The 16 best rooftop bars and sky bars in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), 2026

Chill Skybar takes the whole open roof of the AB Tower at 76A Le Lai, beside the New World hotel, roughly one kilometre from Ben Thanh Market. The deck covers roughly 900 square metres with nothing blocking it, so wherever you stand you look down on the main downtown avenues. Doors open at 5:30pm and the night ends at 1:30am. One floor up is Chill Dining, a sister restaurant that grills beef and seafood over charcoal, useful if your group wants a full dinner before heading out onto the terrace.

Early in the evening it works as a lounge for watching the city switch on; once it is fully dark the DJ lifts the tempo and dancers join in, with a soundtrack of commercial Top 40, hip-hop and R&B. Seating splits into bar stools, standing tables and sofas. A tip from past guests: the terrace does not give a clean view of the sun going down, so Chill is at its best for the night skyline. Reservations mainly go to groups taking a table package, while couples usually walk in. The door is strict on dress: no shorts, flip-flops or tank tops.

Blank Sky Lounge spreads across floors 75 and 76 near the top of Landmark 81, 208 Nguyen Huu Canh, in Thanh My Tay Ward (the former Binh Thanh District). It bills itself as the highest café and bar lounge in Vietnam, roughly 461 metres up, which puts it more than thirty floors above the next-highest sky bar on this list. Lifts run up from the tower's main lobby, and there is parking in the building. It opens 9:30am to midnight every day, with the kitchen's last orders at 11:30pm; Google Maps shows an 11:30pm close, so check if you plan to stay late.

Unlike the open-air decks of District 1, most of Blank's seats sit behind floor-to-ceiling glass, with only a small outdoor terrace for a breath of high-altitude air. From up here the bends of the Saigon River and the whole downtown shrink to the scale of a map. The neutral interior by The Lab Saigon nods to Vietnam's rice-farming heritage; music stays at conversation level, with no DJ and no dance floor. Mornings bring coffee drinkers, and late afternoon is busiest because of the sunset. There is no dress code, smoking is banned, and tables are held for only 15 minutes, so be on time.

Social Club Rooftop Bar crowns Hôtel des Arts Saigon – MGallery from its 24th floor; the hotel stands at 76-78 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai in Xuan Hoa Ward, part of the former District 3. You reach it through the Social Club restaurant on floor 23 and a short flight of stairs. It opens at 3pm and closes at midnight, or at 1am on Friday and Saturday. The view spans about 270 degrees towards Landmark 81, and right beside the bar a glass sky bridge links the hotel to the Centec Tower.

The mood follows the hotel's French-Indochine theme: candles on the tables, armchairs for a quiet evening, standing room at the counter to watch the bartenders work, and outdoor tables for groups of friends. Music stays soft through the afternoon, some nights bring a live DJ, and Tuesday is Ladies' Night. The infinity pool next to the bar is for hotel guests only, so visitors just admire it. Dress is smart casual, and after 9pm nobody under 18 is admitted. Snacks come up from the kitchen below; the fried chicken bites and oysters get good words.

Banana Mama Rooftop Bar & Kitchen is on the 10th floor of 102 Cong Quynh in Ben Thanh Ward, a few minutes' walk from Bui Vien. The venue's own site calls the building the Mayfair hotel, while travel sites say WMC Tower; it is the same address. Open since 2019, it runs from 4pm to 2am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, until 3am on Friday and Saturday, and stays shut on Monday. At ten floors the view is close and warm, more streets and rooftops than a sweeping panorama.

Wooden decking, bright cushions and plenty of greenery give it the feel of a tropical beach club rather than a hushed hotel lounge. Sunset is the busy hour; resident DJs play Thursday to Sunday, and some evenings turn into sunset parties with confetti and sparklers. The kitchen is known for smash burgers made with grass-fed Australian beef, plus chicken and falafel options. From 7pm beachwear and flip-flops are turned away, so change your shoes if you are coming straight from Bui Vien. Weeknights you can walk in; at weekends, book ahead.

