Neon Mekong
The Saigon skyline at dusk under an orange and purple sky

Sunset, then neon

Lemongrass, chili and tamarind, poured over District 1.

Reserve

Sunset to midnight

The rooftop

Aperitivo hour, Vietnamese fire

Neon Mekong is a rooftop cocktail bar and small-plates kitchen mixing lemongrass and chili into drinks against a District 1 skyline of neon and sunset.

Ride the lift up, catch the river wind. Start soft, end glowing.

Neon hour

Lemongrass, chili, tamarind

9 hours to last call

Golden hour

Drag the dial, or use the arrow keys.

Now pouring

Lemongrass Margarita

Chili salt rim

Long over ice, the mint still cold

₫180,000

Tamarind Whiskey Sour

Sweet-sour, smoky

₫190,000

The city dims. The neon takes over.

A cook working a wok at a night street-food stall
A red-orange bowl of spicy noodle soup
Dark noodles lifted with chopsticks

From the coals

Small plates, big fire

The kitchen borrows from the street: charcoal, nuoc cham, smoke.

  • Grilled Prawn Skewers

    ₫160,000

    Nuoc cham glaze

  • Beef La Lot

    ₫150,000

    Betel-leaf wrapped

  • Coconut Panna Cotta

    ₫90,000

    Pandan, lime

The view

One seat, three skies

  1. A limestone bay turning gold at dusk
    18:00Golden hour
  2. Rain on a window with blurred neon lights behind it
    21:00Neon rain
  3. City lights at night seen from above
    00:00The city stays up

DJ nights

Bass over the skyline

The decks start when the city lights do.

  1. Thu

    Vinyl night

    Old Saigon soul & funk

  2. Fri

    Guest DJ

    House till 01:00

  3. Sat

    Live percussion

    Drums over the decks

Guestlist

Meet us on the roof

Parties above six, please call. Guestlist closes at 22:00.

Address

Rooftop, 22 Dong Khoi, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Hours

Daily 17:00-01:00

Get directions

Reviews

  • First proper meal out since the baby arrived, so the bar was high. The Beef La Lot tastes like it was made by someone rather than assembled. I cannot fault a thing about the evening.

    Leila H.a month ago

  • The kind of place you assume is a tourist trap until you look at who is eating there. We came in for something else entirely and left talking about the Coconut Panna Cotta. I have worked in Ho Chi Minh City for years and never knew it was here.

    Ben K.5 weeks ago

  • Arrived early and watched the room fill up with people who clearly knew the staff. The Grilled Prawn Skewers is priced like a starter and eats like a main. This is the standard the rest of the street should be held to.

    Sanne J.2 months ago