Acknowledged as “One of the Best Bars Of South East Asia” voted by the Newsweek Magazine in 1996, one of “1000 places to see before you die” listed by Patricia Schultz – the American Travel Writer.

Overlooking the very heart of the city, the Rooftop Garden is the place that the memories still remain, of which it recalls the world to its past famous calling “Five O’clock Follies”, where international correspondents covered the Vietnam war, U.S officers and GIs had their drinking niche during the 60s.

Here you will be welcomed by warm & friendly staff and enjoy meals & snack or savor your favorite cocktail at sunset. There is a variety of high quality drinks to suit everyone’s taste.

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With a stay at Rex Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Ho Chi Minh City, steps from Ho Chi Minh City Hall and 7 minutes by foot from Saigon Square.Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, a business center, and limo/town car service.Planning an event in Ho Chi Minh City?This hotel has facilities measuring 26910 square feet (2500 square meters), including conference.

It was 2011 when we checked in @the Rex Hotel, the most famous luxury hotel in Saigon.

For over 80 years, the Rex Hotel has stood as a landmark and a witness to the trials and tribulations of the city. Originally built as a French garage for cars in the early 20th century, in 1959 the Rex Hotel, was expanded into a 6-floor trading centre. It was leased to the American Cultural Center in 1960, at which time the Abraham Lincoln Library was established on the ground floor. During the Vietnam war the American Information Service made its base at the hotel which soon became the favorite haunt of U.S. officers and the scene of daily press briefings to foreign correspondents, or “five o’clock follies”, as they were called.
In 1973, the building was renamed the Rex Trading Center. It included three cinemas, a cafeteria and dance-hall, famous throughout South East Asia. Designs were drawn to convert the Trading Centre into an illustrious hotel, however the project was unrealized at the conclusion of the war on April 30, 1975. Since 1975, the development and prosperity of the country has come full circle. The Rex Trading Centre became a property of Saigontourist Ho Chi Minh City and was upgraded into an international hotel, renamed Ben Thanh. The “Rex Hotel” was adopted as its international trademark.

Hotel Ho Chi Minh

The hotel has been voted in the “Top Ten Hotels” for ten consecutive years by the Vietnam Tourism Association. In 2008, the Rex Hotel was classified as an international 5-star hotel.

The memories remain. The Rex is more than a hotel, it was one of the first state-owned five-star hotels and Vietnam is proud of this landmark hotel, which is known as the pearl of Vietnamese.

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Ho Chi Minh is not the Saigon it once was but it has a new face.
Great food you will find everywhere.
We enjoyed it so much, its worth to check in the Rex.