This Cafe is within the Elegance Essence hotel - so don't be put off if it doesn't look like a cafe from outside! We had tried to get a table at the Gourmet Corner Restaurant (which is in the Elegance Diamond Hotel), but it was fully booked, so they arranged a table for us at the Essence Cafe and transferred... More

Finally.... Un-westernised Vietnamese. Fragrant and flavours of Vietnam. The service was Perfect, right from greeting to hailing me a taxi for my trip back. Beautiful staff, beautiful food... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Saw the other reviews on TA and gave it a go! It was lovely, very nice attentive service and atmosphere. The food portions are large and we majorly over ordered but was lucky enough to cancel two dishes before they were cooked. Overall a great first meal in Hanoi.

My fellow reviewers on Tripadvisor rarely let me down but, on this occasion, the raves for this restaurant were well off the mark. I'm always reluctant to write a bad review for a restaurant and the staff here certainly tried hard. In fact, they proudly announced that they had a new French Chef and handed us a Western menu to... More

Great menu options and presentation for breakfast and dinner. The homemade yogurt was the highlight of the breakfast, whilst the fish in clay pot (which includes some pork) was sensational for dinner.

The restaurant is located in the heart of old quartier, a few metres of the nightlife street. It is perfect to have dinner there and then go out and have a fresh bier. The food is vietnamiese genuine and the service couldn't be better!

So we didnt initially intend on going to this restaurant we were walking down the street when it started pouring! We ducked under the cover of the hotel where the lovely doorman said for us to come and stand inside out the rain. Now were 4 backpackers and even though we had made an effort that night we still did... More

We had dinner here 2 nights in a row as the food was so good, dearer than street cafes, the food and cocktails were fabulous and you were demonstrated how to eat the dishes correctly

Recommended by our guide for dinner within walking distance of our hotel, this restaurant was not easy to find, but worth it! It turned out to be an intimate hotel dining room, with both a Vietnamese and Western menu. All four of us chose the latter. The bill for two of us, with wine, dessert and coffee came to $US42,... More