1A longtime favorite beef hot pot restaurant in Thu Duc
Address: 218 National Highway 1K, Linh Xuan Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City
Price range: From 200,000 VND – 500,000 VND
Business hours: 09h00 – 22h00
Phone: 1900 636 091
Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant has more than 30 years of business experience and is still famous in the diner community. The secret comes from the family recipe and the enthusiasm of the owner. People often tell each other that, since the 80s, teacher Toan went to a number of places and distilled the best features of many restaurants from all over the world and then created his own recipe. From then on, he also started his business.
Initially, the restaurant only specialized in selling beef noodle soup, but later at Giao Toan beef hot pot, the menu also expanded to include beef hot pot and beef tripe rolled with super delicious rice paper. To put all our heart and soul into perfecting the dish, Giao Toan beef hotpot has so far only focused mainly on 3 main dishes. Even though it’s just a seemingly popular restaurant in the midst of a bustling city, the constant flow of customers has proven how strong the appeal of Giao Toan beef hotpot is.
Giao Toan beef hotpot has a large outdoor area that can accommodate many tables. Photo: Cao An Bien
The most popular dish here is beef hotpot, a generous portion that can last all day. Photo: @colaiquan9
2Travel instructions for diners
Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant is located not far from Highway 1K with a quite large sign placed right at the beginning of the road so it is easy to find. You can get here by personal vehicle or catch public buses. However, it should be noted that the main door of the restaurant is quite hidden in the alley, but inside you will see an extremely large campus with a large capacity for dozens of cars and motorbikes. Note that there is a parking fee here of about 3,000 VND – 10,000 VND/person depending on the type of vehicle.
The sign is quite large so diners can quickly recognize it
3Unique features of Giao Toan beef hot pot
3.1 Large space “like a market”
As soon as they arrive, diners can realize the super large space of Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant, with a roof and airy garden area. The restaurant space is often compared to a market with nearly 80 large and small tables. Although Giao Toan beef hotpot is increasingly crowded and has grown in scale over time, this place still maintains the same calm and simple look as in the first years of operation.
The plastic tables and chairs are arranged evenly from inside the house to the 400 m2 yard as usual, the restaurant also only added a kitchen, bowls and chopsticks according to the increasing number of customers. Because the space can accommodate up to 500 guests, according to Vietnamtravelio’s experience, you can consider choosing a cool space in the corrugated iron roof, or sitting in the shade outside in the garden.
The restaurant space is very large, with a covered indoor area and is already crowded with customers from around 5pm. Photo: Cao An Bien
3.2 Giao Toan beef hotpot is a familiar place throughout 3 provinces and cities
Even though it’s not rush hour, Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant is usually very crowded with customers. Right at the counter you can see dozens of people waiting to buy and take home. Dozens of employees worked continuously at the same time without taking breaks in order not to keep diners waiting too long. Also because it is located on the national highway connecting Ho Chi Minh City – Binh Duong – Dong Nai, Giao Toan beef hot pot attracts people who need to travel here, diners in 3 provinces or regular customers for decades. come eat.
You can see customers stopping by to eat, take out, and staff who have been busy non-stop since opening. Photo: Cao An Bien
3.3 Unique and irresistible delicious flavor
Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant has 3 main dishes: beef hot pot, beef vermicelli and beef tripe rolled with rice paper. However, the favorite dish of many people is still beef hot pot. Because the land for the restaurant business is owned by the family and there is no rental fee, the price of each bowl of vermicelli here is also extremely affordable, only ranging from 40,000 – 50,000 VND.
Besides, Giao Toan beef hotpot also costs only from 200,000 – 300,000 VND depending on the customer’s enjoyment needs. According to diners’ experience of enjoying Saigon specialties, we should consider the number of people and eating ability when choosing a suitable hot pot. In general, a hot pot of 250,000 VND is enough to feed 3 people.
The difference of Giao Toan beef hot pot compared to other restaurants is the use of thinly sliced ingredients when dipped in broth. One pot will have ribs, tendons, and meat stewed in hot pot broth. Even the broth is clear and light, with lemongrass, five spices and a little fried onion. Diners of Giao Toan beef hot pot rated the hot pot here as slightly spicy and fragrant with beef. After being steamed for enough time, the beef will melt right in the mouth, served with green mustard greens, water spinach, bean sprouts… extremely refreshing.
From the first spoonful of broth, we can feel the spiciness of satay rushing straight into our nose and mouth. But gradually the flavor becomes softer and more delicate, you can clearly feel the meat is well-cooked, soft and succulent, the beef tendon is supple, with fatty skin. The most special highlight is probably the beef stew, boiled to a light golden yellow, sliced into crispy thin slices and dipped in a rich, spicy chili-garlic fish sauce.
Besides the greasy taste, the delicious dishes at the restaurant are also enhanced with flavor thanks to fish sauce. Especially when dipping sauce in Vietnam is always considered the soul of the dish. A cup of delicious dipping sauce will make the hot pot more flavorful, making it more delicious the more you eat it. A small note is that the pre-mixed seasoning sauce is quite spicy. If you can’t eat spicy food, you should tell the staff in advance.
The beef is imported by the owner of Giao Toan Beef Hotpot restaurant and used the same day to ensure the freshest quality. Photo: Cao An Bien
Every day the shop can sell 3 or more pots of broth, proving the irresistible appeal of flavor. Photo: Cao An Bien
The rich seasoning sauce comes with an irresistible spicy flavor. Photo: @colaiquan9
3.4 Impressive service quality
Although Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant is almost always crowded, we don’t have to worry about lack of space. In particular, the large and highly skilled staff here is always ready to serve diners from A to Z. They always work hard and try to help diners get seats as quickly as possible. The restaurant also has staff to arrange and look after customers’ cars, and separate food service staff to make the operating process smoother.
A small minus point is that because it is a popular restaurant, the staff does not have name tags. Furthermore, the restaurant is almost always crowded so the staff will be quite busy, it may take a while to wait after calling. So from the beginning you should try to order enough dishes and pay attention to the staff. In addition, when receiving the bill, you should check carefully to see if there are any mistaken dishes to avoid losing money unfairly.
A delicious, filling beef hotpot at the restaurant is worth the wait. Photo: @_kimchitruong_
Although Giao Toan beef hot pot restaurant is quite far from the city center, it still attracts a large number of diners from District 7, Binh Chanh district, Tan Phu… to Dong Nai, Binh Duong… From there we can see its popularity. , the unique charm and flavor of this dining location. Hopefully Vietnamtravelio has brought the most detailed information to readers and don’t forget to refer to many other delicious restaurants in our travel guide.
