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Universe Central Hotel Saigon

2.5 star property
Art Deco hotel with a 24-hour front desk and a coffee shop

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Breakfast, lunch and dinner served
Reception
Universe Suite | Living room
Universe Suite | Blackout drapes, cribs/infant beds, free WiFi
Universe Suite | Blackout drapes, cribs/infant beds, free WiFi

Reviews

6.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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549 TRAN HUNG DAO AVENUE, CAU KHO WARD,, DISTRICT 1, 549, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh Municipality, 08
  • Place, Bui Vien Walking Street
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, Pham Ngu Lao Street
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, Ben Thanh Market
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN-Tan Son Nhat Intl.)
    ‪16 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Room | Blackout drapes, cribs/infant beds, free WiFi

Superior Room

  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Room | Blackout drapes, cribs/infant beds, free WiFi

Deluxe Room

  • 377 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Universe Suite | Blackout drapes, cribs/infant beds, free WiFi

Universe Suite

  • 538 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Ho Chi Minh City

Located in District 1, Universe Central Hotel Saigon is within a mile (2 km) of popular sights such as Pham Ngu Lao Street and Bui Vien Walking Street. This 64-room hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like a restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe, and free in-room WiFi.

What's nearby

  • Bui Vien Walking Street - 14 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • Pham Ngu Lao Street - 15 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • An Dong Market - 19 min walk - 1.0 mile
  • Ben Thanh Market - 4 min drive - 1.7 miles
  • Saigon Square - 4 min drive - 1.7 miles

Getting around

  • Saigon Railway Station - 12 min drive
  • Ga Tau Go Vap Station - 26 min drive
  • Tan Son Nhat Intl. Airport (SGN) - 27 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cơm Tấm Nguyễn Văn Cừ - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪H.A.N.D. Coffee - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Bánh Canh Cua Bà Ba - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Trung Nguyên Legend Café - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Color Coffee - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Universe Central Hotel Saigon

Art Deco hotel with a 24-hour front desk and a coffee shop
Guests staying at Universe Central Hotel Saigon have access to a banquet hall and wedding services. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, tours or tickets, and securing valuables.
Guests can expect to find free WiFi and wired Internet. Phones are also standard.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available for a fee: VND 3 per person
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • MEZZANINE Restaurant

Family friendly

  • In-room crib
  • Microwave on request
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Spa

  • Facials

Accessibility

  • Elevator

More

  • 1 building
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Banquet hall

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Crib

Bathroom

  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave on request

More

  • Phone

Policies

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Children and extra beds

  • Cribs/infant beds are available

Important information

Optional extras

These fees and deposits will be charged at check-in, check-out, or the time of service.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately VND 3 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: VND 25 per vehicle (roundtrip)

This list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits might not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The front desk is open 24 hours a day.

We should mention

Details about charges, deposits, or other important information:

  • Charges for extra guests may apply and vary depending on the property's policy.
  • A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges, as well as a government-issued photo ID, may be required at check-in.
  • Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in and can't be guaranteed. Certain requests may come with additional charges.

Property is also known as

Central Hotel Saigon
Hotel Universe
Saigon Central Hotel
Universe Central Hotel
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Universe Central Hotel Saigon Ho Chi Minh City
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Frequently asked questions

Is free cancellation available at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

Universe Central Hotel Saigon offers free cancellation on some room rates. If you'd like to learn more, look at the cancellation policy on our site.

What is there to do near Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

This hotel is situated in District 1 within a short 16-minute walk of Pham Ngu Lao Street and also 16 minutes on foot from Bui Vien Walking Street. You'll also find Ben Thanh Market and Saigon Square within a short drive.

Will I be able to park at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

No, this hotel doesn't offer parking.

Is there a spa available at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

Spa services at the hotel include facials and body treatments.

Does Universe Central Hotel Saigon feature a casino on the premises?

No, Universe Central Hotel Saigon doesn't have a casino.

Is there an indoor pool at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

No, there is no indoor pool at this hotel.

What do couples enjoy most about Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

Couples staying at this hotel will appreciate amenities like free Internet access as well as a restaurant and body treatments.

Are there hot tubs at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

No, this hotel doesn't have a spa tub.

Does Universe Central Hotel Saigon have a restaurant that serves breakfast?

Yes, Universe Central Hotel Saigon serves buffet breakfast for a surcharge each morning at MEZZANINE Restaurant.

Are there connecting rooms at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

No, there aren't connecting guestrooms at this hotel.

