Cocktail Bars in Ho Chi Minh City
This list includes three on Asia's 50 Best.
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarThe Enigma Mansion
A century-old colonial mansion in downtown Saigon, reborn in 2024 when the bar shed its neon aesthetic for heritage, exposed brick, soft light and wood across multiple rooms of high-backed armchairs and leather couches. The drinks run modern: rotovap distillation and fermentation reimagining the classics, like the Mungbean of tequila, fig leaf and koji amazake. No.55 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Order thisMungbeantequila, fig leaf, local mung bean, koji amazake5H Tôn Đức Thắng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1Evenings, dailyFull profile- StirASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Stir
Tucked on the first floor of an unassuming District 1 building, Stir is 'a wonderful combination of contemporary cocktail bar with vintage touches, firmly informed by its Vietnamese roots', a 1960s-70s Vietnamese aesthetic around drinks inspired by traditional street beverages, like the sugarcane Nuoc Mia Highball. A fixture of Asia's 50 Best extended list five years running (No.58 in 2024, No.84 in 2026).
Order thisNuoc Mia Highballfresh-pressed sugarcane, Zacapa 12 rum, calamansi, pandan cordial, soda1st Floor, 136 Lê Thánh Tôn, Bến Thành, District 1, Ho Chi Minh CityFull profile - Summer ExperimentASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Summer Experiment
Australian mixologist Jay Moir's trailblazer has set the tone for sustainability on Saigon's bar scene since 2019: an on-site garden and living walls, reclaimed furniture, an apothecary-style back bar of dried edible flowers and a herb-filled terrace, with homegrown ingredients through the drinks. No.77 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021, and cocktails still average about four dollars.
Order this365 Days of Summersharing serve, poured from a watering canSecond Floor, 77-79 Lý Tự Trọng, Bến Thành, District 1, Ho Chi Minh CityFull profile - 85B Cocktail BarCocktail Bar
85B Cocktail Bar
'Love is in the air' at 85B, a hidden first-floor bar up an alley in the heart of Saigon, where the romance-themed signature list runs fruit- and flower-forward on Vietnamese ingredients: pandan, calamansi, butterfly pea, jasmine and guava, all at 259,000 VND.
Order thisFalling StarsChardonnay, blueberry jam, Malibu, pandan syrup85B Trần Đình Xu, Cầu Ông Lãnh, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, VietnamFull profile - Dot BarCocktail Bar
Dot Bar
Floor 3, 75 Hai Bà Trưng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1Full profile
More of Ho Chi Minh City
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Ho Chi Minh City guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 12 with a map and filters.
