Where to Eat the Best Vietnamese Food in Houston

Here’s where to find warming bun suong, classic taro cakes, bahn mi, and a symphony of Viet-Cajun flavors

With one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing Vietnamese populations, Houston is an undisputed stellar destination for Vietnamese food. The rich cuisine has been a Space City staple for decades, with many time-honored restaurants, from Asiatown to Downtown, brimming with pate-packed banh mi, warming bowls of pho, and Viet-Cajun-style dishes, including signature, spicy-laden crawfish. In recent years, interest in the cuisine has intensified with the emergence of celebrity chefs like Christine Ha, winner of MasterChef’s Season 3, and Trong Pham and Nikki Tran, who appeared in Netflix’s Ugly Delicious. Both have shed significant light on the breadth and versatility of Vietnamese cuisine.

The options are vast, but here’s an essential starting point. Whether diners crave a filling noodle dish, crusty banh mi with Vietnamese coffee, or a more modern, Vietnamese American interpretation of a dish, this map will lead them to the best Vietnamese restaurants in Houston.

Eater has updated this map to include Annam, a new Vietnamese restaurant hosted in Montrose’s Autry Park, and Alora. The now-closed Kau Ba has been removed.