Located on the rooftop of the Odys Boutique Hotel in District 1, BUP Sky Lounge & Restaurant provides a vantage point to watch the city from above.
It has a buffet during breakfast and an a la carte menu for lunch and dinner with a wide selection of Vietnamese street foods and typical European dishes.
Diners can enjoy baked Japanese oysters with garlic butter sauce, grilled American beef salad and French onion soup with garlic toast.
The restaurant is at 67-69 Nguyen Thai Binh Street in District 1.
Prices start from VND699,000 (US$30) per person.
Le Comptoir Restaurant on Ho Huan Nghiep Street in Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, has French architecture and a lot of greenery.
Its design takes inspiration from bistros in France that are usually casual neighborhood restaurants serving moderately priced, simple meals in a modest setting.
Its New Year menu has seared scallop and squid, roasted pork tenderloin and roasted pear and blue cheese, and prices start at VND1.1 million per person.
Olivia Restaurant opened in Thao Dien, home to a large expat community, in October.
One of its highlights is an interior garden with a picture window that frames the kitchen.
It also has an open kitchen separated from the main hall by a clear glass panel.
Signature dishes include amaebi prawns, wild Vinh Hy lobster mousseline and Flinders Island lamb, and prices start at VND1.69 million per person.
It is at 31A Le Van Mien Street and open from Tuesday to Sunday.
Situated on the 23rd floor of Centec Tower in District 1, Shri Restaurant & Lounge, which opened in 2010, has become one of the most popular open-air rooftop restaurants in HCMC.
For New Year it is serving guests Wagyu beef, foie gras, sea grouper, Iberico ham, and Marou chocolate brownie, with a five-course set menu starting at VND1.4 million per person.
From the restaurant, guests can get a panoramic view of much of the city.
It is at 72-74 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street
Moo Beef Steak – Prime Restaurant serves premium steaks imported from the U.S., Japan and Australia at prices ranging from VND100,000 to 1.5 million.
The steak is served with hot pepper, cheese, roasted sesame, or cream sauce.
It has several branches, most of them located in District 1, including at 44 Dong Khoi Street, 35-37 Ngo Duc Ke Street and 109 Ly Tu Trong Street.
Quince Saigon restaurant on at 37bis Ky Con Street in District 1 specializes in European-style dishes.
The highlight of the restaurant is that all dishes are grilled in wood fire ovens.
Its signature dishes include smoked potato cream, tomato and jamon jam, cured salmon, and scallop tonkotsu, with prices ranging from VND160,000-1.3 million per person.
Situated on the first floor of the New World Saigon Hotel in District 1, IBUKI Restaurant, which opened in 2019, mainly serves Japanese cuisine.
Its highlight is ‘teppanyaki,’ a combination of Japanese fine culinary and western performing art that originated during World War II.
Its signature dishes include Kobe beef, Takamori beef, Hyogo oyster, French foie gras, and sea urchin from Hokkaido, and prices start at VND2.9 million per person.
The restaurant is at 76 Le Lai Street in Ben Thanh Ward.
