Restaurants

This recent opening brings the excellent Vietnamese-inspired vegetarian cuisine of the city's long-established Hum Vegetarian Cafe & Restaurant to a central garden location. Settle into the elegant and verdant s…

This stylish and colourful cafe is home base for Marou, Vietnam's first artisan chocolate producer. Watch Marou's skilled team tempering and moulding chocolate crafted from local fair-trade cacao, and enjoy drinks a…

It comes as little surprise that the owner is an architect when you step into this cleverly renovated old villa. The decor is rustic and elegant at the same time, which is also true of the food. Despite its tucked-a…

Stylish Indochinese decor features at this slick eatery in up-and-coming Ð Ngo Van Nam. Nearby restaurants offer Japanese flavours, but Quan Bui's focus is on authentic Vietnamese cuisine and many dishes feature the…

Shared tables and a sunny whitewashed interior combine with excellent Mediterranean cuisine at this expat favourite across in District 2. Spain, Morocco and Greece are the main culinary touchpoints – menu highlights…

Thronging with locals and foreigners, this is one of HCMC's most popular spots, with a large range of the very best street food in stylish surroundings across three levels. Set in a leafy garden ringed by food stall…

Housed in a beautifully restored French colonial-era building, Blanc serves up refined Vietnamese fusion amidst an eclectic collection of antiques and artwork. Thought is given to innovative flavours and textures, a…

Does food taste the same when you can’t see it? That’s the question Noir, Dining in the Dark, aims to answer. Choose between an Asian, Western or vegetarian set menu and spend your time in the pitch-black dining spa…

Secret House offers a stylish take on home-style Vietnamese cooking close to Ben Thanh Market. The main dining room features mud-and-straw walls and rustic lamps fashioned from fish traps, while outside tables overl…

This long-running establishment is more upmarket than most but is definitely the real deal – as evidenced by its popularity with regular local patrons. Tables come laden with herbs, chilli and lime, as well as gio c…