--- title: "Vietnamese Restaurant Prices in Saigon 2026: Dish, Head" description: "Main dishes roughly VND 90,000 to 360,000 and about VND 150,000 to 330,000 a head, from the pages we read. A source table, dates, and where Bếp Rơm sits." canonical: https://nhahang.thenexova.cloud/en/journal/vietnamese-restaurant-prices-ho-chi-minh-city-2026 lang: en last-updated: 2026-10-05 --- [Booking and groups](/en/journal/topic/booking-and-groups) # Vietnamese Restaurant Prices in Saigon 2026: Dish, Head > Main dishes roughly VND 90,000 to 360,000 and about VND 150,000 to 330,000 a head, from the pages we read. A source table, dates, and where Bếp Rơm sits. Nguồn / Source: https://nhahang.thenexova.cloud/en/journal/vietnamese-restaurant-prices-ho-chi-minh-city-2026 Main dishes roughly VND 90,000 to 360,000 and about VND 150,000 to 330,000 a head, from the pages we read. A source table, dates, and where Bếp Rơm sits. [Nguyễn Đức Thịnh](/en/team/nguyen-duc-thinh) · Reservations and private room manager · Published 10 Sept 2026 · Updated 5 Oct 2026 · 5 min read From the pages we read, a main dish at a mid-range Vietnamese restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City costs roughly VND 90,000 to 360,000, and a meal about VND 150,000 to 330,000 a head. That is an inference from a handful of data points, not market statistics. Below we show where each number comes from, why they are hard to compare, and where Bếp Rơm sits. ## The figures we read All read on 5 October 2026\. The “unit” column is how the source labels it, not our guess. | Source | Figure | Unit, per the source | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | | [Foody, Bếp Nhà Lục Tỉnh](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/bep-nha-luc-tinh) (District 1) | VND 35,000 to 500,000; braised hú fish in a clay pot 180,000, sour soup with prawn 220,000, grilled free-range chicken 290,000, grilled squid with chilli salt 350,000, fresh coconut 55,000 | Dish price range | | [Foody, Quán Bụi Garden](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/quan-bui-garden) (Thảo Điền) | VND 50,000 to 250,000 | Per dish | | [Mia.vn, 22 December 2025](https://mia.vn/cam-nang-du-lich/nha-hang-cuc-gach-quan-19864) | About VND 90,000 to 95,000 | Per dish | | [Mia.vn, 19 November 2025](https://mia.vn/cam-nang-du-lich/top-quan-an-gia-dinh-sai-gon-19654) | VND 180,000 to 210,000; 150,000 to 330,000 for another place | Not stated | | [Green SM, 8 January 2025](https://www.greensm.com/vn-vi/news/nha-hang-viet-nam-quan-1) | Nhà Hàng Ngon VND 150,000 to 180,000; Xóm Chợ Cũ 100,000 to 200,000; Bếp Mẹ Ỉn 100,000 to 300,000 | Labelled “per person” | | [Mytour](https://mytour.vn/vi/blog/bai-viet/kham-pha-10-quan-an-gia-dinh-tai-tphcm-noi-tieng-digifood.html) | Cơm Xưa VND 120,000 to 180,000 | Per person | | [Tiền Phong, 17 February 2026](https://tienphong.vn/quan-an-chay-o-tphcm-dat-hang-mung-1-tet-post1821535.html) | Budget vegetarian places VND 35,000 to 40,000 | Per portion | | [Square One, Park Hyatt](https://www.parkhyattsaigonrestaurants.com/square-one/square-one-private-dining-experiences) | From VND 1,950,000, before service charge and VAT | Per guest | Two things in this table do not line up. Bếp Nhà Lục Tỉnh has a range of VND 35,000 to 500,000 on Foody (dish prices), and the very same range on Green SM, where it is labelled “per person”. A range that wide is hard to read as what one guest spends, so we treat the wide ranges as dish prices. And the two Mia pieces measure different things; we do not know how they calculate. For the national picture, [Tuổi