Huế imperial cuisine · in Saigon since 1993

Tibthe imperial table of Huế, in Saigon

30+ years in an old Saigon mansion down a Hai Ba Trung alley — Huế family recipes cooked fresh on the spot, among paper lanterns, dark wood, and the music of Trịnh Công Sơn.

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District 3 · Open daily 11:00–14:00, 17:00–22:00

The red-lacquered lantern pavilion at Tib
The lantern pavilion — lacquer, carved wood, paper light
The food

Huế's small, beautiful forms

Huế food comes small — delicate steamed cakes, cool fresh rolls, deep bowls of broth — cooked fresh every day, never reheated.

Bánh bột lọc — translucent tapioca cakes with shrimp

Bánh bèo · Bánh nậm · Bánh bột lọc

Lunch & dinner

Huế's three classic forms — tiny bánh bèo cups with toasted shrimp, soft leaf-wrapped bánh nậm, translucent bánh bột lọc with shrimp and pork. The unmissable opening.

Giấm nuốc — jellyfish and prawn noodle bowl

Giấm nuốc

Lunch & dinner

The most Huế dish of all — noodles with jellyfish, shrimp and pork in a light prawn broth, with fresh herbs and fermented shrimp paste.

Cuốn Huế — fresh Huế rolls with dipping sauce

Cuốn Huế

Lunch & dinner

Crisp lettuce, fresh herbs, vermicelli, sweet potato, pork and shrimp — wrapped in thin rice paper with the signature shrimp–sweet-potato dip.

The room

Lanterns, wood, family

A Saigon patrician's old mansion — dark carved-wood halls, paper lanterns, and the Hoang family's black-and-white photographs on whitewashed walls.

The family photo wall in the dining room
The family wall — the Hoangs in black and white
LanternsPaper lanterns hung through the red-lacquered halls — the house's warm light
Dark woodDark-wood paneling, carved screens, inlaid chairs — 30 years of patina
The family wallThe Hoang family's black-and-white photos and old Huế paintings on whitewashed walls
Visit

Down the Hai Ba Trung alley

187 Ter Hai Ba Trung, District 3 — look for the red gate at the alley's end. Lunch and dinner, every day.

Address

187 Ter Hai Ba Trung, District 3, HCMC · alley's end, old mansion

Hours

11:00–14:00 & 17:00–22:00 daily

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Photos: Cơ Nguyễn / Vietcetera · topgo.vn (10/2026)