B3 Steakhouse & Craft Beer is a steakhouse located in the middle of Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, as central as it gets when it comes to Ho Chi Min City.
The visit
To get to the restaurant, that is on the first floor, you have to go through a travel agency. Not the most impressive way to start, but the rest is much better, I promise.
Hidden upstairs the restaurant is spacious and well appointed. They even have some tables on a terrace overlooking the busy Nguyen Hue.
Upon my arrival I was immediately served some complimentary salted peanuts.
My order was quite straightforward. A big steak! They had a 400-grams Chateaubriand that was exactly what I was looking for.
On the menu they had all the classics cuts (from fillet mignon to striploin) that could be ordered in three different sizes: 200, 300, 500 grams.
My Chateaubriand was part of a selection of big steaks to share and it came with two sauces and two side dishes.
I had mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese.
The steak was thick and perfectly cooked medium rare as I asked. All their beef is grass-fed and is imported from New Zealand. It was not the most tender steak like this I had, but it was very juicy and I enjoyed every bite.
Finally I had a chocolate mousse, which was very good.
The check
If you do not need an official invoice, they do not add 10% VAT, which makes their prices even more competitive. I spent 1,030,000 VND (or around 44 USD). Their pricing is even more reasonable considering that sides and sauces are usually included in the price of the steak, not like in some other greedy places where everything is extra (El Gaucho, I am talking to you…).
Apart from the good pricing point, I enjoyed the experience because they gave me what I was looking for that evening: a no-nonsense steak. Nowadays steakhouses have become like boutiques, with Kobe beef, Nebraska cuts, not to mention all the fake wagyu that you see on menus everywhere. For this reason, I really enjoyed finding B3 Steakhouse that could serve a dam good steak without all the mambo-jumbo that you see nowadays (and the crazy prices associated with it). Yes, B3 delivers (metaphorically, I do not know if they have any delivery service, ok?).
Where in Saigon:
90 Nguyễn Huệ, District 1.