Shri Lifestyle Dining fills floor 23 of Centec Tower at 72-74 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai in Xuan Hoa Ward (the former District 3), the very building that the glass bridge beside Social Club's bar connects to, so the two rooftops are practically neighbours and easy to pair in one evening. Shri first opened in 2010 as a high-rise dinner spot; in 2023 it came under new management, was redesigned and reopened under its current name. It runs 5pm to 11:30pm daily, an earlier finish than most places here, and the edge of the roof gives a full circle of the city.

The floor is split into five areas; the best seats are the open-air terrace at sunset and the glass-roofed terrace wrapped in greenery, with a dining room and a lounge inside. Terracotta walls and plants give the whole level a Mediterranean-oasis feel. Music leans towards Melodic House as the light fades and shifts to Funky and Afro later on. DJs play on Friday and Saturday from 8:30pm, there is a weekly saxophone night out on the terrace, and Tuesday is Ladies Night. The kitchen does Asian-European fusion with tapas, sharing plates and set menus, ideal for a dinner date that turns into an evening of music.

Twilight Sky Bar is up on the 12th floor of La Siesta Premium hotel at 180-188 Ly Tu Trong in Ben Thanh Ward; walk through the hotel lobby and take the lift. The terrace looks out across roughly 270 degrees over Ben Thanh Market and the park nearby, high enough to take in the whole neighbourhood yet low enough to pick out single rooftops and the flow of traffic. It runs 5pm to midnight every day with no closing day, which makes it a stop between sunset and midnight rather than a place to stay out until dawn.

The room is small and intimate, glass, metal and wood against black and stone grey, the kind of discreet hotel bar where chill-out music fills the weeknights. On Friday and Saturday a DJ plays EDM from 9pm to 11pm, and holidays bring special nights, such as 30 April 2026 with a DJ, dancers and fireworks seen from the 12th floor. The booking form takes groups of one to ten, and one regular says most of the crowd are international visitors, so it suits couples and small groups better than big parties. No dress code is published; neat clothes are enough.

Take the lift to floor 13 of the L'mak building, No. 147 Hai Ba Trung, and you are at Papaya Papa. Google Maps puts the address in Xuan Hoa Ward (the former District 3) while the venue's own site says District 1, so simply look for the street number and ride up to floor 13. It opens at 5pm from Tuesday to Sunday, closes at 2am on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday and stays open until 4am on Friday and Saturday, the latest finish in this guide on those two nights; Monday is its day off. According to The Dot Magazine, Banana Mama and Papaya Papa come from one team, but the Hai Ba Trung roof is quieter and aimed at an older crowd, so the two suit very different evenings.

Evenings move in three stages: golden hour as the sun drops behind the towers, a dinner cooked by a French chef who mixes classic French technique with Mediterranean touches and the lemongrass and citrus of Asian markets, then the party. Tuesday is Ladies Night; Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday pair dinner with a relaxed lounge; on Friday and Saturday DJs keep the floor going until close, and the venue promises no Vinahouse and no MC shouting into a microphone. Indoors there are sofas, potted plants and ceramics shelved behind the DJ booth, with an open-air section too; on sticky nights ask for a table inside. Smart casual applies: no shorts, sandals or singlets.

Rex Rooftop Garden Bar sits on the roof of the Rex Hotel at 141 Nguyen Hue in Saigon Ward; guides put it on floor 5, the lowest on this list. What it lacks in height it makes up for in position: from the railing you look straight down Nguyen Hue Boulevard, with the Opera House and City Hall only a few steps away. The bar is tied to the press history of the 1960s, when the US military's afternoon briefings were held in the hotel and foreign correspondents nicknamed them the “Five O'Clock Follies”. The hotel does not publish the bar's own hours; Wanderlog shows a 1am close, so check when booking.

