Silverland Mây: A Relaxing Boutique Stay with a Rooftop Pool in Central Saigon

Silverland Mây is a 144-room boutique rooftop pool hotel on Thi Sách Street in District 1, built around a 150 m² pool on the 14th floor, a daily complimentary afternoon tea, and a name inspired by the kapok blossoms that drift over old Saigon like clouds each spring (Mây means “cloud”). TripAdvisor ranks it #5 of 1,002 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, the only property in that top five that isn’t a five-star international chain. What earns that ranking isn’t any single feature so much as an unhurried, quietly romantic atmosphere that’s hard to find in a city that rarely slows down.

This guide covers what actually makes Silverland Mây distinct: who it is, where it sits, its design and atmosphere, the rooms, the rooftop pool, wellness, and what a stay here actually feels like day to day.

Who Silverland Mây Is

Silverland Mây opened in 2023 as the newest rooftop pool hotel in the Silverland Hospitality group. It’s a 144-room boutique property built around a rooftop pool, a complimentary afternoon tea guests specifically return for, rooms named after flowers and plants, and an evening lobby atmosphere with live music, warm light, and the hum of the city below, where staying in feels like its own kind of night out.

Guests often mention being remembered by name by their second day, which says more about the service culture here than any amenity list could.

Recognition and Awards

• TripAdvisor: #5 of 1,002 hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, Travellers’ Choice 2026
• World Luxury Hotel Awards 2024: Luxury Boutique Hotel, South East Asia
• Agoda Gold Circle Award 2023

Location: Thi Sách Street, Japan Town, District 1

Silverland Mây sits at 28–30 Thi Sách Street, inside District 1’s Japan Town, a compact grid of streets packed with Japanese and Korean restaurants, izakayas, and late-night noodle counters, all within a two- to five-minute walk. It’s a neighbourhood that rewards wandering after dinner rather than a strip you pass through once.

From the hotel it’s a short walk or quick ride to the Saigon River, Bến Thành Market, and the rest of central District 1, close enough to explore on foot, far enough from the busiest tourist strips to stay genuinely calm in the evenings. For guests who want a base that’s both central and quiet, that combination is harder to find than the map suggests.

Design and Atmosphere

Walk in from the noise of Thi Sách Street and the first thing you notice is how quiet it suddenly feels. Silverland Mây is built on a kind of romantic stillness: soft light, unhurried pace, and the sense of a city humming somewhere below rather than in the room with you, right in the middle of District 1. The design is neoclassical at its bones, but reworked with a lighter, more contemporary hand. The arches, the proportions, and the sense of grandeur all nod to old Saigon, while the materials, the furniture, and the palette feel entirely of today. It reads less like a period piece and more like an old photograph brought back in colour.

That old-Saigon character isn’t just decorative. It’s written into the hotel’s name. Mây means “cloud”: each spring, kapok trees across the city release their cotton-like blossoms, and the drifting white tufts look, from a distance, like clouds settling over old Saigon, a sight the hotel’s name is meant to evoke. The same tree gives its name to Gòn Restaurant downstairs (“gòn” is the Vietnamese word for kapok itself), and the same instinct carries all the way into the room names upstairs, each one borrowed from a different flower or plant with a connection to Saigon.

It’s a small piece of storytelling, but a consistent one, and it’s very likely part of why so many couples end up choosing Mây for anniversaries and honeymoons over hotels with more conventional five-star polish.

That’s not the whole audience, though. Families find the lobby easy to settle into with children in tow, solo travellers use it as a calm base between days out, and business guests appreciate a lobby that doesn’t feel like one. The same restraint that reads as romantic to a couple reads as simply restful to everyone else.

Room Types: Named After Saigon’s Flowers and Plants

Bougainvillaea Signature: For Couples and Honeymoon Stays

The Bougainvillaea Signature rooms are the hotel’s top category, with a private balcony and a freestanding bathtub positioned to look toward the pool level, aimed squarely at honeymoon stays and couples.

The Suite Double: Room to Spread Out

The Suite Double offers a larger layout with a separate sitting area, still built around the same warm materials and soft lighting found throughout the hotel. Across every category, the design favours natural textures and gentle colour palettes over anything that reads as generic 4-star boutique.

More Room Categories, More Kinds of Stay

Bougainvillaea and The Suite Double are the two categories most couples ask about, but they’re far from the whole picture. Silverland Mây also carries Narra Double, Narra Twin No Window, Cassia, Khaya, Flamboyant, Green Papaya, and The Suite Family No Window, each named after a different flower or plant, and each built for a different kind of trip.

Twin layouts suit friends travelling together or family members sharing a room. No-window categories suit guests who mainly want a well-priced, quiet base between days out. The family-sized Suite gives a larger group room to spread out. Put together, it’s a wider range than the hotel’s romantic reputation might suggest, and a large part of why Mây works for so many different kinds of travellers, not just couples.

Every room includes a minibar restocked daily at no charge (two bottles of water, a Fanta, and a winter melon tea, plus instant coffee and tea on the desk) along with a welcome fruit plate that varies by room category.

The Rooftop Pool: Why This Is the Rooftop Pool Hotel Guests Come Back For

As a rooftop pool hotel, the Maya Rooftop Pool Bar is Silverland Mây’s signature feature: a genuine, open-air 150 m² swimming pool on the 14th floor, large enough to actually swim in rather than just photograph. The pool is open daily from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM; the bar beside it stays open until 1:00 AM, looking out over an unobstructed stretch of District 1’s skyline.

