The Caravelle Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City
Expert reviews
“Despite fierce competition from international chains like Hyatt and Sheraton, which both have properties almost next door, the Caravelle remains the hotel of choice for discerning travelers in Ho Chi Minh City.”
Featured as Frommer’s Exceptional Choice in Ho Chi Minh City.
“One of the first luxury hotels to reopen its doors in postwar Saigon, the five-star Caravelle remains a classic operation. Rooms in the modern 24-floor block are quietly elegant; the priciest rooms and suites are in the historic ‘signature’ wing.”
“When Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam in the 1960s, the Caravelle was filled with embassy staff and journalists, many of whom would gather at the hotel’s famed Saigon Saigon Bar to share information and rumors. Today the Caravelle’s original 10-story building has been joined by a newer 24-story building.”
What guests liked
- Central location
- Comfortable beds
- Swimming pool
- Friendly staff
- Free Wifi
- Excellent breakfast
All you need to know
The Caravelle Hotel stands as a prestigious symbol in Ho Chi Minh City, perfectly positioned in the core of District 1. The hotel’s illustrious past and refined architecture have made it a significant presence in the city since its inception in 1959.
In the history of the Vietnam War, the Caravelle Hotel held significance as a favored meeting spot for journalists.
Nowadays, this establishment is among the top-tier luxury accommodations in Ho Chi Minh City, conveniently located near numerous businesses, retail outlets, entertainment venues, and attractions. The Caravelle boasts 333 tastefully furnished rooms and suites equipped with contemporary amenities and chic interior design.
Every accommodation offers WiFi, sitting spaces and workstations, facilities for brewing tea and coffee, and flatscreen televisions. Opt for a room upgrade to enjoy extra living space, access to a private lounge, kitchenettes, more bedrooms, whirlpool baths, and private balconies.
The historical appeal of the Saigon Saigon Rooftop Bar has made it a favorite among both guests and visitors at this hotel. Despite the availability of 24/7 room service, you might find yourself drawn to the stunning restaurants this hotel offers.
Apart from the famous rooftop bar, you have five other dining choices which include the gourmet Reflections Restaurant, Buffet Nineteen (which is open for both lunch and dinner), Cafe de l’Opera (offering coffee with a view), Martini Bar (known for its cozy ambiance), and Tapas Kitchen (which serves bite-sized food).
Over time, the hotel has upheld its reputation for delivering opulent lodgings, top-tier amenities, and outstanding customer service. The Kara Spa & Fitness center on the premises offers guests access to a sauna, steam room, beauty salon, and a well-equipped gym with views over the outdoor pool.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
20 September 2025
Amazing location, great pool.
The hotel is very well located. The rooms are small vs others in the city but clear and elegant. The pool is a proper pool and one of the best in the city. Great for kids !
I think the breakfast is a bit so so. Mass food , many processed and it’s a dark area a bit crammed.
19 September 2025
Recommend this hotel
Lovely hotel Great breakfast Good area
Nothing to dislike
16 September 2025
Lovely hotel in great location.
Clean and comfortable room with great views of the city from our room. Rooftop bar was great and breakfast had a wide variety of foods to choose from. Staff very helpful.
Nothing.
15 September 2025
Exceptional
location is better to stay in center
some times, place is too touristic to rest
15 September 2025
Lovely Stay, Will come back again!
The rooms were comfy and nicely done, the right size without being too small. The staff were friendly, and you could exchange money at the hotel, which was very convenient. The rooftop bar offered nice views of the city, and its location was perfect for seeing all the main attractions, especially if it was your first visit to Saigon.
Nothing
11 September 2025
Excellent location and best executive lounge
Everything! The hotel was located right across the Opera House, and walking distance to many of the tourist attractions. The rooms were newly renovated, the shower room was big and felt luxurious. The beds were too soft for our liking though. We had access to the Executive lounge and that was one of the best/highlights on our hotel stay. The lounge served breakfast, afternoon tea and cocktails. The food and drinks selection were very good with a wide variety of dishes such that after cocktails, we would be too full to have dinner. Served real food for cocktails. Breakfast at the lounge was also very good because it was quiet and not crowded. The hotel also had a good gym, sauna and spa. I tried their spa and had a good massage. The staff were nice, friendly and helpful. Upon checking in, we were even escorted to our room by the person who checked us in. A first for me but I’ve read that high end luxury hotels do it this way.
The bed was on the softer side for me.
