Ho Chi Minh City has six restaurants holding a Michelin star, and the newest of them has four tables. Upstairs, above a wine bar in An Khánh Ward, was one of only two new stars awarded anywhere in Vietnam when the 2026 guide was announced on 4 June. That is the booking to make first, and the hardest one to get.
No restaurant in this city holds two stars. Neither does any restaurant in Vietnam. What the city does have, alongside the six, is 25 Bib Gourmand places where a Michelin inspector has eaten for the price of a bowl of phở, and that list is where most readers will actually end up. Everything below was checked against the Michelin Guide’s own listings in September 2026, including the addresses, three of which were wrong on the previous version of this page.
| Restaurant | Distinction | Cuisine | Where | Tasting menu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upstairs | One star, new 2026 | Vietnamese contemporary | An Khánh Ward | Not published |
| Ănăn Saigon | One star | Vietnamese contemporary | Sài Gòn Ward | USD 115 / 145 |
| Akuna | One star | Innovative | Sài Gòn Ward | 4,900,000₫ ++ |
| CieL | One star | Innovative | An Khánh Ward | 3,850,000₫ |
| Long Trieu | One star | Cantonese | Sài Gòn Ward | 3,888,000₫ ++ |
| Coco Dining | One star | Innovative | Xuân Hòa Ward | Not published |
| The Monkey Gallery Dining | Selected | Vietnamese contemporary | Sài Gòn Ward | Not published |
| Tales by Chapter | Selected, Green Star | Vegetarian | Tân Định Ward | 1,850,000₫ |
| NÔM | Selected | Vietnamese | Tân Định Ward | 3,680,000₫ |
| Square One | Selected | International | Sài Gòn Ward | Not published |
| Rice Field | Selected | Vietnamese | Sài Gòn Ward | Not published |
| Lüne | Selected | French | Sài Gòn Ward | Not published |
The six Michelin starred restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City
1. Upstairs
36 Nguyễn Bá Huân Street, An Khánh Ward (formerly Thảo Điền). Friday to Tuesday evenings 18:00 to 23:00, with lunch on Sunday and Monday 12:00 to 15:00. Closed Wednesday and Thursday.
The city’s newest star, and one of only two awarded in the whole country in 2026. Chef Hiệp Trương grew up in a farming family near Chứa Chan mountain with roots in Huế, and the cooking is modern Vietnamese built on Central traditions rather than French technique with Vietnamese garnish. The signature is gỏi bò cà, a wagyu tartare with aubergine purée and egg yolk in a crisp shell.
It has four tables. Not four tables at a sitting, four tables. The room sits above a wine bar, curved lines and soft pinks, with a sommelier’s by-the-glass list drawn from boutique wineries. Book as far ahead as you can manage on +84 859 800 586 or through the contact form.
No menu price is published. Michelin puts it in the top ₫₫₫₫ band, which in this city means somewhere above 3,000,000₫ a head.
One thing to clear up: this restaurant is called Upstairs. It has no connection to Ănăn Saigon, different chef, different owner, different side of the river. Our previous version called it “Upstairs by Anan” and gave it Lüne’s address. Both were wrong.
2. Ănăn Saigon
89 Tôn Thất Đạm Street, Sài Gòn Ward (formerly Bến Nghé, District 1). Tuesday to Sunday 17:00 to 23:00, closed Monday, with tasting menu seatings at 17:30 or 20:30.
The original. Ănăn was the only restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City to take a star in Vietnam’s first guide in 2023, and Peter Cuong Franklin’s cooking is still the one that explains what the city is doing to its own food. Foie gras spring roll, Hà Nội turmeric fish, a wagyu mini bánh mì, a bánh xèo taco, fish sauce ice cream.
The Saigon Tasting Menu is USD 115 and Chef Peter’s Tasting Menu is USD 145, food only. Wine pairings add USD 58 and USD 93, zero-alcohol pairings USD 39 and USD 46. The restaurant prices in dollars, so those are the real figures; at late September 2026 rates they work out around 2,985,000₫ and 3,765,000₫.
Everyone at the table has to order the same tasting menu and there are no children under 12. The restaurant handles its own bookings and asks for two weeks’ notice, which is the longest published booking window of any starred restaurant here. Email hello@anansaigon.com.
A curiosity worth knowing: Michelin puts Ănăn in the ₫₫ band, the lowest of any starred restaurant in the city, which sits oddly against a USD 115 tasting menu. The à la carte is what drags the band down.
