Top 8+ delightful buffet spots in district 1 where you'll feast and forget your way back - Mytour

For district 1 teams, here are 8+ diverse and reasonably priced buffet restaurants in district 1 where you can indulge and forget your way back, curated by Mytour. Quickly gather your best friends to enjoy this extensive menu of delicious dishes right away.

1. Hoang Yen Buffet district 1 – renowned seafood buffet in district 1

• Address: 

– 3rd Floor, Bitexco Tower, 2 Hai Trieu, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

– 5th Floor, Saigon Centre, 65 Le Loi, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

• Opening hours: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Price range: 294,000 – 495,000 VND per person

When mentioning Hoang Yen restaurant, you'll immediately think of this iconic seafood buffet feast. Always rated as one of the best buffet restaurants in district 1, Ho Chi Minh City, in terms of quality, ambiance, and service. Therefore, this restaurant is no longer unfamiliar to food enthusiasts in district 1.

Photo: Hoang Yen Buffet

Talking about the space of the restaurant, first, you will be impressed by the slightly modern yet elegant and innovative design. The arrangement of tables and chairs is neat and clever, choosing a yellow tone to make diners feel close and cozy. The restaurant space is also quite spacious, airy, so you will feel comfortable enjoying the buffet here. Choosing a place for family gatherings or gathering with close friends for dining and chatting, this will be a great destination.

At Hoang Yen, you will enjoy many dishes from various culinary backgrounds around the world such as: Asia, Europe, and Vietnam. The refreshing sweetness of the sea for seafood lovers such as lobster, crab, fish, snail, clam, oyster, octopus... to the rich and tender flavor from premium beefsteaks.

Additionally, there are dishes with exotic flavors but equally attractive such as: rolled beef, braised lamb shank, salted fried pork leg... Besides, you can start enjoying wonderful flavors from light appetizers. End the meal with delightful desserts, sometimes small cute cakes, sometimes fresh fruits, fragrant sweet soup. Also, don't forget the wide selection of beverages available for you.

2. King BBQ Suong Nguyet Anh – Korean BBQ buffet in district 1

• Address: 94 Suong Nguyet Anh, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM / 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Price range: 294,000 – 495,000 VND per person

King BBQ is a Korean BBQ buffet restaurant that has been making waves in the Korean culinary scene over the past period. Any young people, students, or working people must admit that the grilled meat at King BBQ carries a captivating aroma. Along with a diverse range of dishes including desserts, side dishes, salads... that make every diner praise its deliciousness.

Photo: Anh Tuan

This buffet restaurant in district 1 offers over 200 delicious dishes from both Korean and Vietnamese cuisines, creating a unique and creative culinary experience. Moreover, at King BBQ, you can rest assured about the quality of ingredients, which are fresh and hygienic. From tender beef, chicken, pork belly, to fresh octopus and squid, all marinated with flavorful spices and Korean-style dipping sauces that are hard to find elsewhere.

In a spacious and modernly designed setting with neutral tones, the lighting and ventilation systems ensure a comfortable dining experience without worrying about unwanted smells. You can also freely choose from a wide selection of side dishes and desserts at the giant food counter placed in the middle of the restaurant, where every diner can help themselves limitlessly. With its quality and service style, King BBQ has gained the trust and preference of many customers.

3. Latest Recipe – Le Meridien Saigon

• Address: 3C Ton Duc Thang, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
• Price range: 826,000 – 1,000,000 VND per person

Latest Recipe – Le Meridien Saigon is a seafood restaurant in district 1 perfect for romantic dates. An ideal space for couples due to its luxury and spaciousness. The restaurant also offers a view overlooking the Bach Dang pier, adding to its enchanting beauty and allure. This is a prime location, and one of the reasons why this restaurant attracts many guests to enjoy the beautiful scenery, alongside delicious food.

Photo: Jenny Trinh

When dining at Latest Recipe, you will also enjoy a plethora of delicious dishes with distinctive flavors from fresh and safe food ingredients. Comfortably choose the sweetness from meat or the deliciousness from seafood: clams, oysters, lobsters... in the rich flavor of cheese.

Each dish is accompanied by a specially crafted dipping sauce, suitable for each seafood or meat dish. To combine and blend them perfectly and unexpectedly ignite the taste buds of diners. Moreover, the dishes here are beautifully and meticulously decorated, making it hard for you to take your eyes off them.

