Hanoi pho bo is the canonical Northern beef noodle soup: clear bone broth, anise-led, ladled over thin rice noodles with rare or well-done beef.
Pho was born in the early 20th century in Nam Dinh and Hanoi, drawing on Chinese noodle and French boeuf bouilli stock traditions. The dish spread north as workers commuted to French-built Hanoi. Pho Gia Truyen Bat Dan, Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su and Pho Bo Lam all hold Michelin Bib Gourmand status for the classic clear-broth Northern style. The 1979 Pho Thin Lo Duc invention of the stir-fried beef pho bo tai lan broke from the lighter Hanoi tradition with a richer garlic-and-onion broth.
5 editor picks for Phở Bò in Hanoi, ranked by editorial score. All Hanoi signature dishes · Phở Bò across every city.
Phở Gia Truyền Bát Đàn ★ 4.6
old-quarter · 49 Bat Dan, Cua Dong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Pho Gia Truyen Bat Dan in Hanoi is a Michelin Bib Gourmand pho kitchen on Bat Dan, run by the same family for five decades with daily queues from 06:00.
Phở 10 Lý Quốc Sư ★ 4.5
old-quarter · 10 Ly Quoc Su, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su in Hanoi holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for a clear, traditional Northern beef pho across the Old Quarter from St Joseph's Cathedral.
Phở Thìn Lò Đúc ★ 4.5
hai-ba-trung · 13 Lo Duc, Pham Dinh Ho, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
Pho Thin Lo Duc in Hanoi is the Lo Duc kitchen where Nguyen Trong Thin invented the stir-fried beef pho in 1979, with a richer, garlic-and-onion broth.
Phở Bò Lâm ★ 4.4
old-quarter · 48 Hang Vai, Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
Pho Bo Lam in Hanoi holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for traditional Northern beef pho served from a tiny Hang Vai shophouse, family-run for three generations.
Phở Tiến ★ 4.3
ba-dinh · 103 Nguyen Truong To, Truc Bach, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Pho Tien in Hanoi is a Michelin Selected pho counter in Truc Bach, plating a delicate Northern beef broth from a Nguyen Truong To shophouse since 2010.