10 September 2025
Fabulous
location and room are perfect
9 September 2025
Great place to stay in district 1 Ho Chi Minh City.
Great location and excellent service!
8 September 2025
Fabulous
room and location are great.
Breakfast is limited with options.
8 September 2025
Iconic Saigon hotel
good location, clean hotel. breakfast was had enough selection. helpful and courteous staff
nothing
4 September 2025
We’ve had a great stay. Staff especially friendly
Breakfast was great. Variety of foods and fresh.
31 August 2025
I loved it and can’t wait to go back to see much more
Extremely clean good food and friendly staff
The location very central
24 August 2025
Exceptional
Awesome location. Fantastic facilities and great staff. Perfect for exploring central Saigon.
22 August 2025
Very good
Nice, clean room. Friendly staff. The pillows and blanket are excellent. The location is great. The room is well-designed.
Nothing
18 August 2025
Luxury, comfort in a great location!
After an average stay at another hotel in Saigon, this was a welcome change. We highly recommend the Caravelle! Lovely rooms, good food and service, a large pool, and a fabulous location. Thank you! 🙏
17 August 2025
Fabulous
Very good service Great location Great rooftop bar with live music
16 August 2025
It's always a nice feeling staying here!
The location, facilities, especially the Signature Lounge
It's a bit pricy but worth it.
11 August 2025
Caravelle Saigon, the best 5 star hotel in town!
The Caravelle is the best 5-star hotel in Saigon. The rooms are luxurious and well maintained by the house keeping staff. They even have a pillow menu so you can get the ultimate sleep. The restaurant is great, and the buffet breakfast is the best in town with an amazing selection of fruits, hot meals, eggs cooked to your liking, Pho and all the items you would expect from a hotel of this class. The staff were friendly and attended to your every whim. The sound proofing of the rooms was amazing. I highly recommend the Caravelle. As for the location you can't beat it. Walking distance to all the attractions.
There was nothing that I didn't like.
9 August 2025
Opulence in the centre of town
1. Location. The location is excellent, right in the centre with walking distance to all attractions. 2. Breakfast. Absolutely fantastic food options. 3. Roof top bar. Great music, great cocktails. 4. The Staff. Very professional, courteous, and friendly. 5. The lobby bar. Beautiful food and drinks menu with a relaxing ambience. 6. Room. I had the Opera facing room. It was opulent and comfortable. The shower is one of the best I've seen in a hotel.
Not one thing!!
9 August 2025
Would stay again!
Nice standard, great location.
8 August 2025
It was a nice hotel with great location.
Location is perfect and room was nicely renovated. However the room size is quite small compared to other hotels in HCMC. Buffet breakfast was excellent with good variety.
The size of the room is quite small compared to other hotels in HCMC and not as comfortable for 2 guests. The SPA is opened to local memberships and can be noisy with used towels thrown around and staff were not clearing them timely.
6 August 2025
Fabulous
Lounge access was worth the extra money.
5 August 2025
Very good
The staff were very helpful when we left something behind to ensure we got it back
The prices of food and drink were prohibitive we went out for every meal when we had thought we would order room service and just relax
5 August 2025
Wonderful welcoming hotel.
Staff, facilities, cleanliness were all excellent.
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3 August 2025
I had a wonderful experience at this hotel and highly recommend it. I will definitely come back.
The staff have gone out of their way to meet our needs
Everything was amazing.
1 August 2025
Very good
Nice hotel has everything and great location .
Steam room sauna facilities and pool area
27 July 2025
Reliably good hotel in heart of Saigon
Lovely hotel very comfortable in central location with amazing buffet breakfast
Nothing of note
26 July 2025
Exceptional
Tuan anh very good Service very happy working in sauna
22 July 2025
Great location and very beautiful
Location, cleanliness and staff
Can’t complain at all 😀
20 July 2025
Luxury Local Gem Central HCM
Everything
Nothing but breakfast can be improved w halal selection!
18 July 2025
Comfortable stay
Good service from staff Facilities are clean and good
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12 July 2025
Very good
Location
Hotel water supply
8 July 2025
Wonderful experience
The room was great, clean and comfortable. Roof top bar was worth stopping in for a drink. Pool was very welcome and very clean. Location is handy to all of District 1's sights. The Kara Spa was a great experience.
5 July 2025
Exceptional
Everything was perfect
3 July 2025
A great five star hotel in the centre of HCM
Excellent rooms, great location, friendly staff
26 June 2025
Beautiful hotel with outstanding people working for the hotel
The property is beautifully maintained and in a wonderful location
Nothing
23 June 2025
Perfect luxury local hotel for a stay in HCM!
