Café
1. Cafe Giang
The family café where egg coffee was invented in 1946, still run by the founder's son in an alley off Nguyen Huu Huan Street in the Old Quarter.
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2. Maison Marou Saigon
The flagship café of Marou, the Vietnamese bean-to-bar chocolate maker founded in 2011, serving chocolate drinks, cakes and French-style pastries on Calmette Street.
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3. Reaching Out Tea House
A calm tea house on Tran Phu Street staffed by speech- and hearing-impaired people, where you order in writing and taste Vietnamese teas in near silence.
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4. Cafe Dinh
A simple second-floor café overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake, opened by the daughter of egg coffee's inventor and known for its hot and iced egg coffee.
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5. Hoi An Roastery
A home-grown Hoi An coffee roaster founded in 2015, serving Vietnamese and specialty coffee in historic buildings on Tran Phu and Tran Cao Van.
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6. The Workshop Coffee
A specialty coffee café in a bright, high-ceilinged heritage space up a staircase just off Dong Khoi Street, known for pour-over and serious coffee.
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7. Cafe Lam
A Hanoi coffee house dating from the early 1950s, where the owner once swapped coffee for paintings by struggling artists, whose works still line the walls.
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8. Mia Coffee
A small specialty coffee shop on Phan Boi Chau Street where owner Le Quang Huy roasts Dalat Yellow Bourbon Arabica daily for his own house blend.
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9. Okkio Caffe
A well-designed specialty coffee café near Ben Thanh Market, set in an older building with large colonial-era windows and a small food menu.
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10. Habakuk
A specialty coffee shop by day and European bistro by night, hidden in a lane off Phan Huy Chu Street and listed as a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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11. La Viet Coffee Saigon
A busy café and roastery on Hai Ba Trung Street serving farm-to-cup coffee from Dalat, with beans roasted on site in an open industrial space.
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12. Phin Coffee
A family-run coffee shop in a shady courtyard off Tran Phu Street, roasting its own beans and serving pour-overs, cold brew and coconut coffees.
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13. Cafe Pho Co
A café hidden behind a shop on Hang Gai Street, reached through a courtyard and an old house, with a rooftop terrace overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake.
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14. Cocobana Tea Rooms
A tea room in an old two-storey merchant's house on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, with around 25 teas, a garden courtyard, a gallery and herbal footbaths.
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15. Little HaNoi Egg Coffee
A characterful café on Yersin Street recreating old Hanoi with dark wood and vintage photographs, known for northern-style egg coffee and breakfast.
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16. Bosgaurus Coffee Roasters
An acclaimed specialty coffee roaster with a riverside roastery at Saigon Pearl and a downtown café on Nguyen Sieu Street, known for its skilled baristas.
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17. The Note Coffee
A three-storey café beside Hoan Kiem Lake whose walls are covered in hundreds of handwritten sticky notes left by customers, from quotes to reflections on life.
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18. Tiem Che Xiu
A dessert shop on Tran Hung Dao Street specialising in Vietnamese che, best known for coconut gelato served in a fresh coconut.
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