Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Ho Chi Minh City.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Ho Chi Minh City.
Anan Saigon holds one Michelin star for Peter Cuong Franklin's new Vietnamese cooking, turning street classics like banh mi and pho into tasting courses.
OrderThe tasting menu, with its caviar-topped banh mi and reimagined pho.
TipBook ahead for the counter; the rooftop Nhau Nhau bar upstairs is worth a nightcap.
CieL earned its first Michelin star in 2025 for a Thao Dien tasting menu that fuses French technique with Vietnamese soul across an ever-changing lineup.
OrderThe chef's set tasting menu, which rotates with the seasons.
TipDinner only, and reservations are essential; the room is small.
Coco Dining was promoted to one Michelin star in 2025 for a twelve-course tasting menu built on fermentation and modern Vietnamese cooking in District 3.
OrderThe twelve-course tasting narrative of Vietnamese culture.
TipThere is one seating a night, so book well ahead and arrive on time for the full sequence.
Akuna holds one Michelin star under Australian chef Sam Aisbett, pairing modern Australian technique with Japanese ideas and Vietnamese produce.
OrderThe seasonal degustation on the ninth floor of Le Meridien.
TipIt sits on the 9th floor of Le Meridien; dinner only, closed Sunday and Monday.
Long Trieu at The Reverie holds one Michelin star for refined Cantonese cooking: abalone, sea cucumber, Peking duck and honey-glazed barbecue pork.
OrderSuckling pig and Peking duck, carved tableside.
TipIt is on the 4th floor of the Times Square building; go for a long lunch of dim sum.
La Villa is a Michelin Selected French restaurant set in a colonial villa in Thao Dien, where chef Thierry Mounon cooks classic Provencal dishes.
OrderThe set lunch menu is the value way into Mounon's cooking.
TipThere is a pool-side terrace; dinner Tuesday to Sunday, lunch Thursday to Sunday.
Esta is a District 1 tasting room where a modern kitchen plates Asian fusion; it has featured in the Michelin Guide and Robb Report Vietnam's top 25.
OrderThe chef's tasting menu, which crosses Asian influences.
TipReservations are strongly recommended; email or call ahead, as the room is small and books out.
Quince is a Michelin Selected wood-fire kitchen open since 2018, where an open hearth of glowing embers drives bold, smoke-kissed modern cooking.
OrderAnything off the wood fire; the menu changes with the market.
TipThe open kitchen counter is the seat to book for the full show.
Stoker is a Michelin-listed three-floor steakhouse in District 1 built around an open wood fire and grass-fed and grain-fed beef dry-aged over 21 days.
OrderA dry-aged steak from the wood fire, plus the bone marrow.
TipThe ground-floor counter around the open kitchen is the liveliest seat.
The Albion, on the 23rd floor of Hotel des Arts, is chef Kirk Westaway's Michelin Selected room reinventing contemporary British cooking above Saigon.
OrderThe seasonal British tasting menu; Tatler named it 2025 Restaurant of the Year.
TipAsk for a window table at dusk for the skyline; dinner only.
Le Corto is a polished French room off Dong Khoi, open since 2016, plating pan-fried foie gras, dry-aged Long An duck and Ca Mau crab above a wine cellar.
OrderCorto's Cigar, a dark rum mousse with coffee ice cream, to finish.
TipTwo floors with a wine cellar; the ground floor can only be booked by phone, so call for a table there.
Noir serves a set tasting menu in complete darkness, guided by blind and visually impaired waiters, a District 1 dinner about taste, smell and touch.
OrderThe surprise set menu; choose meat, seafood, vegetarian or mixed.
TipLock your phone away and let the waiters lead; book online in advance.
Vietnam House sits in a colonial building on Dong Khoi, where a team under chef Luke Nguyen matches traditional Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist.
OrderThe clay-pot fish and the shaking beef.
TipThe upstairs dining room is grander; lunch is a quieter time to visit.
MAD House is a laid-back garden restaurant in a Thao Dien villa, serving modern European and Vietnamese plates across a leafy indoor-outdoor space.
OrderThe weekend roast and the garden cocktails.
TipThe tropical garden is the reason to come; go for a long lazy lunch.
Hoa Tuc plates refined modern Vietnamese cooking in a former opium-refinery courtyard off Hai Ba Trung, and runs the well-known Saigon Cooking Class upstairs.
OrderThe betel-leaf beef and the pomelo salad.
TipThe courtyard is a calm escape from the traffic; book for dinner outdoors.
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Editor picks in Ho Chi Minh City include Anan Saigon, CieL Dining, Coco Dining, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.