Hotel
The Reverie Saigon
An opulent five-star hotel in the Times Square Building between Nguyen Hue and Dong Khoi, home to the Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant Long Trieu.
A five-star heritage hotel opened in 1925 at the riverside end of Dong Khoi Street, with 175 rooms, a pool and a rooftop bar overlooking the Saigon River.
Good to know
The Hotel Majestic Saigon is one of the oldest hotels in Ho Chi Minh City. It opened in 1925 at 01 Dong Khoi Street, and a century later it still presents itself as a heritage hotel and one of the city's best-known landmarks, combining its history with modern five-star comfort. Its position, with views over the Saigon River, is one of the main reasons to stay.
The hotel has 175 rooms and suites, and the hotel highlights rooms with full marble bathrooms and private balconies. Facilities include a swimming pool with complimentary poolside refreshments. For food and drink there is the rooftop M Bar, with river views and live local musicians, the Catinat Lounge with piano music, the Breeze Sky Bar Café, a seafood barbecue buffet and the Saigon House Restaurant for Vietnamese cuisine.
The Majestic suits travellers who enjoy historic hotels and a sense of continuity, as well as couples and older visitors who value character over the latest design. It is also a good choice if you want to be able to walk along the river or take an evening drink on the roof without going far.
Having opened in 1925, the hotel passed its hundredth year in 2025, and the combination of a heritage building, a pool and a rooftop bar with river views is hard to match. Ask for a river-view room if the outlook matters to you, since that is the Majestic's great asset. Non-residents can enjoy the hotel too, with a drink at M Bar or a Vietnamese meal at Saigon House.
A few practical points apply to most hotels in central Ho Chi Minh City. Tan Son Nhat International Airport is about 7 kilometres from the centre, and taxis, ride-hailing cars and city buses all make the trip; many hotels can also arrange a car on request. Rooms facing busy streets can be noisy, so ask for a higher floor or a quieter side if you are a light sleeper. Rates rise around Tet, the lunar new year, and at weekends, so book early for those dates, and check whether breakfast, taxes and service charges are included in the price you are quoted.
In 1925.
175 rooms and suites.
It is a five-star hotel.
Yes, with complimentary poolside refreshments.
Yes, M Bar, with river views and live local musicians.
Yes, the hotel looks over the Saigon River.
At 01 Dong Khoi Street, Saigon ward.
By phone on +84 28 3829 5517 or by email at [email protected].
Restaurant
Chef Peter Cuong Franklin's Michelin-starred restaurant in a narrow tube house in the Old Market, reworking Vietnamese street food with modern technique.
Thing to do
The covered market of central Saigon, in its clock-towered building since 1914, selling food, coffee, crafts and clothing, with a night market on the streets outside.
Bar
One of the city's longest-running rooftop bars, on level 26 of AB Tower, with 360-degree views, DJ nights and a strictly enforced dress code.
Café
The flagship café of Marou, the Vietnamese bean-to-bar chocolate maker founded in 2011, serving chocolate drinks, cakes and French-style pastries on Calmette Street.