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Polite & Co

Bar Cocktail bar

One of the Most Reviewed Cocktail bars in Ha Noi


Address

5b Ng. Báo Khánh, Hàng Trống, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội 111000, Vietnam

Contact

+84 968 949 606

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (1K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 5 pm to 12 am
  • Saturday: (Lantern Festival), 5 pm to 12 am, Hours might differ
  • Sunday: 5 pm to 12 am
  • Monday: 5 pm to 12 am
  • Tuesday: 5 pm to 12 am
  • Wednesday: 5 pm to 12 am
  • Thursday: 5 pm to 12 am

Featured Reviews


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  • 4/5 Amy P. 1 year ago on Google
    Very interesting bar we stumbled upon. Loved the decor, service was great & the Happy Hour menu was impressive with great prices and options. We ordered the 4-cheese pizza from the menu & it was delivered from somewhere outside the bar but was the best pizza we’ve had in Hanoi. Only downside to this bar was that smoking seems to be allowed inside.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Seng C. 10 months ago on Google • 21 reviews
    Great ambient and wonderful drinks for the night. Chill and comfy. Spend your night here greatly with all the wonderful drinks. The only things i don't like is they allow people to smoke inside, making the air feel so choking.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jed S. 4 years ago on Google
    Easily a “5-Star Cocktail Bar”. I’d give it a VERY SOLID B+\A- on a “world” cocktail bar rating. It goes without saying a high quality cocktail should take 6-10 minutes to make. Don’t expect it to come out faster than that.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Luke D. 9 months ago on Google • 48 reviews
    Great tasting cocktails at a good price! Would recommend to anyone in Hanoi looking for some great drinks, service by staff was friendly, helpful & quick.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thomas B. 2 months ago on Google • 85 reviews New
    Delicious cocktails! Next to that, beautiful scenery with wonderful influences of Magritte, Van Gogh and Dali while Charlie Chaplin is doing some tricks in the background. Lovely bar! Quite a popular place though so try to come early.

  • 4/5 Elizabeth Hunt E. 2 months ago on Google • 72 reviews New
    Round 2 @politepubhanoi This is a gorgeous space. The bar is dark stain wood, the lighting is just dark enough, and the decor is cool. The drink of the evening was the Bathtub Gin. It came in a bathtub with a rubber duck. It had form and sounded sweet, but it wasn’t. It was a good easy drinker.

  • 5/5 Carol-Ann 7 months ago on Google • 10 reviews
    Lovely atmospheric bar moments away from the madness of the lake. We had 2 fabulous signature cocktails including one that was sushi inspired. Both were creative and more importantly delicious with alcohol you could taste but not overwhelming. Perfect!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anish A. 1 year ago on Google
    A slightly more mainstream and crowded Cocktail Bar in HANOI, Polite & Co. offer scrumptious cocktails, both in the classic and contemporary types. We had only a quick stopover so can’t comment extensively, but what we had was superb. Do try the Dia de los for an excellent Cocktail Showcase experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Brennan D. 3 years ago on Google
    Staff ignored us, mediocre whiskey sour and it didn’t seem like they needed or wanted business. It was packed, and people get to smoke inside. Disgusting air quality. Please consider changing the smoking rule.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cody H. 1 year ago on Google
    Really good cocktails. Highly recommend visiting this spot if you have time as they have great appetizers and it’s also a fun/upbeat atmosphere. The employees are nice and made our drinks to perfection.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 lubinisha s. 1 year ago on Google
    Extremely rude bartender, asked for a cocktail for 250,000 dong gave me half a glass and wanted to put 3-4 cubes of ice in it. I asked to less ice so he refused to fix it. When I asked him to change glass he was giving it in a cup . So much for fancy cocktails curated for a guest.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anna D. 1 year ago on Google
    Tucked between buildings is this gem of a cocktail bar in the old quarter. There is a special menu for cocktails that are 150K and 200K between 17:00 and 20:00 hours (happy hour). These include the Melon & Ginger, which has a candy-like fruity taste (yet more naturally refreshing than Midori). The Straw Hurt is another happy-hour-cocktail and maybe my favorite. It is sweet, but has a clear herbal character due to the basil and the peppers give it a savoury spicy ending which is perfect! We also had the Nosher and the Dia de los. The Dia de los is served spectacularly with a flaming passion fruit in a skull mug. The taste is very much like an adult passion fruit mix. Wonderfully balanced. The nosher is like a grown up brother of umeshu: definite plum taste but slightly salty at the start and wonderful acidity to balance out some sweetness. All cocktails are easy drinking and have a definite alcoholic kick to it. Unfortunately I could not stay longer, otherwise I’d love to try their sous-vide Gin&Tonics; They infuse their G&Ts with herbs/spices/fruits to your choosing. Their list with western liquor is pretty long so if you crave a certain taste there is a good chance you will find it here!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vince N. 1 year ago on Google
    Simply one of the best bars in Hanoi. The cocktails here never disappoint. Creative drinks - classy atmosphere. 5/5.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ash T. 1 year ago on Google
    Good bar , always fully! The cocktail are so many choices you can try in here and the quality are so good. The price is also fair ! They will play Chaplin movie on the TV and it is so good and chill! Sit there, chat with friends or say nothing only enjoy the night !
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ryousuke K. 5 years ago on Google
    This place has a speakeasy vibe decor-wise. They have a pretty extensive cocktail menu with a lot of classics and a bunch of their own creations. They also have a very long menu of whiskeys that I would love to delve into the next time I'm there. The drinks were very tasty and pretty strong, which I liked. The only thing that I didn't like about the experience was the music. As mentioned before, the decor is very speakeasy-like and has a 1930s vibe, but for some reason, their music genre of choice is house. I think some sort of jazzy or old school music would have been a better choice for the ambiance. However, the house music that they were playing was not bad at all. It's just an odd choice that doesn't seem to match the rest of the atmosphere.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Seth S. 5 years ago on Google
    For a western-style touristy bar, this place is excellent. They mixed great cocktails! Great options and the bartenders really are more mixologists; fashionable, great attention to detail, and perfectly crafted mixtures. The entire vibe is surrealist with very cool art. Cigar smoking is not so cool, but luckily the night we went no one was smoking. Their music playlist needs some help but we won’t fault them for that.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sam B. 1 year ago on Google
    Cool bar make sure you do happy hours there 5-8pm after that it gets expensive for Vietnam. Drinks were very creative and different. Well worth the drink stop.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Robert D. 4 years ago on Google
    Great cocktail bar with extremely low prices during happy hour. For that quality it’s amazing that you can get a drink for as little as 100 000 dong. We were very happy with our drinks and the service was also good. Perhaps the bartenders or waiter could have talked you through the menu a bit more, but it was still a classy experience. The bar has some great details when it comes to the decorations inside.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Thibault S. 1 month ago on Google • 30 reviews New
    In my opinion the best cocktail bar in Hanoi. The prices compared to the drinks are well worth it. There is a lively atmosphere in the bar and the staff are friendly but professional. A good mix of nonchalance with professionalism.