Location, service and room - super comfy bed and pillow!. Breakfast selection are good - pastries, sushi, fruits (great choice!) but can be improved by having halal meats for Muslims. Coffee was amazing- i has at least 3 cups - americano, latte and vietnam iced coffee during the breakfast.
Nothing but service by a staff (who asked me to sign the bill at the table while having breakfast) can be improved. She should approach the guest after he/she finishes his/her meals because as a guest hotel, I gave the room number (which can be verified) prior entering the restaurant.
19 June 2025
Excellent Hotel with Fantastic Staff
Fantastic location, beautiful well appointed rooms, excellent staff.
The bar is very poor and needs to be upgraded.
17 June 2025
Exceptional
Clean, large room, very comfortable bed, amazing breakfast . Great room service
Window blind did not allow me to fully darken the room. No minibar in the room
10 June 2025
It was a great place to stay. Highly recommended it
It was close to everything. The gym was fantastic and the staff were lovely
I really liked the signature floor privilege club.
9 June 2025
Fabulous
Everything was good
House keepers they don't Mop nicely in the Room. They forgot to refill the bath soup for 2 days
6 June 2025
Everything was lovely’ we will be back!!
Everything! The staff were so welcoming! They hjelpes us a lot and have us all the necessary information we needed. I would recommend everyone to stay here and we will be back in the future :) the location was FANTASTIC!!!!
Nothing. Just sad we only stayed for a day :(
2 June 2025
Great central hotel
We stayed in the opera view suite with lounge access. The room is a really good size, very comfy and the bathroom is huge! The view from the balcony is great. It's a little strange there is fake grass and no furniture on the balcony as it would be nice to outside. The lounge was great for breakfast and evening drinks. The quality of the food was very good and really nice service. We also went to the buffet dinner. The buffet is definitely one of the more local-focused I have been to but really good selection of food.
The balcony, as mentioned, is a little strange. The pool area is nice but doesn't quite match the 5 star feel of other parts of the hotel.
1 June 2025
Landmark Gem
As always a absolute pleasure to stay at Caravelle. Top Notch service, staff and fantastic rooms and breakfast
25 May 2025
Great view
Location
Nothing
23 May 2025
Fabulous
good location, clean
more pillow option-like thinner than regular ones
19 May 2025
Good but not great. But for the money, location, and iconic landmark hotel - it is good value.
Service was great throughout the hotel. It is a bit busy in the lobby, but access to the club level check in and service helps alleviate that.
Breakfast buffet at club level didn't have much variety befitting of a 5 star hotel. Room service (including cleaning and turndown service) was good, but not perfect. Pool was a bit too tucked away and didn't have good ambiance. Spa service should have been better considering level of hotel.
19 May 2025
WOW, the icing on the cake.....
The quality of the hotel was exceptional, and the location was in the heart of District 1, near to all major prominent buildings, like the Opera House, the Post Office, and the famous Cafe Apartment. The hotel itself was faultless. The staff were courteous to a fault (so helpful in that nothing was too hard to not do for you), professional and genuinely sincere in their actions and attention to making you the guest feel wanted and cherished,. We stayed in an Executive Lounge access room, and wow, the addition to our stay was lifted from top drawer to sublime. The private check-in and check-out were a nice elevation to feeling like the vacation was something extra. The pool on the 7th floor was a true highlight. The layout of the sun loungers, palms, and poolside bar was done with subtlety and yet refinement of just being enough to make the area feel classy.
There was nothing you could not like unless you had to complain for complaining sake.
15 May 2025
Very good
Location.
Bed was not comfortable. Mattresses need to be upgraded.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Barber/beauty shop
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Activities
- - Sauna (additional charge)
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Hot tub/Jacuzzi (additional charge)
- - Evening entertainment
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Waxing services
- - Make up services
- - Hair treatments
- - Manicure
- - Pedicure
- - Hair cut
- - Hair colouring
- - Hair styling
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Body wrap
- - Light therapy
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Foot bath
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Foot massage
- - Full body massage
- - Fitness
- - Fitness classes
- - Personal trainer
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Temporary art galleries
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Reception services
- - Express check-in/check-out (additional charge)
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Pool and wellness
- - Pool bar
- - Shallow end
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available

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20 September 2025
Stay was great , staff especially bell boys were great.