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A street snail house recognized by Michelin

On buzzing Nguyen Trai street, Oc Dao has become the meeting place for Saigon’s snail lovers — now recognized by Michelin Selected.

pending the venue photo pass (10/2026)
Nguyen Trai

A snail house in District 1

212B/D48 Nguyen Trai — the famous snail alley, tables packed, always buzzing.

pending the venue photo pass (10/2026)
Michelin

Michelin Selected

Michelin Selected — a street snail house on the city’s prestigious food list.

pending the venue photo pass (10/2026)
The ritual

Pick, slurp, dip

The Saigon snail ritual: pick, slurp, dip in lime-pepper salt.

“Stir-fried, grilled, steamed — the snails here taste like Saigon itself: loud, hot, impossible to stop eating.”— Oc Dao, 212B/D48 Nguyen Trai

Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).

ỐC ĐÀO

Hot snail platters and lime-pepper salt — Saigon’s famous snail house, Michelin Selected, right on Nguyen Trai street.

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