Saigon City Center Hostel

Saigon City Center Hostel is a hostel in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, 850 m from Ben Thanh Market, offering a private double room alongside mixed dormitory beds. It suits travellers who want a central base in the city, with air-conditioned rooms and a front desk that is staffed around the clock.

The Double Room is the private option: 20 m² with its own bathroom, a walk-in shower and a dressing room. The two 35 m² mixed dormitory rooms are larger but shared, one with two single beds and a shared bathroom with a walk-in shower, the other with a single extra-large double bed. Each dormitory room has air conditioning, a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a seating area.

Facilities include a tour desk with tours or classes about local culture, a coffee house on site, a lounge with a TV area, luggage storage, lockers and laundry. Free WiFi is available in the rooms, while private parking on site costs VND 10,000 a day and must be reserved.

The hostel has three room types, and they differ mainly in privacy and size. The Double Room is the only private room, at 20 m², with an extra-large double bed, its own bathroom with a walk-in shower and slippers, and a seating area. The two 35 m² dormitory rooms are shared: one has two single beds and a shared bathroom, the other a single extra-large double bed.

All three rooms have air conditioning, tiled floors, a dressing room, a private entrance, and a flat-screen TV with cable and satellite channels. The choice comes down to privacy: the Double Room gives you a bathroom to yourself, while the dormitory rooms give you more floor space and a bed among other guests in a mixed room.

Reception is staffed around the clock with a 24-hour front desk, and the hostel also has 24-hour security. Private check-in and check-out are offered, along with express check-in and check-out. Luggage storage and lockers are available, and so are a concierge service, daily housekeeping, laundry and a wake-up service.

A tour desk offers tours or classes about local culture, and a coffee house is on site. Guests also have a shared lounge with a TV area and a designated smoking area, and non-smoking rooms are available. Room service is offered, and private parking on site costs VND 10,000 a day and must be reserved in advance.

Inside the rooms, you find air conditioning, flat-screen TVs with cable and satellite channels, linen, a socket near the bed, a dining table and a dining area. Free WiFi is available in the rooms and costs nothing extra.

Saigon City Center Hostel is on Nguyễn Công Trứ street, in the centre of District 1, the central district of Ho Chi Minh City. Công Viên Cửu Long park is 100 m away, and the Quang Trieu Assembly Hall and the Phung Son Pagoda are both 150 m away, so temples and small parks fill the streets around the building. Ben Thanh Market, a covered market with food stalls and souvenirs, is 850 m away on foot.

Ben Thanh Station, 650 m away, is where Metro Line 1 starts, and the Bến xe buýt Sài Gòn bus station is 950 m from the hostel. Saigon Railway Station is 2.9 km away, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport is about 6 km, a short taxi ride from the centre. Private parking on site costs VND 10,000 a day and must be reserved in advance, so it is worth booking the space before you drive in.

Within a short walk or ride, Nha Rong Wharf on the Saigon River is 1 km away, Tao Dan Park and the Ho Chi Minh City Museum are 1.2 km away, and the War Remnants Museum is 1.7 km away. The Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, 550 m away, is an easy first stop for a morning of sightseeing, with Vietnamese paintings and sculpture on display. The Bui Vien walking street, the backpacker area around Pham Ngu Lao, is also in District 1, so an evening out is easy to reach.