doi moi
Vietnamese restaurant · U Street ·
Southeast Asian street fare, cocktails, vegan menu, and house-made soft serve
Southeast Asian street fare, cocktails, vegan menu, and house-made soft serve
"This Vietnamese street food bar offers $7.50 crispy Brussels sprouts and steamed dumplings, $5 beers, $6 wines, and $9 cocktails and daiquiris from Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday to Thursday from 9 p.m. until close." - Claudia Rosenbaum
"Drinks make use of ingredients like lemongrass, ginger, lychee, coconut, mango, and passionfruit at this vibrant Vietnamese street food spot in Logan Circle. Twists on classics include a Rhum-ka, a rum infused with galangal, lemongrass, kafir lime, coconut milk, ginger, and lime, or a Lychee See, Lychee Do made with vodka, lychee, apricot, lemon, and hibiscus ginger beer. Or take advantage of the 888 Daiquiri deal: $8 daiquiris for “eight” days a week until 8 p.m." - Claudia Rosenbaum
"A longtime Logan Circle Southeast Asian staple since 2012, Doi Moi has just added a limited four-course comeback prix fixe created by its original Laotian-born chef de cuisine Deth Khaiaphone ($65, dinner Mon–Thu) while continuing chef de cuisine Jaime Guevara’s regular Vietnamese street-food menu. I learned the prix fixe — developed from two rounds of guest tastings and running for about 60 days so the most popular items can graduate to the à la carte menu — features choices like a fish sauce–slathered scallop carpaccio with fried garlic crunch or crispy oyster mushrooms; a standout summertime dish of beef and rice noodles wrapped in grape or lolot leaves and grilled, served with Khaiaphone’s homemade sambal and a bounty of herbs and micro red shiso; and a dessert of tapioca soup with Champagne mango coulis, fresh coconut chunks, and a honey tuile. Managed by Star Restaurant Group, the restaurant also highlights pho, bánh mì, steamed buns, flash-fried beef jerky, dumplings, fresh-pressed juices, and $8 fruity daiquiris until 8 p.m. daily, and sits at 1800 14th Street NW; its 2020 tropical redesign and a new permanent parklet with tapestries and Asian lanterns give the space a vivid, street-facing presence." - Tierney Plumb
"Following a tropical overhaul from Star Restaurant Group, the reinvented Southeast Asian staple sends out pho, banh mi, steamed buns, flash-fried beef jerky, fresh-pressed juices, and Thailand’s Singha on draft. A solid weekday happy hour (3 p.m. to 6 p.m.) features $5 dumplings and $8 daiquiris. At night, follow a pink light to go downstairs encounter a dimly-lit basement bar that pairs its own list of cocktails with snacks to a soundtrack of ’70s soul music." - Eater Staff
"This trendy 14th street fixture has gone through a few iterations, but current chef Wade Hoo Fatt is really leaning into Vietnamese street fare. Think beef jerky, five spice frites, a riff on shaky beef, banh mi, banh bo buns, and more. Brunch brings a few more innovations like a pandan honeycomb cake and coconut beignets, plus plenty of savory traditional dishes. Order online here." - Missy Frederick