3. Akuna
Ninth floor, Le Méridien Hotel, 3C Tôn Đức Thắng Street, Sài Gòn Ward. Dinner only. Michelin publishes no closing day, so confirm when you book.
The most expensive meal in the city and the most single-minded. Sam Aisbett serves a six-course tasting menu and nothing else, at 4,900,000₫ before service and VAT. His own line about the place is that Vietnam is “both magical and manic”, and the food reads that way: hand-shelled deep sea Vader bug with blood plum jelly and buttermilk, steamed white cut chicken with beluga caviar and young lotus seeds, charcoal-grilled Australian full blood wagyu with wild betel leaf, cured ostrich ham with Manjimup truffle.
Pairings are not cheap either. Global wine adds 3,100,000₫, sake 2,500,000₫, non-alcoholic 1,800,000₫, all before tax and service. Corkage runs 1,500,000₫ for wine and 2,000,000₫ for spirits, so bringing your own is not the saving it looks like.
Akuna will not confirm a booking until you have paid a deposit of 1,000,000₫ per guest. Cancel more than 48 hours out and you get it back; inside 48 hours you do not. Shrink the party within 24 hours and you pay 1,000,000₫ for each missing guest. There is no children’s menu and no à la carte. Call +84 91 173 5800 for anything last minute.
The name means flowing water in an Australian Aboriginal language, and 1,200 light rods hang over the open kitchen.
4. CieL
50 6/3 Street, An Khánh Ward (formerly Thảo Điền, Thủ Đức). Tuesday to Sunday 17:30 to 23:00, closed Monday, with service from 18:30 and the last sitting at 20:30.
A modern villa in Thảo Điền, a ground-floor counter looking into the kitchen across a tropical garden, and an upstairs room Michelin describes as Nordic. Chef Việt Hồng spent 14 years in other people’s kitchens before this one, and CieL is French technique turned onto Vietnamese ingredients and Vietnamese growers. Michelin singles out the fish maw and custard, calling it a sublime East-meets-West creation.
The tasting menu is 3,850,000₫ a head, a price the restaurant has published as effective from 1 July 2026. The course count is not published and neither is the wine pairing price.
Booking takes a 50 per cent deposit, non-refundable inside 48 hours, and they want allergy information two days ahead, so treat two days as the practical minimum. Call +84 903 600 505 or use the form at cieldining.com.
CieL’s own website still prints the old “Thảo Điền ward, Thủ Đức city” address. An Khánh Ward is the current form.
5. Long Trieu
Fourth floor, The Reverie Saigon, Times Square Building, 22-36 Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard, Sài Gòn Ward. Lunch 11:00 to 14:00, from 10:00 at weekends, dinner 18:00 to 22:00.
The only Cantonese restaurant with a star in the city, and the only one here that has held it three years running, 2024 through 2026. Executive chef Angus Chan cooks with Master Siu Hin Chi advising. Michelin picks out the fried prawns with XO sauce and the hot and sour wonton soup.
This is also the one to pick if you want a starred meal without committing an evening and 4,000,000₫ to it. The Exquisite Seafood Lunch Set starts at 2,388,000₫, which is the cheapest confirmed route into a Michelin starred kitchen in Ho Chi Minh City. The signature Thousands of Shining Star and Bird’s Nest menus are 3,888,000₫, the East West wine pairing menu is 2,988,000₫ with the pairing a further 1,588,000₫, and a weekend set for four is 5,188,000₫. Everything is quoted before service charge and VAT.
Neither Michelin nor the hotel publishes a closing day, so ring +84 28 3823 6688 rather than assuming.
6. Coco Dining
143 Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa Street, Xuân Hòa Ward (formerly District 3). Open seven days, 17:30 to 23:00, last order for the dining room at 20:30.
The only starred restaurant in the city with no closing day, which makes it the answer on a Monday when Ănăn, CieL and Upstairs are all shut. Chef Thanh Vương Võ, known as Chef Vương, builds a seasonal tasting menu around a single theme with each course carrying the story forward.
If a full tasting menu is more evening than you want, CoCo Grill next door serves à la carte from an open kitchen in a more casual room, same group.
No menu price is published anywhere, and we are not going to invent one. Michelin bands it ₫₫₫, a notch below Akuna and CieL. What is published is the deposit: 50 per cent of the menu value per guest for parties of four or more. Tables are held 15 minutes and then released. Call +84 969 730 660.
