Tripadvisor Reviewer of Cyclo Resto Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

Chef Vu taught us basic knife skills before actual cooking. At every dish, he showed us step by step and followed through at every steps. Taught us how to decorate the plate using tomato and cucumber. Food are really good! Love the pho!

Best cooking class We loved our cooking class with Chef Le. His english is good and he explains everything to make the best of our class. We also loved the cyclo ride and the tour in the market with our guide. The menu was perfect and delicious 🙂

Great cooking experience Our hotel is near to the Ben thanh market so we did not join the cyclos tour. We had a market tour with the guide introducing the ingredients and doing the shopping tgt. We then headed back to the place and welcome by Chef Le. He is funny and patient and provided all the instructions u need for the cooking so as the tips and techniques. We made the spring roll, pancake, morning glory and chicken pho, all were delicious and easy to make. Luckily we skipped the breakfast, if not I dun believe we can finish all of them. Thank you Le and highly recommend the class to pp who want to try the real Vietnamese style.

Tastiest class ever Learned so much! Not just how to cook, but how to keep it healthy, proper knife control, and presentation. At the end of the class we were given a copy of the recipes and a package of spices so we can make our own Pho at home. Hands down recommend for all groups and all ages.

Great Chef, yummy food and fun class We had so much fun with Chef Le and family. He is a skilful, culinary master: his recipes, techniques and flavours were unforgettable. Delicious food; a great experience! Recommended.

Best cooking class Our cooking class with Chef Vu (and the market trip) was so much fun! Chef Vu was very patient, lots of fun and the food was delicious. I can’t wait to get back home and make it all!!

I love cooking class! Great experience! We have three persons, joying cooking class trip with another four kind persons. The cooking class start from picking us up at hotel by cycle to the market and buy the ingredients, after this, Chief Le teach us with his professional and funny way. We learn how to cook soup of Pho & Fried spring rolls & Fried morning glory & Pancake. We love every food we cooked, all are tasty.

Great cooking class! My girlfriend and I booked this class because we wanted to learn more about Vietnamese food and cooking while in Saigon, and it was a great experience! The staff are all very friendly from the chef and the kitchen staff to the guide who took us through the market and introduced us to the local ingredients. Our group made four dishes: fried spring rolls, stir fried vegetables and garlic, Vietnamese pancake with shrimp and mushrooms, and chicken pho. This is definitely a memorable way to spend the morning and early afternoon.

Amazing cooking class in Ho Chi Minh !! This was by far the best experience we had during our trip! Chef Vu wa really dedicated and showed us amazing techniques, from cooking to how to make the best decoration for your dish. We had a great morning there and enjoyed the market tour where we could buy all the ingredients for our recipes. At the end it was so tasteful ! Thanks in advance for sending us the recipes and thank you again for this great moment together! Camille & Clement

What a marvellous experience! We booked Chef Vu cooking class a couple of months in advance, from Canada, with no real idea of what it might be, but it looked like fun. It exceeded our expectations! Our group of 8 (of different ages and origins) met and headed out to the iconic BenTranh market to buy the things needed for the cooking school. That was just the start of the fun. After the market, a short walk took us to a quiet laneway off the noisy main road to the Cyclo Resto, the location of the cooking class. It’s the kind of place that you might hesitate to enter, based on its outside appearance, but we were quickly and warmly greeted and we settled in for a short break with bottles of cold water provided. We then headed upstairs to the cooking classroom which was perfect for the eight of us. Donning our aprons (provided) we began the adventure. The instruction was excellent, the menu was interesting and we were all able to turn out some pretty decent results. After nearly three hours which flew by, we headed downstairs to the restaurant area with food in hand to eat everything that we had prepared. Our meal finished with delicious Vietnamese egg coffee (included). We truly enjoyed this entire experience and recommend it to others without hesitation.

Not to be missed! What a great day. From the cyclo trip in the morning and shopping in the market to the cookery class itself. We were with Chef Le who’s English was very good and instruction easy to understand and had a great sense of humour. They arranged a vegetarian option for me, and the food was delicious. Highly recommended.

