This versatile spot features many riverside options: enjoy a leisurely lunch at the outside tables, sit at the bar for a few beers or graduate to cocktails on the daybeds. Food runs from bar snacks to burgers, salads and wraps, and weekdays from 4.30pm to 6.30pm there are good happy-hour specials. There's live music every Friday and Sunday (5pm to 9pm).
Boat House
Ho Chi Minh City
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