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Saigon has 10 shops that look affordable, but the price is “expensive to slice”, diners coming to eat for the first time ensure everyone is “slightly shocked”.

Among luxury restaurants, air-conditioned ferries, Saigon people still have the habit of eating in popular restaurants, even sitting on the street. However, there is one thing to note here that not just looking at any saggy place, sitting on plastic tables and chairs, the price is also “cheap”. The following 10 restaurants are the best proof!

Crab cake soup 300k

Crab soup 300k or “the most expensive crab cake in Saigon” is the name that people often order the street food of Mrs. Loan’s couple (60 years old), located at the beginning of an alley on Pham Van Chi Street, District. 6. It is known that this cake soup has existed for more than 30 years, since a few years ago it was famous for selling the most expensive bowl of banh canh up to 300k, causing a lot of controversy.

Ms. Loan – the owner of the crab cake shop has caused controversy throughout the social network (Photo: @nauankhongkho)

The famous crab cake shop used to appear dense on YouTube

According to the owner, all the ingredients in this bowl of banh canh are raw fresh, including 6-8 large and small crab claws, shrimp, spring rolls, fish balls, blood, crab meat, lean meat … Some people used to be come to the review that this price of 300k is in line with the quality of such a bowl of banh canh full of crabs. However, some people praise it, many people criticize it. They said, apart from “sticky rice”, then eating banh canh here is also normal.

Saigon has 10 shops that look affordable, but the price is “expensive to slice”, diners coming to eat for the first time ensure everyone is “slightly shocked”.

Menu at Ms. Loan’s crab cake shop (Photo: @changdieutan)


(Photo: @ thai.trong, @yoooniii___)

– Address: at the beginning of alley 360 Pham Van Chi, District 6

– Opening hours: 16am – 10pm

– Price: 30k – 300k

Huynh Hoa bread

Needless to say, this bakery has long been “notorious” in Saigon because of its “expensive to slice” prices. Currently, a full loaf of bread is priced at 48k, the special one is 58k. However, everyone who has eaten it also acknowledges that it is worth the money of the rice bowl!


Bread, although expensive, has never been absent in Saigon (Photo: @dionnesarmiento, @ somtum316)

The “heavy” Huynh Hoa bread with 5 – 6 layers of stacked fillings, from pork rolls, beef rolls, ham, pork rolls, floss, char siu, cucumber, pickles … all have enough. . In addition, the butter and pate portions are made by the salon and made their own recipe each day. During peak hours, the scene of the line of people waiting in line to buy a loaf of bread is “as usual as a meal”.


(Photo: @hunhdoof, @ngoafood)

– Address: 26 Le Thi Rieng, District 1

– Opening hours: 14am – 23pm

– Price: 48k – 58k

Rice landfill broken rice

The reason for such an interesting name is because the shop is located very close to a garbage dump in the Xóm Chieu market area (District 4), so it has existed for more than 30 years. Although located in such a “favorable” location, not so that Aunt Seven’s broken rice “lam tong” is cheap.

The shop sells a full range of rice ribs, skin rolls, and other dishes such as stuffed squid, braised meat with eggs, fried eggs, … The lowest price of the restaurant ranges from about 25 – 30k / plate, even the highest is sometimes It is normal for more than a hundred thousand to eat it full.




Although the broken rice shop has a pretty “sincere” name and layout, the price is not affordable at all!

– Address: 73 Le Van Linh, District 4

– Opening hours: 16h30 – 0h

Ms. Huyen’s noodle soup

Located in the alley 38/2 on Nguyen Cong Hoan street, Phu Nhuan district, this is considered one of the oldest and most popular noodle shops in Saigon. Not only is it famous for having a boss with a “burning fire” way of talking that makes many diners afraid, this restaurant is also controversial because the price is not as popular as it looks.

Noodles shop has a famous owner known as “burning fire”

On average, a portion of mixed noodles here costs from 50k, the most expensive can be up to more than 100k. The bowl of noodles is generally of good quality with chili salt, fried onion, poached eggs, pork rolls, fat tart, beef … However, many people think that the price they spend is not worthy of the taste of the dish. .


Each serving of mixed noodles and noodles here has the most expensive price up to more than 100k (Photo: @manyfoodinhere, @ hana.foodie)

– Address: 38/2 Nguyen Cong Hoan, Phu Nhuan District

– Opening hours: 9:30 – 17:30 (closed every Friday)

– Price: 50k – 100k

Crab Soup Hanh

In recent days, this crab soup has made social waves because of a young man’s post. Accordingly, the photo of a crab soup is priced at 25k, but smaller than the hand of a human, making many netizens “shocked”.

