The Art Of A Beautiful Stay
Best Luxury Hotel Nominees

From grand city icons to intimate urban escapes, Vietnam’s finest hotels are redefining what it means to travel beautifully. The Best Luxury Hotel nominees celebrate places where thoughtful service, distinctive character and a genuine sense of welcome come together, turning a night away into something we carry home with us. 

There are hotels we visit, and there are hotels that become part of the journey. Perhaps it begins with the first impression. The quiet elegance of a lobby, a warm welcome after a long flight, flowers waiting in a room, or a window opening onto the rhythm of a city we are about to discover. 

But true luxury often reveals itself in much smaller ways. It is remembering how you take your coffee in the morning. The perfect table waiting at dinner. A recommendation that leads you somewhere unexpected. The feeling of being looked after without ever having to ask. 

This is the art of hospitality. Following a successful first season, Gourmet Vietnam Awards returns in 2026 for Season 2, continuing its celebration of the people and places bringing new energy to Vietnam’s culinary and hospitality scene. 

This year’s Best Luxury Hotel nominees reveal how beautifully the idea of luxury is evolving in Vietnam. In Hanoi, the character and rhythm of the capital meet contemporary hospitality. In Ho Chi Minh City, grand hotels, elegant urban retreats and international icons offer their own interpretations of what it means to welcome the world. 

Some are celebrated for timeless elegance and impeccable service. Others seduce us through design, gastronomy and a remarkable sense of place. And some possess that more elusive quality, an atmosphere difficult to describe but impossible to forget. 

The Best Luxury Hotel 2026 nominees are: 

Meritel Hanoi · Grand Plaza Hotel Hanoi · Sofitel Saigon Plaza · JW Marriott Hotel & Suites Saigon · Park Hyatt Saigon · The Reverie Saigon · Equatorial Ho Chi Minh City · Mia Saigon.

Eight hotels, eight distinctive expressions of hospitality. For us at Epicure Vietnam, this category is about more than stars, suites or beautiful interiors. A great hotel becomes a small world of its own. It is where mornings begin over breakfast, conversations linger over dinner, celebrations unfold and travellers find, even briefly, a place that feels like their own. Because perhaps the finest luxury is not something we can count in stars. It is a beautiful stay we continue to remember long after we have left. 

GOURMET VIETNAM AWARDS 2026 SEASON 2

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