Best Tasting Menus in Ho Chi Minh City

3G Trois Gourmands

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A Michelin Plate–recognised French restaurant in Thủ Đức, 3G Trois Gourmands brings European cooking discipline to Ho Chi Minh City's outer districts, where formal French technique is a rarer proposition than in the city centre. Holding consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025, it sits in the mid-to-upper price tier and draws a local clientele that treats it as a reliable anchor for occasion dining on the east side of the city.

Å by T.U.N.G

Å by T.U.N.G holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025), placing it among Ho Chi Minh City's most consistent innovative-cuisine addresses. Located on Đặng Dung in Tân Định, District 1, the restaurant operates at a mid-premium price point for the category, making it a reference point for Vietnamese creative cooking without the upper-tier omakase tariff.

Akuna

1 Michelin star

Akuna occupies the ninth floor of Le Méridien Saigon in District 1, where a Michelin-starred kitchen under Chef Sam Aisbett bridges European technique with Vietnamese produce. Dishes like red-braised goose with Venus clams and smoked Australian pork cheeks sit inside a space defined by 1,200 suspended light rods that replicate the quality of a sunset over moving water. La Liste has scored it 75 points in both 2025 and 2026.

An's Saigon

An's Saigon holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) for its innovative approach to Vietnamese cooking, operating from Thảo Điền in Thủ Đức, the residential district that has become Ho Chi Minh City's most coherent address for serious dining outside the city centre. At the ₫₫₫ price tier, it sits in the same bracket as Coco Dining among the city's mid-to-upper innovative restaurants.

Anan Saigon

1 Michelin star

Anan Saigon on Tôn Thất Đạm holds a Michelin star while operating at a ₫₫ price point, a combination that positions it at the sharper end of Vietnam's street-food-rooted fine-dining conversation. Chef Peter Cuong Franklin reframes familiar southern Vietnamese flavours through technique, and the restaurant has ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Asia list every year from 2023 through 2025, landing at #17 in the 2025 edition.

Casa Fontana Restaurant

Casa Fontana Restaurant is a modern Italian restaurant at La Vela Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3.

CieL

1 Michelin star

CieL holds a 2025 Michelin star under chef Viet Hong, operating at the summit price tier of Ho Chi Minh City's innovative dining scene from its Thảo Điền address in Thu Duc. The restaurant draws milestone diners seeking a formal creative menu in a neighbourhood better known for riverside cafes and expat brunch spots. It sits among the city's most critically consistent addresses.

Coco Dining

1 Michelin star

Coco Dining holds a Michelin star earned in 2025, placing it among a small tier of Ho Chi Minh City restaurants where innovative cooking meets serious sourcing intent. Under Chef Chris Sanchez, the kitchen operates at a price point that signals premium ambition without the full omakase formality of peers like Akuna. The address on Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa in District 3 puts it at the quieter, residential edge of the city's fine-dining corridor.

Đông Phố

A Michelin Plate recipient in both 2024 and 2025, Đông Phố sits on Hồ Xuân Hương Street in District 3, serving Vietnamese cuisine at mid-range prices that make the recognition accessible.

Esta

Esta holds a Michelin Plate for the second consecutive year (2024 and 2025), placing it in the dependable mid-tier of Ho Chi Minh City's contemporary dining scene. Chef Hishikawa Kazuki leads a young Vietnamese team that builds its menu around local ingredients, producing Asian Contemporary cooking at ₫₫₫ price points that reward curiosity without demanding a special-occasion budget.

Hum Garden

Hum Garden holds a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and sits in the Thảo Điền residential quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, operating from a courtyard house on a quiet street. The menu runs Vietnamese-inspired vegetarian dishes built on organic produce sourced directly from farmers, with modern technique applied throughout.

Hum Signature - Plant-based fine dining

In a city where street stalls and pho shops define the culinary baseline, Hum Signature on Võ Văn Tần occupies a different register entirely: plant-based fine dining in a Vietnamese context, where the source of each ingredient carries as much weight as its preparation. District 3's quieter residential corridors make it a considered destination rather than a passing stop, and that deliberateness extends to the plate.

Lüne

Lüne brings French technique to a tucked-away District 1 address in Ho Chi Minh City, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. Set apart from the city's larger French dining rooms, it operates in a quieter register where sourcing discipline and classical method carry more weight than spectacle. A strong.

Madame Lam

Set in Thảo Điền beneath Indochine-Art Deco interiors, Madame Lam presents modern Vietnamese cooking rooted in the central region's culinary traditions. The menu balances refinement with restraint, earning a Michelin Plate in 2024. At the ₫₫ price point, it sits in a tier that rewards curious diners who want considered Vietnamese cooking without the formality of a full tasting format.

Nén Light

Nén Light holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small cohort of Ho Chi Minh City restaurants where innovative Vietnamese cooking has attracted sustained critical attention. Located in Quận 1, the restaurant operates at the summit of the local price tier, positioning it alongside similarly awarded addresses redefining what contemporary Vietnamese cuisine can achieve.

Nephele

Nephele holds a 2025 Michelin Plate at the upper end of Ho Chi Minh City's Asian Contemporary tier, drawing a considered crowd to a Bình Thạnh address that sits apart from the District 1 cluster. it competes in the same price bracket as CieL and Long Trieu, where format discipline and kitchen precision carry the booking decision.

