Explore Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City — Saigon to locals — fizzes with motorbikes, market kitchens and colonial grandeur. Chauffyr lifts you above the scrum in a fixed-price black car, from a Michelin-starred reinvention of street food to a rooftop over District 1 and the city's moving war museums.
French-colonial boulevards, legendary street food, war history and a fast-rising skyline along the Saigon River.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City
1 MichelinAnan Saigon
New Vietnamese · $$$$ · District 1
Peter Cuong Franklin's one-star 'Cuisine Mới', reinventing street food inside the old Chợ Cũ market.
Cục Gạch Quán
Vietnamese · Home-style · $$ · District 1
A romantic restored-house room serving nostalgic Vietnamese home cooking.
Quán Ăn Ngon
Vietnamese · $$ · District 1
A bustling garden-villa food court of Vietnam's best-loved street dishes.
Secret Garden
Vietnamese · Rooftop · $$ · District 1
A hidden rooftop garden restaurant atop an old apartment block, strung with lanterns.
Propaganda Bistro
Vietnamese · $$ · District 1
A cheerful, mural-lined bistro of fresh, modern Vietnamese cooking by the cathedral.
Phở Hòa Pasteur
Phở · $ · District 3
A long-running Saigon phở institution, ladling rich beef noodle soup since the 1960s.
What to see in Ho Chi Minh City
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon
District 1
A 19th-century French basilica built entirely from imported Toulouse brick, at the city's heart.
Saigon Central Post Office
District 1
A grand 1890s post office with a soaring vaulted hall and old hand-painted maps of Saigon.
War Remnants Museum
District 3
A sobering, essential museum on the Vietnam War, told largely through wartime photography.
Bến Thành Market
District 1
The city's landmark covered market — food stalls by day, a buzzing night market after dark.
Independence Palace
District 1
The preserved 1960s presidential palace where the war ended when a tank crashed its gates in 1975.
Landmark 81 SkyView
Bình Thạnh
Southeast Asia's tallest completed tower, with a sky-high observation deck over the Saigon River.
One perfect day in Ho Chi Minh City
9:00 · Morning
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of SaigonDistrict 1 — French-colonial red-brick basilica
11:00 · Late morning
Saigon Central Post OfficeDistrict 1 — Gustave Eiffel-era hall
13:00 · Lunch
Cục Gạch QuánVietnamese · Home-style · District 1 — Rustic home-style Vietnamese
15:00 · Afternoon
War Remnants MuseumDistrict 3 — Vietnam War history
18:00 · Golden hour
Landmark 81 SkyViewBình Thạnh — Vietnam's tallest tower
20:00 · Dinner
Anan SaigonNew Vietnamese · District 1 — Bánh xèo taco
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.