Nori - Modern Izakaya — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

A literal and figurative breath of fresh air.

I'm sure this play's kills it at night, however, the two times I've been here, it was mid-afternoon and hot outside. While there's no A/C in here, there is a constant breeze blowing through and i never once mixed it. In exchange for A/C, you get, not only the breeze, but the sounds of the street and a great view of everybody walking past.

This will always, for me, a must visit place from now on in Ho Chi Minh City.

(Deeply downgrade any expectations of excellent, good, or even acceptable service...very, very deeply; between having to re-order items that were discussed at length, staff not knowing what they sell, and the, in this case lady, constantly rubbing her nose, it seems to me these folk neither like their jobs nor like me nor wish I were there giving...

I was heading out of Saigon next day so wanted to grab a drink just to soothe my mind and be off to bed early. This joint is usually peaking with people from around 7pm-8pm almost every night and so even though it was close to my hotel, I did not go there until my last night. I tried 1 mango mojito & ended up having 3 in total LOL. (I paid $26.41). The staff spoke good English and were very accommodating. This place was also the first time I head the songs Two Nights by Lykke Li and Clairo's Sexy To Someone. These songs are now on my drink and chill all time list! The Awesome Staff at Nori were grateful enough to give me the artist names and titles to...

We waited a long time for the food, which was mid, not much better than homecooked stuff. Not what I would expect from a restaurant. It looked good though. Sashimi also wasn't served cold on ice, more like room temperature.

Drinks came fairly fast, but Caipirinha and mojito didn't have sugar in them at the bottom. Banana leaves to garnish the drinks, which were inside the drinks mind you, were very dusty. Therefore we assume that a good amount of dust made it into the tropical juice.

Staff was okay, but we had to repeatedly ask for simple stuff that should come with the food in the first place: spoons and napkins.

Overall,...