If you don't plan on going out on Christmas Eve, you can visit restaurants with warm spaces and enjoy festive cuisine.
Diners looking for a private, less crowded Christmas party space can refer to the 5 locations recommended by VnExpress reporters below, based on reviews from reputable sites such as Tripadvisor and actual surveys. These locations have menus designed specifically for the festive season, dishes prepared in European style or variations incorporating local ingredients.
Ottimo House Trattoria
Address: Lotte Hotel Lobby, Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1
This restaurant is hidden in a "green oasis" right in the heart of District 1, separate from the bustling streets of people and vehicles outside. The restaurant specializes in serving traditional Italian dishes with a menu of oven-baked pizzas, spaghetti, salads, soups, and beef steaks. The restaurant's executive chef is of Italian origin. Diners have many seating options such as the bar area next to the open kitchen, where they can observe each stage of making handmade pizzas. The indoor area has tables for groups and tables for couples, and a VIP room. The outdoor area is suitable for diners who like privacy, with tables spaced far apart for guests to feel comfortable, overlooking the swimming pool and the green garden of more than 3,000 m2.
On the two main holidays of December 24-25, diners can enjoy Christmas choir performances and live music. Santa Claus is also present to give gifts to young guests. The Christmas party menu costs from 1.2 million to 1.4 million VND.
Le Corto
Address: Nguyen Sieu, Ben Nghe ward, district 1
This is a French restaurant run by a French chef. In October, Tripadvisor ranked the restaurant as one of the 10 best fine dining restaurants in Vietnam. The travel site describes it as a cozy destination that offers visitors a high-end culinary experience. Chef Sakal Pheoung, who was born in Cambodia and grew up in Savoie, France, is the one who brings life to the dishes at Le Corto. The menu, which he created, reflects the culinary culture of the two destinations that have been part of his life. Tripadvisor recommends that diners try the pan-seared foie gras with sauce and mango, and tofu covered with salmon roe and herbs grown in Da Lat.
Guests visiting the restaurant during Christmas can try a special holiday set. The five-course set includes scallops with mango sauce, white cheese and beetroot puree; crab with lemon foam, caviar and seafood sauce; lobster with butter and passion fruit sauce; tenderloin and chestnut puree, chicken mushroom and veal sauce; plum ice cream and squash shaved ice for dessert; fermented rice cream pudding. The set costs VND2.5 million per person.
La Villa French
Address: Ngo Quang Huy, Thao Dien, Thu Duc City
The restaurant is a French-style villa hidden in the western neighborhood of Thao Dien, Thu Duc City. This place is quite far from the city center and takes a long time to find, but it has a quiet space, separate from the crowd pouring out to celebrate Christmas. The restaurant is surrounded by trees, a garden with a swimming pool and a dining area.
The nostalgic space of the restaurant in the French villa. Photo: La Villa French
La Villa French Restaurant also designed a special menu for Christmas Eve 24/12 and 25/12. The festive-themed dishes include Blue Lobster, Japanese scallops or black truffles. An impressive French dish on the menu is "Pithivier". This dish consists of a puff pastry crust covering French Duck breast, baked apples, duck liver, served with black truffle sauce. In addition to the Christmas menu prepared at the restaurant, the restaurant also serves a takeaway menu of apple pie and typical festive cakes such as Buche de Noel or Galette des rois.
L'Usine
Address: Many branches
The restaurant has many branches in central locations such as Le Thanh Ton (District 1), Thao Dien (Thu Duc City), Phu My Hung (District 7), Dong Khoi (District 1). The space at each branch has its own mark. The restaurant also constantly changes the decoration theme according to special occasions. Currently, the branches are decorated according to the Christmas theme. During the day, this is a coffee, tea, and cake shop. In the evening, the space changes into a restaurant.
Holiday drinks and pastries include a Yule log, cappuccino mousse, and peanut butter hot chocolate. Dinner guests can order from a Christmas menu that includes lobster spaghetti, seared duck breast with pumpkin puree, or seared tuna with wasabi sauce.
Tomatio
This is a Spanish-style restaurant with a striking red color scheme, located on Calmette Street, District 1. Entering the restaurant is like entering a house of a collector of many paintings and souvenirs. The space here is decorated with many details but does not create a confusing feeling. Diners coming to the restaurant are mainly tourists and foreigners living in Ho Chi Minh City.
Christmas-themed banquet table at Spanish restaurant. Photo: Tomatio
The restaurant specializes in classic Spanish dishes. Christmas Eve here also has a traditional 8-course menu, with the breath of Spanish cuisine such as crab stuffed tube, sea urchin and fennel sauce; yellowtail with Iberico black pork broth, grilled beef tenderloin with beef tongue pastry, foie gras and beef marrow wine sauce; Spanish Christmas cake and rice milk ice cream. An 8-course Christmas-themed meal costs about 1.5 million VND.
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