We pre-booked for 2 nights at ACE hotel for our first visit to HCMC, the hotel is in a great location in district 1 and we were no more than 25mins walk from the main attractions including the War Rembrants museum and Benh Thanh market. There are lots of shops and restaurants outside the hotel but to get some more 'local' food head over to De Tham/Bui Vien street area on the other side of the park where you will find more variety of street food style restaurants and lively bars. The staff at the hotel were very welcoming and friendly, they also upgraded our room upon arrival :). The room itself was great and modern (we had a deluxe room with window) it had a comfy bed, TV, fridge, kettle, aircon and a lovely big walk in shower! We enjoyed our stay here so extended it by 1 night, the manager honoured the same price (£18 per night) we had paid online and allowed us to stay in the upgraded room. A very nice breakfast was included in the room price which we enjoyed on the 9th floor each morning, breakfast was a large spread that consisted of meats, salad, bread, freshly cooked eggs/omelette and tea/coffee/juice.
There is also a computer in reception which is free to use, however it wasn't really needed as there was very strong wifi reception throughout the hotel.
We made use of the laundry service (30k dong per Kg). We had a fantastic stay here and will definitely return if we decide to visit the city again!