Nhà hàng 1946 Cửa Bắc

Very authentic Vietnamese cuisine. Very basic style of cooking and used of ingredients. The quality of rice well selected that go well with this type of cooking. As today I’m a solo diner, many of popular dishes did not order. Like the crab hot pot. Hope I will be back with more people to enjoy varieties of food selection.

This was the first place we ate in Hanoi and it left us with an amazing first impression! Everything we ordered was delicious and they also have a variety of dishes to choose from. Besides pork/beef/chicken, they also have dishes with frog, snails, snake and other ‘uncommon’ things to try out. Would definitely recommend this place for a traditional Vietnamese dining experience!

I have high expectation as they're Michelin guided but the experience is kinda disappointing. They don't have a lot of things in their menu and the service is geared towards foreign visitors. The dishes we tried were mundane.

The banana flower salad was okay, but the beef that pair along with it tasted off. The beef tongue in bamboo was actually quite good actually. The mountain chicken was a very odd, it was probably steam without seasoning as per the style of the dish, but the texture was tough and fibrous, nothing like chicken but more akin to a wild game bird. The wet towel had a pungent floral smell that would is too overpowering and the restaurant was clearly under staffed. Sorry 1946

The restaurant is a little way down an alley and is very cute with some staff dressed in military uniforms. You're greeted by yummy food smells the moment you step in the door, cool air from the air-conditioning (which was sorely needed in the 37°C heat) and was mostly filled with locals - always a good sign for adventurous travellers. The staff don't really speak English, except for one gentleman who tried very hard to help us and recommended some really yummy salads. But to fully enjoy yourself in Vietnam (or really any foreign country that doesn't speak English that widely), just take it easy, ask for recommendations and don't get upset if something gets lost in translation. I ordered the steamed mountain chicken but it came fried, and he tried to Google translate it to us that it can be prepared many different ways and he tried to pick one to suit us. It actually turned out to be a stellar dish, cooked with lime leaves, and with a very pleasant gamy taste, lean, and very aromatic. Happy surprise! Everything else was delivered on point: I highly recommend the duck and coconut stem salad, beef and banana flower salad, a sour canh cua soup with minced meat, pineapple and starfruit slices and the eel cooked in bamboo was soooo good - it comes with a pounded herb mix that adds a lot of depth to the dish. There were so many other interesting dishes we wanted to try but needed more stomach space for: wild boar, snail meat rolled into balls, and some interesting vegetables we've never seen before. Come here if you want something different, have an open mind and love adventure, and can be patient with the language barrier. PS: Charges for wet towel service and peanuts and etc are commonplace in mid to high-range establishments across Asia, just accept it.

We weren’t expecting expecting much but boy was the food delicious! Service was pleasant, someone leaped at the opportunity to seat us which got me equally excited! We ordered 4 plates of food and rice between 2 and our server, who was quite a fun guy, told us to stop at 4. It was delicious The morning glory in all its perfect garlic goodness, was stir fried to perfection, and accompanied by a sweet soy sauce with fresh chilis. An accompaniment I’ve never had but happily welcomed. The fried grab was a little painful to eat with the spiky pincers and leafs so you have to be careful, but with how delicious it was, it was worth it. Paired with the lemon and salt dipping sauce was perfection. Omg next was the eel, whatever fermented slightly spicy sauce it was paired with was delicious, soft, succulent eel, not overcooked, meat was so bouncy still, what a delight! We ate it with the mint and small perilla leaves on the side and that was YUM! Lastly we got the fried chicken with fish sauce, there were certain bits that felt a little drier than other bites, but comes with the territory of some chicken parts that are less forgiving with being overcooked. But the chicken skin was fried to perfection, perfect crunch with the fish sauce and there must’ve been sugar somewhere because the slightly sweet note made it such a well rounded dish! Iced tea was gorgeous, gave us wet towels for our hands, and showed us the proper way of enjoying some of these dishes. All for an incredibly affordable price point.

Very nice local Vietnamese food. Especially the tofu and vege, fresh. Steam mountain chicken is nice.

Came here for a working lunch. Great Vietnamese food (we love the beef, river crab soup, chicken with fish sauce and the deep fried river crab). Service could be improved during peak hours but not a pain point. We'll definitely be back again.