Where is the closest airport to Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

The closest major airport to Universe Central Hotel Saigon is Tan Son Nhat Intl. Airport (SGN), which is 5.7 mi away (27 minutes by car).

Are there rooms with balconies that I can book at Universe Central Hotel Saigon?

No, at Universe Central Hotel Saigon, there aren't any guestrooms that list a balcony.

Does Universe Central Hotel Saigon host weddings?

There are wedding services available at Universe Central Hotel Saigon if that's in your vacation plans.

Reviews

Universe Central Hotel Saigon Reviews

6.6

7.0/10

Cleanliness

6.8/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 4 out of 28 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 28 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 28 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 28 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 28 reviews

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Dickson

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel would overly sell room to earn the little profile in between by making us go elsewhere to stay. so please beware, friends

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel!

Loved it!

6/10 Okay

GEORGE, LISMORE, AUSTRALIA

Liked: Staff & service

iT WAS OKAY

NO BED SIDE TABLE OR READING LIGHTS, SHOWER BATHROOM GOOD ENOUGH, I THOUGHT WINDOW WOULD BE BETTER. BUT IT BECAME A PROBLEM DUE TO ROAD NOICE

8/10 Good

Thi

Liked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

Abby Dean, Morrinsville, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

good location, clean hotel

Nice and comfortable hotel with friendly staff. Breakfast wasnt anything exciting would reccomend finding a cafe. Also think twice before getting the full body massage i found the girl very rough, was not enjoyable. My upper back and sore for couple days afterwards. Great hotel though and easy to get around. About a 20 minute walk to bars and cafes.

4/10 Poor

Kasper

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

This hotel is lame

This Hotel is lame. Ok the rooms are clean and look nice, so do the lobby and one could say the staff, but they hardly speak any English. The neighborhood is to cry about, right in by an intersection of to streets with massive trafic, so quite some noise, hard to get a decent meal around there. First thing I did at the room was looking for a way to get less trafic noise, I located the window in the bathroom as a source, but closing it was another story. The little window in the bathroom where btw the only one faceing out, the room had another faceing the corridor - and a very sharp lightball right outside - why? The safe in the room is a little box you can take under your arm and leave with, very safe yes.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excited to stay there again

I'd most definitely stay at this hotel again. It isn't off the beaten track per se but it isn't in the heart of the tourist area either...that suits me fine. It is less than 2km from Ben Thanh market and not far from most other attractions. The reason I liked this hotel is that you can step out the front and just walk in any direction and be surrounded by Vietnamese city living. The fruit and fish market is literally around the corner of Nguyen Van Cu. The food vendors down the street are great and friendly. The best part, the prices are fair to the area. The vendors know they're not catering to tourists so they price things to local fares not the over priced rates in the tourist area. The hotel staff was extremely courteous and diligent to make my stay comfortable.The night manager was extremely helpful with information since my plane was delayed 2 hours and I got into Saigon at 1AM. He told me where I could locate some food and made sure that I had a card with the hotel name and location so that I could find my way back with a taxi. It isn't the nicest place in Saigon but for that you'd be paying significantly more. It was however a great comfortable room with a great staff. I'd have no reservations what so ever about staying there again. Close to Cho Lon, Cho An Dong and Cho Dan Sinh as well.

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca, Baytown Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A Very Happy Traveler

We stayed at the Universal Hotel for a little over two weeks. They were very helpful and the breakfast was wonderful ! The hotel is located about a 20 minute walk to the market, or a five minute taxi drive( about $2.00) We could have not asked for a better hotel. I would recommend it to anyone that wants a nice , clean and comfortable hotel reasonably priced. If we go back we will stay here again!!!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Dominique, Philippines

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

clean, but a little secluded

the room is clean and big, and their manager is very nice and accommodating. though it was very very hard to communicate with some of the receptionists because of their poor knowledge of the English language. it is in District 1, but not so close to the best spots to go to in the said District. there are not much to see around the vicinity, but it's just a 15-min drive to Ben Thanh Market, which is good.

