Indian · Sài Gòn
Benaras Indian Bistro
Google listed Benaras Indian Bistro as temporarily closed when we checked in August 2026. It keeps its award rank here rather than being quietly dropped — but call before you travel for it.
Benaras Indian Bistro holds TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice award at rank #35 of the 50 we cover. As of August 2026 it scores 4.5 on Google from 1,865 reviews, against 4.8 on TripAdvisor from 617. Adjusted for sample size the two land 24% apart, which is why we stamp it temporarily closed: Google listed it as temporarily closed at our last check. It keeps its award rank here rather than being quietly dropped.
- Address
- 21B Tôn Đức Thắng, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam
- Typical spend
- roughly 200,000–700,000₫ a head · $$ - $$$
- Cuisine tags
- Indian
What the diagram shows
An amber disc for 1,865 Google reviews at 4.5 overlapping a green disc for 617 TripAdvisor reviews at 4.8. The discs overlap 76% — the two platforms' agreement — with an Indian thali in the overlap.
Photography on this site is of Ho Chi Minh City and of the food each kitchen cooks — it is never a photo of the restaurant itself. We do not have licensed interior photography, and we are not going to pretend a stock plate is your table.
The kitchen and the street
Indian in Sài Gòn · Đồng Khởi & the river →
The food. TripAdvisor files it under Indian. 6 of the fifty are Indian kitchens; this one is the 3rd of them in award order.
Getting there. Metro Line 1 runs under Nguyễn Huệ with stops at Ba Son and Nhà hát Thành phố (Opera House) — the whole ward is walkable from either. A Grab from Tân Sơn Nhất airport runs 180,000–260,000₫ and takes 25–45 minutes depending on the hour.
About Benaras Indian Bistro
Is Benaras Indian Bistro worth going to?
It is a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice winner at award rank #35, scoring 4.5 on Google from 1,865 reviews and 4.8 on TripAdvisor from 617. Our stamp is temporarily closed — Google listed it as temporarily closed at our last check. It keeps its award rank here rather than being quietly dropped.
Where is Benaras Indian Bistro?
21B Tôn Đức Thắng, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam — the Sài Gòn area, District 1 core. Metro Line 1 runs under Nguyễn Huệ with stops at Ba Son and Nhà hát Thành phố (Opera House) — the whole ward is walkable from either. A Grab from Tân Sơn Nhất airport runs 180,000–260,000₫ and takes 25–45 minutes depending on the hour.
What does it cost?
TripAdvisor puts it in the $$ - $$$ band, which is roughly 200,000–700,000₫ a head at August 2026 prices. That is the platform's own band, not our estimate.
Do Google and TripAdvisor agree about it?
They agree 76%. Google listed it as temporarily closed at our last check. It keeps its award rank here rather than being quietly dropped. The divergence index is the gap between the two adjusted scores, centred on the median across all fifty. Positive means Google's larger, more local sample likes it more than TripAdvisor's traveller sample does. Negative means the reverse.
What else is nearby?
4 more of the fifty are in Sài Gòn: The Lounge - Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel, Palsaik Korean BBQ Vietnam - Đông Du, Reflections Restaurant, Cafe de L’Opera. All are within the same area page.
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