CieL Dining is a modern vietnamese fine-dining restaurant in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City.
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.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The chef's set tasting menu, which rotates with the seasons.
Tip: Dinner only, and reservations are essential; the room is small.
Address: 50 Thao Dien Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City
La Villa is a Michelin Selected French restaurant set in a colonial villa in Thao Dien, where chef Thierry Mounon cooks classic Provencal dishes.
Order: The set lunch menu is the value way into Mounon's cooking.
Tip: There is a pool-side terrace; dinner Tuesday to Sunday, lunch Thursday to Sunday.
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.
Order: The twelve-course tasting narrative of Vietnamese culture.
Tip: There 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.
Order: The seasonal degustation on the ninth floor of Le Meridien.
Tip: It 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.
Order: Suckling pig and Peking duck, carved tableside.
Tip: It 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.
Order: The set lunch menu is the value way into Mounon's cooking.
Tip: There 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.
Order: The chef's tasting menu, which crosses Asian influences.
Tip: Reservations 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.
Order: Anything off the wood fire; the menu changes with the market.
Tip: The open kitchen counter is the seat to book for the full show.