Chapter Dining & Grill

Amazing dining experience, Highly recommended! My partner and I are both pescatarian and I don’t eat gluten. The restaurant accommodated the menu to our dietary requirements and served the most exquisite dishes. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable and speak great English. Only a small selection of wines is available by the glass or by carafe - we wish we had more options to choose from, but it’s just a detail. We got various sorts of tuna fish, Japanese scallop, tooth fish and of course their special trout grilled in banana leaves.

Super love the way this restaurant uses art to help you immerse in the theme of camping in the mountains! Use of local ingredients such as eel, chestnut, rice, and many herbs plus some Vietnamese way of preparing the food. Chargrill is the core and most food has this smokey flavor. The matching drinks range from beer, sake, rice wine, red wine to corn bourbon! Very interesting indeed. The servers are articulated, friendly, great English and very proper. 🤩

Chapter Dinning and Grill, is in a unseemly small road, it hides a quite unique gem of a restaurant. A multi course set meal, each course explained by the host, with supporting cards (not a menu) to explain both the ingredients and also how it is to be eaten. Each course was indeed spectacular. Excellent wine list available to accompany the meal.

The restaurant aligns each plate with what you’d expect low class Vietnamese food from Hà Nội to be but in a unique way. They perfectly grasped the taste of old time food and turned it into an elegant tasting menu. The chefs displayed wonderful gastronomical skills that you don’t see so often in Vietnam. Was pleased with majority of the dishes and would come back for a new set menu.

I don’t usually do public reviews. However, in this case, because the restaurant asked for one, I will happily oblige. Food and travel is my passion. I am blessed and fortunate enough in this life to have been able to do this across the globe including a number of Michelin starred restaurants in both the US and throughout Europe. The list is still long! Chapter Dining and Grill is exceptional! I would rate this as one of my top 10, or even top 5 dining experiences globally! And an experience it is! It is not just about amazing food, presentation and service but the “story” that comes as part of that experience. It’s called “Chapter” for a reason. We had the “Mountain Village” tasting menu with alcohol pairing (not just wine, because the “story” would be dull). The attention to detail was delightful. The restaurant is dark and sophisticated but in a relaxed way. From the moment you enter from the street into the open kitchen concept, you are hooked. A quick elevator up one level and you are in the dining area. Beautiful contemporary art and lighting surround you. And so the “story” begins. Each course was its own little story within the story. It progressed at a lovely pace. Each dish presented beautifully with details provided. I don’t need to describe each course. I’ll just say….it was ALL AMAZING! In my (our) opinion, this place is deserving of at least one if not two Michelin stars! I hope they are forthcoming.

Extraordinary dishes! The taste, the harmony of the flavours, the presentation, the depth of the story behind each dish are wonderful. The meal here was one of my top 3 fine dining experiences in Hanoi, and I cannot wait to be back - the menu seems to change quite often. Every single dish was incredibly complex, and while everything tasted great, a few dishes were true standouts and at some point I wondered whether I should have ordered two set menus in order to double the portions because it was so good! 🙃 Grandma's toothfish with green banana cannot be described in words, the green ambarella with ant salt (yes!!!) was both a major learning and another standout in taste, the crispy pork fat was an incredibly clever and pleasing play on Vietnamese sandwiches, and so much more. The non-alcoholic beverage pairing was a similarly delightful learning journey; with 6 small glasses for 13 courses, I might even have both the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic beverage pairing next time to explore all the combinations of flavours. Service was perfectly polite and kind with very good English; on the margin, service could have been a bit more attentive (e.g., rather than just removing an empty bottle of water, asking about a refill, or inquire after a dish what the guest thought about it).

Well worth it. Not too heavy on the storytelling, immaculate attention to detail, a fitout as good as restaurants commanding far more elsewhere, and a menu to go along. I did the non alc match which was a treat too. Must do.

This is a fully immersive dining experience! Not only is the food absolutely wonderful with well selected drink pairings but they really tell a story of Vietnam. With every bite you feel like you are in those different places and understand some of the culture. The building itself is beautiful, the staff is very attentive and friendly and the chef is a great guy. You can feel his passion in everything.