At the Gourmet Vietnam Awards 2025, the Hotel & Hospitality Dining category honours destinations where cuisine and travel intertwine. From Saigon’s skyline rooftops to seaside tables on pristine shores, these restaurants and bars transform every stay into a memory — where each flavour tells a story of place, culture and artistry.

Every memorable journey begins with a place that inspires. Vietnam, with its rich cultural tapestry and breathtaking landscapes, has become a stage where hotels, resorts, and destinations transform travel into something deeper—an experience where culture, comfort, and innovation intertwine. From glittering city skylines to tranquil coastal retreats, the country’s finest establishments are shaping experiences that resonate long after guests depart.

In a world where hospitality is increasingly defined by individuality, storytelling, and the art of creating meaningful experiences, Elegant Hotel Collection stands as a champion of independent luxury. As the Silver Sponsor of the Gourmet Vietnam Awards 2025, Elegant brings its refined vision and global expertise to a celebration that honours excellence, creativity, and innovation across Vietnam’s vibrant culinary and hospitality landscape.

At Livannah Sips and Bites, street food becomes a curated global experience shaped by chef driven craft and multicultural storytelling. Vibrant yet disciplined, playful yet precise, this cross border dining concept reframes casual cuisine through flavour, design and drink culture, earning Highly Recommended Best Casual Dining Restaurant at the Gourmet Vietnam Awards 2025.

High above Ho Chi Minh City’s constant movement, The Spa at The Reverie Saigon offers a sanctuary shaped by refined design, restorative ritual, and precise craftsmanship. Blending Asian healing traditions with advanced Western skincare, it presents a holistic wellness experience where balance, renewal, and calm unfold with intention and care.

Along a quieter bend of the Saigon River, Mia Saigon Luxury Boutique Hotel offers an alternative rhythm of hospitality. Intimate in scale and rich in artistic detail, the hotel brings together design, culture, and personalised service creating an experience shaped less by spectacle than by nuance, discretion, and emotional ease.

Overlooking Da Nang Bay, Mikazuki Japanese Resorts & Spa offers a rare fusion of seaside leisure and Japanese cultural immersion. Designed for families across generations, the resort brings together expansive accommodation, immersive wellness, and playful entertainment within a thoughtfully crafted coastal setting.

In Hoi An, Maison Lucien offers a measured expression of French casual dining, where tradition, technique, and hospitality are treated with equal seriousness. Without performance or excess, the restaurant focuses on dishes done properly, an atmosphere shaped for comfort, and a rhythm that invites guests to return—not for novelty, but for trust.

On Phu Quoc’s southwest coast, Pullman Phu Quoc Beach Resort brings contemporary energy to island dining. At its heart, Mad Cow Wine & Grill defines the modern steakhouse through open-flame cooking, premium cuts, and disciplined restraint where flavour, technique, and setting align with clarity and intention.

Set on the 26th floor of Centec Tower, DẠ夜 Dining presents a contemporary expression of Chinese cuisine shaped by Vietnamese terroir and guided by technical precision. As evening settles over Ho Chi Minh City, the focus turns to clarity of flavour, balance, and disciplined execution.

Suspended above Saigon’s restless skyline, Mad Cow Wine & Grill channels the energy of the city into a steakhouse defined by fire, precision, and appetite. Part urban wine bar, part serious grill, it is a place where premium beef, disciplined technique, and night-time spectacle converge with confidence.

Guided by Iron Chef David Thai, Kobe Bistro offers a refined interpretation of French bistronomy where classical technique, modern restraint, and gracious hospitality converge. Recognised for its balance of elegance and approachability, it is a place where French cuisine is delivered with clarity, consistency, and genuine pleasure rather than ceremony.