Ho Chi Minh City Food Tour at Michelin-Guide Restaurants with Live Music (Product 53197)

Explore Saigon on a Michelin food tour with 3 curated stops and end your night with live music at a Saigon venue.

Getting started

Meet your expert English-speaking local guide at the designated meeting point in Ho Chi Minh City. After a brief introduction to the evening's plan and your chosen group or private tour format, you will set off on foot toward the first of 3 curated eateries. Your guide outlines how the Michelin food tour flows and confirms what is included in your tastings.

What to expect

Michelin food tour with 3 curated stops

This experience focuses on three eateries in Ho Chi Minh City that are featured in the Michelin Guide. Each stop is chosen to highlight a different side of Saigon's food culture, from slow-cooked specialties to street-side grilling and local comfort dishes.

Features

• At the Michelin food tour with 3 curated stops, you visit 3 eateries featured in the Michelin Guide and see how they interpret classic recipes that locals eat every day.
• Tasting of iconic Vietnamese dishes is included, with a focus on specialties mentioned in the experience such as Bo Kho, Bo La Lot, and Xoi Ga.
• Your expert English-speaking local guide shares insights into Saigon's food culture, explaining how dishes like Bo Kho, Bo La Lot, and Xoi Ga fit into daily life and how Michelin recognition connects to long-standing neighborhood favorites.
• The Michelin food tour, 3 curated stops format keeps logistics simple so you can focus on eating, listening, and observing kitchens at work instead of planning where to go next.

Saigon eateries featured in the Michelin Guide

At each restaurant featured in the Michelin Guide, you sit down or stand side by side with locals and watch the pace of the evening build. You experience Saigon's flavours and nightlife together, using each stop to contrast textures, cooking styles, and atmospheres.

Features

• A visit to Michelin Guide restaurants gives you direct access to places that have been singled out for quality, from roadside grills to more established dining rooms, all within one continuous route.
• Tasting of iconic Vietnamese dishes continues across the stops, allowing you to compare how different kitchens season and present staples like Bo Kho, Bo La Lot, and Xoi Ga.
• With an English-speaking local guide sharing insights, you hear context on neighbourhoods, how venues earned their place in the Michelin Guide, and how locals choose spots for an evening out in Ho Chi Minh City.

Live music experience at Saigon venue

The final part of the tour shifts from food-focused stops to the city's nightlife. You head to a live music experience at a venue in Saigon, where the focus moves to sound, ambiance, and the social side of the city after dark.

Features

• At the live music experience at Saigon venue, you listen to a set that anchors the end of the evening so you can linger, talk, and soak up the atmosphere after your tastings.
• Your guide helps you navigate Saigon's nightlife, pointing out how this venue connects to the broader live music scene and suggesting what to look for if you plan to explore more places later.
• The group or private tour format, as per option selected, shapes how you experience the music and conversation, whether you prefer sharing the moment with other guests or keeping it focused on your own group.

Wrapping up

Your tour concludes at the live music venue in Saigon, where you are free to stay on at your own expense for additional food and drinks or make your own way back, as transport to and from the meeting point is not included.