La Villa French Restaurant is a french fine-dining restaurant in Thao Dien, 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.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: 14 Ngo Quang Huy Street, Thao Dien Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
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.
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.
Order: A dry-aged steak from the wood fire, plus the bone marrow.
Tip: The 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.
Order: The seasonal British tasting menu; Tatler named it 2025 Restaurant of the Year.
Tip: Ask 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 foie gras, duck, pigeon and souffle from a long list of French classics.
Order: The Grand Marnier souffle to finish.
Tip: The bar pours a deep French wine list; smart-casual dress suits the room.
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.
Order: The surprise set menu; choose meat, seafood, vegetarian or mixed.
Tip: Lock your phone away and let the waiters lead; book online in advance.