Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel

Liberty Central Riverside is at 17 Ton Duc Thang Street, Sai Gon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Before the July 2025 ward merger the same building was listed as Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, and some maps, ride apps and even the hotel’s own contact page still show the old form. Both point to the same riverfront tower, so give drivers whichever version their app recognises, plus the street number.

No. Liberty Central Riverside faces the river at 17 Ton Duc Thang. The Liberty Central on Pasteur Street is Liberty Central Saigon Citypoint (59–61 Pasteur), and Liberty Central Saigon Centre is at 177–179 Le Thanh Ton. The Liberty Hotels Parkview, Greenview and Liberty 2 near Pham Ngu Lao and Ham Nghi are a separate, simpler line. Check the street name on your booking before you pay.

About 350 metres, roughly a five-minute walk south-west along Ton Duc Thang, past the river end of Dong Khoi Street. The middle of the boulevard, by the fountain and the City Hall view, is closer to eight minutes. Nguyen Hue is at its liveliest after dark, when families and street performers fill it, so the evening stroll from the hotel is an easy one.

Yes — it is about 1.4 km, or 19 minutes on foot, heading inland past Nguyen Hue and along Le Loi or Ham Nghi. In the midday heat most guests take a Grab instead; the drive is about 1.8 km and takes a few minutes outside rush hour. Walking back in the cooler evening, via Nguyen Hue, is the more pleasant direction.

Opera House station on Metro Line 1, under Le Loi in front of the theatre, is about 800 metres away — a 10 to 11 minute walk. Ba Son station is about 1 km north along Ton Duc Thang, around 14 minutes. Line 1 runs east to Thu Duc and Suoi Tien, with fares from VND 7,000 (October 2026). It does not serve the airport.

The hotel is 8.5 km from the international terminal, T2, and about 8 km from the new domestic T3. Allow 25 to 45 minutes; late at night it can be closer to 15. A Grab car usually costs VND 150,000–250,000 (October 2026). The hotel car is listed at about VND 1.1 million per vehicle for up to four people — confirm the price and notice period when you book.

Three of the five types face the river: Premier River View, Signature River View and the Liberty Central Suite. Deluxe and Executive rooms look inland over the city. The hotel does not promise a floor, and higher floors see further over the river bend to Thu Thiem, so add a high-floor request to your booking — it is a request, not a guarantee.

The hotel lists Deluxe, Premier River View, Executive and Signature River View rooms at 26–28 m², and the Liberty Central Suite at 48 m². Some booking listings show 24–26 m² for the smaller types. Either way they are compact by international standards: comfortable for two people and their luggage, tight with a third adult.

Only the Liberty Central Suite is listed with both a shower and a bathtub. The two river-view types, Premier and Signature, are shower only, while Deluxe and Executive are listed as “shower or bathtub”, which varies by room. The hotel does not mention balconies; a few travel sites do, so treat one as unlikely and ask the hotel if it matters.

Executive, Signature River View and Suite guests can use the lounge on the 23rd floor, open 6:30 to 21:30. The hotel lists breakfast, all-day tea, coffee and snacks, evening cocktails with canapés, turndown, laundry of three items per guest per day and use of the ten-seat Venus boardroom. It earns its keep if you would otherwise pay for drinks and a work space.

Some are. The river side sits above Ton Duc Thang, a busy road, so lower floors pick up traffic and the occasional riverfront event, and the rooftop live band plays until 22:15 at weekends. Ask for a high floor away from the lifts, and pack earplugs if you sleep lightly. City-side rooms are usually quieter but look onto neighbouring buildings.

Check-in is from 2 pm and check-out is by 12 noon, according to the booking listings. Early check-in and late check-out depend on availability, and the hotel does not publish a fee for either. The front desk is open 24 hours and will hold your bags, so you can head out on foot while your room is being prepared.

Yes. Expect a card hold or a cash deposit for incidentals, and the card should be in the main guest’s name. The booking listing quotes VND 500,000 per room, returned after check-out — a card hold can take up to 14 days to drop off your statement. Several reviewers mention the deposit, so ask the hotel to confirm the current amount before you travel.

Yes — the front desk runs 24 hours, so late arrivals are met. Booking listings disagree on the latest check-in time, so add your flight time to the booking and email the hotel. If you land around 1 am and want to sleep at once, book the room from the previous night; otherwise your stay technically starts at 2 pm.

It is a non-smoking property, and pets are not allowed — booking listings say this includes service animals, which is stricter than many western hotels. Smokers should ask the front desk where smoking is permitted outside the building. If you travel with an assistance animal, contact the hotel before booking rather than after.

Vietnamese law requires hotels to register foreign guests’ passports with the local police, so the desk will scan or copy yours at check-in and hand it back. Bring the original passport, not a photocopy, for every foreign guest. The minimum age to check in is 18, according to the booking listings.

Breakfast is a buffet at Central Restaurant on the first floor: 6:30 to 10:00 from Monday to Friday, and 6:00 to 10:30 on Saturday and Sunday, according to the hotel’s dining page. Some booking listings show shorter hours, but the hotel’s own times are the ones to trust. There are Vietnamese and western stations, and window tables over the road to the river.

