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BARBECUE GARDEN EXTEND THE PLACE TO WELCOME MORE GUESTS
Travel Magazine HCMC / 2009

It has been nearly 2 years from the opening and to date, Barbecue Garden has become a favorite eatery place in Hcmc. Located in the center of Dist.1 but the restaurant offers food at very affordable price. More than that, the food there is always fresh and delicious. Service staffs are friendly and the restaurant always evokes a relaxed outdoor feeling while being conveniently located in the center of Saigon.

If you had come to Barbecue Garden on weekends or holidays and had no reservation, some of you would have ever had to wait for seats for a while or had to look for another place and missed your barbecue…And now we have a good news for you. From 10th of April, Barbecue Garden enlarges the restaurant 200m2 more to welcome more guests. The extension is alos an open leafy patio with marquee style canvas roofing. Dinners can enjoy delicious Vietnamse and International barbecue dishes in a lovely garden full of natural aromas, relaxing ambiance and music.

HCM City diners head to an upscale backyard barbeque in an oasis of blue sky and banana trees. Vo Le Hong reports.

Barbecue Garden is an outdoor restaurant of more than 650 square metres. It is located at the a corner of two busy roads in HCM City’s centre, but lies within a beautiful garden surrounded by banana trees. The feeling there is one of peace, away from all the problems of the city. A removable roof that protects guests in case of rain is hidden in a corner of the garden to show the blue sky.
"The food here is OK. The garden is full of nature. I love the beef with cheese. It’s something different, it has a good taste. And the prices are acceptable," said Andrew Savoy, a tourist in a large group of foreigners. "We feel quite relaxed when we’re here," added the person beside him.
The menu includes various Vietnamese and international barbecue dishes. For more discoveries, a large range of meat options (deer, goat, rabbit) and fish (red snapper, salmon) can be barbecued.
Diners can choose between barbecuing their own food on a private barbecue in the centre of the table or asking the chef to prepare everything on the kitchen grill. Guests will also find special international and Vietnamese appetisers: cheese sticks, cheese and bacon on a small skewer, fried spring rolls, Xi Chuan (China) beef salad and red clam salad.
To finish the dinner, the Thai hot pot is a good idea.

The restaurant has some specialites. For example, the Garden’s couple skewer, which has a beef skewer, squid skewer, fish fillet skewer, vegetables and steamed rice (VND124,000); or the Garden’s couple beef, beef with cheese, beef skewer which includes five spices, beef with lemongrass & chilli, beef with honey, vegetables and steamed rice (VND119).
We chose "Combo 6 – Garden’s Couple Mixed", for VND109,000. It comes with a variety of the restaurant’s specialties (Beef with cheese, fish fillet, Prawn with salt & chilli, squid with salt & chilli, vegetables and steamed rice).
Beef with cheese has always been BBQ Garden’s standout dish. Diners take one piece of finely sliced raw beef wrapped around a small piece of cheese and grill it, according to his or her taste for rare or well-cooked meat.
With BBQ combos, you will have more choices. After enjoying beef you can change to fish, shrimp and squid. Each offers you a unique flavour. Chewing slowly, you will recognise the diversified flavour between meat and seafood. Especially when you have them with grilled okra and eggplant. You can also enjoy Paella, which is a fried rice dish from Spain. Rice is mixed with coconut milk and sea food like shrimp and cuttle-fish, as well as sausage and chicken. This mixture offers an amazing experience.
Note that these dishes are cooked without fat, so your dinner will be flavourful and healthy at the same time.
If you do not like beer or wine, BBQ garden also offers pure, fresh tropical juices full of colours.
Tropical Garden
fresh pineapple, mango, passion and orange – VND29,000
Under the Sun
fresh strawberry, passion, watermelon and pineapple – VND29,000
Garden’s Smoothie
fresh banana, strawberry, orange and honey – VND29,000


"Good recipes start, of course, by using the best ingredients. We choose all our ingredients carefully. For example, we use only the tenderest part of the beef the fillet." BBQ Garden’s chef said. "All our Barbecue dishes are marinated in our exclusive sauce, a recipe with a delicate mix of Asian and Western flavours."
If you go in the morning, the garden is nice and fresh. There is often a lady who sits alone at the same time having breakfast, where she reads newspapers in the restaurant’s library corner.
"I come here for breakfast one or two times per week. My colleagues and I usually also come here for lunch," Thuy Nguyen said. Although her office is not very close, she likes the atmosphere.
"It is always wonderful to have breakfast here," she said. "Open-air... very fresh! Food is very good and the price is affordable." — VNS

Barbecue Garden is an outdoor restaurant and as the name suggests, is the place where you and your family can taste the delights of BBQ food as well as exploring new food experiences. Various barbecue dishes, the ever-popular way to cook, presented in a lovely garden area forms the perfect backdrop for a barbecue party for family and friends.

