Saigon sits on Kloof Street in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in view from the dining room. The kitchen serves Vietnamese dishes — pho with beef short rib, crispy ginger fish, and spring rolls filled with chicken or prawn — alongside sushi and dumplings. You eat beside the mountain, with Kloof Street’s buzz below.

The menu holds dishes like char-grilled chicken skewers with lemongrass, crispy duck spring rolls with hoisin, and caramelized kingklip in a clay pot. The sushi counter offers nigiri, sashimi, and rolls filled with salmon, tuna, or prawn. The wine list includes South African labels like Buitenverwachting and Jordan.

The dining room looks out over Kloof Street and up to Table Mountain, which is why the restaurant is here at all. You eat with the mountain in view, and the kitchen serves through the day — lunch for shoppers, dinner for locals, and sushi late into the evening.