The prestigious magazine DestinAsian recently named Sun Group's Capella Hanoi in the top 10 "Best city hotels in Vietnam".
The list of 10 best city hotels in Vietnam is within the framework of the Readers' Choice Awards 2024 by DestinAsian - an extremely prestigious travel and style magazine for travel enthusiasts around the world.
In this list, Capella Hanoi - the masterpiece of architect Bill Bensley and Sun Group - has excellently won the highest position. In 2021, Capella Hanoi was also included in this magazine's The Luxe List.
According to DestinAsian experts, what makes a great hotel different is its perfect design, combined with upgraded facilities. This must be a place that gives guests new perspectives on a scene they are already familiar with. And Capella Hanoi is the perfect choice for the top position in the list of "Best city hotels in Vietnam".
Located at 11 Le Phung Hieu, on the most beautiful street of Hanoi, Sun Group's first boutique hotel has unique Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture, recreating a luxurious inn. for famous artists and composers during the golden age of Opera music in the 1920s. This is also the first hotel that the Capella brand operates in Vietnam, designed by architect Bill Bensley, The masterpiece that created Capella Ubud Bali won the World's Best Hotel 2020 award.
Stepping into the hotel, guests can feel the classic architecture of the 1920s with luxurious and sophisticated beauty, combined with bas-reliefs and murals completed by Vietnamese artisans. entirely handmade, expressing indigenous culture in a subtle way.
In particular, the hotel's 47 rooms are all named after world-famous actors, singers, and screenwriters of this era such as Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, Lina Cavalieri... or lifetime opera plays such as Madama Butterfly, Turando, Scheherazade to remind of the "heroic" past of this noble art form. Each room possesses a collection of different works of art or memorabilia according to the theme of each room, making visitors feel lost in a miniature museum right in the heart of the Capital.
In addition to its unique architecture, one of the things that makes Capella Hanoi especially attractive to tourists is its extremely unique and diverse culinary style. In the first publication of the Michelin Guide in Hanoi, Capella Hanoi is not only the only hotel in Vietnam to own a 1-star Michelin restaurant - Hibana by Koki (serving Japanese Teppanyaki cuisine), but also has 2 other restaurants were also honored on the Michelin Selected list (restaurants selected and recommended by Michelin to try) including Backstage (serving cuisine with Northern Vietnamese style) and Izakaya by Koki (serving diverse Japanese culinary styles – Izakaya).
Immediately after that in July, the famous American news agency CNN listed Capella Hanoi with Hibana by Koki in the top 7 hotels with the best Michelin star restaurants in the world. According to experts, it is very rare for a hotel restaurant to achieve a Michelin star, so the fact that Hibana by Koki has achieved this, after only 20 years of operation, is truly a miracle.
Since its official launch, Sun Group's exceptionally luxurious boutique hotel has continuously been honored by international media and award organizations. In early June 6, Travel + Leisure announced that it voted Capella Hanoi as the best city hotel in Vietnam. The World Travel Awards Asia 2023 honored Capella Hanoi as "Asia's leading luxury boutique hotel" and immediately after that the hotel continued to be praised by the New York Times (USA). is one of the 2022 most prominent new hotels in Asia. Just after launching in April 1, after just two months, Travel + Leisure named Capella Hanoi one of the "10 best new hotels in the world". Continuously being praised and honored by the Tourism Organization and the world's leading newspapers has helped affirm Capella Hanoi's unsurpassable position and class.