One attraction for guests when visiting this restaurant is its open kitchen concept. Therefore, you can directly observe professional chefs 'playing' with the delicious dishes you are enjoying. Of course, the menu also includes a wide variety of drinks from wine, beer, juice, to carbonated drinks. And end your meal with desserts featuring a counter full of cakes, fruits, chocolates, and ice cream waiting for you to enjoy that sweet taste.

4. The LOG Restaurant – district 1 lobster buffet

• Address: GEM Center, Rooftop, 8 Nguyen Binh Khiem, Da Kao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
• Price range: 200,000 – 1,000,000 VND per person

One of the most unique buffet dining spots in District 1, Saigon, is The Log Restaurant. The restaurant's style is inspired by wooden houses. At The Log Restaurant, enjoying the lobster buffet, you will find yourself in a new, unique space. You will feel like you are in a classic, gentle coffee shop here.

However, this is a classy restaurant with a serene yet warm beauty, immersed in the scent of light wood, with soft yellow lights and jazz music for you to chill out. Enjoying delicious food in a space with music, fragrance, and dim lights like this, what could be more wonderful.

Photo: Le Ngoc Nguyen

Not only attracting with its appearance, but at The Log, you will also indulge in a top-notch seafood paradise: crab claws, crabs, clams, scallops, prawns, lobsters, mussels, snow crab legs... each taste is irresistibly fresh and sweet. Along with delicious hot dishes like beef wellington, snow fish, lamb... have you been completely enchanted in the delicious feast at this district 1 buffet restaurant yet? The 'divine' dipping sauces further perfect the deliciousness of the dishes. Just a little meticulous decoration makes the dishes even more attractive.

Photo: Thanh Thuy

Surely when dining here, you will also be satisfied with the attentive, thoughtful, and extremely professional service. The staff here are quite friendly and polite, adding to the classy, luxurious style. Isn't this one of the best restaurants in Saigon, right?

5. Buffet Market 39 – 5-star district 1 buffet

• Address: Ground Floor, InterContinental Saigon, Corner of Hai Ba Trung Street & Le Duan Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM
• Price range: 380,000 – 762,000 VND per person

Buffet Market 39 at the luxurious and top-class 5-star InterContinental Saigon Hotel in Saigon. Therefore, this district 1 buffet restaurant also becomes more upscale and luxurious. With spacious, quiet, and extremely cozy space combined with a sophisticated, elegant architecture. Therefore, it is also suitable for business meetings or for family gatherings, small parties, or romantic dates.

Photo by: Đặng Ngọc Tuyết Trâm

With over 150 delicious dishes on the menu at the restaurant, ranging from seafood like crabs, clams, scallops, lobsters to tasty dishes made from beef, pork... Especially, when you come here to enjoy, you must try the grilled scallops with garlic butter, lobster baked with cheese because of the harmony between the sweetness of the meat and the rich creamy cheese that stimulates even the most discerning taste buds. Each piece of thick, firm scallop meat blended in the creamy cheese sauce makes it even more attractive.

The delicious dishes here are all prepared by professional chefs with decades of experience. The food is not left out for long but constantly replenished when running low. The dishes are not only delicious but also meticulously decorated, making each plate more elegant. Enjoy a glass of wine to make the meal even more appealing. Finally, don't miss out on the dessert with a variety of delicious cakes with adorable vanilla chocolate.

6. IKI Sushi – Japanese buffet district 1

• Address: A36B Cong Quynh, Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Price range: 300,000 – 500,000 VND per person

If you want to experience the innovation of delicious Japanese cuisine, then head straight to IKI Sushi to indulge in this famous delicacy. Japanese cuisine in general and the Japanese buffet at IKI Sushi in particular always prioritize quality, freshness, meticulousness, and precision in every preparation.

Therefore, dining at this district 1 buffet restaurant, you can completely trust the quality and distinctive taste of Japanese cuisine to enjoy and appreciate. The restaurant does not focus too much on elaborate decoration but with an extremely simple style that carries the characteristic features of Japan, you will feel it most clearly when you come here to experience it.

Photo Credit: @ikisushi

The menu at IKI ranges from traditional dishes to creatively crafted new dishes and signature hot pots that cater to all tastes. Especially, the two quintessential Japanese dishes, sashimi and sushi, are expertly prepared by professional chefs, making the food even fresher and more delicious. You will clearly feel the freshness and tenderness of the seafood along with the chewiness of the beautifully decorated and precisely crafted rice.

