Peter Jon Lindberg

"Hungry and jet-lagged in Hanoi, I'm up at dawn for a long-simmered pho bo beef noddle soup, the most restorative meal in town."

Nick Boulos

"Slurp your way through a big bowl of pho, Vietnam's national dish of soup noodles. Try it at Pho Gia Truyen at 49 Bat Dan. It's been serving one dish (pho with beef for 40,000d/£1) since 1940, cooked in vast cauldrons stocked with chopped chilies."

Marybeth Bond

"Recommended by locals as the 'best beef pho' in Hanoi, expect a long line and sit on a squat child-size plastic stool on the street. This is the kind of pho a Vietnamese grandmother would take all day to prepare."

Michelle Rae Uy

"Pho Gia Truyen, a pho joint loved by locals and frequented by travelers, makes some of the most wonderful and comforting steaming bowls of pho in the Vietnamese capital."

Thanis Lim

"This is in my opinion – the best Pho I’ve tasted in Vietnam. The soup has just the right amount of sweetness and the beef slices are tender and delicious."

Joe Ray

"The big draw at this multi-generational establishment is the deep-colored broth, cooked in a fire pit in the alley adjacent to the kitchen. No plate of sprouts and leaves, just a tiny bucket of hot sauce and another of garlic-laced vinegar to emphasize the soup's clean flavors. Come early—they usually sell out by 10 a.m."

Jayson Moy

"The beef is perfect, the noodles done nicely. But the broth is the star. So rich and flavorful, it warms your stomach and your soul. This is what it’s all about."

Brown W. Cannon

"The stock is so wholesome and protein-rich you feel yourself being cured of whatever might ail you, perhaps of anything that ever could."

Eat Out Vietnam

"The secret of Pho Bat Dan has been passed by from generation to generation, that’s why Hanoians love the taste of this noodle bowl: because of traditional flavors. "

Huyên Trần

"The meat is fresh — the perfectly thin and tender sliced pieces of beef are rich in taste — while the bowl of goodness is rounded off by fresh green onion on top."