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Eating

Nha Trang is naturally a seafood haven and there is a wide variety of excellent eateries. If you've been
enjoying the fresh baguettes in Vietnam, you're in for a treat - Nha Trang has its own unique variety of French bread, a heavier loaf that is closer in consistency (and taste) to a New York City hot pretzel. Proud locals say the bread is more filling for Nha Trang's hard-working fishermen.
VIETNAMESE
Dua Xanh Restaurant (189 D Nguyen Binh Khiem) A pleas¬ant spot with many seafood dishes, Dua Xanh (Green Coconut) has outdoor gar¬den tables in addition to its indoor dining room. Leave room for dessert. The owner speaks English and French.
Truc Linh ( 210 Biet Thu) Popular and festive. True Linh has a garden setting and indoor-outdoor seating. In the evening you can choose fresh seafood from a table in front of the restaur¬ant and enjoy a beer while you wait.
Lac Canh Restaurant ( 44 D Nguyen Binh Khiem) A Nha Trang institution. Lac Canh is one of the busiest local eateries in town. Here, on the street level or upstairs, beef, squid, giant shrimps, lobsters and the like are grilled right at your table.
Cyclo Cafe (5A D Tran Quang Khai) Run by a local couple with years of experience in the restaurant business, the Cyclo Cafe has an intimate atmosphere, excellent Viet¬namese and Italian dishes, great service and pleasing decor
Red Star (14D Biet Thu) This no-frills place serves excellent seafood. Try the crab or clams with ginger, lemongrass and chilli, or the fish hotpot.
Cafe des Amis (2D 6 Biet Thu) A popular spot with good vegetarian fare. The walls here are covered with an interesting collection of works by Vietnamese painters.
Then there's Dam Market, which has a colorful collection of stalls in the covered semicircular food pavilion
INTERNATIONAL
Nha Trang Sailing Club One of the most popular hangouts in Nha Trang, the Sailing Club serves a variety of cuisines from Vietnamese European to Indian and
Japanese it has a wide terrace on the beach - good for people-watching during the day and cean breezes at night.
El Coyote (76 D Hung Vuong) This Coyote does authentic Tex-Mex food like chilli con carne and pato con coca (duck leg with Coca-Cola sauce}. The owner has perhaps the most curious ethnic routs in town: he's a mixture of French, Vietnamese Lao and Cheyenne Indian.
Good Morning Vietnam (19B D Biet Thu) The Nha Trang branch of this Italian-run chain does good and reasonably priced pizza, pasta and sal-ads, plus a bit of Thai and Vietnamese to spice things up. Upstairs you can kick back on cozy Thai
cushions to eat or watch movies.
7C Biergarten ( 7C D Le Loi) This IS the place to head if you're craving an authentic Ger¬man sausage. This expat -run place serves up excellent bratwurst and schnitzel, plus home-baked brown bread. Prices are reasonable; the good local Viet Duc beer is on tap for 12,000d.
La Bella Napoli ( D Tran Phu) Congenial owners Marinella and Gigi specialise in home-cooked .southern Italian dishes and great brick-oven pizzas; they make then own mozzarella and gnocchi Inquire a day food and cold beer, this friendly bar shows free movies in the evening.