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Classic hotel and delightful staff

Stayed in August 2025

We think you need a pool. Hot days it would have been nice to have a dip and have a drink by the pool

Stayed in August 2025

I give the hotel 4.5 stars. A swimming pool with make it 5 star.

This is a lovely old hotel with a fantastic history and superb location. The staff were extremely helpful. The outdoor breakfast is a nice touch. The gym was small but perfectly functional for me.

Stayed in July 2025

Outdated. Bathroom from 1980's. Lot of noise from Caravelle hotel. Continental cannot help it, on the other hand, location is great. Maybe some sound isolation inthe future?

Location, location, location. Affordable pricing (some facilities outdated, but kind of charming). Breakfast area - old frangipani trees. 😍

Stayed in July 2025

The price. The hotel is really old and we felt like we are back in 1800 centuries.

Prime locations and helpful staff

Stayed in June 2025

We enjoyed our stay at the hotel with nice room size, quiet, lots of pictures of saigon/ hotel and daily life in old days, excellent staff and location is perfect for walking distance to everywhere you need to go. There are variety dishes for breakfast every morning and are delicious.

Stayed in May 2025

Not very good restaurant; bathroom needs updating

History, location, heritage room

Stayed in May 2025

The bathroom was such a disappointment to the rest of the quality of the room. The step from the tub to the floor for a 6'1 male is simply unsafe thebpoor silicone job on the fixings and faucets and the simply old and chipped tiles with years of embedded grime were a start difference to the sheet beauty of the rooms provided and then to have that as a bathroom was dissapointing to say the very least.

What can zi say. I had such a fantastic time at the superbly furnished and comfortable rooms being greeted like royalty by the staff. I will be returning. I had such a good time. Thankyounfor making me feel so welcome.

Stayed in May 2025

Unfortunately there was no inside bar, just the pavement tables. This was good but not somewhere we wanted to sit in the afternoon when it was very hot. The massage service was unexpected. Not impressed with all the historic references everywhere, saying who stayed there etc.

Breakfasts were amazing. Huge choice of foods from everywhere. The communal areas were beautiful, including the third floor gardens and especially the inner courtyard where breakfast was served. The staff extremely helpful and friendly. The location couldn't be better.

Stayed in April 2025

Location is great

Stayed in May 2025

Value of bit expansive

Great location

Stayed in May 2025

With the heat a swimming pool would have been good, but unfortunately this hotel doesn’t have a pool.

Beautiful historic hotel in the heart of Saigon. Wonderful breakfast included.

Stayed in May 2025

if you have a room facing the Opera, in the evening you hear the loud music from the hotel in front (Caravelle) and you can not sleep until the music stop around midnight . This point should be address as the Continental is a high standard hotel

Location , staff, breakfast, very nice historical hotel

Stayed in May 2025

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Location and breakfast

Stayed in May 2025

Can improve the freshness of breakfast especially meat and fish products served.

Stayed in April 2025

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Elegant historic hotel in a great central location. Within walking distance to all the main sites of interest including the War Remnants Museum, Independence Palace and Ben Thanh Market. A classic hotel with a history dating back to 1878. We chose to stay here for our last few days in Vietnam after previously having cocktails and a meal at the outdoor terrace. We were lucky enough to be upgraded to a junior suite. The room was huge with a sitting area and view over the Saigon Opera House. It was spotlessly clean and the bathroom was also large with the shower over the bath. The decor is in keeping with the historic nature of the hotel so if you like slick and modern this is hotel is not for you. We found the water hot, the bed and pillows comfortable and the air conditioning cold- great to come back to after the outside humidity.A breakfast buffet is served in a lovely courtyard and the choices are huge.The staff are lovely and can’t do enough for you. We would definitely stay here again.

Stayed in May 2025

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I love this place. I have been staying here for 30 years and it is like staying in a museum...there is history everywhere. Not the most modern place in town but that is the appeal. Awesome breakfast, giant room (218) with a sitting area and the best location in town looking out onto the theatre and Dong Khoi. The staff is awesome and the doormen seem to remember every guest...it's uncanny. It is the one sui generis place in the city that retains some of the quirky charm of the old days.

Stayed in May 2025

We booked a Deluxe Garden View room with balcony so we would not be disturbed by the road noise (we know Saigon can be very noisy). We were upgraded to a City View room without a balcony. Asked to see a garden view room with balcony and was given the keys to view an altertive room with two single beds (staff did not accompany us). We were not offered an alternative when we returned to reception and pointed out that we had booked a deluxe room with large bed and were not interested in moving to a smaller room with single beds. Fortunately the road noise was not as bad as some other hotels we have stayed in and there were no nightclubs or Karaoke bars close.

Best location in Saigon, right next to the Opera. Large Room with bathroom that had good plumbing! We enjoyed staying in the oldest hotel in Saigon and learning about its history and walking to a show we had pre-booked at the Opera House.

Stayed in April 2025

Very silly lighting system that led to me unscrewing the bedside lamps because they—for some reason—never fully dimmed despite my many machinations.

You stay at the Continental first for the history and second for the wonderful courtyard/breakfast. It's a comfortable, central hotel with very helpful staff.

Stayed in April 2025

Can feel the history

Stayed in April 2025

We should have asked for a room on the interior. It was impossible to sleep on the streetside.

We liked the breakfast in the garden. Our room was on the streetside making it impossible to sleep.

Stayed in March 2025

Historic value and extremely central location.

Stayed in December 2024

There was WiFi in every room but it wasn't secure. In a hotel of this quality, the WiFi should be password protected. When leaving, I asked the concierge to get me a taxi. I wasn't going far but I had a bad leg and luggage. I could tell that he was not keen to order one for me and complained that it would take two hours. I walked to the end of the block and there was a taxi there right away with its green light on which the concierge could have found for me. I think that it's one of the few jobs of a concierge to hail a cab for their guests. Bad final impression on an otherwise great stay.

This is the higher end of accommodation in Saigon / HCMC but you get what you pay for and the charm and ambience of this hotel far exceeds the generic experience provided by the Hyatts and Sheratons of this world. The rooms are exquisite, spacious and a perfect blend of antique charm and modern facility. The beds are creaky but comfortable. The buffet breakfast is a varied mix of western and eastern food and of good quality. We stayed over Chinese New Year and there were nice little touches that the hotel laid on for its guests, such as a calligrapher writing free messages and a dancing dragon troupe.

Stayed in January 2025

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Staying in Room 214 where Graham Greene wrote The Quiet American was a real treat and did not disappoint. The view from the balcony was spectacular and the room size was good. Having a desk there added to the authenticity. The hotel felt slightly faded and dated which only added to the experience. Breakfast was adequate although I wonder if Greene had self service or waiter service!

Stayed in January 2025