The best restaurants Ho Chi Minh City

Friendly welcome of the crew in this small Breton creperie located a few steps away from the tourist district, away from the eyes in a dead end street. Room upstairs where the walls are decorated with images of Brittany. French song in the background. The sweet and savoury cakes are copiously garnished and accompanied by a bowl of cider. An ideal address for tourists in need of the specialities of the North-West region of France. Also on the menu for those who don't succumb to pancakes: pizzas.

The Quince Saigon restaurant is a must for lovers of modern cuisine. Under the leadership of chefs Julien Perraudin and Charlie Jones, it offers cuisine inspired by French gastronomy, but also incorporating Oriental influences. The open kitchen gives you a glimpse of the wood-fired ovens used to prepare the dishes. The food is full of deep, rich flavors, including mussels/frites caviar, Wagyu beef tartare... This refined and inventive cuisine will delight the most demanding palates.

This large restaurant offers outdoor seating and small air-conditioned rooms. A wide selection of meats are on the menu, including excellent barbecued beef, pork, chicken and seafood. You can also come in for a drink, with a wide selection of beers, wines and spirits. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed, with locals coming to have a good time with friends and family. The musical atmosphere sets the tone, it is a trendy place. It's a bit expensive, but the meats are tasty!

This "market" is one of the city's most popular, with some 3,500 visitors a day! Locals and foreign tourists alike flock to sample a wide range of street food. More than 30 stalls offer local specialities such as pho, banh xeo and the inevitable banh mi, as well as recipes from Greece, India and Mexico. Fresh juices, soft drinks and beers are also available. A place not to be missed.

A small, popular restaurant with a pleasant setting located directly on the most lively street in the " backpakers' district". Its specialty? Bun Cha, executed in a very honorable way. Served generously, it is a dish made of pork grilled over a wood fire served in a bowl of broth, rice noodles, accompanied by mint leaves and salad. Each person adds garlic, chili pepper, etc. to taste. You can accompany your meal with egg rolls, meat skewers or okra, and, of course, a cold beer.

Close to the lively Bui Vien district, but a little out of the way, this is an excellent address for those wishing to enjoy authentic pho . Night owls will be delighted, as the establishment closes late at night. Popular atmosphere. Take a seat at one of the large tables and order the pho of your choice. Several varieties with multiple combinations of beef. Greens, bean sprouts, lemons and chillies are brought in for garnish. Probably not the most attractive place, but the flavor and authenticity of the recipes won us over.

Formerly called Hôi An Restaurant, this famous establishment, frequented by many foreign personalities on official visits to Vietnam, has moved. The quality is still there. Fine and light cuisine from the Center with a particular care given to the meat and spices renowned for their virtues. The dishes are elaborated from local and seasonal products chosen with care by the chefs. Refined presentation in a beautiful traditional setting. Wine cellar. Possibility to book a table online.

Set on several levels, this chic bistro, furnished with industrial furniture, offers a friendly and convivial setting. The menu, presented in newspaper style, is in Vietnamese and English. The chef is truly Thai and offers a menu featuring the Kingdom's classics. Pad ka prao, som tam (green papaya salad), curries, vegetarian dishes... Delicate flavors and spices. Dishes are slightly adapted for Vietnamese palates, less spicy and a little sweeter. A good address in town.

The city's must-visit address for Bahn Mi lovers! Popular with locals, gourmets, international stars... This small establishment makes its own breads, pâtés, and other products that can also be bought. The undeniable star of the place is their generous sandwich, made of toasted bread served with pâté, ham, cold cuts and to which you can add pickles, cucumber, green onions to balance the taste of the cold cuts. The place is very popular and the wait is sometimes long.

Opened in 1968, this small restaurant devoted to pho is a veritable institution in the city, and its success continues unabated. This small, long restaurant offers excellent beef and chicken pho specialties in a variety of recipes. Also on the menu are nems, spring rolls, steamed pork bites (banh bao), and some meatless soups. To accompany your meal, you'll have a choice of cold drinks: coffees, teas, fruit juices and a variety of beers.

Bistro atmosphere for this French brasserie. Terrace. Good food: salads, fish, onion soup, carpaccio with truffle oil, homemade duck rillettes, not forgetting the nice platters of French cheeses and the tasty desserts. Nice selection of wines (normal, the restaurant is also a wine bar). A good address for lunch or dinner. The site has an interesting history: the restaurant is located in the former opium refinery of the colonial era. The courtyard now houses some excellent restaurants.

This small, modern and elegant establishment has a lot going for it. Firstly, the dining room is pleasant, with an immaculate open kitchen where you can watch the cooks at work. Secondly, Mama Pho offers 16 recipes of the famous soup: Saigon style, Hanoi style, and many others... The most popular is Wagyu beef pho. You can also order several small complementary dishes, such as spring rolls, egg rolls... Finally, service is fast and friendly.