In a city with no shortage of rooftop bars, a hotel with an actual pool attached, at a boutique, non-five-star price point, is rarer than it sounds. Mornings here are quiet; by late afternoon, guests return from sightseeing to unwind before the bar fills in for the evening. Cocktails, wine, and light food are served poolside, and at golden hour, with the skyline stretching out below, it delivers a version of “chill in the middle of Saigon” that’s genuinely hard to find at this level of intimacy.

Maya Rooftop Pool Bar: Quick Reference

Detail	Information
Location	14th floor, Silverland Mây Hotel, 28–30 Thi Sách Street, District 1
Pool hours	8:00 AM – 11:00 PM daily
Bar hours	8:00 AM – 1:00 AM daily
Outside guest access (adult)	450,000 VND (approx. US$18), includes 1 drink or ice cream
Outside guest access (child under 1.3m)	320,000 VND (approx. US$13), includes 1 drink or ice cream
Health Club Combo (pool + sauna + steam bath)	520,000 VND (approx. US$20)
Health Club Premium (+ gym)	620,000 VND (approx. US$24)
Access for hotel guests	Included in your stay

USD prices are approximate and for reference only. Actual charges are billed in Vietnamese dong (VND) at the hotel’s rate on the day.

Wellness: KL Spa, Sauna, and Steam Bath

Silverland Mây’s wellness facilities sit alongside the rooftop pool rather than tucked away in a basement. KL Spa is open daily from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM (last appointment 9:00 PM for 60-minute treatments), offering massage (Swedish, Thai, hot stone, Vietnamese traditional, and a signature KL blend of Thai, Shiatsu, and Swedish techniques) along with facial care, body scrubs and wraps, and foot reflexology.

The gym, sauna, and steam bath are open daily (gym from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM, sauna and steam bath from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM) at no charge for staying guests. With the rooftop pool one floor up, a guest can go from a swim to a sauna to a massage without leaving the building, a setup that’s genuinely rare for a boutique hotel this size.

A Day in the Life of a Stay

Several things that other hotels charge extra for come standard here, and together they shape what a stay at Silverland Mây actually feels like day to day.

Afternoon tea runs daily from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM and is included for every staying guest: tea, coffee, juice, and a rotating spread of sweet and savoury pastries that changes daily to stay fresh. It’s one of the most-mentioned details in guest reviews, not because afternoon tea itself is unusual for a hotel, but because guests notice when it’s offered without feeling like an upsell.

Breakfast and casual dining run through two outlets: Bason Café, on Thi Sách Street, serving Vietnamese coffee, tea, and pastries from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM with a 10% discount for staying guests; and Gòn Restaurant, on the ground floor, handling the breakfast buffet (6:00–10:00 AM, a rotating mix of Vietnamese and Western dishes) and à la carte service, with the same kitchen also supplying the Maya Rooftop Pool Bar menu upstairs.

The daily minibar restock and welcome fruit plate are included across all room categories at no charge. Guests booking 3 or more consecutive nights direct through silverlandhotels.com also receive a two-way airport transfer; 2-night direct bookings receive one-way transfer.

• Afternoon tea, 2:00–3:30 PM, included daily
• Minibar restocked daily, no charge
• WiFi throughout the hotel, no charge
• Sauna and steam bath access, no charge
• Best-rate guarantee when booking direct

The rooftop pool, the afternoon tea, and the Bougainvillaea Signature rooms are the reason Mây’s reputation with couples runs so deep. It’s designed around that guest first. But between the wider room selection and the warm, unhurried service, the hotel holds up just as well for solo travellers after a calm base, small groups of friends, families, and business guests who’d rather unwind at a rooftop pool than a hotel bar.

Booking direct at silverlandhotels.com carries advantages beyond price: two-way airport transfer for stays of 3 or more nights (versus one-way or none through most OTAs), a best-rate guarantee, and the ability to confirm details directly with the hotel ahead of arrival, such as decorations for an anniversary or birthday, dietary notes for afternoon tea, or an early check-in request.

FAQ

Does Silverland Mây have a rooftop pool?

Yes. The Maya Rooftop Pool Bar on the 14th floor is a 150 m² open-air swimming pool, the only rooftop pool in the Silverland Hospitality group, open daily from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM and included for staying guests.

Is afternoon tea included at Silverland Mây?

Yes, daily from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, included for every staying guest at no extra charge.

Where is Silverland Mây located?

At 28–30 Thi Sách Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, inside the Japan Town neighbourhood and within walking distance of the Saigon River and central District 1.

Does Silverland Mây have a spa?

Yes. KL Spa is open daily from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, offering massage, facial care, body treatments, and foot reflexology. Sauna and steam bath access is included for staying guests.

Is Silverland Mây good for couples?

Yes, it’s built around that experience, with the Bougainvillaea Signature rooms (private balcony, freestanding bathtub), rooftop pool, and daily afternoon tea most often mentioned by couples in reviews.

Is Silverland Mây suitable for solo travellers or business guests?

Yes. The same calm, unhurried atmosphere that suits couples works equally well for solo travellers and business guests who want a quiet base with a rooftop pool and spa to unwind at the end of the day.

Silverland Mây Hotel, 28–30 Thi Sách Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Website: silverlandhotels.com. Part of Silverland Hospitality, an independent Vietnamese boutique hotel group operating 8 properties in District 1 since 2001. As the group’s only rooftop pool hotel, Silverland Mây remains the pick for travellers who want a swim, a skyline view, and a quiet boutique stay all in one address.