6 editor picks in Ho Chi Minh City.
6 seafood places in Ho Chi Minh City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Ho Chi Minh City | Seafood across every city.
Seafood in Saigon means oc, the evening shellfish ritual: Oc Dao stays perpetually packed as the city works through plates of snails over cold beer, while Oc Xuyen does the no-frills alley version in District 3. Vua Cua, the Crab King, cooks crab every way on Vo Van Kiet, and a District 10 counter ladles banh canh ghe, thick tapioca noodles piled with sea crab. For tablecloths there is Ngoc Suong's classic villa on Suong Nguyet Anh, and for 3 a.m. appetites, Nong Thon Dai Viet keeps its kitchen open around the clock on Bui Vien.
Ngoc Suong is a long-running upscale seafood restaurant in a classic villa on Suong Nguyet Anh, plating fresh fish, prawns and crab in a formal room.
OrderSteamed reef fish and salt-and-pepper prawns.
TipIt suits a group seafood banquet; fish is priced by weight from the tanks.
This District 10 counter is known for banh canh ghe, a thick tapioca noodle soup piled with sea crab and served with tangy green-chili salt.
OrderBanh canh ghe with a whole sea crab and the green-chili salt.
TipCrack the crab into the soup and dip the meat in the green-chili salt on the side.
Oc Dao is a perpetually packed snail house where Saigon comes to eat oc, working through plates of shellfish over cheap beer late into the night.
OrderA spread of snails, scallops and clams cooked to order.
TipOrder several small plates to share; the tamarind and coconut snails are the ones to start the night.
Vua Cua, the Crab King, is a lively evening seafood joint on Vo Van Kiet where the draw is crab cooked every way, from tamarind to salted-egg, with cold beer.
OrderSalted-egg crab and a plate of butter-fried snails.
TipCome hungry with a group; crab is priced by weight and meant to be shared.
Oc Xuyen is a no-frills District 3 snail stall down an alley off Nguyen Thien Thuat, a local evening spot for plates of oc at neighbourhood prices.
OrderGrilled scallops with scallion oil and peanuts.
TipIt is deep down a hem; follow the plastic stools and the smell of the grill to find it.
Nong Thon Dai Viet is a 24-hour seafood kitchen on the Bui Vien walking street, built for the after-party crowd with grilled and steamed seafood.
OrderGrilled prawns and a hotpot to share after midnight.
TipIt runs around the clock; the busiest, most fun hours are well after the bars close.
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