Ho Chi Minh City
Tiny street in District 1 with the highest concentration of small-format cocktail bars in the city. Walk it from end to end. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Ho Chi Minh City.
District 1 · $$$
Saigon's most awarded cocktail bar.
District 1 · $$$
Eatery-and-cocktail-bar with a Mediterranean food menu and a cocktail programme equal to the kitchen.
District 1 · $$$
Speakeasy reached through a Vietnamese-coffee shop.
District 1 · $$
Tiny eight-seat cocktail bar above a tailor shop on Thi Sach Street.
District 1 · $$$
26th-floor rooftop bar above the Hotel Bến Thà nh.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Craft Beer, Hidden Gems and Rooftop Bars here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Thi Sach Street like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.