# tiệm ăn meaning in Vietnamese: restaurant (A1)

> tiệm ăn means “restaurant, eatery” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/tiem-an/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**tiệm ăn**: eatery

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: tiem an

## 1. eatery (noun)

restaurant, eatery

*Tiệm* is the Saigon word for a shop. Hà Nội says *hiệu ăn*; everywhere you also hear *quán ăn*.

- Saigon: Gần nhà tui có một tiệm ăn ngon. | Hà Nội: Gần nhà tôi có một hiệu ăn ngon. — There's a good restaurant near my house.
- Saigon: Tiệm ăn này của ba chị. | Hà Nội: Hiệu ăn này của bố chị. — This restaurant belongs to my dad.

In Hà Nội you say [hiệu ăn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/hieu-an/#s_hieu_an).

Saigon only

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