Nicely decorated cafe, complete with Singer sewing machine tables. Location: 22 Ly Quoc Su, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi There are two branches in Hanoi and there is a bakery attached to the cafe (and a good one at that). Location: 16 Nha Tho, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoiįor those who have been to Laos, you might remember Joma from Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Moca Cafe is near St Josephs Cathedral and is set in a lovely colonial era building. Location: 5 Dinh Tien Hoang St, Hoan Kiem Disrict, Hanoi There are several cafes inside that overlook the lake, and I thought the Highlands was the best pick of those cafes. If you go to the roundabout at the northern end of the Hoan Kiem Lake there is a giant building that occupies a whole block. I just wanted to add this one for the location. Highlands Coffee are a chain that can be found across Vietnam, so you won’t need to try hard to find a branch. Location: 35A Nguyen Huu Huan, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi (and other locations) My favourite branch is on Nguyen Huu Huan in the Old Quarter, which has a corner balcony upstairs overlooking the crazy streets of Hanoi. The cafes are decorated with communist posters and American-Vietnam War era trinkets, and serve different styles of Vietnamese coffee. I would have liked to have completed the Cong set of six, but there is only so much coffee you can drink in a week.
I like the arty vibe of this cafe group and I ended up visiting three of the six. Location: 6 Hoi Vu, Hoan Kiem District, HanoiĬong Caphe have six branches in Hanoi. If I was living in Hanoi I would be a regular here for sure. As it turns out one of the co-owners is from Melbourne, which explains that homely feeling for me. Location: 1 Cua Dong (corner Hang Ga and Cua Dong), Hoan Kiem District, HanoiĪs soon as I walked into the Hanoi Social Club I had this sensation of feeling at home. Website: /v/puku-caf%C3%A9–bar/4c264ed4f1272d7f285686c5Ī sister cafe of Puku (or I’m assuming they are seeing they both have the same distinct typeface), this cafe also serves Lavazza coffee and has indoor and outdoor seating upstairs. Location: 18 Tong Duy Tan, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi They serve good espresso coffee and it is open 24 hours, in case you want to work or hang out into the wee hours. This was a great first choice and we ended up revisiting a few times over the course of the week. I was happy to have a fellow cafe fiend on the trail and he recommended we come here first. He came to Hanoi to soak up the writerly vibes that this city emanates while finishing his book. I arrived in Hanoi with my friend Dan, who is also living in Saigon. For the purpose of this blog I have listed cafes that have wifi and are suitable for digital nomads to work in.Īt the end of this post I’ve also included some cafes that you should visit for a different coffee experience. For street cafes you won’t need my help: you only have to walk outside your hotel and you will soon find a cafe.
Like in Saigon there are a countless amount of cafes all over Hanoi, ranging from vendors with little plastic chairs on the side of the street, cafes in the front room of family homes, and smoky karaoke dens. It was something of an occupational hazard to visit so many cafes in a week, but it was worth it.
My trip to Hanoi was for one week, so this meant I had to pace my cafe visits in addition to making time to revisit my favourites. In my previous cafe reports I have usually had at least a month to try out the cafes of each city. Following up on my guide to cafes in Ho Chi Minh City I now present my guide to cafes in Hanoi.
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