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The 100 Best Places to Eat and Drink in Ho Chi Minh City

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The best places to eat and drink in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, The 50, and Difford's Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Ănăn Saigon comes out on top.

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Akuna and CieL hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. Ănăn Saigon

    Contemporary Vietnamese

    Ănăn translates roughly as "eat, eat," which doubles as a mission statement for a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant sitting inside Ho Chi Minh City's oldest wet market. Chef Peter Cuong Franklin, a Vietnamese-American who went from banking to kitchens at Nahm in Bangkok, turns street food references into a Michelin-starred menu. The building also holds a cocktail bar and a noodle joint, so the name is working overtime.


  2. Rank 2. Akuna

    Creative Vietnamese

    A chandelier of 1,100 suspended glass tubes catches the light above the dining room at this fine dining restaurant on the ninth floor of Le Méridien, run by Australian chef Sam Aisbett. The name is an Aboriginal word for flowing water, and the Australian thread runs through the room, from the paintings down to the bread course, where pan-fried dampers arrive plump and beer-enriched. It holds a Michelin star.


  3. Rank 2. CieL

    Vietnamese-influenced French

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  4. Rank 2. Coco Dining

    Contemporary Vietnamese

    A seasonal tasting menu built around a single narrative theme, each course designed to advance the story rather than just fill a plate. This is contemporary Vietnamese fine dining inside a sleek room of black granite tables and a kitchen counter, part of a larger compound that also runs a whisky bar and a grill next door. The chef earned a Michelin star weaving traditional Vietnamese recipes into something more theatrical, without losing the plot.

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  5. Rank 2. Long Trieu

    Cantonese

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  6. Rank 2. Upstairs

    Modern Vietnamese

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  7. Rank 7. Stir

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  10. Rank 9. Bánh Xèo 46A

    Vietnamese

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  11. Yellow walls painted to mimic a village house, blue shutters included, sit a short walk from Ben Thanh Market. This Vietnamese home-cooking spot earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand for the kind of food regulars perch on wooden stools to eat without glancing at the menu. The pancake with shrimp and pork, served in a bamboo basket, gets most of the attention. Portions run generous and friendly to sharing.

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  12. Rank 9. Bò Kho Gánh

    Vietnamese

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  16. Rank 9. Chị Mơ

    Vietnamese

    Shelves of house-made ferments line the interior of this Vietnamese restaurant in Thảo Điền, chilli sauces and garlic vinegars signaling that the kitchen takes its prep seriously. Phở is built on three broths simmered from fresh bones for a full day, and the grilled bagrid catfish with crispy rice crackers is the kind of dish that makes you forget what you ordered before it. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, with a garden terrace out back.

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  19. The name is a dare and the room backs it up: raw brick, warm light, a towering back bar, and a heavy metal door that opens onto something that feels airlifted from Brooklyn into a Ho Chi Minh City colonial building. It's a proper cocktail bar, with barrel-aged mixes on the menu and bartenders who will skip the list entirely and write you a liquid prescription based on your mood. Old-school hip hop keeps the whole thing from taking itself too seriously.


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  21. Rank 9. Hum Garden

    Vegetarian Vietnamese

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  22. Rank 9. La Lola

    Mediterranean

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  24. Rank 9. Nhà Tú

    Vietnamese

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  25. Rank 9. Phở Chào

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  28. Rank 9. Phở Lệ (An Đông)

    Southern Vietnamese Pho Shop

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  31. Rank 9. Phở Phượng

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  32. Wicker lampshades throw a warm glow over the high-ceilinged dining room at this Latin American restaurant in District 1, where the kitchen swings between Mexico and Argentina with tacos and empanadas that have pulled in a loyal following fast. The chef behind it has a Michelin Bib Gourmand to show for the effort. It reads relaxed but runs professionally, which is a combination rarer than it sounds.


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  34. An 11-metre bar stretches across an industrial space on the second floor of a colonial apartment block, floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides pulling in the street below. Layla is a cocktail bar run by the team behind Summer Experiment, and the drinks lean heavily on botanicals and spice. The entrance looks a little rough around the edges, which only makes the room feel more like a find. Named a 50 Discovery by Asia's 50 Best Bars.

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  35. Rank 35. Le Corto

    Savoyard

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  36. Rank 35. Nhau Nhau

    Vietnamese Cocktail Bar

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  37. Rank 35. OKKIO

    Coffee


  38. Rank 35. Summer Experiment

    Cocktail Bar

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  39. Down an alleyway in District 1, this split-level cocktail bar has the bones of a speakeasy and the energy of somewhere bartenders actually drink on their nights off. Raw industrial walls, repurposed metal wheels turned into lights, and frames of music legends stacked everywhere set the tone. The drinks are the real draw, and the team behind the bar clearly knows it.

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  40. Rank 35. Yakiniku Yazawa Saigon

    Japanese Barbecue

    A5 wagyu, and nothing else, is the policy at this Japanese yakiniku restaurant, where the menu commits fully to beef from Japanese black cattle and asks you to do the same. The omakase format works through more than seven preparations, including wagyu as sushi, each cut singed tableside to a barely-there crust over pink. It is, by design, a place for people who consider meat a serious subject.