Booking listings put it at about VND 462,000 per adult and VND 231,000 per child (October 2026). Rates with and without breakfast appear side by side when you book, so compare the gap with the walk-in price. Executive, Signature and Suite guests have breakfast listed among their lounge benefits — check what your rate includes.

The dinner buffet runs from 18:30 to 21:30 at Central Restaurant. The hotel lists the weekday buffet at VND 599,000++ and the Friday-to-Sunday seafood buffet at VND 799,000++ per person (October 2026), with 10% off if you book ahead by phone. The hotel’s English and Vietnamese pages differ on the exact days, so confirm before you go.

Yes. Booking listings show 24-hour room service, The Bistro on the mezzanine serves light bites and drinks from 6:00 to 24:00, and Vertical Sky Bar on the roof stays open until midnight. Outside, the streets between Dong Khoi and Nguyen Hue have cafés and noodle shops open late, all within a few minutes’ walk.

The infinity pool is on the 25th floor and opens from 6:30 to 21:30, according to the hotel. It looks straight down the river and sits beside Vertical Sky Bar. Every review that mentions it calls it small, so early morning is the time for a quiet swim and a free lounger. The pool is for hotel guests only.

The hotel does not publish the water temperature, the depth or rules for children, and there is no separate children’s pool. Saigon’s climate keeps outdoor water warm most of the year. If you are travelling with small children, ask the hotel about depth and supervision before you plan your afternoons around it.

Yes. The bar on the 25th floor is open to the public from 8:30 to midnight, while the pool beside it is for hotel guests. The hotel lists a buy-one-get-one happy hour on signature cocktails and draught beer from 18:00 to 20:00, a live band on Saturday and Sunday from 19:30 to 22:15, and a salsa night on Fridays from 21:30 (October 2026).

Both are on the 24th floor. The fitness centre is open 6:30 to 21:30 for hotel guests. Soi Spa, run by a partner, opens 10:00 to 21:30 for foot reflexology and body massage, and the hotel mentions a 10% discount for in-house guests. A sauna is not on the hotel’s facilities list, so do not count on one.

Usually not comfortably. The standard rooms are 26–28 m², and booking listings cap most of them at two adults and one child. The 48 m² Suite has a king bed only. Most families of four book two rooms. The hotel does not publish connecting rooms, so ask before you book if you need two next to each other.

It depends on the rate. One booking listing lets one child aged 11 or under stay free using existing bedding; another charges for ages 6 to 11, and quoted extra-bed fees vary widely. Enter your children’s ages when you search, read the rate details line by line, and ask the hotel to confirm in writing.

Partly. The riverside promenade across the road is wide and flat, and the hotel has lifts. The hard part is crossing Ton Duc Thang, a busy multi-lane road — use the signalled crossings. District 1 pavements are often blocked by parked motorbikes, so a light, foldable buggy is easier than a large pram.

Yes. Cars and motorbikes pull in on Ton Duc Thang right outside, and the door staff can help flag one. Set your pickup pin at the hotel entrance on the building side of the road, not on the riverside promenade, so you do not have to cross the traffic with luggage. A car to the airport usually costs VND 150,000–250,000 (October 2026).

Wi-Fi is free in rooms and public areas. Most reviews find it fine for email and streaming, with a few reporting slow evenings. Every room has a desk, and lounge guests get a work area with a river view plus the ten-seat Venus boardroom. For important video calls, keep a local SIM as a backup.

Generally yes — it is busy and well lit until late. The main risk in central Saigon is phone and bag snatching from passing motorbikes, so keep your phone on the side away from the road and carry bags across your body. Take care crossing Ton Duc Thang; the promenade itself is quiet after about 11 pm.

The hotel lists Visa, Mastercard, American Express and JCB. Extras such as the minibar, spa and restaurant are billed in Vietnamese dong. ATMs and exchange counters are easy to find along Dong Khoi and Nguyen Hue, a few minutes’ walk away, and carrying some cash in dong is useful for street food and small shops.

The hotel’s phone number is +84 28 3827 1717, and its reservations email is listed on the contact page of the hotel’s own website. Email is best for written confirmation of requests such as a high floor or an airport car. If you booked through a booking site, change or cancel through that site first, then let the hotel know.

December to April, the dry season, brings the clearest evenings and the least rain, with March and April the hottest months. From May to November short, heavy afternoon storms are common, though they usually clear by evening. The rooftop is exposed, so ask whether the pool closes during lightning if you are visiting in the wet season.

Possibly, from river-facing upper floors. In 2026 the displays were launched near the Saigon River tunnel on the Thu Thiem side and at Saigon Marina IFC in Sai Gon Ward, both close to the hotel. The hotel has not said whether the rooftop is open to guests on those nights, so ask first. Tet 2027 falls on 6 February.

For Tet, New Year’s Eve, the 30 April–1 May holiday and 2 September, book several weeks ahead — river-view rooms go first on those dates. At other times a week or two is usually enough. A refundable rate lets you lock in a room early and still change your plans.