Ho Chi Minh City has 5 cocktail bars in the BarMagazine directory, and The Enigma Mansion leads the pack. This guide covers the cocktail bars specifically; the full Ho Chi Minh City picture, all 6 bars of it, lives on the city page. Each listing is verified, with the address, opening hours and what to order.
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 this: Mungbean (tequila, fig leaf, local mung bean, koji amazake)
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 this: Nuoc Mia Highball (fresh-pressed sugarcane, Zacapa 12 rum, calamansi, pandan cordial, soda)
'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 this: Falling Stars (Chardonnay, blueberry jam, Malibu, pandan syrup)
Lost, Drink and Chill lives up to its name on Mạc Thị Bưởi in central Saigon: a cocktail collection beside whisky, gin and wine lists, 'Tipsy Pairings' from the kitchen, a daytime 'Daylight Chill List' happy hour and a membership program for the regulars.
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 this: 365 Days of Summer (sharing serve, poured from a watering can)
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 6 with a map and filters.
Best bars in Ho Chi Minh City