Ha VL

Ha VL is a Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[1][2]

Ha VL
The restaurant's exterior in 2025
Restaurant information
Food type	Vietnamese
Street address	2738 Southeast 82nd Avenue
City	Portland
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97266
Country	United States
Coordinates	45.5026°N 122.5784°W / 45.5026; -122.5784

Description

The restaurant serves soups,^[3][4] including pho.^[5]

History

Ha (Christina) Luu and William Vuong opened Ha VL in 2004.^[6] Rose VL Deli is a "sister" restaurant.^[7] Annam VL opened in 2024.

Reception

In 2017, the restaurant's Luu was nominated in the Best Chef Northwest category of the James Beard Foundation Awards.^[8] Ha VL was nominated in the Outstanding Restaurant category in 2020.^[9] In 2019, Michael Russell of The Oregonian called the restaurant "one of America’s most celebrated Vietnamese soup destinations".^[10] He included Ha VL in the newspaper's 2020 list of the city's 40 best inexpensive restaurants^[11] and 2025 list of the 21 best restaurants in southeast Portland.^[12] Russell also ranked the business number 8 in The Oregonian's 2025 list of Portland's 40 best restaurants.^[13]

Ha VL was included in The Infatuation's 2024 list of Portland's best restaurants.^[14]

See also

• Food portal
• Oregon portal

• List of Vietnamese restaurants