Here are some suggestions around Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to dine out:

HANOI

Pan Pacific Hanoi

1 Thanh Nien Road, Ba Dinh District,

Tel: (024) 38238888

Festival of Seafood presents a selection of seafood delicacies including fresh lobsters, prawns, live fish and crabs. Pick out the fresh ingredients of your choice and chefs will get them cooked exclusively for you, till June 30, lunch and dinner.

Fortuna Hanoi Hotel

6B Lang Ha Street, Tel: (024) 38313333

May Man Restaurant

All You Can Eat Dim Sun features many varieties of dim sum including steamed, pan-fried, noodle dishes, snacks and desserts, Mon-Sat, 11am-2pm, VND298,000++/adult, VND149,000++/child.

-Dim Sum Brunch, Suns, 11am-2pm, VND318,000++/adult, VND159,000++/child.

Hanoi Daewoo Hotel

360 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District,

Tel: (024) 38315000

Café Promenade

-Weekend seafood & BBQ buffet dinner with premium seafood including lobsters, scallops, octopuses, oysters, at VND890,000++/adult; VND460,000++/child. Customers dining at restaurant will get free access to outdoor pool.

-Sunday Brunch with interesting kid activities, VND590,000++/adult, VND290,000++/child (including free flow of fresh juice, beer, soft drink, house wine or sparkling wine). Customers dining at restaurant will get free access to outdoor pool.

Sheraton Hanoi Hotel

K5 Nghi Tam, 11 Xuan Dieu Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, Tel: (024) 37199000

Oven D’or

-Crab Night - a festive buffet for crab lovers: immerse into the wonderful buffet with blissful flavour of crabs and other dishes, Thu-Sun, during Jun. Buffet dinner at VND1,100,000++/person.

-Japanese Food Festival: Enjoy the art of the true Japanese delicacies served by two guest chefs from Sheraton Hiroshima, Japan. Buffet lunch: VND620,000++/person, Buffet dinner: VND1,100,000++/person, Jun 14-24.

-Father’s Day Feast: Treat your dad a feast on Father’s Day. Brunch & buffet dinner, at VND1,100,000++/person, Jun 17.

Hemispheres Steak & Seafood Grill

-Canadian Oysters three-style: Enjoy the taste of freshly shucked, rose wine jelly and baked oysters from the British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast of Canada, VND750,000++/set (6 pcs of oyster with sauces), during June.

Lobby Lounge

-“My Burger My Style”: A combo of 1 Sheraton burger and a locally brewed beer, VND300,000++. You can select the flavour and toppings to create your own burger.

Hotel Nikko Hanoi

84 Tran Nhan Tong Street, Tel: (024) 38223535

La Brasserie International Restaurant

-Friday Grilled Dinner Buffet features an abundant grilled station with US beef short rib, chuck eye roll steak, beef rib finger, hanging tenderloin, rib eye steak, beef belly, fresh salmon, tuna, octopus, VND720,000++/person, Fri night.

-Dinner Buffet with Lobster: 1 portion of lobster served at table with varieties of cooking style, VND720,000++/person, Sat&Sun.

Tao-Li Restaurant

-“All you can eat” Dim Sum menu features more than 60 different kinds of dim sum & Chinese dishes, VND450,000++/person, Sat&Sun.

-Chinese 6-course set menu at VND500,000++/person.

Benkay Restaurant

-Monthly Kaiseki set menu created with the freshest seasonal product and imported ingredients, VND1,600,000++/person

Portraits Bar

-Matcha Fair: Enjoy relaxing moment with a cup of Matcha flavour, such as Matcha cappuccino, Matcha latte, Matcha blend, Matcha caramel, Matcha yoghurt, Matcha bailey’s, VND120,000++/glass, 7am-6:30pm.

HO CHI MINH CITY

The Reverie Saigon

22-36 Nguyen Hue Street & 57-49F Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Tel: (028) 38236688

The Royal Pavilion

-Father’s Day Feast features a special six course menu including braised crab soup with the bird’s nest and winter melon, crispy prawns with sweet and sour sauce, and braised grouper fillets, VND6,888,000++/four-person group, Jun 16-17.

Café Central Nguyen Hue

Sun Wah Tower, 113 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, Tel: (028) 38219303

-Special menu includes a must-try braised beef tendon stewed with hot chilli and a combination of six kinds of herbs, served with bread, rice or vermicelli, VND199,000++. Available daily till June 30.

Gartenstadt Restaurant

34-36 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Tel: (028) 38223623

-Discover the culinary specialties of Bavaria this June through a four-course set menu, and Nurnberger sausage with pretzel and sweet mustard, from VND90,000++, till Jun 30.

Amigo Grill Restaurant

55-57 Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, Tel: (028) 38241248

-New Southern American menu presents 12 Mexican and Brazilian specialties, also the best of Southern American cuisine, from VND159,000++/dish, till Jun 30.

InterContinental Saigon

Corner Hai Ba Trung Street & Le Duan Street, District 1, Tel: (028) 35209999

Market 39

-Father’s Day full of joyful activities and delicious food, from VND1.1 million++ for brunch, 12noon-3pm, VND1,290,000 net for dinner, 6pm-10pm, Jun 17.

-Sunday Brunch with a selection of premium seafood, roasted beef and Peking duck. From VND1.2 million++, 12noon-3pm, every Sun in Jun.

-Vietnamese food set lunch at VND250,000 net including dessert with free flow of iced tea.

Yu Chu

-The best traditional Asian crap dishes with a twist of Western cuisine, from VND275 million++/dish, available in Jun and Jul.

-Treat your beloved father with Peking duck and Cantonese cuisine, with a chance to get 15% discount on bill and one bottle of red wine, 6pm-10pm, Jun 17.

Pullman Saigon Centre

148 Tran Hung Dao Blvd, District 1, Tel: (028) 38388686

Food Connexion

-Father’s Day presents a pamper Sunday brunch with all of dad’s favourites, from VND1.3 million net, 12pm-3pm, Jun 17.

-Flavours of Asia features Asian cuisine with all ingredients hand selected from quality producers, VND980,000 net/adult, 6pm-10pm, every Mon-Thur in Jun.

-Extravaganza seafood buffet, VND1.3 million net including one soft drink, 6pm-10pm, every Fri-Sun in Jun.

-Sunday Funday Brunch with a variety of juices, salads, live cooking stations, raw stations, a wide selection of seafood, gluten desserts and may be a glass of Prosecco, from VND1.3 million net, 12noon-3pm, every Sun in Jun

Mad Cow Wine & Grill

-Butcher’s Cut presents an Italian Osso Buco dish, a slow cooked traditional beef in red wine, VND650,000, daily in Jun.

-Buy one get one free on a selection of Maddie’s favourite wines, cocktails and beers, thru Jun.

-Tuesday pasta Madness with Maddie and the Gang’s favourite homemade pastas, from seafood tagliatelle, meat lover’s cavatelli and a veggie garganelli, from VND260,000 net, every Tue in Jun.

-Treat yourself to Italian comfort food with Maddie’s Mad risotto, VND310,000 net/dish, available every Fri in Jun.

The Rooftop Bar

-Exceptional drinks and delicious tapas thru the evening, daily till June 30.

Urbane Lounge

-World Cup Burger presents the burger made with Angus beef, chilli, con carne, red cheddar cheese and burger sauce topped with a football shaped burn, VND220,000 net, daily in June.

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