- Central location, overlooking Fountain Square, close to major tourist attractions.
- Extremely friendly, responsive staff
- Large, clean rooms
- Rooftop bar with panoramic view of Ho Chi Minh City
- Awkward building layout
- Tiny pool
- 141 Nguyen Hue Blvd.
- Overlooks scenic Fountain Square
- 217 rooms, including 66 suites.
- All rooms fully equipped with IDD-capable phones, cable TV, safes, hairdryers, and minibars
- 2 restaurants, 2 bars, small outdoor pool
- Prices from US$21
- Visa, MasterCard, and JCB accepted
Would you believe the Rex Hotel used to be a Renault service station? When the Cold War took hold, the US Information Agency took over, then left at the close of the Vietnam War. Now, after years of neglect, the Vietnamese Government decided to refurbish the building, bringing you the Rex Hotel as we know it today.
The Rex hotel's rooms are large and air-conditioned against the Saigon heat, but traffic noise filters through to the rooms facing the road. (Remember to ask for rooms facing away from the street.) The décor is definitely dated – bamboo tiki kitsch with the occasional baroque touch.
The friendly service and the hotel rooftop bar and restaurant more than make up for these shortcomings. Stay there awhile and watch the sun set over the Saigon river with a cup of the Rex Hotel’s excellent coffee. Or approach the tour desk and arrange for a tour to the Mekong Delta, if you want to experience Vietnam up close.
The Rex’s central location overlooking Fountain Square puts its guests in the right place to explore the best part of the city by foot. You can walk to the picturesque People’s Committee House (the opposite of the Rex, a former hotel turned into a government office) and other storied sites in the area.
