A great place for a light lunch or dinner, or just to take a break from shopping or sight seeing. Pleasant, informal decor, good value meals, snacks, coffees, teas, drinks and home-made ice cream. Recommended.

Excellent Czech-style micro-brewery serving a wide selection of Czech dishes and Vietnamese fare. Great beers, huge venue (over 600 covers) and a superb place for entertaining. Good value and great fun. Recommended.

Great coffee, stylish ambiance and good service add up to a pleasant spot to spend some time. Good choice of freshly prepared dishes and reasonably priced daily specials. Popular with the city's expat communities. Recommended.

Good food including arguably the best pizzas in Saigon. Also pasta dishes, salads, and other favourites. Open in the evenings only from 5pm. Recommended.

Small travellers' cafe in the Pham Ngu Lao/De Tham area offering better than average food at very keen prices. Also delivers. Recommended.

The sensation of real Japanese cusine in a modern dtnamic style.

Pleasant boutique bar & cafe in the centre of town, over looking Hai Ba Trung street and the Opera House beyond. Classic Danish style, serves good Scandinavian food, popular with the Danish & Scandinavian expat communities. Recommended.

Pleasant terraced courtyard leading into various themed rooms and areas. Cafe 9 @ serves great food (choose from over a hundred Asian and European preparations), a selection of coffees, cocktails, beers, juices and more. Also features a branch of Chez Guido for pizza lovers. A very popular spot with young Saigonese and foreigners alike. Recommended.

Very elegant cafe housed in beautifully restored wooden residence and pleasant courtyard. Wide range of excellent coffees, teas, cold drinks and more. Light meals and ice cream also available. Recommended.

Pleasant restaurant & cafe serving decent, well-priced Asian & Japanese cuisine. Located in the heart of "backpackerville" - between Bui Vien & Pham Ngu Lao.

Very popular, well located, stylish "New York-style" deli and cafe. Fairly-priced lunchtime menu featuring sandwiches, pizza, pasta, soups, salads etc. Recommended.

Convenient downtown location, pleasant courtyard setting with funky air-con interior. Serves Illy brand coffee to thirsty patrons and also offers a wide-ranging Italian & international menu. A vietnamhotelz Favourite.

Fresh baked bagels, freshly squeezed fruit juices, smoothies & shakes including plenty of healthy options across the menu. A great place for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack at any time of day. By night the venue transforms itself into a stylish cocktail bar featuring a comprehensive drinks menu. Foreign managed and non-smoking downstairs. An vietnamhotelz Favourite.

Popular, reasonably priced restaurant and bar, stylishly designed and comfortably furnished, serving excellent Vietnamese and other Asian fare. Sister operation to the fashionable AQ Cafe. Recommended.

Pleasant Japanese cafe/bar attached to this stylish boutique. Snacks, cakes, drinks and full meals at very reasonable prices. A great place to rest while exploring the shops in this area. Recommended.

Popular Japanese restaurant with Japanese chef. Delivers. Japanese music, teppaniaki garden. Starts from $15/person

Very good food, popular venue. Authentic Szechuan cuisine and more, all prepared by a team of award-winning chefs. Steamboat specials on Friday and Saturday nights. A vietnamhotelz Favourite.

Stylish restaurant close to downtown, serving very good Asian seafood specialities plus excellent Thai and Vietnamese dishes. Pleasant open aspect terrace and patio plus air-con dining room all decorated in modern-rustic Thai style. Delivers. Recommended.

Tasty Chinese and other Asian specialities at this top end hotel restaurant.

Excellent Chinese cuisine featuring daily Dim Sum menu and very good value buffet luncheon. Look out for regular special offers such as a whole Peking Duck for just US$1.00.

DecentChinese restaurant with private rooms serving Cantonese & Szechuan food from a la carte and set menus. The popular "eat all you want" Dim Sum buffet with over 30 sumptuous items is available every day during lunch time from 11.30 am till 2.30 pm. Recommended.

Large Chinese seafood restaurant. Popular with the local Vietnamese and Chinese crowds. Attached health club/massage.

Top-end Chinese cuisine in a hotel setting. Recommended.

Excellent Chinese restaurant, great dim sum, Peking duck etc. Deservedly popular - booking is strongly recommended. A vietnamhotelz Favourite.

Good Chinese and Oriental seafood served at this popular theatre restaurant.

Starts from $5/person

 A Saigon classic, the first pizza joint to open in the city. Take-away pizzas, Aussie pies, geat burgers and more. Limited seating but full delivery/take away menu available. Recommended