Nightclubs and bars in Ho Chi Minh City

When Saigonese got free time at night, except book lovers and TV addicts, 85% of them go to coffee shops.... How many coffee shops you have ever gone to in Ho Chi Minh City? 10, 20, 50 or …. 100? Not bad, but do you want to try more? There are over 500 coffee shops in this city for you to discover. I cannot put all of them in my HCMC page, but I know them quite well. Just let me know your style, I will find the right one for you ;)

There are more than 10 Trung Nguyen coffee shops just in down town, but I myself usually choose the one which locates on Nguyen Van Chiem Street cause of its nice decoration and good location (next to Diamond plaza). Let find a dark and quite place to sit and order a cup of cafe den (black coffee) or cafe sua da (coffee + condensed milk + ice, Vietnamese coffee, to be liked by every local or foreigner). If you are afraid that you cannot sleep after drinking coffee, then get a glass of me da (tamarind juice). How do you think?
Other Trung Nguyen coffee shops are at:
1. 114 Ly Tu Trong St, Dist 1
2. 44B Chu Manh Trinh St, Dist 1
3. 32 Mac Dinh Chi St, Dist 1
4. 1 Tran Hung Dao St, Dist 1
5. 349 Hai Ba Trung St, Dist 3
6. 150D Ly Chinh Thang St, Dist 3
7. 10 Nguyen Thong St, Dist 3
and many more...

The Saigon Bar was a great place to hang out. The staff are friendly and good fun and you can sit on the outside tables to be amongst the De Tham Street action. It's an easy place in which to lose track of time so don't go there if you are needing an early start the next day!

My Hubby's French Colleague wanted to go this place after the French Lonely Planet proclaimed that it was worth checking out. Even though it was not the real thing, sigh. Well, we went there by cab and I'm quite sure I could hear his french jaw drop with a dull thud when we reach there. The place was completely empty and this was TGIF!

"Zees, iz the right plaze? "

Oui, it was. The shop came complete with fake Hard Rock T-shirts. Well, since we were there, we decided to humour the disappointed French sod and sit with him for a round of drinks. Of course, we scooted off immediately after we finished. Particularly me, because I saw more than one amused cockroach scuttling around the premises and checking us out. C'est Abominable! We'll never rely on the French edition of Lonely Planet any more after this.

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Dress Code: Come with bug spray, they have lots of itchy-looking roaches here.

I thought it was pretty strange that there was a bar immortalizing the band Guns N Roses in Saigon. Yet, it was right next door to our hotel so we had to check it out. Basically it was just a place to grab a beer and sit for awhile.

Bia hoi is Vietnam’s answer to tap beer. In Saigon, it is served in plastic pitchers with a big block of ice floating in it. This sounds odd but in this hot climate, it is almost necessary to keep the brew cold. One big advantage of this besides the beer being fresher is the how cheap it is compared to bottled and canned suds. At only 5000 dong (less than thirty cents)per liter, it is an offer you can’t refuse. They do not serve their own food, but you are allowed to bring food with you and there are always lots of places nearby to accommodate you. At this particular place, snack girls made the rounds too. We got peanuts (1000 dong) from one and another had these huge flat rice cakes, seasoned with poppy and sesame seeds for only 2000 dong. These were quite tasty and a perfect accompaniment to the refreshing if watered down brew.

Dress Code: It is a very casual affair and a great place to meet locals, how are only too happy to have a chat. Buy a round, it's cheap!

Although this place is overflowing with tourists, it has great food and is in the perfect spot to sit and watch the real Vietnam go by.
Also has great cocktails after a hard day dodging mopeds!!!!

Dress Code: Only one way to dress in Saigon.....for the heat!!!

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