Trẻ News on 11 April 2026](https://news.tuoitre.vn/vietnamese-spend-more-on-eating-out-as-costs-rise-report-103260411104744906.htm) quotes a survey by iPOS.vn and Nestlé Professional: the share of people spending more than VND 100,000 on a dinner rose to 14.5% from 12.4% in 2024\. The other 85.5% spend VND 100,000 or less. That includes budget places across the country, so we do not use it to set prices. ## The conclusion, and where it is weak Main dishes run about VND 90,000 to 360,000 (from the lowest Mia figure to Foody’s highest at VND 350,000, rounded up). A meal runs about VND 150,000 to 330,000 a head, taken from the ranges that state a unit. There are few sources, no page dates its prices, and in what we read most pages do not say whether VAT is included (Square One is the one that says it is not). Treat this as a direction, not a market price list. ## Where Bếp Rơm sits Every number below is worked out from our own menu. Prices include 8% VAT and there is no service charge. - Our twenty grill, braise and soup dishes (rice excluded) average VND 174,000, from VND 68,000 (morning glory with garlic) to VND 458,000 (lẩu mắm, a fermented-fish hotpot for 2 to 3, so about VND 153,000 to 229,000 for each person eating). Across all 31 dishes, 14 are under VND 100,000, 11 are VND 100,000 to 199,000, 5 are VND 200,000 to 360,000, and one is above VND 360,000. - Cá lóc nướng trui (snakehead grilled whole in burning straw) at VND 358,000 sits at the top of the band. A mâm is a set of dishes laid for the whole table, priced at the sum of single prices minus 5%. | Meal (menu prices) | Total | Per head | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------- | | Cá lóc kho tộ (snakehead in a clay pot), morning glory, 2 rice (2 people) | VND 276,000 | VND 138,000 | | The same, plus 2 roasted brown rice teas | VND 352,000 | VND 176,000 | | Vegetarian mâm (4 people) | VND 570,000 | VND 142,500 | | Pair mâm, plus 2 roasted brown rice teas | VND 516,000 | VND 258,000 | | Family mâm (4 people) | VND 890,000 | VND 222,500 | | Family mâm, plus 4 fresh coconuts | VND 1,110,000 | VND 277,500 | | Family mâm, plus 4 coconuts and 4 sweet corn puddings | VND 1,302,000 | VND 325,500 | | Round mâm (6 people), plus 6 roasted brown rice teas | VND 1,518,000 | VND 253,000 | | Private room mâm (10 people), plus 10 coconuts | VND 2,990,000 | VND 299,000 | With a mâm and drinks, a head at Bếp Rơm comes to about VND 250,000 to 325,000, the upper half of the band above. That is more than the places listing VND 120,000 to 200,000 a person, and we say so. The reasons are things you can check: a private room with no room fee, cooking over wood and straw, an allergen table for every dish, and no service charge. If you want a meal near VND 140,000 a head, the first row does it. ## VAT, and when this goes out of date Our prices include 8% VAT. According to the tax advice page [Kế toán Thuận Thiên](https://ketoanthuanthien.vn/hoi-dap/dich-vu-nha-hang-khach-san-co-duoc-giam-thue-gtgt-xuong-8-tu-1-7-2025-khong/), restaurant services get VAT cut from 10% to 8% from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2026 (Resolution 204/2025/QH15, Decree 174/2025/NĐ-CP). We have not opened the legal texts. When the rate changes we update our prices the same day and republish this piece. ## How we do it at Bếp Rơm We print the price of each dish, each mâm and each head, and say prices include VAT, so you can add it up before you book. See the full [menu](/en/menu) and the [set menus](/en/set-menus). How holds and deposits work is in [booking a Vietnamese restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City](/en/journal/booking-a-vietnamese-restaurant-ho-chi-minh-city), and how to order for three generations in [family restaurants in Saigon](/en/journal/family-restaurant-ho-chi-minh-city-three-generations). The market figures above are data points from pages we read, not statistics. Bếp Rơm's prices are the restaurant's own, recalculated from the menu. Updated 5 October 2026\. Republished when VAT changes. ## Hold a table Pick the party size, see free times, note diets and allergies in one form. [Reserve](/en/reserve) ## Sources checked 1. [Foody, Bếp Nhà Lục Tỉnh](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/bep-nha-luc-tinh) (read 5 Oct 2026) 2. [Foody, Quán Bụi Garden](https://www.foody.vn/ho-chi-minh/quan-bui-garden) (read 5 Oct 2026) 3. [Mia.vn, Cục Gạch Quán (22 December 2025)](https://mia.vn/cam-nang-du-lich/nha-hang-cuc-gach-quan-19864) (read 5 Oct 2026) 4. [Mia.vn, family restaurants in Saigon (19 November 2025)](https://mia.vn/cam-nang-du-lich/top-quan-an-gia-dinh-sai-gon-19654) (read 5 Oct 2026) 5. [Green SM, Vietnamese restaurants in District 1 (8 January 2025)](https://www.greensm.com/vn-vi/news/nha-hang-viet-nam-quan-1) (read 5 Oct 2026) 6. [Mytour, 10 family restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City](https://mytour.vn/vi/blog/bai-viet/kham-pha-10-quan-an-gia-dinh-tai-tphcm-noi-tieng-digifood.html) (read 5 Oct 2026) 7. [Tuổi Trẻ News, Vietnamese spend more on eating out as costs rise (11 April 2026)](https://news.tuoitre.vn/vietnamese-spend-more-on-eating-out-as-costs-rise-report-103260411104744906.htm) (read 5 Oct 2026) 8. [Tiền Phong, vegetarian restaurants full on the first day of Tết (17 February 2026)](https://tienphong.vn/quan-an-chay-o-tphcm-dat-hang-mung-1-tet-post1821535.html) (read 5 Oct 2026) 9. [Park Hyatt Saigon, Square One private dining](https://www.parkhyattsaigonrestaurants.com/square-one/square-one-private-dining-experiences) (read 5 Oct 2026) 10. [Kế toán Thuận Thiên, 8% VAT for restaurants](https://ketoanthuanthien.vn/hoi-dap/dich-vu-nha-hang-khach-san-co-duoc-giam-thue-gtgt-xuong-8-tu-1-7-2025-khong/) (read 5 Oct 2026) ## Dishes in this article - [![Three charred whole snakehead fish grilled in the straw-fire style, on banana leaves beside a rice pancake, a basket of herbs and a clay pot of rice](/_astro/dish-ca-loc-nuong-trui.CB89TZpY_Z4zPmP.jpg)Snakehead fish grilled in strawA whole snakehead of about 800 g grilled in burning straw, rolled in rice paper with herbs, fermented anchovy dip.358,000 VNDMildFish](/en/menu/ca-loc-nuong-trui) - [![Fish braised in caramel sauce in a clay pot, scattered with spring onion, ginger strips and sliced red chilli](/_astro/dish-ca-kho-to.DFHPsVW9_1dGqKo.jpg)Snakehead braised in a clay potSnakehead braised in coconut caramel in a clay pot with green peppercorns and a slice of bird chilli.178,000 VNDMildFish](/en/menu/ca-loc-kho-to) - [![A turmeric-yellow bánh xèo with prawns and bean sprouts on a bamboo tray, with shredded green mango, herbs, a chilli fish-sauce dip and a sheet of rice paper](/_astro/dish-banh-xeo.5CeM49pf_1mtJuS.jpg)Bánh xèo with prawn and porkOne large crisp turmeric and coconut rice crêpe with prawn, pork and bean sprouts, wrapped in wild greens, fish sauce dip.138,000 VNDShellfishFish](/en/menu/banh-xeo-tom-thit) ## Read next - [Booking and groupsA Family Birthday at a Restaurant: How Far Ahead to BookHow far ahead for 12 guests, bringing a cake, round table or private room, how the bill works. 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