Hi Everyone,
Just sharing some knowledge about HCMC which i hope it helps:
1) Most of the 5 stars hotel are not girl friendly
2) So far i've been staying in the 3 stars hotels in Dist 1, Japanese area. Girl friendly and very clean and quite good. Only difference from the 5 stars are:
- room smaller
- no swimming pool
- no decent restaurants
My current favourite is Silverland Hotel and Spa. Booked from Agoda and sometimes the price is higher depending on your luck when you book.
Asian Ruby is also not bad.
3) Apocalypse is a good place for disco and pick up joint - reasonable price for the booze there
http://apocalypsesaigon.com/en.html
4) High end drinking place with lots of hot chicks - to Singaporean still consider cheap
http://www.chillsaigon.com/
5) Fantastic roast piglet: Lang Nuong Nam Bo, 285/C145 Cach Mang Thang 8, ward 12, Dist 10 - the food there very good almost full house every night
6) Vien Dong Hotel: Good massage packages
- normal head/foot, etc
- private room with bathtub: what they do inside? Go and check it out yourself. Don't want to spoil it for you. BTW just remember for tips locals usually give about 300K. they will ask for more if its foreigner.
- haven't been there for a couple of years. not sure is it still there. check online before you go.
7) Good brewery and restaurant: Lion, 11C Quang Truong Lam Son, Quan 1
8) Very good Shabu Shabu: Gyu Jin, 102 Cong Quynh, P. Pham Ngu Lao, Q1, singapore price
9) Good seafood
www.ngocsuongsaigon.com.vn
10) Local version of hooters, gals there 10x better than the singapore hooters with all the pinos: Tram Chim, 303 Dien Bien Phu, Q3
11) Super ex but damn good Vietnamese fine dining:
Nam Kha, 46 Dong Khoi St, Dist 1
12) Very good mushroom hotpot, consider ex there but still ok to us:
Ashima -
www.ashima.com.vn
13) Another good brewery: Hoa Vien,
www.hoavien.vn
- must check out the lamb leg, goes very well with beer
- their steam vege with the vietnamese sauce also very good. can't remember the vietnamese name
14) 17 saloon, good rock live band and booze place
15) Ca Phe Tram, fantastic food
- ca phe sua da - vn ice coffee
- banh mi bo kor - french loaf with beef stew
- banh mi op la - french loaf with sunny side up eggs
- bo luk luc - fry beef cubes
16) Good ice cream: Fanny, 29 - 31 Ton Thiep St, Dist 1
17) Good and fantastic beach: Mui Ne
- 4 hours train ride from hcmc
- long stretch of beautiful beaches which are not as crowded as Danang
Hope this helps.
anyone here needs more info about hcmc can PM me as i seldom visit sammyboy nowadays due to work.