Chinese · Sài Gòn
Lai
Lai holds TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice award at rank #30 of the 50 we cover. As of August 2026 it scores 4.4 on Google from 828 reviews, against 4.8 on TripAdvisor from 764. Adjusted for sample size the two land 34% apart, which is why we stamp it tripadvisor-leaning: It scores clearly better with TripAdvisor's traveller audience than with Google's. Worth knowing before you cross town for it.
- Address
- Tầng 28 Sedona Suites 92-94 Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa, 28th Floor, Ward, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam
- Typical spend
- 1,000,000₫ a head and up · $$$$
- Cuisine tags
- Chinese, Asian
What the diagram shows
An amber disc for 828 Google reviews at 4.4 overlapping a green disc for 764 TripAdvisor reviews at 4.8. The discs overlap 66% — the two platforms' agreement — with a pleated dumpling in the overlap.
Photography on this site is of Ho Chi Minh City and of the food each kitchen cooks — it is never a photo of the restaurant itself. We do not have licensed interior photography, and we are not going to pretend a stock plate is your table.
The kitchen and the street
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The food. TripAdvisor files it under Chinese, Asian. 4 of the fifty are Chinese dining rooms; this one is the 3rd of them in award order.
Getting there. Metro Line 1 runs under Nguyễn Huệ with stops at Ba Son and Nhà hát Thành phố (Opera House) — the whole ward is walkable from either. A Grab from Tân Sơn Nhất airport runs 180,000–260,000₫ and takes 25–45 minutes depending on the hour.
About Lai
Is Lai worth going to?
It is a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice winner at award rank #30, scoring 4.4 on Google from 828 reviews and 4.8 on TripAdvisor from 764. Our stamp is tripadvisor-leaning — It scores clearly better with TripAdvisor's traveller audience than with Google's. Worth knowing before you cross town for it.
Where is Lai?
Tầng 28 Sedona Suites 92-94 Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa, 28th Floor, Ward, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam — the Sài Gòn area, District 1 core. Metro Line 1 runs under Nguyễn Huệ with stops at Ba Son and Nhà hát Thành phố (Opera House) — the whole ward is walkable from either. A Grab from Tân Sơn Nhất airport runs 180,000–260,000₫ and takes 25–45 minutes depending on the hour.
What does it cost?
TripAdvisor puts it in the $$$$ band, which is 1,000,000₫ a head and up at August 2026 prices. That is the platform's own band, not our estimate.
Do Google and TripAdvisor agree about it?
They agree 66%. It scores clearly better with TripAdvisor's traveller audience than with Google's. Worth knowing before you cross town for it. 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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