Basta Hiro's dining hall & open kitchen — Saigon Centre
Travellers' Choice 2025
Itameshi · Japanese-Italian pizza & pasta · District 1

Where Japan meets Italy — pizza & pasta

Basta Hiro brings the Itameshi spirit of legendary BASTA PASTA in Harajuku to L3 Saigon Centre — an open kitchen, house-made pasta, and properly Italian pizza.

The dining hall & open kitchen — L3 Saigon Centre, 65 Le Loi.
Itameshi

East meets West, on one plate

Every plate is a meeting: Japanese precision, Italian soul.

East
Japanese techniqueThe precision of the Japanese kitchen — every noodle, every cut with intent.
West
Italian soulWood-fired pizza, rich pasta — Italian classics without the fuss.
East
The Japanese open kitchenWatch the cooks at work — clean, ordered, like a craft workshop.
West
The Italian tableFood made for sharing — order a few plates, eat together, a little noise is fine.
East
The Harajuku lineageFrom legendary BASTA PASTA in Harajuku — where Itameshi was born.
West
Original Italian flavourProper Italian recipes — Margherita, Carbonara, Lasagna done right.

Photos: Google Maps — owner and diners

Signatures

Three plates worth ordering

Familiar names, done the Basta Hiro way.

Margherita Pizza

Thin crust, fresh tomato sauce, a proper cheese pull.

Carbonara Spaghetti

Rich egg-cream sauce, smoked bacon.

Wagyu Steak

Wagyu seared just right — tender and fragrant.

The house craft

Made by hand

The three things Basta Hiro is proudest of.

The BASTA PASTA lineageDescended from the legendary BASTA PASTA in Harajuku, Tokyo.
Open kitchenSee everything — from dough to the pizza oven.
Travellers' Choice 2025Named a 2025 Travellers' Choice.
The story

From Harajuku to Saigon

Three slices of the Itameshi house on L3 Saigon Centre.

The Basta Hiro sign inside the shop
Part · The roots

From Harajuku

Descended from legendary BASTA PASTA in Harajuku, Tokyo — where Itameshi was born.

The house Margherita pizza
Part · The Italian side

A proper Margherita

Thin crust, fresh tomato sauce — Italy's classic pie, done right.

Basta Hiro's dining hall & open kitchen
Part · The Japanese way

Open kitchen, Japanese standard

The dining hall looks straight into the open kitchen — clean, ordered, precise like a craft workshop.

Visit
Head to level L3, unit L3-26B

Right inside Saigon Centre, 65 Le Loi — take the lift straight to L3 and you're there.

Address

L3-26B Saigon Centre, 65 Le Loi, Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

BASTA HIRO — SAIGON CENTRE

Itameshi — Japanese-Italian pizza & pasta from the BASTA PASTA Harajuku lineage, on L3 Saigon Centre.