The mood is that of a heritage hotel rather than a fashionable sky bar: open-air seating, the Rex's crown emblem and an evening cover band that plays fairly loud, so ask for a table away from the stage if you want to talk. Regulars love watching the French-era buildings around the square light up; the usual complaints are dated furniture for such a famous name and uneven food. On hot days the hotel's air-conditioned Vertical Garden is a quieter alternative. Aim to arrive around 5pm to see the square turn from daylight to lamplight.

SolLuna's bar sits at the edge of the pool ten floors up at the Icon Saigon hotel, No. 65-67 on Hai Ba Trung, right in the old downtown. It is the second-earliest opener in this guide at 7am, and the earliest to close: the venue's page says 11pm, while Google Maps shows 10:30pm, so check if you plan to arrive late. At ten floors, the same height as Banana Mama, the view is the District 1 skyline at close range rather than a distant panorama.

The setting feels more resort than nightlife: blue water, tropical plants, lounge sofas and bar stools ringed around the pool. SolLuna is not a club and posts no DJ schedule; the music is soft and chilled, and people come up for dates, after-work catch-ups or a rest after a day of sightseeing. The best hour is dusk, when the streets start to glow; the pool deck is open to the sky, so on rainy days ask about seating first. No dress code is published: relaxed in the daytime, a little neater in the evening.

M Bar is on the 8th floor of the Majestic's New Wing, at the very start of Dong Khoi Street (No. 1), in a colonial-style hotel that has stood by the river since 1925 and turned 100 in 2025. Because it sits where Dong Khoi meets the waterfront, the terrace faces the Saigon River and Bach Dang wharf rather than the street. Hours are 3pm to midnight, seven days a week. The hotel also has Breeze Sky Bar on floor 5, a different venue that also faces the river and serves breakfast and grills, so ask specifically for M Bar on the eighth floor.

The bar was refurbished in 2018 but still feels like a hotel lounge: sit outside in the river breeze, watch the sun go down, then stay as local musicians take the stage at 8pm every night. There is no DJ or dance floor, and the style of music is not announced in advance. The light Western snacks get lukewarm reviews, so for a Vietnamese dinner try Saigon House on floor 7 before heading up. The best plan: arrive between 5pm and 6pm for sunset on the water and stay past 8pm for the band.

Zion Sky Lounge & Dining is on the 14th floor of 87A Ham Nghi in Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, a few minutes on foot from Ben Thanh metro station; in the lobby, mention Zion at reception and take the lift. It is the only rooftop here that runs to 3am every single night: 4pm to 3am, Mondays included. From this height most of the downtown core is laid out in front of you, the towers along Ham Nghi lighting up one after another, and the colours peak around 6pm. It holds about 300 guests, so larger groups are easy to seat.

More than a bar, Zion runs as a proper restaurant: sharing plates from the afternoon, then a late menu of small dishes from 10pm for those staying on. After dark, singers and weekly guest DJs move the music from Top 40 towards EDM, House, Hip-hop and Techno, and the Tuesday Art Attack night adds fire dancing and body painting. Seating comes in five tiers, ranging from counter seats for anyone alone up to VIP sofas that hold fifteen on Friday and Saturday. Dress is smart elegant, the strictest on this list.

Saigon Saigon Rooftop Bar belongs to the Caravelle hotel at 19-23 Lam Son Square, by the Opera House at the top of Dong Khoi. Most sources say floor 9 while the hotel's dining page says floor 10, so just give the bar's name at the lift. Few rooftops downtown have as long a history: it was a meeting place for Saigon society in the 1950s and 1960s, then the spot where foreign correspondents followed the news during the war. After a renovation it reopened on 28 September 2026 and now runs from 4pm to 1am.

The new look mixes disco, Art Deco geometry and old Saigon architecture: checkerboard floor tiles, louvred shutters, red glazed tiles, a bar in the middle of the room and a vintage typewriter on display beside archive photos. From 5:45pm to 7:45pm a bartender wheels a trolley up to the tables while a DJ plays, and from 8pm a live band takes over until 10:30pm, or 10pm on Sunday. Floor 9 is well below the true sky bars, but you look straight down onto the square. There is no air conditioning, so dress light and neat on hot evenings.

