Peridot Gallery Classic Boutique Hotel

Arriving on Bat Su Street, guests step off one of the Old Quarter's narrow trading lanes into a 45-room boutique hotel built around European lines and Vietnamese motifs. Rooms range from the Premier Deluxe, with large windows over the street below, to the Grand Suite with jacuzzi and a Family Connecting Room for those travelling in groups. The Junior Suite and Grand Deluxe with Balcony both look onto a corner of the Old Quarter, and several rooms carry a private balcony or a bathtub for slower mornings. Dining runs vertically rather than horizontally. SON Restaurant, on the 11th floor, serves Vietnamese and Western dishes against a view over the district's rooftops and tangled wires. Above it sits Cinnabar, the top-floor bar, open to the skyline with cocktails and live music running into the evening. You can watch the sun set over the Old Quarter from its terrace. A rooftop pool gives guests a second reason to stay above the street, away from the motorbike traffic below. The hotel also runs a tourism desk and arranges transfers and day trips, including boat tours to Halong Bay, for guests using Hanoi as a base rather than an endpoint. It is a compact stay, built for a city visited on foot and revisited from above.