Ho Chi Minh City — Places to eat
Scooter tides, sidewalk broken rice, rooftop nights.
- Phở Hòa Pasteur — Southern-style phở from 5:30 a.m., with no skimping on the beef
- Phở Chào — Bib Gourmand phở with a three-day bone broth, plus phở with fries
- Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa — A bánh mì so stuffed with ham and pâté that two can share
- Cơm Tấm Ba Ghiền — A plate-sized charcoal pork chop on broken rice, Bib Gourmand
- Bánh Xèo 46A — Giant yellow crêpes for 70+ years, right across from the pink church
- Bún Bò Huế 14B — Spicy lemongrass Huế-style noodles from a Bib Gourmand stall
- Ốc Oanh (Vinh Khanh food street) — Snails, prawns and crab on street stools with beer; Vinh Khanh's star
- Nhà Hàng Ngon — North, central and southern dishes under one roof; an easy first dinner
- Bếp Mẹ Ỉn — Alley-side home cooking where staff show you how to wrap bánh xèo
- Bún Chả 145 — Sweet-salty bún chả in the middle of Bui Vien, ₫60k
- Pizza 4P's Ben Thanh — Pizza crowned with house-made burrata, for when you need a break from phở
- Cộng Cà Phê (Lý Tự Trọng) — Army-green décor and coconut smoothie coffee, the Cộng original
- Little HaNoi Egg Coffee — Custard-like egg coffee in a room styled like old Hanoi
- Maison Marou Saigon — Vietnam's bean-to-bar chocolate flagship, thick with roasting cacao
- Chill Skybar — Cocktails on a 26th-floor terrace; Saigon's original rooftop bar
- Cục Gạch Quán — Home-style Vietnamese in a villa with a koi pond
- Anan Saigon — A market-alley townhouse turning street food into a Michelin star
- Dim Tu Tac (Cholon) — Cantonese dim sum with trolleys in Cholon
- Bánh Canh Cua Bà Ba — Orange crab broth and fat noodles, down an alley
- Bún Riêu Yến — Tomato broth bún riêu on a street corner
- Bánh Cuốn Tây Hồ 127 — Rice rolls steamed to order
- La Lola — Mediterranean menu in central District 1
- The Workshop Coffee — Pour-over specialty coffee upstairs in an old colonial building
- The Old Compass Cafe — Retro café on the 3rd floor of a 1960s apartment block