The short answer: Xôi Gà Number One is a sticky rice shop at 15 Nguyễn Trung Trực, on the corner with Lưu Văn Lang, one street from the east gate of Bến Thành Market. It opens every day from 6:30 to 20:30 and is known for two dishes: xôi gà, sticky rice with chicken, at 30,000₫ to 40,000₫ depending on the topping, and sweet corn xôi bắp at 20,000₫ (2024 prices). Cash only.
Michelin lists it as Selected, not as a Bib Gourmand, which is what an earlier version of this page said. It has been in the guide every year since 2024, including the 2026 edition. Watch the name, too: another shop near the market trades as Xôi Gà Út Mập Number One with a much longer menu, and Foody’s “Xôi Gà Number One” page shows that shop’s dishes rather than this one’s.
Xôi Gà Number One menu and prices
The shop publishes no menu and no prices online. The figures below are the latest press figures, from Tuổi Trẻ, Thanh Niên and VTC News in June and July 2024, plus ShopeeFood’s delivery listing, which the shop does not run, read on 29 October 2026. Treat the 2024 prices as a guide and expect a little more.
| Dish | What you get | Latest price seen |
|---|---|---|
| Xôi gà | Sticky rice with chicken, the house dish, priced by topping | 30,000₫ to 40,000₫ (2024) |
| Xôi gà lòng trứng non | With chicken offal and unlaid eggs (trứng non) | 40,000₫ (2024) |
| Xôi đùi gà | With a whole chicken thigh | 40,000₫ (2024) |
| Xôi bắp | Sweet corn sticky rice with sugar and lard | 20,000₫ (2024, and on ShopeeFood in October 2026) |
| Xôi chiên lòng gà trứng non | Fried sticky rice with chicken offal and unlaid eggs | 35,000₫ (ShopeeFood, October 2026) |
| Xôi gấc | Red sticky rice made with gấc fruit | 15,000₫ (ShopeeFood, October 2026) |
Michelin counts two dishes, xôi gà and xôi bắp, though Vietnamese listings also show the fried xôi and the red xôi gấc above. The xôi gà changes with what you add from the tray at the front, which Vietnamese food sites list as unlaid eggs, quail eggs, phá lấu (offal stew), lạp xưởng (Chinese sausage), shredded chicken and chicken gizzards. In 2024 VTC News reckoned 100,000₫ bought three or four portions, enough for two or three people. In the 2000s, the owner told them, xôi gà was 5,000₫.
What xôi gà is
Xôi is steamed glutinous rice and gà is chicken. Michelin’s inspectors describe the house version as “sticky chicken rice with egg, chicken offal and gravy”, and xôi bắp as sweet corn sticky rice with sugar and lard. It is quick, cheap and filling, sold in a takeaway box or eaten on the spot, and this shop sells it from breakfast until dinner.
Where it is and when it opens
Address: 15 Nguyễn Trung Trực, Bến Thành Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Bến Thành kept its name in the 2025 reform and grew to take in Phạm Ngũ Lão and parts of its neighbours, but District 1 was abolished on 1 July 2025, so older addresses ending “District 1” are out of date. The shop is on the corner with Lưu Văn Lang, one street from the market’s east gate.
Hours: every day, 6:30 to 20:30, on Michelin’s 2026 listing, and the same in a 2024 guide by Bách Hóa Xanh, which adds that it is busiest around 11:00. Some older listings give shorter hours; the current sources agree on 6:30 to 20:30.
Phone: 090 826 57 67. Payment: cash only. Bookings: none through Michelin, which says to contact the shop directly.
How to order, and which shop is which
There are a few small tables on the pavement and that is the dining room, so plenty of people take it away. Choose your xôi, point at the toppings you want, and pay in cash. We found no English menu, so the dish names in the table above are the ones to show. It is not an official ShopeeFood partner, though ShopeeFood will collect from it under an unofficial listing, and we found no GrabFood listing.
Xôi Gà Út Mập Number One, at 22 Phan Bội Châu and also in Bến Thành Ward, is listed separately at a different address, with a longer menu that runs to noodle soups. We could not find out whether the two are connected. Michelin’s listing is for 15 Nguyễn Trung Trực, and some Vietnamese listings mark that one “chính gốc”, the original.
