8 editor picks in Ho Chi Minh City.
8 restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City.
Cuc Gach Quan is a Bib Gourmand favourite: an architect's old villa turned into a warm room for home-style Southern Vietnamese cooking and clay-pot braises.
OrderThe clay-pot braised pork and the tofu the kitchen makes in house.
TipThere is no fixed menu; tell the staff your group size and let the dishes arrive family style.
Sorae is a high-end Japanese restaurant and lounge in the AB Tower, serving sushi, sashimi and wagyu across a dramatic space with skyline views.
OrderThe omakase sushi selection or the wagyu.
TipIt sits at the base of the AB Tower; dress smart and book a window table for the view.
The Deck is a luxe riverside restaurant on the Saigon River in Thao Dien, plating modern pan-Asian and Western dishes across a broad open deck.
OrderGrilled seafood at sunset with a river view.
TipArrive before dusk for a table on the water; it runs a popular weekend brunch and river shuttle.
The Racha Room is a stylish Thai fusion restaurant and bar on Mac Thi Buoi, plating punchy modern Thai plates and cocktails in a dim, design-led District 1.
OrderThe massaman curry and a lemongrass cocktail.
TipIt turns into a lively bar later; book for dinner if you want a quieter table.
Quan Bui is a polished mini-chain of Vietnamese restaurants, and its Le Duan branch is a reliable, air-conditioned room for Southern home cooking.
OrderThe grilled pork ribs and the morning-glory with garlic.
TipIt is a comfortable introduction to Vietnamese food for first-timers, with an English menu and cocktails.
Baba's Kitchen is Saigon's best-known Indian restaurant, a Bui Vien mainstay for North and South Indian curries, tandoor grills and thali plates.
OrderThe butter chicken with garlic naan, or a South Indian thali.
TipIt is on the backpacker strip; the thali is the value order and the kitchen does mild-to-fiery on request.
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.
Nha Hang Ngon is a bustling institution in a colonial villa on Pasteur, gathering open stalls of regional Vietnamese street dishes under one roof.
OrderA spread of small dishes; the banh xeo and cha gio are reliable.
TipIt is touristy and busy but a painless one-stop sampler of dozens of Vietnamese dishes.
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