Four Vietnamese restaurants have disappeared from the list of Asia’s 25 best fine dining restaurants in 2026 based on an analysis of reader reviews on travel platform Tripadvisor.
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Hanoi’s The Rhythms Restaurant has taken everyday Vietnamese dishes to the world’s culinary elite to rank third in Tripadvisor’s 2026 “World’s Best Fine Dining Restaurants.”