Michelin Selected restaurants worth booking
Below the stars sit 48 Michelin Selected restaurants in this city. These six are the ones with a specific reason to go this year.
7. The Monkey Gallery Dining
Third floor, 91 Mạc Thị Bưởi Street, Sài Gòn Ward. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 17:30 to 20:45, Saturday and Sunday 11:30 to 13:30 and 17:30 to 20:45. Closed Wednesday.
Chef Phước Hậu Trần won the Michelin Guide Young Chef Award for Vietnam in 2026, a national award, and this is where he cooks. Born in Nam O in the late 1990s, he moved from Đà Nẵng to Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and took charge here in 2021. French technique, Central Vietnamese flavours, a full tasting menu at a concrete counter facing the open kitchen. Three founders, all born in the Year of the Monkey, hence the name.
Note the 20:45 finish. This is a single-sitting operation, not a late dinner. Michelin bands it ₫₫₫₫, the same top band as the starred restaurants and the only Selected restaurant here priced that way. No menu price is published. Book on +84 793 991 992.
A warning: the domain Michelin links for this restaurant currently serves a placeholder e-commerce template rather than a restaurant site. Use the phone number.
8. Tales by Chapter
10 Nguyễn Thành Ý Street, Tân Định Ward. 19:00 to 23:00, closed Tuesday. One late sitting.
Ho Chi Minh City’s only Michelin Green Star, awarded in 2026 for sustainable gastronomy, and the restaurant whose Mrs Thanh Vân Nguyễn took the 2026 Service Award. Vietnam’s first zero-waste plant-based fine dining room: produce from a partner eco-farm in Đà Lạt and a rooftop garden, trimmings fermented into mushroom garum and corn koji, by-products composted. The cooking is vegetarian. Look for the corn pie tee and the porcini-filled rice dumpling cake, a reworking of bánh bột lọc.
1,850,000₫ a head, with an alcohol pairing at 1,250,000₫ and a non-alcoholic one at 750,000₫, before tax and service. That is roughly half what CieL charges, which makes the Green Star the most affordable serious tasting menu in the city. The course count is deliberately not published; the menu is confirmed with you on your booking date.
Book through TableCheck with a 500,000₫ deposit per person. The private room needs a 5,000,000₫ deposit and carries a 15,000,000₫ minimum spend.
9. NÔM
53 Trần Nhật Duật Street, Tân Định Ward. Tuesday to Sunday 17:00 to 23:00, last seating 20:00, closed Monday.
Winner of the Opening of the Year Award in 2026, a brand new category. Chef Chris Fong takes the name from an ancient Vietnamese script, and the menu travels from the north through central Vietnam to a southern dessert, with each floor of the building reflecting a different part of the country and small displays of traditional crafts built into the rooms.
Twelve courses at 3,680,000₫, or 4,780,000₫ with the ceramic set, plus service. That is the only published course count in this whole guide, and at ₫₫₫₫ it sits in the top band despite not holding a star.
Watch the 20:00 last seating, which is early for a twelve-course dinner. Booking arrangements could not be confirmed at the time of writing, so contact the restaurant directly through nomdining.com.
10. Square One
Mezzanine level, Park Hyatt Saigon, 2 Lam Sơn Square, Sài Gòn Ward. Lunch 11:30 to 14:30 and dinner 18:00 to 22:00, seven days, with a business set lunch Monday to Friday.
Two open kitchens, one French and one Vietnamese, cooking side by side and plated as two distinct styles rather than blended into each other. Chef de cuisine Arnaud Schuttrumpf came through a run of French kitchens in Europe. Portions are generous and built for sharing, which is not a sentence you write about most of this list.
The Park Hyatt has held Michelin Selected here every year since the guide came to Vietnam in 2023. Prices are not published on the page, only downloadable menus; Michelin bands it ₫₫₫. Smart casual dress. Book through TableCheck, or +84 28 3520 2359.
11. Rice Field
Second floor, 75-77 Hồ Tùng Mậu Street, Sài Gòn Ward. Three storeys with an open-air rooftop.
The cheapest of everything on this page. Michelin bands Rice Field ₫₫, the same band as Ănăn and below every other restaurant here, and the cooking runs the length of the country rather than sticking to one region. Michelin picks out the stuffed snails cooked with lemongrass and served with ginger fish sauce, and the chả cá Lã Vọng with vermicelli, herbs, shrimp paste and rice paper. Décor borrowed from village rice fields.
