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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Where Y'at. Updated September 2026.
Lilly's Café · Lower Garden District
Where Y'at calls out Ms. Lilly's positive energy and home-made cooking; the cafe was named to Where Y'at's own Best of the Big Easy from 2018 to 2024.
Tân Định · Gretna
Where Y'at names the Gretna spot for its top-notch ingredients and vast menu, from Cornish hen dishes to spring rolls and pressed vermicelli.
Phở Tầu Bay Restaurant · Central Business District
Where Y'at traces the Tulane Avenue spot back to a 1960s Vietnam pho shop, with praise from chefs Anthony Bourdain and Emeril Lagasse for its home-made ingredients.
Dong Phuong Bakery · New Orleans East
The first Vietnamese restaurant and bakery in New Orleans, legendary banh mi bread.
Mint Modern Vietnamese · Freret Street
Authentic Vietnamese with innovative specials, pho, vermicelli, sticky chicken wings.