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Best Nightlife in Hanoi (2026)

Hanoi's nightlife ranges from street-corner beer to live jazz and serious cocktails. The bia hoi corner at Ta Hien and Luong Ngoc Quyen streets in the Old Quarter is the classic place for cheap draught beer on low stools, while Binh Minh Jazz Club, founded in 1997 by the saxophonist Quyen Van Minh, has live jazz every night from 9pm. Cocktail bars have flourished: Polite & Co began as a pub in 1995 and is now a whisky and cocktail lounge, Ne Cocktailbar is built around infused Negronis and a pho cocktail, and Mad Botanist is a hidden gin bar near St Joseph's Cathedral.

For a sense of history, the Bamboo Bar at the Sofitel Legend Metropole sits above the hotel's wartime bomb shelter, which can be visited on tours. For views, Top of Hanoi is an open-air bar on the roof of the 65-storey Lotte Center, the highest rooftop bar in the city. Most bars are in Hoan Kiem and easy to combine on foot, while Top of Hanoi is a taxi ride west. Hotel and cocktail bars are priced well above street-level beer, so mix the two. Book ahead for weekend jazz, and check the weather before heading to a rooftop.

6 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 nightlife in Hanoi

  1. Binh Minh Jazz Club Jazz club, Hoan KiemVietnam's first jazz club, founded in 1997 by saxophonist Quyen Van Minh, with live jazz every night from 9pm on Trang Tien Street.
  2. Polite & Co Cocktail and whisky bar, Hoan KiemA long-running Hoan Kiem bar that began as a beer pub in 1995 and is now a whisky, cigar and cocktail lounge with a seasonally changing drinks menu.
  3. Ne Cocktailbar Cocktail bar, Hoan KiemA 40-seat counter bar on Tong Duy Tan Street named after the Negroni, known for infused Negronis and a competition-winning pho cocktail.

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2. Polite & Co

Cocktail and whisky bar$$$Hoan Kiem

A long-running Hoan Kiem bar that began as a beer pub in 1995 and is now a whisky, cigar and cocktail lounge with a seasonally changing drinks menu.

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4. Mad Botanist

Gin bar$$$Hoan Kiem

A gin bar hidden upstairs in a building near St Joseph's Cathedral, with 1920s-style decor and house-infused gin and tonics in nine flavours.

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5. Top of Hanoi

Rooftop bar$$$Ba Dinh

An open-air bar and restaurant on the very top of the 65-storey Lotte Center Hanoi, the highest rooftop bar in the city, with views in every direction.

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