Neither Michelin nor the restaurant publishes opening hours, so we are not going to state any. No chef is named either. Bookings go through a form on ricefield.vn or +84 90 693 86 36.
This address is the one our previous version had mistakenly given to The Monkey Gallery Dining.
12. Lüne
17/14 Lê Thánh Tôn Street, Sài Gòn Ward.
The French entry, and the thinnest listing on this page, which is an honest reflection of how little is published about it. Michelin bands it ₫₫₫ and enables online booking through the guide itself, which is the easiest route for a visitor. No opening hours are published, no chef is named, there is no official website, and Michelin’s own description is cut off mid-sentence.
Written Lüne with the umlaut, though you will find it as Lune. This address is the one our previous version had mistakenly given to Upstairs.
The cheapest Michelin food in Saigon is the Bib Gourmand list
Twenty-five places in Ho Chi Minh City hold a Bib Gourmand, Michelin’s award for simple, skilful cooking at an affordable price. Every single one of the 25 sits in Michelin’s cheapest price band. This is where the phở, the cơm tấm and the bánh xèo are, and it is the part of the guide most people can actually use.
Six of the 25 are phở shops: Phở Minh in Sài Gòn Ward, Phở Hương Bình, Phở Phượng, Phở Chào, Phở Hoàng on Nguyễn Tri Phương and Phở Lệ in An Đông. Phở Miến Gà Kỳ Đồng takes the chicken version. More on all of them in our guide to the best phở in Saigon.
Two to start with. Phở Minh has been going since 1945, down an alley at 63/6 Pasteur Street in Sài Gòn Ward, open 06:30 to 10:30 and often sold out before the shutters come down. Cơm Tấm Ba Ghiền has been grilling charcoal pork chops over broken rice since the 1990s at 84 Đặng Văn Ngữ Street in Phú Nhuận Ward, open 09:00 to 21:30 daily.
The rest of the 25: Bếp Mẹ Ỉn, La Lola, Sol Kitchen & Bar, Tiệm Cơm Thố Chuyên Ký, Chay Garden, Nhà Tú, Bánh Cuốn Tây Hồ 127, Bánh Xèo 46A, Hồng Phát, Bún Bò Huế 14B, Cục Gạch Quán, Bánh Canh Cua Bà Ba, Bò Kho Gánh, Bún Riêu Yến, Chị Mơ, Mặn Mòi and Hum Garden. Five of those are new for 2026: Bánh Canh Cua Bà Ba, Bánh Cuốn Tây Hồ 127, Bún Riêu Yến, Chị Mơ and La Lola.
None of them takes bookings. You queue.
What a Michelin meal costs in Ho Chi Minh City
For the starred restaurants that publish a price, roughly 2,400,000₫ to 4,900,000₫ a head for food alone, before drinks, service and tax. Akuna is the ceiling at 4,900,000₫. Long Trieu’s seafood lunch set at 2,388,000₫ is the floor, and the cheapest confirmed way into a starred kitchen in this city.
Three things change that number.
- The double plus. Akuna and Long Trieu quote before service charge and VAT, which adds roughly 15 per cent. CieL and Tales by Chapter quote differently, so read each entry.
- Pairings. Akuna’s global wine pairing is another 3,100,000₫, which nearly doubles the bill. Tales by Chapter’s is 1,250,000₫ against an 1,850,000₫ menu.
- Deposits. Akuna wants 1,000,000₫ per guest before it will confirm anything. CieL wants half. Coco Dining wants half for four or more. Tales by Chapter wants 500,000₫ each.
Six of the twelve restaurants here publish no price at all. Where that is the case we have given Michelin’s own price band rather than a guess, and said so. Prices checked September 2026.
Where to go for what
- The newest star: Upstairs. Four tables, so start now.
- Cheapest way into a starred kitchen: Long Trieu’s seafood lunch set, 2,388,000₫.
- Cheapest Michelin food full stop: the Bib Gourmand list. Phở Minh before 10:30.
- The big spend: Akuna, 4,900,000₫ for six courses.
- Eating on a Monday: Coco Dining is the only starred restaurant open seven days.
- Lunch rather than dinner: Long Trieu, Square One, or The Monkey Gallery Dining at the weekend.
- Vegetarian: Tales by Chapter, and it happens to be the best-value tasting menu here.
- Somewhere that takes walk-ins: none of the starred restaurants, realistically. Try Square One or Rice Field.
