Whiskey & Wares

Ho Chi Minh City


Fine whisky, good cocktails and local craft beer all appeal at this sophisticated bar a short hop from Pham Ngu Lao. It's also a top spot to purchase local artisanal goods. It's LGBT-friendly but welcoming to all.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ho Chi Minh City attractions

1. Fine Arts Museum

0.4 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…

2. San Art

0.4 MILES

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

3. Mariamman Hindu Temple

0.41 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. Tao Dan Park

0.63 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…

5. Norodom Palace Gatehouse

0.72 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…

6. Reunification Palace

0.73 MILES

Surrounded by royal palm trees, the dissonant 1960s architecture of this landmark government building and the eerie ambience of its deserted halls make it…

7. HCMC Museum

0.74 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. Bitexco Financial Tower

0.75 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…