The Places · Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Made By profiles 8 places in Ho Chi Minh City, spanning modern vietnamese vegetarian, authentic neapolitan pizza & regional italian, latin american (mexican & argentine influences) — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Modern Vietnamese Street Food Fine Dining
Anan Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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.
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02.Modern Australian-Vietnamese Fine Dining
Akuna
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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.
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03.Modern Vietnamese Fusion Fine Dining
CieL
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
CieL holds a 2025 Michelin star under chef Viet Hong, operating at the top 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. With a 4.9 Google rating across 91 reviews, it sits among the city's most critically consistent addresses.
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04.Modern Vietnamese Vegetarian
Chay Garden (District 3)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Chay Garden in District 3 holds a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand, placing it among the few vegetarian restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City to earn formal recognition for quality at accessible prices. Set inside a colonial-era house on Võ Văn Tần, it serves plant-based Vietnamese cooking, braised eggplant, banana, green beans, in small dining rooms and a tree-lined patio that make the price-to-experience ratio difficult to argue with.
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05.Authentic Neapolitan Pizza & Regional Italian
Margherí
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
In District 7's Mỹ Hưng quarter, Margherí brings Neapolitan pizza technique to one of Ho Chi Minh City's most internationally minded neighbourhoods. Chef Ciro Sorrentino's kitchen works with authentic Italian ingredients and a contemporary dough method that produces a light, pronounced crust. The dining room is spacious and well-lit, with an Italian wine list and a supporting cast of regional appetisers that rounds out the offer.
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06.Modern Vietnamese Vegetarian
Hum Garden
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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. Google reviewers score it 4.6 from over 1,300 ratings, placing it among the more consistent value options in the city's growing plant-forward dining tier.
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07.Latin American (Mexican & Argentine influences)
Sol Kitchen & Bar (District 1)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sol Kitchen & Bar holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) for its Latin American cooking in the heart of District 1, Lý Tự Trọng. Chef Adrian Chong Yen runs a mid-range kitchen that has earned a 4.8 Google rating across more than 3,100 reviews, placing it among the more consistently rated foreign-cuisine restaurants operating in Ho Chi Minh City at the ₫₫ price tier.
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08.Modern Vietnamese Vegan
Vị Quê Kitchen
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vị Quê Kitchen brings Vietnamese vegetarian cooking to the Bến Thành quarter at a price point that makes repeat visits easy, backed by consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. With a Google rating of 4.7 across more than a thousand reviews, it occupies a distinct position in a city whose plant-based dining scene has moved well beyond temple food and tofu. Chef Marcos Gil leads the kitchen.
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