Kim Ngan

2. Mrs. Hanh's rice rolls

Many food lovers believe that if you haven't eaten Mrs. Hanh's rice rolls (at 26B Tho Xuong, Hoan Kiem district), you haven't fully enjoyed the original taste of Hanoi rice rolls.

The rice rolls here are made in Thanh Tri style, the flour is ground by hand so the crust is thin and soft.

The cake has a variety of fillings including shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, and bean sprouts, served with a light, slightly sour dipping sauce to create a harmonious flavor.

By combining the meat filling with skillfully seasoned fish sauce, the restaurant has created an attractive rice cake dish, loved by many domestic and foreign diners.

3. Ton Duc Thang night rice rolls

Among the famous and delicious banh cuon restaurants in Hanoi, there is still an address… without a name, located deep in a narrow alley but still crowded with customers. Even more strangely, this banh cuon restaurant is only open from 10pm to dawn.

Mrs. Lan's rice cake shop opened in 1987 but until now it still has no sign or name and is only open at night. Photo: Linh Trang

This rice cake shop has no signboard, nor is it named by the owner, so depending on the location of the shop, each customer calls it by a different name such as electric pole rice cake, Ton Duc Thang rice cake, night rice cake, etc.

Some people call it by the owner's name, such as Ms. Lan's rice rolls or Mrs. Lan's rice rolls.

The rice rolls here are thinly rolled, soft and smooth, rolled with minced meat, sprinkled with golden, crispy fried onions. Customers often eat rice rolls with a plate of cinnamon sausage.

The dipping sauce is available on the tables. Customers can eat as much as they want, add as much chili as they want, squeeze as much kumquat, and add pepper or not.

4. Thuy Khue rice rolls

Located deep in a small alley at 29 Thuy Khue (Tay Ho district), the banh cuon restaurant of Mr. Pham Van Chinh (64 years old) is a familiar dining address for many Hanoi diners.

The restaurant has two main dishes: regular rice rolls (with meat and wood ear) and egg rice rolls.

IMG 7351 JPG 1706 1678695187.jpg — A portion of rice rolls with wood ear mushroom meat filling and sausage dipping sauce at Thuy Khue rice rolls shop costs 20,000 VND. Photo: Quynh Mai

What is special is that compared to other banh cuon shops, the banh cuon here is cheaper, ranging from 15,000 - 20,000 VND/serving. Even a few years ago, the shop only sold it for 13,000 VND.

Diners who have enjoyed the restaurant's rice rolls commented that the crust is clear and smooth but chewy, not mushy. The dipping sauce is slightly sour, sweet, and easy to eat.

5. Mrs. Xuan's rice rolls

Not only is it considered one of the best banh cuon restaurants in Hanoi, Ba Xuan banh cuon restaurant (Hoe Nhai slope, Ba Dinh district) also impresses because for many years it has used a stone mortar to manually grind the flour.

The restaurant's rice rolls are said to be thin, soft and smooth, but skillfully rolled so they don't tear and have a fragrant aroma from the rice flour. The filling includes meat and traditional wood ear mushrooms, served with fatty sausage and Uoc Le cinnamon sausage.

Mrs. Xuan's rice rolls cost about 40,000 VND/serving. Photo: Nguyen Quynh Trang

In addition to the familiar minced meat and wood ear mushroom filling, the restaurant is also famous for its steamed eggs. The eggs are steamed to about 70% doneness. The soft-boiled egg is chewy, rich, fatty, and not fishy.

Nestled in a small corner on the slope of Hoe Nhai Street (Ba Dinh), Mrs. Xuan's traditional rice cake shop has existed for over 30 years, crowded with customers from early morning until late afternoon.

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