Must see restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City

Hue’s famous cuisine comes to HCMC’s hungry hordes through this chain of eight restaurants. This handy branch offers a good, air-conditioned introduction…

Housed in a grand villa tucked down a small side street, Vintage Emporium is all about whimsy. Gleaming wood and vintage-tiled floors, and separate…

Located in the heart of Chinatown, Com Ga Dong Nguyen has been serving its winning brand of Chinese-Vietnamese dishes at very reasonable prices since 1945…

Already fresh and light Vietnamese food gets an even healthier makeover, thanks to colourful homemade bún (rice noodles) flavoured with freshly pressed…

It's hard to know which is more social-media ready: the retro-chic decor with colonial-era-inspired tiles and ethnic textiles, or the brightly coloured…

The laptop and tablet crowd flocks to this slender two-floor cafe for its Mediterranean and Middle Eastern–inflected selection of salads, quiches,…

Head up the narrow staircase here for some of Saigon's best burgers. They're all named after music legends like Little Richard and James Brown, and sides…

With its breezy al fresco seating area and top-notch menu, this vibrantly coloured and bubbly Mexican restaurant dishing up tacos, tortas (Mexican…

Atop an office block, romantic Shri has some of the best views in town. Book ahead for a terrace table or settle for the industrial-chic dining room. Look…

Always bustling, the modern San Fu Lou offers a fine array of Cantonese dim sum shared plates. Highlights include duck and black-truffle dumplings and…

Ask a sample of well-to-do Saigonese where to go for seafood and chances are they will recommend this place. It's definitely geared to local tastes …

Something of a Saigon legend, this supper club is distinguished more for its over-the-top jazz club ambience and live music than for the food, which is OK…

In a lovingly restored heritage mansion, Bloom combines fusion flavours with the good-news story of offering culinary training for disadvantaged youth…

This modern Italian-Japanese fusion restaurant has a pizza oven at its hub and a delicious bar to boot. Service is unflappable and prices as tempting as…

With five open kitchens on the mezzanine level of the Park Hyatt, Square One concocts a faultless formula of style, ambience, good looks, fine food …

It's moved to this new location in the north of District 1, but the creative flavours are still there. Standouts include green-banana and mushroom hotpot…

Grab a table at the front of the market, order up some cold beers from the adjacent bar, then go exploring to put together a mini-feast of well-priced…

Trees festooned with fairy lights, outdoor tables, and a laid-back ambience make this the ideal spot for groups. Fire up the table-top grills to barbecue…

Visiting presidents and prime ministers have slunk down the lantern- and fairy-light-festooned alley into this atmospheric old house to sample Tib’s…

This colourful restaurant offers a diverse taste of flavours from around Vietnam in air-conditioned comfort. Vintage decor with a touch of Indochine style…