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 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
Look for the best places to eat in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. You may read about recommended restaurants and food. Find out about local food and local dining customs. Also, you might want to read our
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| A Gyure |
08 August 2005 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Do yourself a favor and attend the evening traditional Vietnamese musical concert and fashion show at SI HOANG, a tea salon located on the street just behind Saigon's famous City Hall building. For only $15.00 US per person, you get to sample gourmet teas and snacks while hearing talented musicians play extremely rare instruments (like a unique stone xylophone and beautiful violin made out of a stalk of bamboo) and seeing professional models wearing ancient Vietnamese textiles in intimate, charming, and very atmospheric surroundings. Best of all, it is not cheesy or touristy like a lot of things in Vietnam can be. CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS ENOUGH!
For dinner I highly recommend Luong Son Quan. I like to eat where the locals do--off the beaten track from the tourist circuit, and you won't find any foreigners here, just really well prepared Vietnamese cuisine that is delicious and very safe. Their specialty is a wonderful marinated beef that you grill yourself on a handy table top charcoal grill, accompanied by a nice mustard sauce. For the more adventurous diner, there are also many exotic dishes like deep fried scorpion or grilled field rat!
Best (cheapest) way to get around Saigon is by motorbike or cyclo (bicycle pedaled rickshaw) but BE SURE TO AGREE ON A PRICE BEFORE YOU EMBARK! Same goes for taxi cabs - most of them in Saigon don't seem to be metered!
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| Z Kelly |
01 August 2005 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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We visited the war remants museum, one sided but still very eye-opening, the Bin Tanh market - crazy busy but great bargains and all around the Dhong Khoi area is great shopping. Lemon Grass restaurant (just off Dhong Khoi St) had some lovely Vietnamese food and we ate in Camargue and Le Jardin French restaurants, the former somewhat more expensive but amazing food and setting.
Also worth a look is the Fine Arts Museum, set in a beautiful building (French style) and if you go down the corridors and not just the main rooms, there is a wealth of ornaments and paintings to be seen. A find are the 2 galleries selling art at the bottom of this museum.
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| M Van der kolk |
23 May 2005 |
Stayed at Continental Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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I made intersesting tours to the tunnels of Cu Chi and to the Mekong Delta.
I had an outstanding 'fusion' dinner in the main restaurant of hotel Caravelle.
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| G Yee leng |
16 May 2005 |
Stayed at Asian Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Ngon restaurant at 138 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, just across the road from the Reunification Palace is an excellent place to try a wide variety of local foods.
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| S Mesham |
02 May 2005 |
Stayed at Metropole Hotel, Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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We were in Saigon at the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon so the atmosphere was buzzing. However, Saigon seems to be a place that natually has an exciting air to it anyway. Ben Thanh market is a must - the food is great and the shopping is good for watches and clothes. We travelled round the city mostly on the back of a bike - we paid between USD1 and USD2, depending on how far we went, and time of night. We heard about pickpockets, but did not see or experience anything, but we were very careful keeping all of our valuable in a locked back pack and in a moneybelt. Food and drink are definitely more expensive in the city area, but the Saigon Saigon Bar (Caravelle Hotel) and Level 23 (Sheraton Hotel) are definitely worth a visit for the view. Food at street stalls is just as tasty as in the restaurants, and there are plenty to choose from a must have is the Pho Bo - Vietnamese beef noodle soup - our daily fare. It's worth investigating the back streets as there is always something to see - Saigon is great for people watching! You can also buy travel books such a Lonely Planets on the street for approx USD4-5. Saigon was a great introduction to Vietnam for us - we'll definitely be going back!
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| T Allen |
13 April 2005 |
Stayed at Empress Hotel Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Just down the road from the Empress Hotel towards the centre of town is a wonderful restaurant 'The Saigonese'.....fantastic local food.
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| J Steuernagel |
03 April 2005 |
Stayed at Kimdo Royal City Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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The Sihn Cafe located in the backpack section of District 1 offers many day trips to the Mekong Delta, Chu Chi Tunnel and transfers to Cambodia. The prices are rock bottom, $7 to 15 USD. In that same area, stop by Go2 for a fresh pizza and a cold 50 cent beer. If you're backpacking, upgrade for the latest North Face or Low Alpine model pack, $15 for a 60-80 liter bag! By Dong Khoi Street there are a lot of quaint, trendy places to pick up sandwiches for lunch, coffe or fruit smoothy. Try Juice or Cafe Java. If you have time, go north on Hwy 1 to Mui Ne. There are many quality beach resorts. We stayed at Coco Beach and were very impressed. Enjoy Vietnam!
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| L Lawson |
02 April 2005 |
Stayed at Bong Sen Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Just down the street from the hotel is Juice, a multi-level restaurant. Okay, its emphasis is not authentic Vietnamese cuisine, but it has an abundance of not-to-be missed smoothies (non-dairy and otherwise) and other fruit drinks. Equally delicious are the offerings on the sandwich, salad, pizza, and dessert menu; plus they offer a page of specials that change monthly.
A good tour is a day tour of the Mekong River delta; we booked through a reputable company in the backpackers' district. I think the name was Ban Thranh.
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| M Gerard (2nd call) |
30 March 2005 |
Stayed at Kimdo Royal City Hotel - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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Stayed at the Kimdo Hotel and it is literally next door to the TAX dept store. Not only did we use the supermarket for food, actually bought T-shirts, ao dai's, robes,etc in the supermarket.!!! There is a fountain in front of the Opera and we would go there in the evening...when families were there with their children! Great fun. Our most memorable day was the one when we went to DAM SEN PARK, District 11..we took a taxi and spent a Sunday with all the locals! We were the only caucasians there. We got stared at, bowed to, asked to be in photos with them,etc. For one whole day, there was not a vendor in sight who wanted us to buy anything! Another great place to mingle with the locals: Quan An Ngon restaurant at 138 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia...decent food and VERY few tourists. Had lunch one day at Vietnam House and I'd highly recommend it too. Our biggest disappointment in all of Vietnam was our 2 day Mekong delta trip. We signed on with Delta Adventures (highly recommended from Lonely Planet AND people we met along the way). Do not think they stuck to the itinerary. It was a very lackluster two days. Forgot to mention that although it IS a long day, thought the Cao Dai Temple was VERY impressive and worthwhile.
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| S Imai-lindsay |
05 February 2005 |
Stayed at Duxton Hotel Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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T & A Silk for tailored outfits, Temple Club for lunch or dinner (great deserts downstairs, separate eatery), Bamboo Cafe by Bentan Market for refreshing and reasonable meals, Saigon Saigon Bar at Caravel Hotel for the great view of the city.
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