BARS
DOWNTOWN OF SAIGON
During your free time in the late afternoon, we would like to suggest some bars to you and your family. You can walk straight to the place or ask your hotel to make a reservation in advance.
We wish you a wonderful evening!
Rooftop Bar – Bitexco building
Address: 02 Hai Trieu street, District 1, HCM City.
Hotline: +84 971 50 51 52
Floor 52nd Heli Bar “Sky Bar”
Open from: 10:30am till late
Serve: drinks after 17:00pm
If you want to feel like you are on top of the world, head to the Bitexco Financial Tower which is one of the tallest buildings in HCM City. This modern skyscraper was built by Ecuadorian architect Carlos Zapata and was designed to resemble a lotus bud (you be the judge). If you are looking for intimate views or colonial-era cachet, you won’t find any of that here, but if you are looking for spectacular 360 degree sweeping views of the city in a contemporary setting, you can’t get much better than those at the 52nd floor Heli Bar which is named for the large helipad that juts out of the building. In addition to the Heli Bar, you can also dine at the 51st floor EON 51 or head to the Saigon Skydeck on the 49th floor. The Saigon Skydeck requires an entrance fee but may be a good way to get top-of-the-world views for families and those who are not interested in a drink or meal.
A & B Tower – Chill Sky Bar
Address: AB Tower, Floor 26th, 76 Lê Lai street, District 1.
Hotline: +84 93 882 2838
The Chill Sky Bar offers views from the 27th floor of the A & B Tower in a hip and contemporary setting. A bit away from many of the other rooftop bars in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, the popular Chill Skybar offers sweeping views of the financial district and the chaotic Ben Thanh traffic circle. The bar does have a “smart casual” dress code so make sure you wear closed toed shoes (shorts may also be prohibited but seems they may be easing on that rule after multiple complaints from shorts-wearing visitors).
Rex Hotel – Rooftop Garden Bar
Address: 141 Nguyen Hue street, District 1.
Hotline: +84 8 3829 2185 ext. 7264/7265
Note: for those who looking for great live band reminds you of the 1970s and 1980s. Price of food and drinks are higher than other places
The Rex Hotel has strong associations with the Vietnam-American War. The first hotel guests were actually U.S. Army soldiers and the rooftop bar would serve as a popular hangout for military personnel and war correspondents. Nightly war-related briefings, known as the “Five o’ clock Follies”, were held at 5pm at the Rex Hotel and the hotel was used as the location for the press conference announcing the reunification of Vietnam in 1976. The Rooftop Garden Bar is a large rooftop terrace occupying the 5th floor of the hotel and offers some great close-up views of the street life in the area. The Rex has a bit of a Las Vegas feel to me, but the bar is open 24 hours a day, making it a great choice for those wanting to visit at any time of the day or night.
Caravelle Saigon – Saigon Saigon Bar
Address: 19-23 Lam Son Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Hotline: (84 8) 3823 4999 ext. 27110
Opening in 1959, the grand sweeping views offered by the 10th floor rooftop Saigon Saigon Bar, the tallest at the time it was built, soon became not only a fashionable place for drinks, but would become a safe lookout point for foreign correspondents in wartime Vietnam. While wholly renovated and no longer the tallest building in town, the Saigon Saigon Bar still evokes a bit of the historic flair of Old Saigon and offers great views of the city, including the Notre Dame Cathedral (the one in HCMC, not Paris!). We were actually drawn to the Caravelle Saigon hotel not for its famous rooftop bar, but for its recently revamped afternoon tea menu at the ground floor lobby lounge named Café de l’Opera which offers good intimate views of the Opera House and Lam Son Square.
Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers – Level 23 Wine Bar
Address: 88 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Hotline: +84 8 3827 2828
The Sheraton’s Level 23 Wine Bar offers a sleek setting, an extensive drink menu, and big sweeping 180 degree views of downtown Ho Chi Minh City. One of the highest bars in the city, this 23rd floor view offers a look at both the short old colonial buildings and the sleek tall modern skyscrapers
