Ho Chi Minh City

Acoustic Cafe

Though only 1 km from the heavily touristed centre, this club is completely outside the tourist orbit, and offers an interesting view of local life. The all-Vietnamese house band performs every night, mostly American music, and it's always jammed with student-aged groupies. For some reason, they address the crowd in English between songs, even though half the crowd doesn't understand. On weekends, at least, you need to arrive by 19:30 to have any hope of getting a seat. If your hobby is rock ballad or hard rock, you should go on Friday night.

Allez Boo

For those who have been here before, you'll find the original bar is now Highlands Coffee and an all new Allez Boo has opened on the opposite corner. It's shiny and brand-new, but retains the same feel as the original. There's a bar with air-con on the 2nd floor with DJ-type music, and an airy rooftop patio. Quite similar to its sibling establishment, Go2 Bar.

Cà Phê Okinawa

Okinawa Coffee Saigon, nơi tạo những ly cà phê thơm ngon – độc đáo – khác biệt và giàu năng lượng… 785 HOÀNG SA, PHƯỜNG 9, QUẬN 3, TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH. https://okinawacoffeesg.blogspot.com/

Closed · opens 6 am·Outdoor seating · Wi-Fi

Cà Phê Royal Tea House

Local tea and coffee shop that serves various types of organic loose leaf teas grown from the Da Lat region. Boba tea/Bubble tea/Milk tea are also served using the house-brand of tea and coffee.

Highlands Coffee

Highlands Coffee is a Vietnamese chain that is ubiquitous in Ho Chi Minh City. They offer a variety of coffee drinks reasonably priced (25,000-60,000 dong, depending on your order) with consistent quality.

Rawberry

Raw vegan dessert shop. Custom vegan birthday cakes. Vegan milk shakes and coffee drinks.

Closed · opens 9 am·Fully vegetarian · Takeaway · Wi-Fi

Trung Nguyen

The Vietnamese version of Starbucks, but with much better coffee. They have locations all over the city, but are not well represented in the heart of the tourist district. Prices start around 40,000 dong for a basic cuppa, although there are plenty of variations including the infamous weasel coffee (cà phê chồn), made from coffee beans collected from civet excrement; however, a quick Google search about the conditions in which the civets are kept may further dissuade some from sampling.

Bobby Brewery Coffee

Nice place with good beverages. Used to show movies on 2nd and 3rd floor. Now reopened as La Cantina.

Book Street

Book Street has a number of book shops, both run by individual vendors and some of Vietnam’s publishing houses. You can find books in both English and Vietnamese, as well as a few other languages. Prices vary from bargain used book racks to pricy illustrated volumes hot off the press. There are two cafes on the street that are a nice stop for coffee while exploring a newly-purchased book. The centre of the street often has art exhibits or special displays and there is a stage that is occasionally used to hold live talk shows and other events. Book selection is often curiously limited, with many of the books in English being safe business and self-help titles, or obviously touristic in nature.

Cafe Napoly

The decor is Roman ruins-lite (they meant "Napoli"), but the menu is typical for an upscale Vietnamese cafe: coffee, fruit drinks, ice cream, and a simple menu including eggs and rice dishes. Piped music is nice, not too loud by day (though louder at night), prices are decent. Outdoor terrace in the front, air-con section on the ground floor, and evening lounge-bar on the upper floor. Next door to the louder, more trendy and possibly pretentious Cafe Nam Sao.

Chao Ba Ca Phe

Granny's Coffee

This place has a really authentic and wonderful cafe sua da served by the famous "grandma" for about 8,000 dong. A little tricky to find.

M-Comic

A rather hard to find coffee shop. Upstairs is like a bedroom with a couple of beds. Arrive early if you want to occupy one. It has a large selection of magazine and comic books to choose from. Only serves Vietnamese drinks, and the staff only speak a little English. Free Wi-Fi.

11,000-30,000 dong

Old Saigon Coffee

Reminiscent of HCMC in the past. It has a great view of Dong Khoi St. All the drinks and foods are typical Saigon. The staff are quite decent.

Regina Coffee

Vietnamese coffee or cappuccini. They have a skilled Japanese espresso master who knows how to brew coffee. French mixed with Asian design with brick walls. It is marketed towards tourists and all proceeds go to the church around the corner.

Serenata and Soi Da

Two open-air cafe-bars with live music in villa-style settings, which attract few if any tourists but typify what most Vietnamese consider a pleasant evening out. Both feature a mix of classical chamber music, Vietnamese lounge songs, American FM classics and the odd French song.

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134 Đường An Bình

139 Coffee & Tea

139 Hàm Nghi

1996 Space & Coffee

2PM Coffee

Hẻm 135 Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh

Closed · opens 6 am

33 Le's Garden

365 Chay

26 Đặng Thị Nhu, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Closed · opens 7 am·Vegan options

3Đ Chill Cafe

479

479 Đường Phan Văn Trị

501

501 Đường Phan Văn Trị

69

74 Juice

74 Đường Lê Hồng Phong

Fully vegetarian

78

80+ Coffee Roastery

5E Trần Nhật Duật

Closed · opens 7:30 am·Wi-Fi

81 bia

86 Cafe