Very authentic Vietnamese cuisine. Very basic style of cooking and used of ingredients. The quality of rice well selected that go well with this type of cooking. As today I’m a solo diner, many of popular dishes did not order. Like the crab hot pot. Hope I will be back with more people to enjoy varieties of food selection.

This was the first place we ate in Hanoi and it left us with an amazing first impression! Everything we ordered was delicious and they also have a variety of dishes to choose from. Besides pork/beef/chicken, they also have dishes with frog, snails, snake and other ‘uncommon’ things to try out. Would definitely recommend this place for a traditional Vietnamese dining experience!

I have high expectation as they're Michelin guided but the experience is kinda disappointing. They don't have a lot of things in their menu and the service is geared towards foreign visitors. The dishes we tried were mundane.

The banana flower salad was okay, but the beef that pair along with it tasted off. The beef tongue in bamboo was actually quite good actually. The mountain chicken was a very odd, it was probably steam without seasoning as per the style of the dish, but the texture was tough and fibrous, nothing like chicken but more akin to a wild game bird. The wet towel had a pungent floral smell that would is too overpowering and the restaurant was clearly under staffed. Sorry 1946

The restaurant is a little way down an alley and is very cute with some staff dressed in military uniforms. You're greeted by yummy food smells the moment you step in the door, cool air from the air-conditioning (which was sorely needed in the 37°C heat) and was mostly filled with locals - always a good sign for adventurous travellers. The staff don't really speak English, except for one gentleman who tried very hard to help us and recommended some really yummy salads. But to fully enjoy yourself in Vietnam (or really any foreign country that doesn't speak English that widely), just take it easy, ask for recommendations and don't get upset if something gets lost in translation. I ordered the steamed mountain chicken but it came fried, and he tried to Google translate it to us that it can be prepared many different ways and he tried to pick one to suit us. It actually turned out to be a stellar dish, cooked with lime leaves, and with a very pleasant gamy taste, lean, and very aromatic. Happy surprise! Everything else was delivered on point: I highly recommend the duck and coconut stem salad, beef and banana flower salad, a sour canh cua soup with minced meat, pineapple and starfruit slices and the eel cooked in bamboo was soooo good - it comes with a pounded herb mix that adds a lot of depth to the dish. There were so many other interesting dishes we wanted to try but needed more stomach space for: wild boar, snail meat rolled into balls, and some interesting vegetables we've never seen before. Come here if you want something different, have an open mind and love adventure, and can be patient with the language barrier. PS: Charges for wet towel service and peanuts and etc are commonplace in mid to high-range establishments across Asia, just accept it.

We weren’t expecting expecting much but boy was the food delicious! Service was pleasant, someone leaped at the opportunity to seat us which got me equally excited! We ordered 4 plates of food and rice between 2 and our server, who was quite a fun guy, told us to stop at 4. It was delicious The morning glory in all its perfect garlic goodness, was stir fried to perfection, and accompanied by a sweet soy sauce with fresh chilis. An accompaniment I’ve never had but happily welcomed. The fried grab was a little painful to eat with the spiky pincers and leafs so you have to be careful, but with how delicious it was, it was worth it. Paired with the lemon and salt dipping sauce was perfection. Omg next was the eel, whatever fermented slightly spicy sauce it was paired with was delicious, soft, succulent eel, not overcooked, meat was so bouncy still, what a delight! We ate it with the mint and small perilla leaves on the side and that was YUM! Lastly we got the fried chicken with fish sauce, there were certain bits that felt a little drier than other bites, but comes with the territory of some chicken parts that are less forgiving with being overcooked. But the chicken skin was fried to perfection, perfect crunch with the fish sauce and there must’ve been sugar somewhere because the slightly sweet note made it such a well rounded dish! Iced tea was gorgeous, gave us wet towels for our hands, and showed us the proper way of enjoying some of these dishes. All for an incredibly affordable price point.

Very nice local Vietnamese food. Especially the tofu and vege, fresh. Steam mountain chicken is nice.

Came here for a working lunch. Great Vietnamese food (we love the beef, river crab soup, chicken with fish sauce and the deep fried river crab). Service could be improved during peak hours but not a pain point. We'll definitely be back again.