• Ta Van Restaurant, Victoria Sapa hotel

Located in the only up-market hotel in Sapa, this restaurant is not cheap but well worth a visit, especially if you have been traveling for a while and are kind of tired of Vietnamese food. Whilst the restaurant offers an extensive menu, the most delicious cuisines are the Fondue or Raclette. Absolutely great stuff, especially when it is freezing outside!

• Mimosa Restaurant and Gerbera Restaurant

Cau May St., Sapa Town, Lao Cai province
are nest door to each other. Both have terraces and are family run eateries, with very good and reasonably-priced barbecue beef, wild boar and venison as well as pasta, salad and a variety of Vietnamese dishes. But I like Mimosa more!

• Hoa Ban Restaurant

Cau May St., Sapa Town, Lao Cai - Tel: (020.3)871 870
Hoa Ban restaurant is on the ground floor of Hoa Ban hotel. The restaurant is small and clean. This is one of the few restaurant in Sapa which has its own pizza bakery. Some special foods in Hoa Ban are Fillet de Boius Australian Grille or Tagliatelle bolonnese sauce.

• Fan Si Fan Restaurant

Cau May St., Sapa Town, Lao Cai
A clean, cheap and small restaurant named after the highest mountain of Vietnam. The restaurant is familiar to backpackers because Fan Si Fan often appears in guide books. Staff is friendly and well-trained.

• Little Sapa Restaurant

21 Cau May St., Sapa Town, Lao Cai - Tel: (020.3)871 222
Vietnamese restaurant is located on the slope of Ham Rong Mountain. The restaurant also offers some French and Italian cuisine and pizza and spaghetti.

• Delta Restaurant

Cau May St., Sapa Town, Lao Cai - Tel: (020.3)871 799
Delta restaurant offers Italian and Vietnamese cuisine with charming decor. A set menu rate is a bit higher than nearby restaurants but the food is really delicious. Staff are experienced and speak both English and French.

• Cau May St, Sapa Town, Lao Cai

This French owned restaurant offers French and Vietnamese cuisine. French decor and honest staff. Visa and JCB cards are accepted for payment. Food is normal and prices are reasonable.

• The Pineapple Restaurant.

The owner informed us that the menu was still a work-in-progress, but it shows promise. The interior of the restaurant is smart, and the menu features burgers, continental breakfasts, and a salmon steak wrapped in a lotus leaf. The owner is an experienced guide who speaks English quite well and is interested in offering tours out of Lao Cai. They open at 05:00 if you get off the train and are looking for brekkie.

• Nhat Linh Restaurant,

Tel: (020) 3835 346. sonnhunhLaoCai@yahoo.com. Hours: 07:00-23:00.
Near the train station and a few doors down from Pho Nui Guest House, comes recommended, though on our visit we had to wake up the couple running the place in the middle of the day. Maybe it picks up in high season.

• Viet Hoa Restaurant

Tel: (020) 3830 082; F: (020) 3830 082.
Seems to be a good choice -- along the road towards the bus station on the left. It does a steady trade serving up reasonably-priced Chinese and Vietnamese dishes -- we didn't have a chance to try it, but the food looked good and smelled even better.

• Le Bordeaux Restaurant:

T: (020) 832 948; F: (020) 3837 347. lebordeaux@yahoo.com. Hours: 05:30-22:30.
A flashy new place, just northwest of the train station market, that looks to be serving up a similar menu despite the name, but not getting so many takers.