Basilico — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

My family and I were in Ho Chi Minh City for Christmas, I decided to reserve a table at Basilico a couple of weeks in advance for my Christmas Eve lunch. Perhaps it was due to lunch time, the restaurant was quiet, only a few tables were having lunch. However, we were served by the most helpful and friendly server, Uyen, who helped us out by providing recommendations, answering our questions, and checking in with us frequently to make sure we were comfortable. Uyen also suggested the lunch set, which was a really good deal! We settled on 1 lunch set and ordered a couple more appetisers, entrees, and dessert.

Bread was served warm and promptly after we ordered, we appreciated the variety and quality of the bread. Food quality was good as well. My only feedback would be the food portions, especially the grilled lamb chops. We were shocked by how small a piece of meat was on the singular lamb chop, although the menu had printed "lamb chops" in plural 😅. The lamb chop was also on the pricey end so I would say it was not exactly value for money.

Grilled prawns with basil butter was fresh and tasty, Tiramisu was delicious, we were served a piece with lots of marscapone cheese mousse.

Overall, a pretty yummy meal but wished the portions were be larger.

The highlight was definitely the attentive service provided by Uyen, who was patient, cheerful, and kind to us the whole time. There was quite a bit of commotion during our lunch, Uyen even came to explain that the other staff were preparing for the Christmas Eve...

3 stars for the food but given this is restaurant in a 5-star hotel , it only deserves 2 stars overall. I'm a die-hard fanatic for Italian food , so I was excited to try out Basilico.

I went there for lunch and the restaurant was packed as the space was quite small.

Now onto the food , I can't believe how subpar everything I had.. We ordered Burrata salad , 200g steak tenderloin with truffle mash , carbonara , seafood spaghetti, and tiramisu.

The most disappinting dishes were the pastas. They were SO bad. Both were overcooked and mushy. The pasta shape looked like cooked ramen lol, and despite I ordered 1 spaghetti and 1 fetuccine - both of my pastas came out to be the exact shape. The seafood w/ tomato sauce pasta was so salty , had too much sauce. The carbonara was so bland , I think they forget to put any seasoning in. I haven't had bad pasta in a while !!

The burrata salad was alright but quite bland. The steak was quite mealy, but the truffle mash potato was tasty.

Overally, mediocre food and preparation , awful pasta. My bill total was 2.1VNDmillions PRE VAT and SVC , which was super expensive for the quality.... luckily I had my Marriott club vouchers so the total came down to 600k.

The Opera restaurant in Park Hyatt provides a much upscale, quite atmosphere, with nicely cooked Italian food at the same...

Dined in for a special occasion with some friends. First time to this location and hopefully not my last. I’ve enjoyed restaurants at other Marriot properties before, but it had been a while since being blown away by great service.

From the moment a host greeted me, the experience was amazing. Prompt service, smiling staff, a beautiful choice of decor for the upcoming lunar new year, and we haven’t even gotten to the best part… The food!

Shoutout first to the waitresses that evening, Thu & Phuong! These ladies provided great service, details on dishes, and took into consideration how special the evening was for myself and my guests.

We split a majority of the following dishes, and I would gladly recommend all of them. The steak dinner option, lump crab pasta, 2 pizzas (basilico and 4 cheese options), Caesar salad with prawns, mushroom risotto, chocolate ice cream, tiramisu, lava cake, and a banana foster.

The platings, flavors, and time in which everything came out was spot on. I personally cannot wait to come back and try more options.

Marriot, you’ve got yourself quite the gem at this property. Kudos to the chefs and rest...