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Best Cafes in Ho Chi Minh City

A list of the 5 best cafes in Ho Chi Minh City, including Cheo Leo Cafe (Vo Van Tan area, Ho Chi Minh City). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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Updated Sep 5, 2026Checked Sep 5, 2026

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    Vo Van Tan area, Ho Chi Minh City

    Family-run vợt (cloth-filter) coffee house in a District 3 alley off Nguyễn Thiện Thuật, opened in 1938 and still run by the founders' children — one of Saigon's oldest surviving coffee shops.

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  2. 2

    Cho Lon, Ho Chi Minh City

    Over-70-year-old wood-roasted vợt coffee stall inside Phùng Hưng Market in Chợ Lớn, still run by the founding family's descendants using the original firewood-roasting and cloth-filter method.

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  3. 3

    Phú Nhuận, Ho Chi Minh City

    Third-generation roadside vợt coffee stall in an alley at 330 Phan Đình Phùng, open around the clock and nicknamed "cà phê âm phủ" for the late-night crowds it still draws.

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    Ben Thanh area, Ho Chi Minh City

    1946 house on Đặng Dung street that served as a secret Saigon commando base before 1975, preserved with its tunnels and artifacts and still operating today as a working coffee shop.

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    Ben Thanh area, Ho Chi Minh City

    Industrial-minimalist roastery and cafe in Đa Kao known for Vietnamese Liberica coffee and hands-on brewing and roasting workshops.

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