Must-see hotels in Ho Chi Minh City

  • May Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The brown-grey marble theme on the floors is weary but rooms, all with bath-tub and flat-screen TV, are clean and inviting. Staff are dignified, but it's…

  • Long Hostel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    This popular, simple and clean guesthouse is run by a pleasant and helpful family. Rooms are small but clean and four-bed dorms are available, however,…

  • Sheraton Saigon

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The 485-room Sheraton lives up to expectations with luxurious rooms and a spacious lobby with designer retail shops. Especially popular with business…

  • Elios Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    This three-star hotel's swish entrance, with its aquariums and elegant design, sets a classy tone. Elios' 81 dark-wood rooms are inviting, with safes and…

  • Lavender Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Eschewing the nanna-ish connotations of its name, Lavender drapes itself stylishly in creamy marble and muted tones. The location, right by Ben Thanh…

  • Cat Huy Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Stuffed away down an alley in Pham Ngu Lao, this established 10-room hotel has decent twin, double and triple rooms with flat-screen TVs and minibars. The…

  • Asian Ruby

    Ho Chi Minh City

    This comfortable, spick-and-span hotel is a gem, with a top location and polite staff, although for space it's worth outlaying an extra US$20 to upgrade…

  • Madame Cuc 184

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Tucked away down an alley off Ð Cong Quynh, this clean and well-managed choice carries Madame Cuc's trademark motifs: friendly, welcoming staff,…

  • Sanouva

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The Sanouva channels a chic Asian vibe and has a good location just two blocks back from Ben Thanh Market. Rooms are well presented with Vietnamese…

  • Giang Son

    Ho Chi Minh City

    On a back alley off Pham Ngu Lao, tall and thin Giang Son has three rooms on each floor, a roof terrace and charming service; the sole downer is that…

  • C-Central Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    C-Central is a sleek, modernist hotel with comfortable, compact rooms and a lift. However, it's bang smack in the very centre of the Pham Ngu Lao…

  • Beautiful Saigon 1

    Ho Chi Minh City

    A tall and skinny mini-hotel, with a modern reception run by staff wearing red ao dai (the national dress of Vietnam). A lift ascends to the tidy rooms,…

  • Beautiful Saigon 2

    Ho Chi Minh City

    This eight-room mini-hotel lurks down a quiet back lane. The ground floor is taken up by a restaurant, giving it more of a guesthouse feel. Rooms have…

  • OYO 623 California Guest House

    Ho Chi Minh City

    There's no mirrors on the ceiling or pink champagne on ice, but at the guesthouse California, now rebranded under the OYO umbrella, there's a guests'…

  • Blue River Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    A refurbished, welcoming little hotel with decent, spacious rooms, each with modern furnishings, minibar, flat-screen LCD TVs and a safe. A kitchen for…

  • Duc Vuong

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The Duc Vuong has good-value rooms with ample space and wooden floors, plus friendly staff and a rooftop restaurant that effortlessly morphs into a bar…

  • King Star Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    This spruce hotel verges on the boutique-business look. The decor is contemporary and all rooms have flat-screen TVs and snazzy showers, but the cheapest…

  • Bich Duyen Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    In the heart of the action, this efficiently run guesthouse offers a welcoming stay. The more expensive rooms are worth the extra money for a window. No…

  • Ngoc Minh Hotel

    Ho Chi Minh City

    This bright and friendly guesthouse has 19 clean and well-presented rooms with all mod-cons, a rooftop terrace decorated with blooming orchids and a lift.

  • Green Suites

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Slung down a quiet alley off Ð Cong Quynh, immediately south of Ð Bui Vien, this trim, comfy and spacious hotel exudes a pea-green theme, although the…

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