Bánh canh ghẹ 69

Delicious Bánh Canh! Amazing traditional Vietnamese restaurant frequented by locals. Don't expect anyone to speak English. Fresh ingredients so no need to worry about food poisoning. Highly recommend everyone visiting Hanoi visits Bang Bang Ghe 69!

This restaurant is quite well known and has been around for many years. I’ve driven past it countless times and always wanted to try it, so finally having dinner here felt long overdue. Overall, the experience was fairly decent. There’s a large parking area next to the restaurant since it’s located along a wide, flat lane, and a staff member helps guide scooters into place. Inside, the restaurant has three floors. Cleanliness is what you’d expect from a typical Vietnamese street-style place: Barely acceptable, and nothing impressive. You can move between floors either by stairs or elevator. When we arrived, both the first and second floors were completely full, so we were seated on the third floor. That alone says a lot about how popular the place is and how fast the customer turnover can be. Once seated, the staff brought us a menu with pictures. You can also order directly from the menu boards printed on the walls. The restaurant offers several combo options, which suggests they mainly cater to large groups. We ordered individual dishes with drinks instead, and the food arrived after about ten minutes. The taste was fine overall, with a strong seafood focus and a few hits and misses. The soup leaned slightly sweet, with a creamy, egg-like texture. You’ll probably want to add some seasoning from the table to boost the flavor. Portion-wise, there isn’t much difference between sizes except for the largest one, which almost gives you an entire crab, otherwise, it’s mainly just quantity. Our bowls were filling, and while the price is closer to a family-style restaurant than a cheap street stall, it felt reasonable for what we got. There are live seafood tanks right at the entrance, which helps reassure you about the freshness. Overall, I’d give this place around a 3.5-star rating. I do knock it down slightly due to the average cleanliness and somewhat rushed service caused by the heavy customer traffic.

I chose the small serving cost 50 thousand VND and felt satisfied. There’s real crab meat although the smell was gentle. It can taste much better if you add chilli paste and garlic vinegar. The place was clean and the staff were helpful. There’s a parking lot and staff who helps you with this. Will come back!

We ordered middle-sized bánh canh ghẹ, oysters with scallion oil and fried shallots, and oysters with cheese. The food was tasty, the portion was perfect for us. I personally prefer scallion oil oyster to cheese one. Good price, super fast service. Will definitely come back.

This place was recommended to me by my hotel’s receptionist and I’m glad I went! I got the 60k seafood banh canh bowl and it was very full of flavor. Overall delicious! The seafood were fresh as well. I will come back to try more of their dishes! The restaurant was also pretty clean. Staffs were nice as well.

Absolutely delicious food at very reasonable prices. Enjoyed the crab banh canh,, the crab was fresh and delicious. It's always busy here, but there is plenty of seating.

Good standard place. Good for seafood. Good if you want something different from the standard Vietnamese food on offer. Mostly locals eat here but suggested for anyone.

First impression: this place is always packing. And the reason is their main dish: Bánh canh ghẹ (a crab noodles) delivered 👌 But for the price the proportion is quite small. I came in quite late so there weren't many dishes left to try. So I ordered 2 bánh canh and some steamed clam. The bánh canh dish was on point. But the steamed clam was mediocre. Will becoming back to try other dishes. Highly recommended.