Top Hanoi Cooking Classes

Fantastic experience! Learning the history and techniques behind Vietnamese coffee at Phothesense was fascinating. The host, Jade, was welcoming and explained the brewing process perfectly. Making our own egg coffee was incredibly fun—and delicious. A highly recommended activity if you have a free morning or afternoon in the city.

This was the perfect way to spend our first morning in Hanoi! The staff is very knowledgeable about the coffee culture here in Vietnam! It was awesome to be able to try all the different types of coffees that we would see at cafes throughout the rest of the trip because we knew exactly which ones we loved and wanted to order again. They arranged a seamless pick up and drop off for us as well. Highly recommended!

We took an authentic Vietnamese cooking class at Hoàng Restaurant in Hanoi. Our menu was fresh green mango salad with shrimp; Hanoi style fresh spring rolls; and stir fried chicken with peppers, lemon grass and chopped cashew nuts. It was delicious - we are great chefs (lol) thanks to Dragon our master chef and Daisy our instructional hostess. We had lots of laughs, at our own expense, and fun. Some of our julienne cut veggies weren’t julienne cut (Daisy called them fat ladies) 😁🤪

It was very easy to schedule this transportation, communicate with the driver and locate him after picking up our luggage at baggage claim. When our flight was delayed by 3 hours due to a mechanical issue, the driver was still there and ready to drive us when we arrived.

We had an absolute blast. Louis took care of us extremely well and our driver/biker was great and friendly too! This is a really good tour giving quite a unique perspective to how it is to motorbike/scooter around Hanoi. Very much recommended and should be high on your list of things to do and experience here, seeing a train on train street was a great bonus!

The BEST cultural experience! Now I can say I’ve made banh mi and egg coffee IN Vietnam! Hazel,our teacher, was hilarious and informative! I can’t recommend this experience enough!!!! The banh mi was sooooo good. We learned how to make coconut and egg coffee. Along the way we ate snacks and drank delicious homemade wine. The best part was getting to meet people around the world who also shared in this one of a kind experience! Thanks so much for such a fun time Hazel, -Tina and Eddy!

My guide Thomson was excellent in every way and he gave me the adventure of a lifetime. I shall never forget it. I was the only one doing the tour today (my good fortune) so agreed to do the tour on the back of his motorbike! Normally it would have been a walking tour with others in the group. We explored the alley ways of the old city quarter, first stopping at Train street for tea/coffee. That experience itself was mind blowing exciting. To sit 6 inches away beside the tracks of a passing train as it whistled past; the adrenaline rush was indescribable. Next we stopped at two alleyway spots for delicious street food, sitting alongside local Vietnamese folk. I chose to leave out the third stop for Pho (wouldn’t have had room) and had dessert instead, yummy fried banana and coconut donut. This turned out to be an independent private tour with just me, so we were able to cover a lot more area around Hanoi driving past all the major landmarks, the French Quarter, lake, etc. The circumstances surrounding my experience today may not be replicated entirely because it was outside of the norm, but I would recommend Thomson as a guide. He is courteous, obliging, friendly and knowledgeable about Vietnam history and its people.

Bella combined exceptional knowledge of Vietnamese coffee production and history with a fun, patient teaching style that made the whole experience so engaging. The actual coffee making was so much fun, and the results were delicious. Definitely a highlight of our time in Hanoi.