Clay-pot rice cracked open at your table — hearty as home cooking
200+ traditional Vietnamese dishes cooked in clay pots and served steaming hot — hearty, rustic, unmistakably Saigon.
A hearth in the middle of Saigon
Since 1995, Cơm Niêu Sài Gòn has kept the home-hearth way: clay pots, glowing embers, and hearty dishes.
Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).
Clay pots, full of flavour
Described, never priced — prices are listed in-house.
Tableside-cracked clay-pot rice
Crisp scorched rice at the bottom of the pot, the clay lid cracked right before your eyes.
Clay-pot braised pork
Pork belly braised tender in the clay pot, rich dark caramel — made for hot clay-pot rice.
Caramelized fish clay pot
Fish simmered in a small clay pot, sweet-salty and deeply savoury — the taste of a countryside meal.
Sour soup & garden greens
Steaming sour soup and boiled greens with caramel dipping sauce — the clay-pot meal, complete.
A hearth since 1995
200+ traditional Vietnamese dishes in clay pots — from a small District 3 eatery to a beloved city institution.
A hearth in District 3
Cơm Niêu Sài Gòn opened on Tu Xuong street with a simple idea: cook rice in clay pots, the way it was done back home.
Cracked at your table
The clay lid is cracked open right in front of diners — the moment everyone remembers.
On No Reservations
Anthony Bourdain visited for No Reservations — a milestone the whole team still talks about.
A clay-pot meal
Open 6:00–22:30 daily — drop in any time, from breakfast to dinner.
Address
27 Tu Xuong, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
6:00–22:30 daily
Hours as published by the restaurant — holiday hours may differ.