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District 1 north · 2 of the Fifty

Tân Định · north of the centre

Hai Bà Trưng running north from the centre, the pink church, and Tân Định Market.

Hai Bà Trưng running north from the centre, the pink church, and Tân Định Market.
Tan Dinh Church, the pink church on Hai Ba Trung · Photo RG72, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Not a photo of any restaurant on this list.
4.45AVG GOOGLE
4.90AVG TRIPADVISOR
2WINNERS

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What the scores say about this area

Two winners, both of them experiences rather than menus — this is the ward where the list stops being about ratings and starts being about what you will remember.

Getting there. A 10-minute Grab from the Opera House, 35,000–55,000₫ by car. Walkable from Xuân Hòa in about 15 minutes along Hai Bà Trưng.

The winners here

in TripAdvisor listing order

No. 22 on the list
Consensus diagram for Ola Hale - Restaurant & Bar: an amber disc for 506 Google reviews at 4.2 overlapping a green disc for 161 TripAdvisor reviews at 5.0. The discs overlap 52% — the two platforms' agreement — with a cocktail glass in the overlap.

Ola Hale - Restaurant & Bar

Bars & rooftops · Tân Định · roughly 200,000–700,000₫ a head

G 4.2T 5.0TripAdvisor-leaning
No. 33 on the list
Consensus diagram for Noir Dining In The Dark: an amber disc for 1,626 Google reviews at 4.7 overlapping a green disc for 2,232 TripAdvisor reviews at 4.8. The discs overlap 90% — the two platforms' agreement — with a globe in the overlap.

Noir Dining In The Dark

International · Tân Định · roughly 200,000–700,000₫ a head

G 4.7T 4.8Both crowds agree

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Tân Định — questions

How many award-winning restaurants are in Tân Định?

2 of the fifty: 1 bars & rooftops, 1 international. Together they hold 2,132 Google reviews and 2,393 on TripAdvisor.

How do I get to Tân Định?

A 10-minute Grab from the Opera House, 35,000–55,000₫ by car. Walkable from Xuân Hòa in about 15 minutes along Hai Bà Trưng.

What is Tân Định actually like?

Hai Bà Trưng running north from the centre, the pink church, and Tân Định Market. Two winners, both of them experiences rather than menus — this is the ward where the list stops being about ratings and starts being about what you will remember.

Which is the highest-ranked winner here?

Ola Hale - Restaurant & Bar, No. 22 on our list — 4.2 on Google from 506 reviews and 5.0 on TripAdvisor from 161.

Other areas

Sài Gòn24 winners · District 1 coreBến Thành14 winners · District 1 westXuân Hòa5 winners · District 3Chợ Quán2 winners · District 5 approachRiverside east3 winners · Bình Thạnh & Thủ ĐứcAll 50 winnersThe full ranked list

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