- A Vietnamese meal without the tasting menu: our round-up of Vietnamese restaurants in Saigon covers the rest.
How we picked these
Saigon Scene is based in Ho Chi Minh City. Every restaurant here was checked against the Michelin Guide’s own Ho Chi Minh City listings in September 2026, and every distinction stated above is current. All six starred restaurants are included; the Selected entries are a selection, six of the 48 the city has, chosen where there was a specific reason to name them this year.
Three addresses on the previous version of this page were wrong, each carrying the next restaurant’s address: Upstairs had Lüne’s, Lüne had The Monkey Gallery Dining’s, and The Monkey Gallery Dining had Rice Field’s. All three are corrected above. The page also described Upstairs as “Upstairs by Anan”, which welded two unrelated businesses together. That is gone.
Addresses use the ward names introduced in 2025 and 2026, with the old district glossed on first use. Several of these restaurants still print the old form on their own sites.
Where a restaurant does not publish a price, we say so and give Michelin’s price band instead of estimating. Six of the twelve fall into that category.
None of these restaurants is a Saigon Scene partner and none paid to appear.
Michelin in Ho Chi Minh City: your questions answered
How many Michelin star restaurants are in Ho Chi Minh City?
Six. Ănăn Saigon, Long Trieu, Akuna, CieL, Coco Dining and Upstairs all hold one star in the current guide. No restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City holds two or three stars, and neither does any restaurant anywhere in Vietnam. Upstairs is the newest, awarded in June 2026. Vietnam has 11 starred restaurants in total across Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, the first time the country has reached double figures.
How much does a Michelin star meal cost in Ho Chi Minh City?
Between about 2,400,000₫ and 4,900,000₫ a head for the food alone, before drinks, service charge and VAT. Akuna is the most expensive at 4,900,000₫ for six courses. CieL charges 3,850,000₫ and Long Trieu’s signature menus are 3,888,000₫, though its seafood lunch set starts at 2,388,000₫. Ănăn Saigon prices in dollars at USD 115 and USD 145. Wine pairings add a great deal: Akuna’s is a further 3,100,000₫. Coco Dining and Upstairs publish no price. Checked September 2026.
What is the cheapest Michelin recognised food in Saigon?
The Bib Gourmand list, and it is mostly street food. Ho Chi Minh City has 25 Bib Gourmand establishments and every one of them sits in Michelin’s cheapest price band. Six are phở shops and one, Phở Miến Gà Kỳ Đồng, serves chicken phở. Phở Lệ in An Đông sells bowls at around 95,000₫ to 110,000₫. Set that against Akuna’s 4,900,000₫ tasting menu and you have a 45-fold spread inside the same guide.
Do you need to book a Michelin restaurant in Saigon, and how far ahead?
For the starred restaurants, yes. Ănăn Saigon is the only one publishing a window and asks for two weeks. Akuna will not confirm a booking until a deposit of 1,000,000₫ per guest has been paid, and serves only a set six-course dinner, so there is no walk-in option. CieL takes a 50 per cent deposit and wants allergy details 48 hours ahead. Upstairs has four tables, so book as early as you can. Coco Dining holds a table for 15 minutes before releasing it. The Bib Gourmand places do not take bookings at all.
When did the Michelin Guide come to Vietnam?
2023. The first guide to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City was unveiled on 7 June 2023, covering 103 restaurants, of which four took a star and only one of those was in Ho Chi Minh City. Da Nang was added later. The 2026 edition, announced on 4 June 2026, is the fourth, and it lifted Vietnam to 11 starred restaurants, 72 Bib Gourmand, 3 Green Stars and 110 Selected, 193 establishments in all.
What is the difference between a Michelin star, a Bib Gourmand and Michelin Selected?
They measure different things. A star goes to cooking judged on quality of ingredients, harmony of flavours, mastery of technique, the chef’s personality on the plate, and consistency over time. A Bib Gourmand is Michelin’s award for good value, simple cooking done skilfully at an affordable price. Michelin Selected means the inspectors rated the cooking highly enough to recommend it without awarding either. A Green Star, introduced in 2020, goes to restaurants leading on sustainability; Tales by Chapter is the only one in this city. Two things worth knowing: Michelin states that décor and service have no bearing whatsoever on a star, it is awarded for the food alone, and stars go to the restaurant rather than the chef. They are reassessed every year, so they can be lost.
