Ho Chi Minh City
You're flying out of Ho Chi Minh City Airport, you have 90 minutes to kill, and you'd like to do better than a Pret. Good news: airport drinking has improved more in the last five years than the previous fifty. Pre-flight drinks at Ho Chi Minh City Airport range from chain reliability to surprisingly polished hotel-style bars in the airport hotels. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to drinking better at Ho Chi Minh City's airports.
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Saigon's most awarded cocktail bar.
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Eatery-and-cocktail-bar with a Mediterranean food menu and a cocktail programme equal to the kitchen.
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Speakeasy reached through a Vietnamese-coffee shop.
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Tiny eight-seat cocktail bar above a tailor shop on Thi Sach Street.
Want a real drink before flying? The fastest play is to get to airport hotels next door — most run polished bars that beat anything post-security. We list them at the bottom. If you've got 60 spare minutes pre-airport, see our shortlist of bars in Ho Chi Minh City proper at the end.
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