The story

Behind the unmarked door

A Prohibition-era speakeasy in the heart of District 1 — candlelight, jazz and classic cocktails, with a place on the world's Top 500 Bars.

Candlelight flickering in the room
Guest photo — the candlelight

Chapter 1

The hidden door

No glowing sign — just a modest door on Tôn Thất Đạm opening onto a dark 1920s room. Inside: flickering candlelight, dark wood, soft jazz and classic cocktails mixed like ritual. Snuffbox is a place you find, never one you pass by.

A Snuffbox cocktail
Guest photo — a cocktail

Chapter 2

No. 252 — the world's Top 500 Bars

Snuffbox ranked No. 252 in the global Top 500 Bars — international recognition for a speakeasy that keeps the Prohibition spirit intact in modern Saigon.

A toast at the bar
Guest photo — a toast

Chapter 3

Wed · Fri · Sat — the room comes alive

Three nights a week, live music plays and Snuffbox becomes its truest self: the music, the clink of glasses, candlelight dancing on faces. Come late — the bar stays open till 02:00.