Other than watching the real water of the real pool, guests at the New World Hotel Saigon can also watch swimming and water polo and other sporting events from around the world. How so? Splash Bar, which opened on March 17, is a sports bar with two large television screens. Besides beer, the bar by the pool on the second floor serves mocktails, cocktails, wine fruit juices and other drinks.

New World food and beverage director Greg Garnes says that in line with the theme the bar will not cater to fine diners but to those who like to have a beer with their meal while watching live football matches, Formula 1 car racing and other contests on ESPN and Star Sports.

A seafood barbecue by the pool every Friday night to draw even more guests will be also set up, he adds. Splash Bar opens from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Thursday and to 11 p.m. from Friday to Sunday. For more information, contact:

    New World Hotel Saigon
       Tel: (84-8) 822 8888