Ha's Snack Bar

★ 4.3 · 198 reviews New York Opened 2025

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A closet-sized Vietnamese wine bar with a queue

Ha's Snack Bar is roughly the size of a walk-in closet, with an open kitchen two chefs can barely share. The queue outside is longer than the dining room.

The cooking is fish-sauce forward and unapologetic: snails with garlic and tamarind butter, oysters under green chilli, branzino with mắm nêm, chicories and peanuts. There's a black pudding tartlet with kumquats that has no business working as well as it does. Candles and paper lamps do the lighting, and the room runs like a dinner party you were lucky to get into.

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Der Laden ist sehr klein und nimmt die Schlange ernst. Früh kommen oder mit Wartezeit rechnen.

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Isabella Grandic 1,037 reviews · Local Guide 26 May 2026

4.5/5! Super cute wine bar and great selection of snacks. Loved the snails. Loved the oyster. Ribs didn’t do it for me. And the asparagus toast was pretty good. Was expecting the flavors to be more fun / standout. But overall, really nice and great energy. Good date night spot. It’s pretty stuffed in here
Jerry H 153 reviews · Local Guide 14 May 2026

Loved Ha’s! We ordered six dishes and loved them all. The snails were as described and hyped and the egg mayo was the best I’ve had. The sausage toastie and asparagus and Chinese bacon on toast had such deep flavors. And the curried crab tartlette had us scraping the plate for every last bit. Don’t miss there desserts, the chocolate and huckleberry sundae was solid. We also really liked all the cool, natural wines they offer. Service is friendly and tight. The space is small, some would say cramped but others would say cozy. It didn’t really bother us, especially once the food hit the table. Ha’s Snack Bar is absolutely fantastic and we hope for a return trip to see what other delicious ideas they have!
Joli Dou 12 reviews · Local Guide 10 May 2026

Had to give it a try after hearing all the hype- the food was hit or miss, and portions were extremely small for the price. The menu rotates very often (with the exception of some staples like the snails), so keep in mind you may not see a dish you came in to try. Maybe we came here on a flop week, but the only real standout was the asparagus and Chinese bacon on toast. Between 2 people, we ordered 4 dishes, and to be honest, we probably needed to order 7+ to reach any semblance of fullness. In fact, we went straight to the neighboring Yunnan Noodle House (24/7, must-try) for dinner #2. If you’re looking for small, Asian fusion plates, the city has much better options (Odre, Ariari, Sunns, 8282, etc.) Perhaps I’ll give it another try when the menu rotates, but it’s also extremely hard getting a reservation. This is an undeniably cute spot (candle-lit, intimate ambiance), and you wouldn’t have a bad time here, but it certainly is overhyped.
Charlie Byrne 116 reviews · Local Guide 7 May 2026

I kept hearing great things about this NYC restaurant with the unlikely name of Ha’s Snack Bar. So I managed to line up outside the tiny spot at 4:45PM on a Wednesday afternoon in late March, and snagged a seat at the counter when the doors opened at 5:30PM. It’s a small (24 seats) but full Lower East Side restaurant featuring Vietnamese / French inspired flavors, with a great vibe, friendly, helpful servers - and you can’t miss the chefs at work in the microscopic open kitchen (Two inductions and a Rational). I kicked things off with Oysters with Green Chili which were a perfect starter. Next up was the dish I’d heard a lot about, Snails with Tamarind Butter. This lived up to the praise, absolutely delicious, with a warm chunk of baguette. Later, I realized, it’s reminiscent of New Orleans style BBQ Shrimp! And that’s a good thing. For my final plate, I ordered the Clams with Lemongrass and Chinese Bacon, and this seafood stew type dish was wonderful as well. I loved the whole experience at Ha’s, which in a previous life was a well-known NYC Pop-up (Ha’s Dac Biet) from Sadie Mae Burns-Ha and Anthony Ha. Now, in addition to Ha’s, they also have a larger spot, Bistrot Ha. You can sure that’s on my list now too! Ha’s was the first stop in a three-day NYC visit for me, and a very memorable one.
Young G. Woo 11 reviews · Local Guide 7 April 2026

One of the best restaurants I went the last year. Still thinking about some of their dishes i have tried. It is REALLY hard to make an appointment, so I went there before the opening and got the spot. However, if you don’t mind late dinner (around 8:30-9:00), that might be easier. We ordered almost everything except the two things. I can’t say much about the menu I have chosen because I believe they rotate the menu, however, if they have tomato carpaccios and oysters were amazing. Cobbler as well! I really want to go back, and yet it will be so hard to go back 😭