What’s On
What’s On Dubai Awards 2025 — Highly Commended Casual Asian Restaurant
Vietnamese Foodies was listed as Highly Commended in the Favourite Casual Asian Restaurant category.
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Vietnamese Foodies
in the news.
Awards, independent media coverage, interviews and noteworthy Vietnamese Foodies features — including recognition recovered from the original WordPress website audit.
Recent awards & recognition
Recognition from Dubai and the region.
Newer entries are maintained as structured News/Award records in WordPress and link to their external sources.
What’s On
What’s On Dubai Awards 2024 — Favourite Asian Restaurant
Vietnamese Foodies was named Favourite Asian Restaurant in the restaurants-below-Dhs400 category.
View source ↗Recognition archive
Awards and recognition through the years.
Explore Vietnamese Foodies awards and recognition, with links to independent coverage where available.
Caterer Middle East
Lily Hoa Nguyen — Women in F&B Power List
Chef Lily Hoa Nguyen was included in Caterer Middle East’s Women in F&B Power List.
Supporting source ↗Time Out Dubai
Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards — Best Asian Restaurant recognition
Vietnamese Foodies’ legacy website records a Best Asian recognition in 2022; independent reporting also records the brand’s Time Out award history.
Supporting source ↗Time Out Dubai
Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards — Highly Commended, Best Budget Restaurant
Highly Commended in the Best Budget Restaurant category.
Supporting source ↗Time Out Dubai
Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards — Best Budget Restaurant
Winner of Best Budget Restaurant and also highly commended in Best Asian Restaurant.
Supporting source ↗Time Out Dubai
Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards — Best Budget Restaurant
Winner of Best Budget Restaurant and highly commended in Best Asian Restaurant.
Supporting source ↗JLT Dining Awards
JLT Dining Awards — Best Newcomer
The legacy website records Vietnamese Foodies as Best Newcomer and runner-up for Best South East Asian restaurant.
Supporting source ↗Press & features
Coverage, interviews and openings.
Hotel & Catering
The Business of Bouncing Back
A 2026 interview with Lily Hoa Nguyen covering resilience, Dubai F&B pressures, growth and the next phase of Vietnamese Foodies.
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Meet the Chef: 13 questions with Lily Hoa Nguyen
LIST interviews Lily about the journey behind Vietnamese Foodies, signature Pho and connecting people through food.
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Vietnamese Foodies opens at Arabian Ranches III
Coverage of the Arabian Ranches III opening and Vietnamese Foodies signatures.
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Chef Lily Hoa Nguyen Sparks Vietnamese Culinary Revolution In Dubai
Profile of Chef Lily, Vietnamese Foodies’ growth, cooking background and award history.
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Meet the woman who brings Vietnamese cuisine to Dubai foodies
Profile of Lily Hoa Nguyen, Vietnamese Foodies and the brand’s early growth in Dubai.
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