Cafe Latin Saigon
Café Latin, in Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon is one of the very first restaurants to initiate the Latino taste in Ho Chi Minh. It’s very popular as an evening hang out spot after work as you can aptly un-wind with a few refreshing martinis. This other wise small café-bar is pretty popular with tourists and travelers who enjoy the comfortable ambience amidst your loved ones and the televised sports like soccer, rugby, and tennis games etc. This restaurant has mostly specialized in western cuisine and a variety of tapas and pastas accompanied by some local delectable spring rolls etc. The interior decoration of this place offers a classifiable Latin American set up. Other than martinis you can also avail of the drinks like beer, cocktails and a host of other varieties of drinks, including fresh fruit juices and coffees. It’s also popularly known as a Tapas Bar for its appetizer size dishes and drinks which are pretty expensive at times. This bar is equally popular with the Australian expatriates in Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City.
Eclectically designed with an amiable environment this restaurant also organizes regular monthly get together for teachers featuring drinks and snacks at half the price. This bar also has the right materials to attract the bookworms with its regular stock of foreign newspapers etc. Cafe Latin’s stylish decor provides the perfect setting for a great meal. With a lounge-fashioned dining room at top floor and it’s elegantly furnished with comfortable sofas while food is served downstairs at the bar. If you are a health freak then the restaurant assures to serve you the best quality food cooked from fresh ingredients by professionally trained chefs. This restaurant negates its name Café Latin to some extent as it’s known to serve all sorts dishes, starting from Australian steaks to Italian pasta and also splendid salads and other delicious specialties from the Southern borders. Their foot-long Latin dog item and the “Recovery Breakfast” including a serving of Bloody Mary and other sumptuous snacks are famed in the city. While adding to all these delicacies the restaurant also serves some of the best quality seafood and delicious desserts finally rounding up to be a favorite with everyone who haunts this place.
The long standing sporting tradition of Cafe Latin Saigon has always enhanced its identity while the bar & restaurant is haven to Saigon’s performing rugby club named Saigon RFC. Due to the presence of this club the whole locality seems to be always involved in a post-match ceremony on most of the Saturday afternoons. Their big screen television is a major source of attraction for visitors as they show all sorts of interesting matches and games being played live including Formula One car racing which renders an equally electrified hue to the ambience. The bar also cradles the “Latinos” which belongs to the Saigon international darts league and hence the players are always invited to show their talent on the twin dart boards of the bar. Being a well established restaurant-bar Café Latino has now expanded its specialization to the realm private hiring and hence they cater to a crowd of few on special occasions.
Cafe Latin located in the centre of town is ideally stationed for business meetings and lunches and this makes it a very friendly and amiable place to spend the evenings after work. The restaurant is highly surrounded by major tourist and business hotels and the main shopping district along Dong Khoi Street bordering Dong Du, makes this café an ideal spot for relaxations. Simultaneously one can avail easily of the taxis and motorbikes from the restaurant doorstep and the last major advantage of Café Latin’s location is that it’s easily approachable from many of the cities key tourist destinations. Being in Café Latin one shouldn’t miss out on the opportunities of spending the “Happy hour” starting from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. During this time you can always get selected drinks at discounted rates. In order to savor the great tastes of the western cuisines offered by this restaurant-bar you can check out Café Latin at:
Address: 25 Dong Du, District 1, Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Phone: +84 8 822 6363
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