  • 5/5 Rachel H. 2 months ago on Google • 29 reviews New
    Great cocktail bar with a relaxed and sophisticated atmosphere. Order the butter martini! So yum! They specialize in different naturally flavoured gin which you can have in a G&T. Unfortunately I did not try it but would return to do so!

  • 2/5 Tom P. 2 months ago on Google • 20 reviews New
    Our visit to Polite & Co fell massively short of the hype of other reviews. While the trendy interior sets the scene for a potentially great bar atmosphere, the robotic staff and average 'signature cocktails' made it pretty underwhelming. Additionally, the back area had a strange sewage smell about it. We ended up heading over to Leo's - Cocktails & Co and this was a brilliant improvement.

  • 5/5 Jean-Paul B. 4 months ago on Google • 20 reviews
    Best cocktails in Hanoi so far. They made me a proper whisky sour. The egg white foam is thick and elegant, not too sweet, well balanced 👌

  • 5/5 Janice C. 2 months ago on Google • 9 reviews New
    Drinks are delicious! Very cute inside and they drinks are great quality

  • 5/5 Q N. 4 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    Known as the oldest cocktail bar in Hanoi, the bar is passed down from the father to his son. It serves traditional cocktails like old fashion to the modern cocktails and signatures. Located at the center of Hanoi, the bar designed with the old famous old time, help the customers to understand about the old Hanoi and the traditional way of Vietnam. After a long walk around Hoan Kiem Lake, tourist can sit down and enjoy the glasses while sharing own experiences with each other and somehow find out more about Hanoi through the bartenders.

  • 3/5 Ria A. 4 months ago on Google
    Decent cocktail bar! Definitely had the chance to try better in Hanoi.

  • 5/5 Nhung B. 3 years ago on Google
    I often spent time with my friends here at weekend! Classic and elegant with music! Highly recommended

  • 4/5 mridul g. 6 months ago on Google
    Very good vibes. The bar nibbles, cocktails etc. everything was perfect. Just the service bit was a bit slow.

  • 3/5 Charlie W. 5 months ago on Google
    Lovely decor and nice drinks but it is run in a baffling way. I had a cocktail which was nice before 8pm and ordered again after 8pm and they wouldn't serve it despite having all of the ingredients. They would serve the individual ingredients but not in a cocktail?! Bizarre.

