Dec 11 2024

Soul, Vietnamese @ Saigon


7 Thủ Khoa Huân, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam

… more pix n video on Google Maps & TA

Will return, also for the identical Chee Hsin tiles.

Great location in Saigon (opposite from the Ben Thanh), food and service.

A few tables on the L shaped balcony. No glass is offered for bottles water and beer. Service is slow, to New York standard -:)

Exposed brick walls inside. All the food is delicious. The cocktails came last, but they came.


Dec 10 2024

Rex hotel


141 Nguyễn Huệ, Bến Nghé, Quận 1,
Hồ Chí Minh/Saigon, 700000, Viet

… more pix n videos on Google Maps & TA

This is for the roof top bar only.

Will return.

The 5th floor roof top bar is a great place to have a drink or light meal. After 8pm, the three person band begins.
It’s pleasant and large, with pretty plants and flowers. Rex means king in Latin, where the crown on their napkins come from.

Historically it was the place where the daily U.S. briefings took place during Vietnam War, known as “The Five O’Clock Follies”. Oh well.

I’ve dirty Martin: it’s delicious but the olives are old and mushy.