Okra Food Bar is a modern vietnamese restaurant in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 10 Thao Dien Street, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City
ST25 by KOTO is a Michelin Selected farm-to-table Vietnamese restaurant on Le Duan, run by the KOTO social enterprise that trains at-risk youth.
OrderDishes built around Vietnam's award-winning ST25 rice.
TipEating here supports KOTO's hospitality training programme; the set lunch is good value.
Dim Tu Tac is a Bib Gourmand Cantonese house in Cho Lon known for its trolleys of dim sum and its Peking duck, a fixture of District 5 banquet dining.
OrderThe dim sum spread and the Peking duck.
TipGo with a group for the duck and a full round of dumplings; weekend lunch is the liveliest.
Pizza 4P's is the Vietnam-born chain that makes its own cheese and fires Japanese-Italian pizzas; the Saigon Centre branch is its polished downtown flagship.
OrderThe half-and-half burrata pizza with house-made mozzarella.
TipBook ahead; the chain is hugely popular and the mall branch fills at lunch and dinner.
Bep Me In is a Michelin Bib Gourmand room dressing up Southern Vietnamese home cooking in a nostalgic old-Saigon setting just off Le Thanh Ton in District 1.
OrderThe clay-pot braises and grilled river fish.
TipThe retro decor draws a young local crowd; it is down a lane, so watch the house numbers.
Lang Nuong Nam Bo is a rowdy Southern barbecue institution where whole suckling pig and skewers come off open grills across a sprawling District 10 compound.
OrderThe grilled suckling pig and a spread of Southern-style skewers.
TipCome with a group and plenty of beer; the grilled meats are meant for sharing.
Tan Nguyen Thai is a packed Cho Lon hole in the wall where locals crowd in for pages of steamed and pan-fried dumplings under red and yellow signage.
OrderA stack of steamed and pan-fried dumplings straight off the menu pages.
TipIt is always busy and cash-friendly; the pan-fried dumplings sell out early.