8 editor picks in Ho Chi Minh City.
8 splurge places in Ho Chi Minh City, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Ho Chi Minh City. All Ho Chi Minh City food.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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