Noir. Dining in the Dark

Noir. Dining in the Dark on Hai Bà Trưng in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 takes a concept that has found footholds in Paris, London, and New York and roots it in Vietnam's most internationally connected city. Guests eat in complete darkness, guided by staff trained to move through the space without sight. The format is less about theatre than about what happens to perception when one sense is removed.

NÔM

NÔM unfolds Vietnamese regional cooking as a multi-floor tasting menu in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Dinh Ward. Each course tracks north-to-south culinary traditions—Huế beef noodle soup, fish soup finished with herb oil and caviar—matched to architecture and interiors that shift by floor. The format positions itself in the city's growing contemporary-Vietnamese fine-dining segment.

Olivia

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Olivia brings European contemporary cooking to Ho Chi Minh City's mid-to-upper dining tier, pairing a Michelin Plate-recognised kitchen under Chef Ty Leon with a wine program of genuine depth: 260 selections across 1,330 bottles, weighted toward Italy, France, and California. For a city where serious wine lists remain scarce, the cellar is an argument in itself.

Opera

Opera sits on Lam Son Square in District 1, one of Ho Chi Minh City's most historically charged addresses, where the old Municipal Theatre frames the street outside. The venue occupies a setting where colonial-era architecture and the city's contemporary dining ambitions converge, placing it in the same conversation as the neighbourhood's more formally positioned restaurants. It is the kind of address that rewards a measured, unhurried visit.

Oryz

A Michelin Plate-recognised bistro on Tân Định's quieter northern edge, Oryz builds a multi-course Asian contemporary format around fermentation, open-fire technique, and a passport-card storytelling device that traces each dish to its regional origin. Holding, it occupies the thoughtful, occasion-worthy tier of District 1 dining, priced at ₫₫₫ and structured for guests who want narrative alongside technique.

Sóno

BOM Hospitality Group's 2022 addition frames Vietnamese tradition through Chef Kiên Phan's grill-forward cooking and a natural-wine list exceeding 100 labels. The dimly lit dining room in An Khanh Ward channels focus toward the open kitchen, where thematic tasting menus and à la carte grilling showcase ingredient clarity.

Sushi Rei

In District 1's Đa Kao neighbourhood, Sushi Rei occupies a corner of Ho Chi Minh City's small but serious Japanese dining tier, where counter service, seasonal fish, and front-of-house precision matter more than size or spectacle. It sits in a city increasingly willing to pay for format discipline and sourcing rigour, alongside peers like Akuna and Long Trieu at the higher end of the local table.

Tales by Chapter

Tales by Chapter gives Ho Chi Minh City’s fine-dining conversation a sharper sustainability brief: plant-based tasting menus, local produce, rooftop herbs and fermentation rather than imported-luxury signalling. Its chef’s-counter view and villa setting place Vietnamese vegetables, offcuts and supply chains at the centre of the experience.

The Albion by Kirk Westaway

On the 23rd floor of a District 3 tower, The Albion by Kirk Westaway brings contemporary British dining to Ho Chi Minh City in a 60-seat room styled with 1930s references, marble, and wood-paneled bar. The menu moves through four sections drawing on Da Lat produce and global suppliers, with a 2025 Michelin Plate confirming its position in the city's premium dining tier.

The Monkey Gallery Dining

A consecutive Michelin Plate recipient in 2024 and 2025, The Monkey Gallery Dining sits on the third floor of a Bến Nghé address that places it squarely in District 1's mid-to-upper dining tier. The kitchen works in European Contemporary register, making it one of a small number of restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City where that format has earned sustained recognition. For a special occasion dinner with genuine culinary ambition, it earns serious consideration.

Tre Dining

A Michelin Plate-recognised address in Thảo Điền, Tre Dining applies contemporary technique to Vietnamese ingredients within a residential neighbourhood that has become one of Ho Chi Minh City's more considered dining pockets. For visitors mapping the city's Vietnamese contemporary scene, it belongs on the itinerary.

Truffle

Truffle occupies the 73rd floor of Landmark 81, Ho Chi Minh City's tallest tower, delivering French Contemporary cuisine at the city's highest dining address. Consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 places it among the city's credentialed fine-dining tier, with a price point, ₫₫₫₫, that aligns it with peers like CieL rather than casual French bistros. The elevation is literal and the ambition matches it.

Upstairs

1 Michelin star

A four-table modern Vietnamese dining room set above a wine bar in District 2, where chef Hiep Truong translates Central Vietnamese traditions into a refined tasting format. The Michelin Guide recognition in 2024 flags the kitchen's technical precision, while the boutique wine programme and intimate scale keep the focus on ingredient quality and sommelier curation.

Yakiniku Yazawa Saigon

Yakiniku Yazawa Saigon brings Japanese precision grilling to Ho Chi Minh City's District 3, where the Tokyo-rooted Yazawa brand meets the intensity of Vietnam's beef culture. The format places diners in direct control of high-heat charcoal grids, with Japanese sourcing protocols applied to cuts rarely handled with this level of care in the city. It occupies a distinct tier in Saigon's premium grill scene.