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Best Cafés in Ho Chi Minh City (2026)

Coffee is part of daily life in Ho Chi Minh City, and the café scene runs from traditional drip coffee to carefully brewed specialty beans. Little HaNoi brings northern egg coffee to the south in a room recreating old Hanoi, while La Viet Coffee roasts beans from Dalat on site in an industrial space on Hai Ba Trung Street.

For specialty coffee, The Workshop, upstairs off Dong Khoi Street, is known for pour-over in a bright heritage room, Okkio Caffe near Ben Thanh Market has large colonial-era windows and suits working, and Bosgaurus Coffee Roasters has a riverside roastery at Saigon Pearl and a café in District 1. If you prefer something sweet, Maison Marou, the flagship of the Vietnamese bean-to-bar chocolate maker, serves chocolate drinks and French-style pastries until late in the evening. Many of the best independent cafés are up staircases in older buildings, so they are not always easy for visitors with limited mobility. Hours are not always published, so check social media before a special trip, and visit mid-morning or mid-afternoon on weekdays for a quieter seat.

6 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Ho Chi Minh City

  1. Maison Marou Saigon Chocolate café and patisserie, District 1 (Ben Thanh)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.
  2. The Workshop Coffee Specialty coffee, District 1 (Saigon)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.
  3. Okkio Caffe Specialty coffee, District 1 (Ben Thanh)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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1. Maison Marou Saigon

Chocolate café and patisserie$$District 1 (Ben Thanh)

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.

View details — Maison Marou Saigon

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3. Okkio Caffe

Specialty coffee$$District 1 (Ben Thanh)

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.

View details — Okkio Caffe