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  41. Rank 44. TEEMAY COFFEE ROASTERS

    Vietnamese Coffee Shop



  42. Rank 47. An's Saigon

    Vietnamese

    A 20th-century villa tucked far enough from the tourist trail that you'll need a cab, An's Saigon is an innovative Vietnamese restaurant spread across a garden, a lounge, and an eight-seat chef's table where the menu shifts into something more personal. The kitchen leans on artful plating and creative riffs on familiar flavours, with each course leaning into Vietnamese culture and nature as loose inspiration.

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  43. Rank 47. Apero

    Italian

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  44. Rank 47. Bà Cô Lốc Cốc

    Seafood Vietnamese

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  45. Rank 47. Béo Ơi

    Vietnamese

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  47. Rank 47. Bờm

    Modern Vietnamese

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  50. Rank 47. Cô Liêng

    Southern Vietnamese

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  51. Rank 47. Đông Phố

    Vietnamese

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  52. Rank 47. Du Yên

    Vietnamese

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  53. Rank 47. Elgin

    Seasonal European

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  54. Rank 47. Esta

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  55. A café tucked inside a two-floor clothing boutique on Phung Khac Khoan Street, where the menu runs to European cooking with Vietnamese touches and plating that matches the surroundings for effort. Sit in the glass-roofed garden room or climb to the mezzanine for something quieter. The pho broth made with consommé and roasted duck breast is the dish that earns its own conversation. Selected by the Michelin Guide.

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  57. Rank 47. Hoi An Sense

    Vietnamese

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  58. Rank 47. Kobe Bistro

    Contemporary French

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  60. Rank 47. La Villa

    French

    Velvet curtains, a chandelier, and foie gras on the menu: La Villa is a formal French restaurant that seems entirely unbothered by its Ho Chi Minh City address. The kitchen leans into the classics, and the wine list and cheese trolley hold up their end of the bargain. On warmer evenings, the garden terrace offers a little breathing room from all that starched Gallic dignity.


  61. Rank 47. Little Bear

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  62. Rank 47. Lửa

    Japanese-influenced European Wine Bar

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  63. Rank 47. Lüne

    Modern French

    A Lyon-trained French chef doing modern European fine dining in a quietly elegant room on Le Thanh Ton, the street Ho Chi Minh City has quietly handed over to this sort of thing. Private dining rooms make it a natural choice when someone has news to share over several courses. The cooking leans into precision and presentation, with classic French foundations pulled in a cleaner, more contemporary direction.

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  64. Rank 47. Madame Lam

    Modern Vietnamese

    Indochine-meets-Art-Deco interiors set a relaxed tone at this contemporary Vietnamese restaurant, where the chef draws on the central region where he grew up. Dishes from that tradition arrive with a refined, creative edge, and the grilled abalone with spring onion oil and fish sauce makes a strong case for ordering from the sea. The banana ice cream with coconut milk and crushed peanuts is a quietly satisfying way to finish.

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  65. Rank 47. Mía Dining

    Modern European

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  66. Rank 47. Miên Saigon

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  68. Rank 47. Nephele

    Contemporary Vietnamese

    Dinner ends at the bar with mignardises and vinyl, which tells you something about how seriously this place takes the whole arc of a meal. Nephele is a tasting-menu restaurant tucked into an alley inside a renovated historic building, and the kitchen leans hard into Vietnamese flavors through sauces that drive each course. The sourdough, fermented 36 hours and charcoal-baked, arrives with truffle butter and housemade miso and makes a strong case for bread as a destination.

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  69. Rank 47. NÔM

    Vietnamese

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  71. Rank 47. Ốc Oanh

    Vietnamese

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  74. Rank 47. Phở Hùng (Cầu Ông Lãnh)

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop

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  75. A pho shop near Ben Thanh that makes its rice ribbon noodles from scratch, which already sets a certain tone. The menu runs through the usual suspects plus shank, flank, oxtail, and ribs for anyone who wants to think about texture. Order the pho tho da and the broth arrives in a heated stone bowl, staying volcanic to the last mouthful, with beef and noodles served alongside so you control how much the heat finishes the meat.

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  76. Rank 47. Quán ăn Ngự Bình

    Huế Vietnamese

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  77. Rank 47. Quince Eatery

    Modern Mediterranean


  78. Rank 47. Rice Field

    Vietnamese

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  79. Rank 47. Sóno

    Modern Vietnamese

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  81. Rank 47. ST25 by KOTO

    Contemporary Vietnamese

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  82. Antler chandeliers and dark wood wainscoting spread across the upper floors signal exactly what kind of place this is: a proper steakhouse, doing things the old way. The focus is grass-fed and grain-fed beef, much of it dry-aged well past three weeks, with house-made sauces that cover the range. The wood-fired mashed potato is quietly the dish people keep mentioning. End with whisky and feel no guilt about it.

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  83. Rank 47. Tales by Chapter

    Vegetarian Vietnamese

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  84. Rank 47. The Albion by Kirk Westaway

    Contemporary British

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  85. Rank 47. The Monkey Gallery Dining

    Contemporary Vietnamese

    A concrete counter faces an open kitchen on the third floor of a Mac Thi Buoi address, and the minimalist, Japanese-leaning room is spare enough that the food has nowhere to hide. The chef grew up in Central Vietnam and trained in Europe, and the tasting menu pulls that tension into something interesting. Named for three founders all born in the Year of the Monkey, which is either a charming origin story or a great excuse for the name.


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  87. Rank 47. Truffle

    Contemporary French

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  88. Rank 47. Vietnam House

    Modern Vietnamese

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  90. Rank 98. Lacàph Coffee Bar

    Vietnamese Coffee Shop


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