I was interested in scheduling a couple nights at a nicer hotel during my honeymoon in Vietnam this summer. Is there a particularly nice hotel in Saigon that really sticks out above the rest? Any opinions and personal experiences would be appreciated! Cheers

• adult men mainly wear collared shirts

• no one wears sunglasses

• crosswalks mean nothing

• sidewalks are for motorbikes

• ben thanh market and binh tay market are hot cramped hellholes

• the reverie hotel looks nice but is not worth staying at

• you might not get food poisoning but you probably will depending on how long you stay

• many service workers seem surprised to receive tips

• hotel swimming pools are mostly cold, and it’s hard to tell if the water is treated

Xin Chao,

I recently came back from Vietnam and wanted to share my experience staying in Vietnam's only six star hotel, The Reverie Saigon. I've never stayed at such a luxurious place before and it was amazing for the price I paid. Here's the full take on it if you're curious:

https://youtu.be/nkCoxttFC78

Hey, does anyone have some good hotel recommendations for saigon and also in what district to stay? (i guess 1 or 2)

I planed to book the landmark 81, i think its the highest building in town, but just double checked the prices and they skyrocketed compared to 10 days ago... now i am not sure if its worth to me to spend around 250$ per night (before it was like 150)
Somehow all big hotel chains increase their prices +20-30% since i checked last time

I’m going to Vietnam in January and I’m looking for a nice hotel to stay at. I have been there before and I stayed at the Silaverland hotel. I liked the location but this time I am traveling with family that haven’t been to VN. Is there a hotel that is more “western” within the area of Binh Thanh? Is Binh Thanh still a thing with the night markets and food?

I am travelling to Ho Chi Minh in December and looking to booking a few nights at a nicer hotel for my honeymoon. Currently looking at either Intercontinental Saigon or the Reverie Saigon. Is the Reverie Saigon worth it? And are there other luxury hotels worth looking at or do you guys feel i should not even bother staying at these expensive hotels in Ho Chi Minh.

Any opinions and personal experiences would be appreciated! Cheers!

Been here for a while now and I am honestly SO tired of being misled by top tier hotel reviews online that turn out to be rigged or fake. Every “well-reviewed” hotel or accommodation (even higher end ones) I’ve stayed in was so terrible (or subpar at best) despite raving reviews online which leads me to believe it’s all fake and manipulated.

Then, whenever you leave an honest review or comment on booking.com or google that isn’t a 9 or 10, hotel staff will literally track you down on your personal whatsapp or e-mail to emotionally blackmail you urging you to delete or edit your comment, or worse! They will even threaten you!

Pictures on websites are insanely misleading too and idk why but staff always give off this insanely fake vibe with weird fabricated personas they sport because they they think this somehow pleases tourists? (Spoiler: IT DOES NOT, everything just feels pretty off and not genuine at all).

All very exhausting. I’m leaving Vietnam soon and couldn’t be happier to leave this all behind me.

Sorry I just had to rant for a moment after countless disappointing experiences.

I want to make my gf a surprise and book 1-2 nights in extremely calm, beautiful, luxury.. what can you recommend? Or also some rare airbnbs/apartments/tiny houses where everything is glassed within ricefields or smth like that… I hope u get me :D Thanks!

Been tracking the room rate for the Xmas holiday and tempting to lock in the price but not sure if it’s worth the money

I’m booking a trip to Vietnam in April-may and having an absolute nightmare with hotels on Booking.com - all have thousand of reviews with no ratings below 9 and all AI images. It’s an absolute minefield to manage. Google and Tripadvisor seem no better with giving ‘real life’ photos. They just seem to be impossible to find!

Any tips would be appreciated

Hi all, my parents in their late 60’s will be coming to visit Saigon in October would love some suggestions of nice hotels with nice amenities and food, good service.

thank you!

Anyone got tips for Hotels in the Vietnam city of Ho Chi Minh? Not much on offer with just three options.

Hey everyone,

Since I can't travel to awesome places right now I have decided to at least post reviews of some awesome places I have been recently so maybe you have some inspiration of where to go when we can travel again.

A few months ago I took a trip to Ho Chi Minh City for 4 days, and since I had an expiring cat 1-4 free night certificate, I decided to use it at the Park Hyatt Saigon for my last night. I was super excited, as it was my first time in HCMC, my first time staying at a Park Hyatt, and my first time staying at a really nice hotel with top tier status (Globalist).

The PH itself is in a big white building in a pretty fancy part of town. This seems to be the part of town you go to for shopping, fancy food, rooftop bars, etc. For me, more used to lower-budget travel, the hotel felt a bit far from the "fun" part of town with bar streets and a much wider selection of inexpensive food (theoretically walkable but cheap and quick with Grab). No worries, I had already spent a few days in that area and got to check out a new part of town.

I requested an 11 AM check in on the Hyatt App and arrived a little after that and was greeted by a very friendly girl at the front desk as well as the guest relations manager who shook my hand and thanked me for being a Globalist. They apologised that the room was still being cleaned as it was a "really big suite" and offered to have me sit at the lobby bar and have a complimentary coffee. I ordered a Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk which was quite good and served with an environmentally friendly paper straw (I also glanced at the menu and saw it was over US$5 - quite steep for this town!).

Around an hour or so later the front desk agent came back to let me know the room was ready and brought me up to show it to me. It was really nice, decorated to look like it came out of a 19th century colonial mansion. I had in fact been upgraded to a suite with a separate living room and bedroom. In the living room was a welcome gift that included a bottle of wine, 3 packs of really good dried fruit, and a regular fruit plate that had multiple types of bananas, dragonfruit, etc. There were what looked like antiques on display behind glass walls. There were also something like 10+ free bottles of water in various places throughout the suite. The bedroom was also quote nice, and the bathroom was great, fully marble with nice toiletries, including bath salts.

The front desk had given me a complimentary drink coupon to use during happy hour at their bar, Square One, so I went down to check it out. The bar seemed quite trendy, and the drinks were good. They were expensive by Vietnamese standards, but much cheaper than in the West or even at fancy bars in other parts of Asia. A lot of drinks were also 50% off during happy hour.

The front desk also recommended I try a spa treatment, so I did. Again, it was very pricey among Vietnamese spas, but it was worth it.

The next morning I went for breakfast, which was luckily served later on the weekends. As a Globalist you are entitled to help yourself to the buffet as well as order one hot item from the menu and a drink. The server recommended Pho and Avocado Toast as things they made well. Since I had already tried supposedly the best pho in HCMC I decided to try the avo toast, which was quite good, comparable with those you would find at a café in Australia. I also had a Vietnamese iced coffee, and made a couple rounds at the buffet, which had a nice selection of fruit, pastries, cereal, cheese, and other typical breakfast foods like bacon and eggs.

I got a 4 pm checkout no problem, which allowed me some extra time to explore the city and the hotel grounds, including the pool, which was quite cool, and some sort of interior garden. The hotel offered a US$100 airport car service, but I opted to take a Grab for US$4 instead.

Overall, I was very impressed at the PH Saigon, and it solidified my excitement for trying out more Park Hyatts in the future. I think it was a very good use of the cat 1-4 night certificate, although unfortunately it is moving to cat 5 soon. As much as I love the hotel though, the cash price of ∼$250 per night is quite steep for a city where you can stay in a decent hotel for around 1/10 of that, or even a luxury hotel for 1/3.