Great half a days cooking! My wife & I got picked up from our hotel in district 1 by rickshaw / cycle. We were taken for a leisurely 30 min ride around the city to Ben Thanh market, the drivers didn’t seem bothered that we didn’t offer them a tip. We were introduced to a man called Tin and a Japanese couple who were also doing the cookery class. Tin took us round the market to buy the fresh ingredients we would need through the day. The market was quite something, a good opportunity for some street photograph of you are into that. We then walked to the restaurant which took about ten minutes. Waiting for us was Chef Le, a friendly guy who spoke good English. We made sauteed veg with garlic, spring rolls, crispy pork pancakes and chicken Pho. My veggie wife was offered alternatives to all this which was handy. Some knife skills were demonstrated as were some plate decoration ideas with some tomatoes and cucumber. Things were explained well throughout and it’s a pretty laid back experience. We then got to eat everything we had made before leaving at around 12:40. Half a day well spent!

un and interesting Informative and fun 3 hours with chef Le. Our two boys 10 and 14 also enjoyed it and managed to cook as well as the adults in the group. Lots of food to eat so have a light breakfast!

Awesome class and delicious food! Fantastic cooking class with lots of delicious food! Chef Le was the best! We learnt to make ban xeo (Vietnamese pancake), chicken pho, deep fried spring rolls and morning glory with a bonus egg coffee to finish. Cyclo trip to start the day was a unique experience

Cyclo Tour + Cooking Class: Having fun and learning something new! Our cooking class + cyclo tour to Ben Thanh Market was a wonderful experience! We met the cyclo tour riders at our AirBnB at the specified time, who then took us on a very scenic ride around the Notre Dame before dropping us at the market. We met our tour guide there who then took us through the market buying us fresh ingredients for the class. At the the class, we learned to cook 3 Vietnamese dishes, as well as cooking basics (like dicing techniques) and more advanced decorative tricks (like making a rose out of tomato slices!). Our teacher, Chef Le, was very charismatic, helpful, and easy to follow. We loved the experience of learning more about common Vietnamese ingredients and then enjoying the feast we cooked at the end! My group of friends and I highly recommend experiencing this cyclo tour plus cooking class if you’re in Ho Chi Minh and looking for a blend of cultural and practical. Don’t forget to tip the hardworking cyclo tour guides and chef! They are lovely people!

POWER! Haha okay. Our Chef, Le, was fantastic about teaching us the basics of knifework before we even started. The tour to buy groceries at Binh Tahn was also fantastic. We made four dishes, Vietnamese Crepe, deep fried egg rolls, chicken pho,-!; papaya salad. 10/10 would recommend

Great experience, delicious food! My parter and I came for his birthday. The cyclo ride was a great way to get a view of District 1. The class wasn’t rushed and the chef took his time showing the various knife techniques they use. The food was fresh, light but really tasty. I would absolutely recommend this if you are looking for a cooking class experience.

Don’t miss this unique experience The day started when we were picked up on a cyclo, with short tour of the city before being delivered to the fresh food market. Our guides met us there and we bought the ingredients for the 4 meals we were going to cook. The guide explained each ingredient. We then had a short walk to the restaurant. Met by a chef we prepared the ingredients for the meals. All meals were prepared by ourselves & then had lunch of the food we made. It was so fresh & tasty. For what we got I cannot believe the price. final treat of desert coffee.

Fun cooking class! We had a wonderful time with Chef Le and crew at their cooking class. The walk through the market to buy our ingredients for the class was fun and we chose what we wanted to cook for the class. The restaurant was set up with cooking stations for each person and the Chef taught us knife skills and how to impress with a tomato swan. The food was amazing! We loved the pho and vietnamese pancakes.

Great class and Yummy food My husband and I really enjoyed learning from Chef Le, not only first the knife skills for preparing our delicious food dishes but even to make a decorative tomato rose for our Vietnamese pancake plating. Cooking was fun and all dishes were yummy, including the egg coffee dessert. The cyclo ride was a bit unnerving with all speeding cars and scooters passing but still historically interesting to experience.