From a carrying pole to the Michelin Guide
The business began as a gánh, a street vendor’s carrying pole. Đỗ Thị Tịnh (1923 to 2019), who had come south from the north, sold xôi bắp on Nguyễn An Ninh from the late 1950s, according to VTC News; Tuổi Trẻ says from about 1960. Her daughter Lê Thị Thịnh, born in 1957, took over the pole in 1973, and in 2000 the family bought the shopfront at 15 Nguyễn Trung Trực, Thanh Niên reported.
It was Bà Thịnh who settled on xôi gà and xôi bắp, and who chose the name Number One so that foreign customers could say it and remember it. VTC News reported in 2024 that her son Nguyễn Hiếu Trung, born in 1982, and his wife run the counter day to day, with relatives helping. Thanh Niên put the shop’s output at about 30 kg of glutinous rice a day.
Michelin first listed it in June 2024, as Selected, and it has stayed in the guide for 2025 and 2026. Selected is Michelin’s recommendation without a star or a Bib Gourmand; our guide to the Michelin restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City explains the difference and lists the city’s Bib Gourmand street food.
Where to go for what
- You want someone to take you round the street food: Back of the Bike Tours runs food tours on the back of a motorbike. It is a Saigon Scene partner, and Scene Pass members get 10% off any tour with the code saigonscene when booking.
- You want to sit down to a full Vietnamese meal: Secret Garden, a rooftop restaurant at 19 Lê Công Kiều, cooks dishes from all three regions of Vietnam. It is a Saigon Scene partner, and Scene Pass members get 10% off regular prices.
- You want bread you dip instead: bánh mì chấm at Hung Tubes, off Hai Bà Trưng, from 40,000₫ a set.
- You want a filled bánh mì instead: Bánh Mì Huỳnh Hoa on Lê Thị Riêng.
- You want more breakfast ideas: our guide to breakfasts in Saigon.
How we checked this
The Michelin status, hours, phone number, payment and booking policy come from Michelin’s own listing in the 2026 guide, read on 29 October 2026, checked against archived copies of its 2024 and 2025 listings. Prices and the family history come from Tuổi Trẻ (6 July 2024), Thanh Niên (28 June 2024) and VTC News (30 July 2024), plus the ShopeeFood listing read the same day. The ward follows Resolution 1685 of 16 June 2025. The shop publishes no price list of its own, so each price is labelled with where and when it was seen.
We did not eat here for this update. Xôi Gà Number One is not a Saigon Scene partner, so there is no member discount and nothing was paid for this page. The previous version called it a Bib Gourmand, credited the grandson rather than his mother with the xôi gà, and gave the old District 1 address; all three are corrected above.
Frequently asked questions
What is on the Xôi Gà Number One menu?
Michelin counts two dishes: xôi gà, sticky rice with chicken, egg, chicken offal and gravy, and xôi bắp, sweet corn sticky rice with sugar and lard. The xôi gà changes with the toppings you choose, such as a whole chicken thigh, or chicken offal with unlaid eggs, and Vietnamese listings also show fried xôi and red xôi gấc.
How much does Xôi Gà Number One cost?
Xôi bắp is 20,000₫ and xôi gà is 30,000₫ to 40,000₫, with the chicken thigh and the offal-and-egg versions at the top at 40,000₫. Those are the latest press figures, from mid-2024, so allow for a small rise. It is cash only.
What time does Xôi Gà Number One open?
Every day from 6:30 to 20:30, according to Michelin's 2026 listing. A 2024 guide says it is busiest around 11:00.
Where is Xôi Gà Number One?
15 Nguyễn Trung Trực, Bến Thành Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, on the corner with Lưu Văn Lang, one street from the east gate of Bến Thành Market. Older addresses add District 1, which was abolished on 1 July 2025.
Is Xôi Gà Number One in the Michelin Guide?
Yes, as a Michelin Selected restaurant in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 guides. It is not a Bib Gourmand, despite what an older version of this page said.
Is Xôi Gà Number One the same as Xôi Gà Út Mập Number One?
They are listed separately: Xôi Gà Út Mập Number One is at 22 Phan Bội Châu with a much longer menu, and we could not find out whether the two are connected. Michelin's listing is for 15 Nguyễn Trung Trực.
Why is it called Number One?
Lê Thị Thịnh, who built the shop from her mother's carrying pole, chose an English name so that foreign customers could say it and remember it, Tuổi Trẻ reported in 2024.
