My wife and I just returned to NYC after about a week in Saigon. We stayed at the practically brand new Reverie Saigon hotel, which was absolutely beautiful in an over-the-top, marble everywhere kind of way, with excellent attentive service. We would absolutely stay there again if we returned to Saigon.

I am in the process of writing a food based trip report here:
https://forums.egullet.org/topic/152...igon-foodblog/

In order to post questions on that site you need to be a member, but if you'd like, you can post your questions here, and I will check in once in a while to try to answer them...

Could you tell me more about the Reverie? I stayed at the Intercontinental Asiana, which I liked (great central location) but the Reverie gets excellent reviews.

Thanks!

The Reverie is really over the top... marble everywhere... the hotel is basically the top 20 floors of a large office building. Our room had beautiful views of the Saigon river, and a good chunk of the city.

They really try to give excellent service here, as well. They don't want you to lift a finger or open a door... Here and there I felt like it went a bit too far - at breakfast, they start by laying your napkin in your lap for you. God help you if you try to pour your own tea... but they really try so hard to make sure you completely enjoy yourself and have a great experience.

I would stay there again.

Hopefully this helps... let me know if you have any other questions...

Oh, and the location is just fine - it is basically a block away from all the other major hotels... the only problem is that, since it's so new, most of the taxi drivers have never heard of it, but it's basically near the end of Dong Khoi, so they find it.

Thanks ! I'll put this in my pocket

The current government of Vietnam calls this city 'Ho Chi Min City'.
In honor of course of the now deceased popular leader of Vietnam, known locally as 'Uncle Ho', who brought an end to western colonial rule and domination in VN.

Saigon is an obsolete term, perhaps used by westerners who continue to propagate their particular view of the world.

Whilst the younger Vietnamese refer to the city as Ho Chi Minh City, it is still commonly referred to as Saigon by older Vietnamese people, especially those in the south. The centre of the city around district one is also commonly referred to as Saigon to distinguish it from greater HCMC.

I am wondering : is there any place in Saigon to take highly artistic pictures?

Images are so beautiful. I would love to go there.