Song Bar occupies the 40th and highest floor of Hilton Saigon on Me Linh Square (No. 11) in Saigon Ward, a short walk from the riverbank. It opened in 2024 alongside Residence Eleven, the hotel's Chinese restaurant one floor down, and it is the second-highest sky bar in this guide after Blank. Glass runs from floor to ceiling all the way round, so even in the rain you can see the river and the downtown skyline. It opens 2pm to midnight daily; after a maintenance break between 22 September and 1 October 2026, it reopened on 2 October.

Inside it is warmer and more enclosed than the open-air decks: wood panelling, velvet seats, sculptural lamps and a few East Asian touches. Afternoons bring a seasonal afternoon tea; on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9pm, Jazz Night brings live vocals and the singers take requests. Early evening tends to be quiet, which is the easiest time to get a seat by the glass as the sky changes colour. For dinner first, Residence Eleven downstairs serves Peking duck, dim sum and dishes from a wood-fired oven.

Kén Skybar occupies level 26 of the Riverfront Financial Centre, the tower at 3A-3B Ton Duc Thang in Saigon Ward, beside the Ba Son area and Bach Dang wharf. It matches Chill for height but faces the other way: ahead of you is a bend of the Saigon River with lights along both banks, and overhead there is no roof at all. Tables are turned towards the glass railing, so almost every seat has the water in view. Hours are 5pm to 2am, Tuesday to Sunday; it is closed on Monday.

The look is a cream butterfly on deep plum, a curved steel canopy over the central bar that recalls the threads of a cocoon, and banana plants and palms lit green from below. Tuesday is Ladies Night, and on Friday and Saturday the Weekend Line Up has DJs moving between deep house, Afro house and R&B, with V-pop remixes later on. Riverside tables seat two to six by the glass, and VIP sofas take six to twelve. Dress is smart casual. The lifts get busy at weekends, so arrive about half an hour before sunset.

Rooftop Grand Lounge is on floor 20 of Hotel Grand Saigon at No. 8 Dong Khoi, Saigon Ward, on the stretch closest to the river. The hotel is more than 95 years old, one of the city's longest-standing heritage hotels, and the roof is high enough to take in both the Dong Khoi quarter and the water. It opens earliest of anywhere here, running straight through from 6am to midnight every day and starting with breakfast; Wanderlog shows an 11:30pm close, so check if you plan to stay late. There are both covered and open-air tables, which makes rainy evenings easier.

By day it works as a restaurant serving Western, Asian and Vietnamese dishes, plus afternoon tea from 1pm to 6pm in an Asian set and a European set. From Thursday to Sunday, live music plays from 8pm to 10pm, gentle enough for conversation rather than dancing. Guests often order the egg coffee; recurring complaints are some bland Western dishes and slow service for large groups. For sunset and music in one visit, reserve a seat outside for a Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday night and be there before 6pm.

Hai Bar is one of the newest names in this guide: an open-air bar twenty-three floors up at the Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera, No. 88 Dong Khoi, launched on 26 June 2026 when the hotel rebuilt the whole floor to mark 23 years in business. The name puns on “hai, ba”, Vietnamese for two-three, and “high bar”, and the hotel says no rooftop on Dong Khoi sits higher. From the railing you see the Opera House façade and the twin spires of Notre-Dame Cathedral, with the Saigon River and Ba Son Bridge further off. The hotel lists hours of 5pm to 1am daily, which may change with the season.

The same floor holds Altitude 23, a double-height round atrium with a sculptural chandelier on the site of the old Night Spot club, plus the Summit meeting rooms facing Nguyen Hue, so Hai Bar often serves as a meeting point before a party or conference. The signature menu is built around Vietnam's three regions, northern spices, central herbs and southern fruit, with light bites on the side. As for music, the hotel mentions an evening programme but has not posted genres or a DJ schedule. Dress is smart casual, with no beachwear or flip-flops; at weekends, go up right at 5pm to get a railing seat.