Tuy Hoa Food Guide: Where to Eat

Tuy Hòa’s food identity starts with the sea. As the capital of Phú Yên — one of Vietnam’s major tuna-fishing provinces — fresh seafood runs through almost everything worth eating here, from the fish sauce on your table to the specialty dishes that only really exist in this stretch of coast. This Tuy Hoa food guide covers three very different ways to eat well in the city: a reliable Korean BBQ chain, an internationally trained fusion kitchen, and a seafood restaurant serving a dish you won’t easily find outside Phú Yên.

King BBQ – Vincom Plaza: The Reliable Group Dinner

On the 4th floor of Vincom Plaza, at the Hùng Vương–Trần Phú intersection, King BBQ brings its national Korean BBQ buffet format to Tuy Hòa. It’s open 10am to 10pm daily, with buffet tiers roughly 169,000-349,000 VND per person and a rotating menu of 200-plus grilled meat, seafood, and hot pot dishes on the higher tiers. Reviews are mixed rather than glowing (6.3/10 on Foody from 14 reviews, with some praise for the food and space and other complaints about slow service) — it’s less a destination than a dependable, air-conditioned option for a group dinner inside the mall, with private rooms and parking on hand.

Hayan – Taste Of The World: Tuy Hòa’s Best-Rated Kitchen

At 6 Điện Biên Phủ, Hayan is the best-reviewed restaurant in the city — 4.8/5 on Tripadvisor, ranked #1 of 52 Tuy Hoa restaurants. It’s run by chefs with 20-plus years in five-star hotels internationally, and the menu ranges well beyond a single cuisine: Sri Lankan curry, falafel pita, spaghetti carbonara and truffle spaghetti, four-cheese pizza, and butter chicken all show up in reviews, alongside a “healthy kitchen” pitch of mostly organic ingredients and no artificial additives. It’s open 10:30am-10pm on weekdays and 10am-10pm on weekends, with a full bar and outdoor seating — the most all-purpose stop in this food guide, breakfast through late dinner.

Casa de Rosa: Seafood Straight From the Tank

Casa de Rosa is a seafood restaurant rated 4.5/5 across 246 Google reviews, open 10:30am to 10pm daily, with meals typically running 200,000-300,000 VND per person. The draw is a live seafood tank priced by the day’s market rate — blue lobster, tiger prawn, squid, crab, blood clams, sea snails, and grouper prepared half a dozen ways (steamed, grilled, in porridge, in sour hot pot). It’s also one of the few places in the city serving gỏi cá mai, the raw fish salad made from cá mai, a fish that comes almost exclusively from nearby Ô Loan Lagoon — alongside other Phú Yên specialties like mắt cá ngừ tiềm thuốc bắc (herbal-stewed tuna eye) and lẩu sữa Ô Loan (Ô Loan-style milk hot pot). The Casa specialty menu adds dishes like spicy oysters served with bread and mango salad with sun-dried beef.

This Tuy Hoa Food Guide: Where Should You Eat?

For an easy group dinner, King BBQ inside Vincom Plaza does the job. For the best food in the city by review score, book Hayan. And for the freshest seafood and the one dish you genuinely can’t get elsewhere, Casa de Rosa’s gỏi cá mai is worth the trip. Pair any of these with an evening walk along the Tuy Hoa promenade, a stop by the city’s landmarks, or drinks afterward at one of our Tuy Hoa bars and rooftops.