Vietnamese restaurant · Phạm Ngũ Lão, District 1
Home Saigon Restaurant
Coconut rice, bamboo trays, old Saigon photos
A warm Vietnamese restaurant in the Phạm Ngũ Lão area — mustard-yellow walls covered in black-and-white photos of old Saigon, rattan benches with pink cushions, a colorful encaustic-tile floor, and dishes served on banana leaf in bamboo trays. Guests are mostly international tourists and groups.
The memory wall
A gallery of old Saigon
Mustard-yellow walls hung dense with framed black-and-white photos of old Saigon. Below them, wooden benches with rattan backs and pink and pale-yellow cushions, dark-wood tables, small vases of dried flowers — and a colorful geometric encaustic-tile floor underfoot, a woven-bamboo ceiling with recessed lights overhead.
185/28 Phạm Ngũ Lão, Bến Thành, District 1
The signature
Cơm dừa gà nướng kèm salad
Rice served inside a whole young coconut, with grilled chicken, shredded salad and dipping sauce, on banana leaf in a bamboo tray. It is the restaurant's most-mentioned dish — order one for the table to share.
The rhythm of the room
Calm by day, lively by night
By day the dining room is calm and quiet; in the evening it fills up and turns lively, especially with tourist groups. Staff are praised by name — if you want a recommendation, ask your server.
The room & the plates
Bamboo trays, banana leaf, dark wood
Visit
Right in the Phạm Ngũ Lão area, District 1
185/28 Phạm Ngũ Lão, Bến Thành · Open daily 9:00–22:30 · +84 338 904 446