An old Saigon in the heart of Phạm Ngũ Lão

Vietnamese restaurant · District 1 · From 185/28 Phạm Ngũ Lão

Home Saigon Restaurant does not show off. A curved wooden sign reading “HOME SAIGON / Restaurant & Bar” with the address 185/28 Phạm Ngũ Lão leads guests into a warm dining room — where old Saigon covers the walls, and food arrives on banana leaf in bamboo trays.

The glass frontage opens wide, glowing warm at night, with string lights, a bamboo ceiling and potted plants flanking the entrance. Inside are mustard-yellow walls covered in black-and-white photos of old Saigon, wooden benches with rattan backs and pink and pale-yellow cushions, dark-wood tables and a colorful geometric tile floor.

The plating mixes traditional and modern: coconut rice with grilled chicken served inside a young coconut on banana leaf, garlic-butter grilled prawns and whole crispy fish on bamboo trays — alongside modern platings like fish fillet with passion-fruit sauce, mash and steamed vegetables.

In the Phạm Ngũ Lão tourist area, guests are mostly international tourists and groups. The room is calm by day and busy and lively in the evening. Staff are praised by name — a friendly, easygoing place, a “Saigon home” for visitors from far away.

Cơm dừa gà nướng kèm salad — rice in a whole young coconut, grilled chicken, salad, dipping sauce

Fish fillet with passion-fruit sauce, mash, steamed vegetables

The sign

The curved wooden sign, round logo

“HOME SAIGON / Restaurant & Bar / Home Of Vietnamese Cuisine / 185/28 Phạm Ngũ Lão” — a curved wooden sign with a round logo, and a wide glass frontage glowing warm at night.

The wall

Old Saigon covering the walls

Mustard-yellow walls hung dense with framed black-and-white photos of old Saigon, above wooden benches with rattan backs and pink and pale-yellow cushions, under a woven-bamboo ceiling.

The trays

Bamboo trays, banana leaf

Coconut rice inside a young coconut, garlic-butter grilled prawns, whole crispy fish — all served on banana leaf in bamboo trays, with shredded salad and dipping sauce.