  • 5/5 natasha l. 4 months ago on Google
    Some of the best cocktails I’ve ever had. Very talented guy behind the bar. Great evening atmosphere for a couple drinks 10/10 recommend Had a aparol spritz, sex on and the beach and a cosmo all amazing

  • 5/5 Kristian L. 4 months ago on Google
    Beautiful bar. Chill music and nice cocktails.

  • 5/5 Nivit K. 10 months ago on Google
    Deliciously crafted cocktail with beautiful presentation. PS their beef jerky is a great snack!

  • 5/5 Khanh Ngoc N. 3 years ago on Google
    The hidden charm in Ha Noi with good drink to fullfill your soul in Vietnam's heart

  • 5/5 Mario �. 1 month ago on Google • 6 reviews New
    We enjoy few nights there, good ambient, good music, coctails and drinks.

  • 1/5 Nguyen T. 7 months ago on Google
    I'm usually content with their drinks but the Rusty Nail I had last week was quite a headscratcher. The bartender was apparently mixing the base liquor with ice in the mixing cup before hand and then scrambled for a few minutes looking for another bottle. So the glass ended up barely had any scent or taste of Scotch in it (also it's so devoid of alcohol I felt like I was completely fine driving home like that). Also the lemon twist was pretty poorly handled and didn't smell so great.

  • 5/5 John S. 8 months ago on Google
    Wow! Love the atmosphere, fitout, service and staff. Cocktails and wines are amazing.

  • 4/5 Bernice M. 11 months ago on Google
    Feels like soho, dark candle lit bar. Stopped in for some pints, unfortunately every one had a massive head... otherwise, good music, vibe, and company is your own choice 😉

  • 5/5 Sami N. 1 year ago on Google
    Good drinks but expensive. I really like the cozy vibes and the surrealist rene margritte art references. Nice for dates or chill hangs. Lots of westerners go here.

  • 5/5 Higinio R. 10 months ago on Google
    Incredible and original cocktails, great decoration and cool music. Highly recommend the signature cocktails. Some of the classics have a nice twist.

  • 5/5 Fernando R. 3 years ago on Google
    I dare to say it is one of the best pubs in Hanoi. Great decoration and service. You'd better have a reservation as it is always crowded. Located in the heart of Hanoi very close to the only LGTB bar.

  • 5/5 Rebecca C. 1 year ago on Google
    We loved this cozy cocktail bar! The Earl Grey & Citrus cocktail was delicious, and my husband had the Old Fashioned. He said it was the best he’s had in Asia! Do yourself a favor and order the pizza to go with your drinks. It. Was. Amazing. Would make this our date night spot if we lived in Hanoi! Everything from the bathroom tile to the paintings on the wall made this place feel classic & complete.

  • 5/5 Minh T. 3 years ago on Google
    Perfect vibe and good wine

  • 5/5 Iddlyboy 6 years ago on Google
    - Rated among top pubs to visit in hanoi & indeed you should. - Ambience and Interiors are just amazing specially the faceless masks in wall and the way drinks are displayed. - Drinks are served with funky notes along with them and service is pretty quick. - Overall amazing experience and best time to visit is post 10PM after your dinner and stay over till early hours.

  • 5/5 Olivia V. 1 year ago on Google
    Unique, old-fashioned, warm, smart. I ran in here during a thunderstorm and passed the time with some whiskey and oolong. Generous happy hour specials, and the food looked delicious. Cozy and romantic seating cross from bar seating (where you can truly admire the beauty of the bar itself). In the back is a large table perfect for group gatherings.

  • 5/5 Feng B. 1 year ago on Google
    Highly recommended! Been here multiple evenings for drinks during my 1 week stay in Hanoi. Their house special cocktails were super yummy! Lovely ambiance and friendly staffs.

  • 4/5 S W. 1 year ago on Google
    We visited on a quiet Monday night for an after-dinner drink. The cocktail menu is fun and filled with interesting and experimental ingredients. Smoking indoors is allowed here with ashtrays on the table. We also noticed a couple of people smoking near our table. We left after the first drink as we do not enjoy being in a room filled with cigarette smoke. Otherwise, we would love to try a few more of their cocktail creations.

  • 5/5 Julius L. 1 year ago on Google
    Great atmosphere, even better cocktails. Out of the cocktails I’ve tried, I’d say the Straw Hurt is definitely my favorite - balanced, spicy and creative. As an added benefit - it’s also part of the “happy hour menu”, so depending on when you visit you can even get it at a discount. The decor is a plus, as well. Shame about the indoor smoking, though.

  • 5/5 Ike K. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is great and has great Happy hour prices from 4-8pm every day!!!

  • 5/5 Justin O. 2 years ago on Google
    Awesome atmosphere, great service and stellar drinks. Try to woodruff sangria and change the white wine to red. blew my mind. The jackfruit fashioned was also 10/10.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✗ Takeaway

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