An excellent little boui-boui that has become an institution. Operating since 1991, it serves specialties from Hué, the former imperial capital. Located in a small alley near the Ben Thành market, close to the Bep Me In restaurant, it offers a pleasant, compact setting, with wooden furniture and pleasant background music. Try the crab soup (Bun Cha Cua) and the small steamed rice paste pancakes. The dishes are adapted to Western palates and are not spicy. A good option for a snack at lunchtime.

This establishment located in a nice old house offers a very good traditional Vietnamese gastronomy. The atmosphere of the place is pleasant, with wooden furniture and a neat decoration. A good place to taste local specialties. Many choices on the menu, don't hesitate to ask for advice from the waiters (who speak English). The star of the menu? The rice cooked in a small earthen pot(com dâp) which is broken with gaiety. This is quite folkloric but can also generate an unpleasant background noise for the guests.

Outside the tourist perimeter, in a residential area where many expatriates live, this establishment is a gastronomic nugget. Previously known as Le Toit gourmand, opened in 2004, it is one of Saigon's finest restaurants. Noble products such as truffles and foie gras, original recipes such as the famous "truffle brouillade" or "foie gras nem", homemade breads and cheeses. Great food, a wide and subtle selection of wines, this is sure to be a memorable dinner.

You will be able to taste the typical bun bo Hue, cha gio (fried egg rolls with chicken or pork), banh cuon thit nuong (spring rolls) and many other dishes from the central Vietnamese region. Run by a French-Vietnamese couple, the establishment also offers French and Mediterranean dishes. For wine lovers, the establishment also serves wine. To test also, the dishes "fusion food" such as the egg rolls with Camembert or the egg rolls tartiflette. The prices are really affordable, especially for the local specialties.

A few steps away from the Bitexco tower, Nhu Lan is a canteen-institution that is always full. Good popular Vietnamese food at very reasonable prices. Their excellent banh mi ham-pastry made the success of the establishment, but the menu has been greatly expanded: soups, chia gio, chicken, duck... The room is clean. English menu available. A part of the store proposes a range of products of the house: meats, sausages, cakes, dried fruits... Typical of Asian street-food. A good choice at lunch time.

Restaurant located near the cathedral, in a very pleasant setting: brick walls repainted with a rural scene borrowed from the iconography of propaganda posters. This establishment serves Vietnamese bistro cuisine: spring rolls, duck curry, organic black rice salad... It is excellent, fresh and tasty. Vegetarians will also find their happiness here. It is a pity that the price of drinks is so high.

Nestled in a small alleyway, this establishment is worth a visit for its cheerful, colorful atmosphere and, above all, for the authentic, excellent Mexican cuisine it serves. On the menu: nachos, tortillas, guacamole, ceviche, patatas, fajitas, burritos and also quinoa salads, multiple variations of tacos and chilis... not forgetting the desserts! A special treat is cinnamon rice pudding. And, of course, tequila... All dishes that bear witness to the fact that Vietnam is a fully-fledged globalized country.

The facility hosted U.S. President G. W. Bush during his visit to Vietnam in November 2006. The Vietnamese cuisine - including Hue specialties - is excellent. You can choose from a wide variety of soups, spring rolls, etc. You can also enjoy sautéed shrimps, lemon chicken or pork with caramel, steamed fish or marinated eggplant. Desserts have a lot of fruit in them. Another address serves exclusively vegetarian Vietnamese cuisine, which is no less delicious.

The Corto is named after Hugo Pratt's sailor. Very pleasant decoration with a neo-industrial style in chiaroscuro, softened by bright and warm colours that give an atmosphere of intimacy. Excellent French cuisine, tasty, generous and refined, based on carefully selected ingredients. Another remarkable point is the prices, which, for an establishment of this quality, are very reasonable. In September 2016, Le Corto and its black cat welcomed President F. Holland during his official visit to Vietnam.

This restaurant, run by a starred chef, offers high quality Japanese cuisine in a sober and elegant setting. Be careful though, it is a creative and innovative cuisine, combining original flavors and offering a real culinary adventure. Some people love it, others like it less. The products used are of excellent quality. The sashimi and sushi are very popular with customers. Various carefully prepared menus are offered. You will be offered a wine adapted to the dishes you wish to taste. A culinary journey.

In a house of colonial architecture, a sober and pleasant setting to taste authentic Vietnamese cuisine. On the menu: vermicelli soup, plate of appetizers, grilled pork on sesame cakes, shrimp fritters... In particular, the delicious specialties of Huê, fine and perfumed. Some French dishes also with the mushroom and snail puff pastry or the Provencal salad. Desserts have the temptation of the West: ice creams and macaroons. Terrace. Recommended address. Spoken French.