Tipsy Unicorn

Ho Chi Minh City


One of the city's very few openly gay bars, drawing a loyal crowd of locals with a fun, welcoming vibe. There's plenty going on, with quiz nights, DJs on Saturdays, live bands and even drag-queen bingo (Sundays at 9pm).


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Nearby Ho Chi Minh City attractions

1. San Art

0.27 MILES

This inspiring, independent, nonprofit gallery was founded by artists, giving other local artists the opportunity to display and develop their intriguing…

2. Fine Arts Museum

0.51 MILES

With its airy corridors and verandas, this elegant 1929 colonial-era, yellow-and-white building is stuffed with period details; it is exuberantly tiled…

3. Mariamman Hindu Temple

0.61 MILES

Only a small number of Hindus live in HCMC, but this colourful slice of southern India is also considered sacred by many ethnic Vietnamese and Chinese…

4. Bitexco Financial Tower

0.81 MILES

This elegant 68-storey, 262m-high Carlos Zapata–designed skyscraper dwarfs all around it. It's reportedly shaped like a lotus bulb, but it also resembles…

5. Ho Chi Minh Museum

0.83 MILES

Nicknamed the ‘Dragon House’ (Nha Rong), this former customs house was built by the French authorities in 1863. The museum houses many of Ho Chi Minh’s…

6. Tao Dan Park

0.85 MILES

One of the city's most attractive green spaces is 10-hectare Tao Dan Park, its bench-lined walks shaded with avenues of towering tropical trees, including…

7. HCMC Museum

0.9 MILES

A grand neoclassical structure built in 1885 and once known as Gia Long Palace (and later the Revolutionary Museum), HCMC’s city museum is a singularly…

8. Norodom Palace Gatehouse

0.91 MILES

The only surviving structure from the original Norodom Palace (which was bombed in 1962 and replaced with today's Reunification Palace) is this impressive…