Ty Ốc - Restaurant in Thao Dien, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

Ty Ốc occupies a compact space on Trần Não with a schedule — 5 PM to 3 AM, every night — that defines its crowd. The kitchen focuses on shellfish and seafood small plates, and the dish that consistently draws comment is the gỏi khô mực khoai môn chiên: dried squid with crispy fried taro, a combination that balances chew, crunch, and a clean briny edge. The cháo hải sản earns parallel praise, functioning less as a starter and more as the reason certain regulars show up a second and third time.

Cheese-grilled ốc nướng phô mai appears on most tables — rich and indulgent, acknowledged by reviewers as heavy but ordered anyway. Ốc hương runs around 150,000 VND per plate, which registers as steep relative to comparable spots across the city, and is a recurring point in reviews. Most diners still return. The venue is small and kept clean, with motorcycle parking five meters from the entrance — a detail that surfaces often enough in reviews to suggest it genuinely matters to the locals cycling through after dark.

Pricing lands around 200,000 VND per person, a reflection of the Trần Não address and the freshness of the seafood. Service has drawn occasional notes about forgotten orders, a minor friction in an otherwise well-regarded operation. What the place trades on is a focused menu, reliable late-night hours, and a handful of dishes that hold up across visits. Thao Dien has no shortage of restaurants, but a seafood spot with a 4.9 rating, a 3 AM closing time, and the kind of word-of-mouth that fills tables on a Tuesday occupies a fairly specific slot in the neighborhood.