3 Spoons Restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam

3 Spoons Restaurant occupies the 62nd floor of InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72 in the western business district of Hanoi. It is the hotel’s large all-day dining restaurant, combining broad skyline views with buffet service, à-la-carte choices and visible open kitchens. The place makes most sense for diners who want a polished hotel setting, a wide choice of cuisines or a meal built around the elevated view rather than an intimate neighborhood restaurant. It is also convenient for guests staying around Landmark72. The main limitation is location: it is well west of the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake, so visitors based in central Hanoi should treat the journey as a deliberate dining trip rather than a quick stop between sights.

The restaurant’s official description emphasizes variety. Vietnamese and wider Southeast Asian dishes sit alongside seafood, Korean barbecue, Italian breads, pasta and pizza, with different kitchen stations intended to make preparation part of the experience. That range is useful for mixed groups whose members do not all want the same cuisine. It also means 3 Spoons is not a specialist restaurant devoted to one regional tradition. Travelers seeking a focused tasting of Hanoi cooking may prefer a smaller Vietnamese restaurant, while groups, families and hotel diners may value the flexibility of choosing across several styles at one table.

Buffets are a major part of the current offer, but the precise promotion changes with the day. The hotel advertises an international lunch buffet from Monday to Saturday, a family-oriented Sunday lunch and a Mediterranean-themed dinner on Friday and Saturday. These are promotions rather than permanent promises about every service period, so it is sensible to check the restaurant’s current offers when booking. The official site also provides an à-la-carte menu route, which is useful if a full buffet is more food than you want or if you prefer to control the pace and cost of the meal.

The published daily meal windows are important because 3 Spoons is not presented as continuously open from morning to night. Breakfast runs from 06:00 to 10:30, lunch from 11:30 to 14:30 and dinner from 18:00 to 22:00. Special events can extend slightly beyond those core times; for example, the hotel’s current Mediterranean promotion is advertised later on Friday and Saturday evenings. If you are coming specifically for a buffet, a family program or another themed service, reserve against that offer rather than assuming the general restaurant hours describe every event.

Price logic is closer to an international luxury hotel than to a casual Hanoi eatery. Current promotional pages show set per-person buffet pricing and use the “++” convention for taxes and service charges, while other meals may be ordered from the menu. Because hotel promotions and prices are volatile, the useful planning point is to confirm the total price, inclusions and cancellation terms when reserving. Diners comparing 3 Spoons with street food or local family restaurants should expect the premium to reflect the setting, service format, hotel infrastructure and the 62nd-floor location as much as the food itself.

The view is the most distinctive non-food feature. InterContinental describes 3 Spoons as a skyline restaurant, and the high floor provides a very different perspective from central Hanoi’s low-rise historic streets. Daylight can make the city geography easier to read, while dinner shifts the emphasis toward the illuminated urban landscape. A view-facing table is not guaranteed simply because the restaurant is high in the building, so travelers for whom the panorama is central to the meal should request a suitable table when booking rather than relying on arrival-time availability.

Getting there is straightforward once you reach InterContinental Hanoi Landmark72. The hotel gives its address as Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, Plot E6, Cau Giay New Urban Area, Yen Hoa Ward, Hanoi, and the restaurant is reached inside the hotel on the 62nd floor. A taxi or ride-hailing car is generally the simplest option for visitors coming from the Old Quarter or Hoan Kiem area. Build extra time into the journey at busy periods because this is a cross-city trip rather than a short central walk. Once inside, hotel lifts provide vertical access to the restaurant level, although detailed table-by-table step-free arrangements were not independently documented in the sources checked.

Allow roughly one and a half to two and a half hours for lunch or dinner if you want to enjoy the buffet or several courses without rushing. Breakfast can be shorter. The hotel also operates other dining venues in the same building, including bars and a steakhouse, so a meal can be combined with a drink elsewhere in Landmark72 without another transfer. That convenience is useful for an evening planned around the tower, but it should not be confused with exploring Hanoi’s historic center, which remains a separate part of the city.

Reservations are especially sensible for weekend meals, themed buffets and occasions where a preferred table matters. The official restaurant page links directly to booking and publishes current offers, making it the best place to confirm what is actually running on your date. Travelers with dietary restrictions should also ask the restaurant directly about ingredients and kitchen handling: the wide international selection may provide choices, but variety alone does not establish allergen controls or suitability for a particular medical diet.

3 Spoons works best when its strengths match the plan: a broad menu, hotel-level service, a high-rise setting and a meal that feels separate from sightseeing in the Old Quarter. It is less compelling as a spontaneous cheap lunch or as an introduction to one specific Hanoi specialty. Visit with enough time to enjoy the setting, verify the relevant meal session before leaving central Hanoi, and regard the skyline and multi-kitchen format as the reasons to make the journey west.