Hanh crab soup priced at 25k is causing many netizens controversy these days

Find out that this Hanh crab soup has existed for quite a long time. On the surface, not many people think the crab soup here is so expensive. If you want to eat the full portion, you have to spend up to … 50k – the price is said to be quite “acrid” compared to the common ground in Saigon.


The full crab soup here is priced up to 50k (Photo: @ ourfoodsince221116, @ phung5845)

– Address: 549 Su Van Hanh, District 10

– Opening hours: 6am – 10:30 pm

– Price: 25k – 50k

Noodles Lien Hua

Lien Hua is one of the oldest and most famous brands of Nam Vang noodle soup in Saigon. The owner is originally a Cambodian woman, so the flavor of the noodles here has its own characteristics.

(Photo: @malomanharry)

With the selling price ranging from 80k – 150k / bowl, Nam Vang noodle in Lien Hao has now surpassed pho to become the most expensive dish in the list of water dishes in Saigon. A full bowl of noodle soup here, including minced meat, heart, pig heart, shrimp and quail eggs, is generally good value for the money.


(Photo: @ linhnguyen8393, @ots_mark)

– Address:

+ 381 Vo Van Tan, District 3

+ 90D Tran Quoc Toan, District 3

– Opening hours: 6am – 11pm

– Price: 80k – 150k

Tieu Co Ut porridge

Co Ut’s porridge shop is located modestly behind Ban Co market (District 3), now has a life of more than 70 years. Each bowl of porridge here has the highest price of 77k for a special bowl, according to many people it is quite expensive compared to other porridge shops in Saigon.

Each bowl of Tieu porridge here is a combination of many ingredients such as white porridge, porridge, heart, liver, kidney, minced meat, fish, squid, mushrooms … To be more rich and more nutritious, Co Ut also add our chicken eggs, scallions, and sliced ​​ginger to the porridge bowl. With so many things, the price is not too expensive, right?


(Photo: @thichanthichuong)

– Address: 51/33 Cao Thang, District 3

– Opening hours: 15:30 – 22:00

– Price: 38k – 77k

Pho Dau

Tucked away in a small alley on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Pho Dau restaurant has long been a famous address for those who like North-origin pho in Saigon. Pho here has a pretty clear broth, served with a bowl of thin sliced ​​onions and fragrant cilantro on top, unlike many other places.


(Photo: @ foodaholic.ig, @pkhanhq)

Although the price is quite expensive (up to 100k / bowl), the seats are quite cramped and located in the alley, but Pho Dau restaurant has never seen a absence of customers. On the contrary, at peak times you also have to wait in line to have a seat to enjoy pho.

(Photo: @phnganph)

– Address: 288M1 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, District 3

– Opening hours: 5am – 11am

– Price: 65k – 100k

Bun rieu carrying Ben Thanh market

Bun rieu has long been associated with popularism, but in Saigon there is a 40-year-old vermicelli restaurant known as the “most luxurious” because only foreigners, overseas Vietnamese and artists come to eat.

The most famous vermicelli in Saigon is here! (Photo: @_x_yauling_x_)

In addition, “luxury” here is also because the price for a bowl of vermicelli is up to 55k, which includes only blood, tomatoes, fried tofu and crab. Although there is no pork rolls or silk rolls, Ms. Mai Thi Lien (60 years old, owner) still insists on vermicelli in that she has quality ingredients than many other places. Moreover, because it is located in the city center, the rent of the restaurant is quite high.


(Photo: @ tandat.huynh.tdh, @vietnamesegod)

– Address: 4 Phan Boi Chau, District 1

– Opening hours: 7:30 – 19:00

– Price: 55k

Thanh Xuan noodle soup

While popular noodle products only cost about 15k – 25k, the most expensive is only about 40k, but Thanh Xuan noodle in District 1 has the selling price up to … 50k – 70k. It is known that this noodle shop has been present since 1946, up to now has been 75 years old. For the “expensive to slice” price, what you get is a bowl of noodles filled with fresh shrimp, meat, and crab combined with typical seafood sauces.




(Photo: @ ledangkhoa.ldk, @ rio.thefoodlist, @mysteriousaigon, @foodholicvn)

– Address: 62 Ton That Thiep Street, District 1

– Opening hours: 7:00 – 14:00

– Price: 50k – 70k

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