Situated in a 650m2 space surrounded by banana and Phuong trees one can sample a variety of dishes such as barbecued beef and cheese, barbecued shrimps, roasted honey ribs, barbecued chicken with pepper sauce – a fusion of European and Asian cuisine. Barbecued beef with cheese is one of the most popular dishes on the menu. This is dipped into barbecue sauce for diners to grill themselves at their table. Those guests who are fond of Western European food can have fillet of beef and barbecued smoked pork, barbecue Australian mullet with vegetables, Spanish Paella etc…There’s no better way to finish off a meal than trying one of the delicious desserts on offer such as Fanny ice cream, or a French crepe.

The Barbecue Garden is also an ideal place for you and your family to enjoy breakfast out at weekends. During the week, lunch is available from VND 30,000 upwards.

I was wandering along Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street on Year’s End in a chilly weather which is quite seldom in this land known to be hot all year. Such a unusual coldness made pedestrians crave for something warm. Not knowing what to do and where to go, Barbecue Garden came to sight.
Located right in the center of district 1, Barbecue Garden is located in a deep green decorated with sparking lanterns which made me immediately feel warm. Settling down at a small table in the corner, an elegant waitress gently laid a menu in my hand with grilled dishes of Vietnam and Western Europe cooked with distinct recipes. The dishes are both old and new: spring rolls, Tu Xuyen beef salad, oyster salad, cheese rolls, grilled beef with cheese, grilled fish fillet, grilled squid and grilled deer. I decided to have cheese rolls for starters.
After the starters, Thai minestrone came in a small pot. Its spicy taste is perfect for those in love with Thai food. Then I continued to enjoy the entrée which was grilled beef and was surprised it is endowed with five great tastes.

Different from other restaurants I had been to, the food here is delicious but not too rich, and therefore not ruining my appetite. The staff explained that the cooks did not use animal fat to marinate and grill food for the sake of customers’ health and food’s quality is always guaranteed.
In the gentle melodies of classic songs, whispers of fellow diners sitting around the stove where fragrant smoke puffs come from, I felt the coziness of a family reunion despite being alone here. Having enjoyed a delicious dinner, I indulged myself with French-style chocolate cakes for dessert. The bittersweet taste of fresh chocolate followed me all the way home: now I regret for not being here earlier. I also learned that in the morning, I could also enjoy breakfast with three diffident styles: Vietnamese, Western or French.
For those who simply wish to drink a cup of tea, coffee at the same time enjoy ice cream and surf the internet with free wifi or read newspaper at the corner of the restaurant library or chat with friends, Barbecue Garden is the prefect choice.
Bich Hanh

The Barbecue Garden specializing in international and Vietnamese barbecues, has added new items to its menus as an effort to attract more diners to the outlet in the new year. On offer are more than 60 dishes with 70 percent prepared in Vietnamese style. The barbecue combos are specialties that include beef with lemongrass and chili, beef with five spices, squid with satay and shrimps skewers. Wild boar, venison, goat, rabbit and a selection of seafood are also barbecued.
Cheese sticks, honey and mustard chicken drumsticks, grilled salmon with bacon skewers, cheese and bacon skewers and beef grilled with cheese and beef kebabs are also available. Don’t miss the Thai-style hotpot before trying the desserts of ice cream, chocolate or crepe in authentic French style.
The restaurant has designed both set and a la carte menus with the prices between VND20,000 and VND 219,000 per dish.
There are three sets for breakfast ranging from VND39,000 for Vietnamese set and VND49,000 for international set or French set.
The barbecue daily set lunch at VND30,000 is available from Monday to Sunday.
The restaurant also offers free delivery service. For reservations or delivery, call (08) 8233 340.
The restaurant is located at 135A Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa, District 1, HCM City.

For those in search spacious dining destination with friends or family rather than heading to an air-conditioned stand-by, try an open-air eatery like Barbecue Garden Restaurant.
The two-month old restaurant is located a few blocks from Ben Thanh Market in a shady corner of the National Library.
The restaurant`s owner transformed the former motorbike parking lot into a simple but pleasant eatery.
The library spirit seeps into the restaurant`s decor, the owner set up a bookshelf for diners to peruse while waiting for or enjoying their meals.
The restaurant also provides wireless internet, which is indispensable in the digital age.
The Barbecue Garden has no fixed roof, and consists of tables placed under the shade of old and newly planted trees.
However there are temporary roofs in case the weather turns sour. The highlight of the restaurant is not its decoration but rather its barbecue.
The restaurant serves Vietnamese and International barbecue dishes that are cooked tableside. The restaurant also serves a number of French menu items due to its French manager.


Unlike the traditional barbecue where the meat is cooked by fire and coals, all tables at Barbecue Garden Restaurant are equipped with modern built-in gas stoves. Diners have opportunity to cook variety of meals including beef with cheese, fish fillet, squid and shrimps. This style of cooking allows diners to prepare their meal to fix their preferences. In addition to familiar meats, deer, goat, rabbit are also on hand to grill.
Diners can also finish of their meal with a Thai style hot pot.

As diners feast on barbecued meats, internal and familiar songs gently fill the restaurant`s air, especially in the evening when the heat has cooled down.
Restaurant patrons come from all walks of life, from white collared workers to expatriates and travelers.

The eatery is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Prices range from VND19,000 ? VND 219,000 per dish.