6/10 Okay

May, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Ok if you get upgraded

We booked on expedia and for a very low price we got an enormous room. it was nicely furnished for Vietnam. The staff were nice, but the bellboys werent always fast or careful. It was however far from the centre of town and this was a problem for us as we were keen to get a lot done which was hard so far from the centre. The bathroom had the best shower pressure we had while we were in vietnam.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

二度目の利用、まずまず。

仕事の訪問先に近く、二度目の利用。清潔感あり。スタッフの対応が良い。設備をあちこち更新している。近所に様々な店舗が多くて便利。泊まった部屋のシャワーヘッドが割れていて、shower ではなくwaterfallであったが、使えた。WIFIの接続や速度があまり良くなかったため、持ち込みWIFIで対応。ビジネスホテルとして総合的にはOK。
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

akihiro

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst hotel!

ダブルブッキングが発生し、他のホテルに紹介されたものの、 かなり格安のホテルで、そちらのホテル側も対応が非常に悪く、チェックインを拒否し、 このホテルに戻りました。既にチェックイン済み扱いなので、キャンセルはできないとの対応をとられる。 引き続き、交渉した結果、Hotels.comから予約を受けた金額を返金する（予約金額の７割）が、キャンセルは不可との回答を受ける。Hotels.comと直接交渉するので、キャンセルの証跡がほしいとの依頼も拒否される。 スタッフも権限もなく、マネージャーもいないので、何もできないという回答のみが延々と続く。 結局、自分でhotels.comに連絡を行い、何とかキャンセルができました。 その後、部屋の準備ができたので、キャンセルできないと言われました。この数十年で国内外で旅行に行きましたが、最もひどい対応でした。 また、同日に宿泊した友人も設備がよくないとのことでした。 ただし、ベトナムのホテルすべてが悪いわけではなく、他のホテルでは快適でしたので、ここだけがひどいと思われます。

6/10 Okay

masayuki, JAPAN茨城県

Liked: Staff & service

スタッフが親切

ホテルよりドンコイ道りへ10分ブイビエン道りに5分と立地的によい場所です。スタッフも親切で良かったです。

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Convenient.Poor quality breakfast

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

need reform

need improvement, the air condtioner always turn off..

8/10 Good

タイ大好きっ子, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

居心地の良い部屋でした。

空港から乗り換えなしで来れるホテルです。152番のバスだと5000ドンで一本です。ホテルの目の前から空港まで行けます。今回朝食なしのプランにしましたが、すべての宿泊客に朝食は自動的についているようでした。滞在中普通にいただけました。他の方の口コミにもありましたが、ホテルの周りは繁華街ではあるものの、食べ物や飲み物の入手がなかなか難しいです。ホテルを出て左に行き、５０ｍ位の小道を入ると何軒も地元の屋台があり、そこでお弁当を買ってくると20000ドンくらいでした。

8/10 Good

タイ旅行者, 日本

Liked: Staff & service

ちょっと郊外だが便利な立地

値段も安かったので期待しないようにしたが、それなりに快適でした。部屋は狭く設備も古かったですが不快感はありませんでした。快適な滞在を願う人には無理がありますが、安く手頃に滞在したい人にはよいホテルだと思います。ツアーの日本人がいっぱい泊まっていました。

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Роман, Москва

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Желательно без детей

Отель чисто для дикарей если вы с ребенком лучше поискать что то по лучше пусть даже дороже

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

ホーチミン滞在

３泊しました。 中心地から離れているので、常にタクシー移動となりますが、朝食付きで安かったです。 難点は、お風呂がびしょびしょになること。 シャワー浴びるとどうしてももれてしまいます。 最終日、鍵が折れてびっくりしましたが、すぐ対応してくれました。ドライヤーも金庫もついてるのにこの値段、清潔さであればお得だと思います。 周りの環境も靜かで、よく眠れました。

6/10 Okay

tokyo, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

遠い

部屋はきれいで空調・シャワー等も特に問題ありませんでした。フロント係の対応も東南アジアのこのレベルのホテルで考えると悪くないと思います。 ただ、中心街から遠いです。周辺には飲食店などもあまりないので、お勧めできるかといわれたら出来かねます。

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

あき

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

遠い、けど安いので。

デタムエリアにいけば部屋は狭いですがもうちょっと感じのいいホテルに泊まれると思います。朝食はあまりおいしくないです。まあ頑張れば歩いていける距離だと思います。

8/10 Good

ＳＨＯ, 日本

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

値段の割にはよいと思う

特に問題なく泊まれました。部屋は綺麗で、シャンプーボディソープドライヤーなどもついてて、セキュリティも問題なかったです。ただ、空港から近くはないのと、ホテルが街の中心から少しずれてたのが残念でしたね。ホーチミンにはこれよりもっと安くていいホテルがいっぱいあったので、次からはここは利用しないと思います。

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