DestinAsian honours Sun Group's Capella Hanoi as top city hotel in Việt Nam
The list of 10 best city hotels in Việt Nam is part of the 2024 Readers' Choice Awards 2024 by DestinAsian - a highly reputable travel and lifestyle magazine for travel enthusiasts worldwide.
Capella Hanoi, a masterpiece by architect Bill Bensley and Sun Group, has excellently tops the list. In 2021, Capella Hanoi was also featured in this magazine's The Luxe List.
According to DestinAsian experts, what distinguishes an exceptional hotel is its perfect design combined with modern facilities. This place must offer guests new perspectives on a familiar setting. Capella Hanoi is the perfect choice for leading the list of the "Best City Hotels in Việt Nam."
Located at number 11 Lê Phụng Hiểu Street, on of the most beautiful roads in Hà Nội, Sun Group's first boutique hotel embraces unique Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture. It is the first hotel in Việt Nam operated by the Capella brand, recreating a luxurious inn for famous artists and composers during the golden age of Opera music in the 1920s.
Stepping into the hotel, guests can feel the classic architecture of the 1920s with its elegance and sophistication, complemented by meticulously crafted bas-reliefs and wall paintings showcasing the local culture by Vietnamese artisans.
Each of the 47 rooms of the hotel are named after famous actors, singers, and playwrights of this era like Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, Lina Cavalieri, etc, or timeless Opera productions like Madama Butterfly, Turando, Scheherazade, evoking a "glorious" past of this noble art form. Each room has a collection of artworks or mementos according to its theme, making guests feel like they are wandering in a miniature museum in the heart of the capital.
Besides its outstanding architecture, one of the aspects that makes Capella Hanoi appealing to tourists is its unique and diverse culinary style. In the inaugural announcement of the Michelin Guide in Hà Nội, Capella Hanoi was the only hotel in Việt Nam with a one-star Michelin restaurant - Hibana by Koki (serving Japanese Teppanyaki cuisine). It also had two other restaurants honoured in the Michelin Selected list (restaurants selected and recommended by Michelin), including Backstage (serving authentic Northern Vietnamese cuisine) and Izakaya by Koki (serving a diverse range of Japanese cuisine - Izakaya).
Shortly after, in July 2023, the famous American news agency CNN listed Capella Hanoi with Hibana by Koki in the top 20 hotels with the best Michelin-star restaurants in the world. According to experts, it's highly uncommon for hotel restaurants to achieve Michelin stars, making Hibana by Koki's achievement of this distinction within just three years of operation remarkable.
Since its official launch, the luxurious boutique hotel by Sun Group has continuously been honoured by international award organisations and the media. In early June 2023, Travel + Leisure announced Capella Hanoi as the best city hotel in Việt Nam. The World Travel Awards for Asia 2022 honoured Capella Hanoi as “Asia's Leading Luxury Boutique Hotel”. Shortly after, the New York Times praised the hotel as one of the 10 most outstanding new hotels in Asia. Just two months after its launch in April 2022, Travel + Leisure hailed Capella Hanoi as one of the "100 Best New Hotels in the World." The consistent praise and recognition from leading travel organisations and newspapers worldwide have affirmed the unparalleled status and class of Capella Hanoi.
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