Each piece of salmon, tuna, octopus sashimi... is fresh and crispy, with each bite you will feel the firm and crunchy texture. Dip the sashimi in soy sauce, add a little wasabi to enhance the flavor even more. The soy sauce and wasabi not only enrich the taste but also awaken the taste buds. A touch of pickled ginger and radish makes the sashimi less greasy.

You can also enjoy other dishes such as: seaweed-wrapped tuna sushi, grilled Japanese eel, Tempura fried shrimp, salmon roe, rainbow rice rolls... with diverse colors and flavors. Along with rich flavors from hot pots full of taste: salmon hot pot, seafood hot pot that you definitely cannot resist.

7. Buffet Liberty Central

• Address: 

+ Liberty Central Saigon Riverside: 17 Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1

+ Liberty Hotel Saigon Parkview: 59 Pasteur Street, Ward 4, District 1

• Opening hours: 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM
• Price range: ~ 599,000 VND per person

Liberty is an indispensable name when it comes to buffet restaurants in District 1. This luxurious 4-star restaurant exudes a romantic atmosphere with a taste of the sea. Here, you can freely take countless beautiful photos for your social media. Moreover, the service style is very professional and attentive, which is a plus point that makes diners love this restaurant even more.

Photo: Love Yam

The cuisine here is not only diverse in menu but also diverse in the culinary cultures of many countries, with Korean and Japanese cuisine being the most prominent. From appetizers to main courses, seafood, meats, and desserts, everything is meticulously prepared.

In addition, despite being quite crowded, the food here is replenished quite quickly. Even dishes like crabs, lobsters, and prawns, which are popular choices among diners, are always replenished promptly by the restaurant.

Moreover, you can also request this District 1 buffet restaurant to customize dishes according to your preferences. Each dish is neatly arranged on each table full of food. There are both pre-prepared and unprepared items on separate counters for you to choose from. More interestingly, you will also see baskets of fresh herbs and vegetables, simple but delightful.

8. Buffet Blue Diamond 

• Address: 48 – 50 Thủ Khoa Huân, Ward Bến Thành, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Price range: 150,000 – 200,000 VND per person

Buffet Blue Diamond is a District 1 buffet restaurant with the homely flavor of the homeland. You will enjoy the cuisine in the most intimate and comfortable way in a spacious setting. The polite and neat presentation always makes customers feel most satisfied. The skillful use of yellow lights along with the subdued-tone cushioned chairs makes the space even cozier.

Photo: Collected

 With a quite affordable price of only about 200,000 VND per person for the buffet meal here, you can rest assured about the quality and professional service at this restaurant. There are about nearly 40 delicious dishes ranging from appetizers, salads, soups, main courses, grilled dishes, rolls, rice, soups, to sweet desserts that will make any diner ecstatic.

You can also enjoy traditional dishes such as stir-fried frog with tamarind sauce, steamed snails with lemongrass, egg cakes... to flavorful grilled dishes marinated in sauce: grilled sausages, grilled chicken with bean sauce, salted egg shrimp, skewered fish or Thai-style fried noodles, crab brick fried rice, Chapchae noodles that will make it hard for you to refuse and eat to your heart's content, forgetting the way back.

9. Kichi Kichi – District 1 hotpot buffet

• Address: 339 Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Opening hours: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
• Price range: 189,000đ ~ 229,000đ

Designed in a spacious, airy space, Kichi Kichi attracts many diners, especially young people, to enjoy the traditional Japanese culinary flavors. With a unique, modern red tone combined with beautiful decorative details.

The conveyor system is arranged logically right next to the separate dining area. So, whether you are dining with a large group, enjoying on the conveyor belt, or at a separate table, there is a comfortable space for you to enjoy.

Photo: Huyen Sam

From appetizers like stuffed snails, gyoza, cheese tofu, to beautifully sliced beef for hotpot, Kichi Kichi offers a variety of options. You can choose from enticing hotpot broths: mushroom, miso, collagen, four-season hotpot... each with its distinctive spicy, sweet, and refreshing flavors.

With a capacity of nearly 100 guests, Kichi Kichi is not only a delicious buffet restaurant in Saigon but also a famous buffet spot in District 1, chosen by many diners for family and friends gatherings. Coupled with professional, attentive service, diners leave highly satisfied. Lastly, don't miss the dessert with sweet soups or fresh fruits to end your feast.

With the top 8+ buffet restaurants in District 1 shared by Mytour Blog, you'll surely experience the full range of delicious flavors at each of these establishments. Gather your friends for a massive buffet feast and indulge to your heart's content!

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