Michelin-starred tasting room · Level 9, Le Méridien Saigon

A modern Australian tasting menu crossed with Japanese technique and Vietnamese produce — inside a room of 1,200 light rods flowing like water, over the Saigon River.

4.3★ · 203 Google reviews
★ MICHELIN Guide 2024–2026
Fine dining

AKUNA Restaurant — Michelin-starred tasting room in District 1

Chef Sam Aisbett — a two-time Michelin-starred Australian chef — leads a single nightly tasting menu, Tuesday to Saturday.

The AKUNA dining room: curved wooden chef's counter, 1,200 light rods like flowing water, the city at dusk
The dining room — curved wooden counter, the light-rod ceiling
Red-and-white striped blood plum jelly cone on a tartare ring
The blood plum cone — the signature
The signature

Blood plum jelly cone

A red-and-white striped blood plum jelly cone set on a tartare ring — the opening statement of the tasting menu: bright acidity, gentle richness, and AKUNA's signature visual theatre.

From the table

Dishes from the menu

Dishes from the tasting menu — photographed at AKUNA.

Squid and seafood in a clear broth

Squid in clear broth

Sweet fish and squid in a clear superior broth — Japanese technique, Vietnamese waters.

Pink shaved-ice dessert, the Ba Son Bridge glowing through the window

Frozen peach cloud

Japanese white peach, custard cream and Moscato d'Asti jelly under a frozen peach cloud — the Ba Son Bridge glowing behind.

Warm pan-fried dough with house dips and wine

The table's opening

Warm pan-fried dough with house dips — the quiet opening before the six courses.

Seared meat with orange sauce

Borrowdale pork belly

Borrowdale free range pork belly with confit frog legs, pickled bamboo and green peppercorns.

The star

★ One star — 2024, 2025, 2026

One MICHELIN star in 2024, retained in 2025 and 2026 — per the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Vietnam ceremony coverage.

The room

1,200 rods of light

A ceiling of 1,200 light rods arranged like flowing water — the room's signature.

The chef

Sam Aisbett

Two-time Michelin-starred Australian chef — ex-Quay Sydney, Whitegrass Singapore.

The view

Over the Saigon River

Floor-to-ceiling glass on level 9 — dusk over the river, the Ba Son Bridge lit at night.

The room & the food

Light on water

Squid and seafood in a clear broth
Seafood in clear broth
Pink shaved-ice dessert, the Ba Son Bridge glowing through the window
Pink shaved-ice dessert — the Ba Son Bridge
Visit

Level 9, on the river

Level 9, Le Méridien Saigon, 3C Tôn Đức Thắng, Bến Nghé, District 1

Tuesday – Saturday · 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Hours & directions
AKUNA Restaurant

Modern Australian cooking crossed with Japanese precision and Vietnamese produce — level 9, Le Méridien Saigon, on the Saigon River.

AKUNA Restaurant · vnunbox