Barbecue Garden 135A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia st, Dist. 1, HCMC Tel: (08) 823 3340

By PHAM LE, Saigon Times Nov 21st 2007

Although Barbecue Garden was opened a month ago, the staff?s enthusiasm, delicious food plus green large nature space ? are enough for the name Barbecue Garden to assert its trademark. Thanks to the combination in style of a restaurant and a cafe, we will not be surprised at why the restaurant has a garden style.

The blazing red aprons of service people, a corner with all kinds of books and newspaper or the airy large garden style plus its unique cuisine have increased its excellence and left a deep impression in guests. The name Barbecue Garden reminds us of grilled dishes like grilled wild boar, goat breast, deer? The restaurant?s ?specialty? is beef rolled with cheese; bacon rolled with salmon or cheese and more special is spring roll.

Nonetheless, there are many other delicious rice dishes such as lotus rice, Yang Zhou fried rice or Paella miscellaneous rice originated from Spain, very new and unique, a mixture of oyster, shrimp, sausage, chicken? which create a new taste despite of its common ingredients.

Barbecue Garden also serve grilled dishes for children with diversified ingredients including a string of beef scented in barbecue sauce, combined with chili, onion, tomatoes, potatoes?That look delicious and beautiful.

Traveling News, September 10th, 2007

Recently opened on the corner of Le Thanh Ton and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Barbecue Garden is one of the few restaurants-cum cafes in town providing a bona fide al fresco atmosphere.

A French-Vietnamese collaboration, the restaurant is set in an open leafy patio with marquee-style canvas roofing. The focus here is on everything barbecued, and although the menu contains a number of international-style dishes, the emphasis is on Vietnamese cuisine.

All of the attractive tiled tables sport a built-in gas fired barbecue in the centre, and like its sister restaurant Quan Nuong above the Temple Club, customers have the choice of either barbecuing dishes on table or having everything pre-grilled in the kitchen.

Topping the eye-catching menu are the barbecue combos (VND194,000 to VND219,000 fro three to four people). Focusing on a mixture of marinated meat, fish, vegetables and sea food, these combos are perfected for large groups. Smaller combos fro two people (VND99,000 to VND115,000) are also available.

A la carte choices are also on offer including wild boar, venison, goat, rabbit, beef and a number of seafood options. Free Wi-Fi and a range espresso-based coffees, shake and smoothies, make this a good place to come and escape the trials and tribulations of city life.

AsiaLIFE HCMC September, 2007

Locating at the corner of Nam Ky Khoi Nghia ? Le Thanh Ton, Barbecue Garden is a brand new destination for people who are fans of barbecue dishes.

Just opened nearly 2 months ago, Barbecue Garden becomes a ?barbecue place? with his specialties : grilled beef with cheese, grilled beef with 5 spices, grilled fish fillet, grilled prawn with salt and chili or grilled fresh squid on skewer? which are served with okra and eggplant... and grilled by customers themselves. The odors of barbecue dishes and fresh air of the green garden bring guests an enjoyable feeling. For more discoveries, a large option of meat (goat, rabbit?) and fish (red snapper, salmon?) also comes in the form of barbecue.

Vietnamese customers who are keen on western foods can try cheese sticks, cheese and bacon skewers? but for foreigners, Vietnamese food such as: fried rice in lotus leaf, spring rolls and red clam salad?cooked by the Barbecue Garden?s chef are most attractive. For dessert, ice-cream, chocolate cake or crepe in a real French style is really delicious.
Another thing which makes Barbecue Garden special is his small, nice library corner full of books and magazines in Vietnamese language and foreign languages also, supplied by the National Library.
Come Barbecue Garden to have a coffee with free Wi-Fi and skim through newspapers in a nice morning, or make a barbecue party with friends in evening at this open leafy garden is a new pleasure of city life.
Thanh Nien Weekly No.79, October 19th, 2007

While I was looking for a restaurant for my birthday party, I was introduced the restaurant by a friend and I decided to come with 10 friends.
The green out-door space and the nice atmosphere were the first things that attracted me and my friends.
I ordered: beef, deer, goat, rabbit, shrimp ...which were marinated, simply decorated but attractive.
We started grilling, a waiter in black t-shirt, red apron appeared with a birthday cake, candle sparkling .... music was turned on, everybody said happy birthday to me.

I was very happy and surprised. After the party, I knew that my friends had asked the restaurant a help to make me such a happy birthday.

We had more for the dinner: hot pot, rice in lotus leaf which were very "Barbecue Garden". My friends tried chocolate cake, crepe to see how the French dessert is.
Wow really delicious ! I had put this restaurant into my favorite restaurant list.
By Phuong Tran on internet dining review 6/9/2007

My friend and I were in the photo shop to print some pictures and discovered the restaurant.
The out-door atmosphere, the French music (I'm not French) attracted me, but for me the best is the food. I ordered a combo including beef, fish, shrimp, squid, and grilled them on a "barbecue plate". My fiend played again with beef with honey, and deer with five spices. Really delicious!

Red lamps had been turned on. We ordered 2 Vietnamese coffees as we still had one hour more before going to our Vietnamese class in evening. [05 Nov 2007 22:33:54]

By Hae Soo internet dining guide review