Traveling to Hanoi, you should not miss visiting the Hanoi Old Quarter with ancient corners, houses, and charming landscapes. Besides some famous spots surrounding Hanoi Old Quarter such as Hoan Kiem Lake, Dong Xuan Market, Hang Ma Street, etc., you should drop in some famous cafés to enjoy the tranquility. Let’s find out the top 09 best cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter with Handspan Travel Indochina!

This article will include some detailed information about these cafés below.

Giang Café

• Address: No 39, Nguyen Huu Huan Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 7.00 a.m. - 10.30 p.m. 
• Phone number: +84 98 9892 298
• Price: from VND 25,000

Giang Café is one of the most famous cafés in the Hanoi Old Quarter for both local people and international tourists. This café is located on a small lane of Nguyen Huu Huan Street, which may take you a long time to find. However, you will not feel disappointed when you enter here. With an ancient look and decoration, Giang café reminds every guest of an elegant Hanoi. 

The entrance to Giang Café

Coming to Giang Café, you should not miss the egg coffee which is a featured characteristic in Hanoi cuisine. Giang Café is the first place to serve this type of coffee. Mr. Nguyen Van Giang, a bartender at Sofitel Metropole Hanoi Hotel, had used the egg yolk to replace milk. Until now, his recipe has been passed down through generations and has become more and more well-known. The greasy egg yolk blended with the filtered coffee creates an unforgettable flavor that differentiates Giang Café’s egg coffee from other places’ egg coffee. 

Giang Café's egg coffee

Let’s come to Giang Café and enjoy a cup of hot egg coffee, egg with green beans, egg with cinnamon, and other tasty drinks on Giang café’s menu!

Dinh Café

• Address: 13 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 7.00 a.m. - 9.30 p.m.
• Phone number: 024 3824 2960
• Price: from VND 25,000

Dinh Café is also one of the best cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter, located on the 2nd floor of an ancient France villa. To reach Dinh Café, you will have to go through a bag shop and climb up an old staircase. Stepping foot on the café, you will see a featured space of Hanoi Old Quarter’s house with a simple and delicate arrangement and decoration. Especially, Dinh has a balcony with a nice view of Hoan Kiem Lake. Staying here, you can enjoy a cup of coffee while admiring the lake’s atmosphere. 

Coming to Dinh Café, you can try the original egg coffee like in Giang Café, as the founder of this café is Mr. Giang’s daughter, Mrs. Bich. You can feel the combination of pure coffee, egg yolk, and milk in each cup of egg coffee. Besides egg coffee, Dinh also serves other types of drinks like tea, juice, and yogurt. Let’s come and choose yourself a corner to enjoy Dinh Cafe’s tranquility and delicious drinks!

Dinh Café's egg coffee

Loading T Café

• Address: 08 Chan Cam, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 p.m.
• Price: from VND 20,000

Mentioning the beautiful cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter, you should not miss Loading T Café. This café is located on the 2nd floor of an ancient French villa; therefore, it has a vintage arrangement and decoration. With the high ceiling, wooden chairs and tables, antiques from the owner's collections decorated around every corner, and ancient French music, Loading T Café is indeed an ideal place to find tranquility. 

Loading T Café

On Loading T's menu, egg coffee is always the must-try drink. The egg coffee here has the original flavor of pure coffee, egg yolk, and milk, combined with the cinnamon smell, creating a unique flavor. Besides egg coffee, iced coffee, and herbal tea are also some featured drinks you should try in Loading T Café. 

Cafe Pho Co

• Address: 11 Hang Gai, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Opening hours:  8.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
• Price: from VND 20,000

Cafe Pho Co is also on the list of the best cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter you should drop in. The top floor of the café is on the terrace, overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake. The lower floors have a space resembling Hanoi from the 19-20 century with antiques displayed around.

A corner inside Ca Phe Pho Co

Coming to the Cafe Pho Co, you can immerse yourself in the ancient atmosphere while enjoying a cup of coffee. The egg coffee is one of the featured drinks at this café. This drink has a combination of the bitterness of coffee, the greasy taste of eggs, and the sweetness of the milk. Especially, when drinking hot, you can immediately feel the fragrant egg flavor and extremely concentrated coffee flavor. 

Cafe Pho Co's egg coffee

Hanoi Social Club

• Address: No 6, Hoi Vu Lane, Hang Bong, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 8.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
• Price: from VND 100,000

Hanoi Social Club is also one of the cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter that you should visit at least once when you are in Hanoi. This café is an ancient French villa in a peaceful lane intersecting with Hang Bong Street.

There are three floors inside the café with different styles of decoration. The first floor has a vintage arrangement with simple wooden and rattan chairs and tables. This floor is also the space for live music every weekend in which you can enjoy both Asian and European music with vivid and high-quality sound. 

Hanoi Social Club’s second floor is more idyll with the combination of both domestic and international styles of decoration. This floor is outstanding with a small bookshelf, a guitar in a corner, an ancient clock, a mirror, and many other decorations. Coming to the café, you will also feel impressed with the third floor which looks like a small forest. 

The Hanoi Social Club

The café serves drinks, snacks, and desserts. Among the drinks, Coconut Chai Tea with coconut milk and cinnamon taste, and Hanoi cider with apple flavor are two drinks you should not miss. 

Let’s come to Hanoi Social Club, and enjoy a cup of drink and tranquility!

The Note Coffee

• Address: 64 Luong Van Can, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 8.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
• Price: from VND 35,000

The Note Coffee with the view to Hoan Kiem Lake is among the most popular cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter for tourists when they travel to Hanoi. The Note is a special café that allows guests to write their feelings on sticky notes and stick them anywhere around the café. This is absolutely a good way for guests to save their memories about the café and their lives. Coming to the café, you can relieve yourself by writing notes or reading other’s notes while enjoying a cup of coffee. 

The Note Coffee

Hanoi House Café

• Address: 47A Ly Quoc Su, Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Opening hours: 7.00 a.m. - 1.00 a.m.
• Price: from VND 30,000

Hanoi House Café is also one of the famous cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter for international tourists. This café impresses guests first with its entrance through a small alley and a balcony overlooking St. Joseph’s Cathedral. 

Stepping foot on Hanoi House Café, you will see an ancient decorative style with cold colors, antiques, unique lamps, and old tile floors. When you come to the café, you can escape from the crowded city and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere with romantic soothing French music. You can choose to stay inside, on the garret, or on the balcony to admire the city view. 

Hanoi House Coffee

Besides the unique decoration, the café also has a diverse menu of coffee, tea, juice, cocktails, soda, etc. Let’s come here to enjoy a drink in an idyll space!

In conclusion, you have just known about the 07 best cafés in Hanoi Old Quarter that you should not miss. Hope that with these pieces of information, you can have a nice vacation in Hanoi. For more information to know before traveling to Hanoi, please refer to our blog post here: Hanoi travel guide.