[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-best-coffee-thao-dien":3},{"guide":4,"venues":49},{"author_bio":5,"author_name":6,"category":7,"content":8,"cover_image_url":5,"created_at":9,"excerpt":10,"id":11,"is_programmatic":12,"is_published":12,"published_at":9,"reading_time_minutes":13,"schema_faq":14,"seo_description":27,"seo_title":28,"slug":29,"subtitle":30,"tags":31,"title":36,"updated_at":37,"venue_slugs":38},null,"Thaodien Editorial","cafes","## Thao Dien's Coffee Culture\n\nThe neighborhood's coffee scene spans the full spectrum. You will find single-origin pourover specialists who import beans direct from Ethiopian farms, Vietnamese coffee houses focused on ca phe sua da and egg coffee, pet cafes with a loyal following, and French-style bakery-cafes with weekend queues. Most are independently owned; the few chains (Starbucks, Phuc Long, Highlands) cluster near the main Thao Dien and Xuan Thuy intersection. The specialty and independent cafes tend to be on quieter lanes off Nguyen Van Huong and Tran Ngoc Dien.\n\n## The Best Coffee Shops in Thao Dien\n\n### 1. XLIII Specialty Coffee\nPurist specialty coffee with guided Arabica tastings, imported filter beans brewed to order, and a no-sweetener policy that signals what this place is.\n\n3,105 reviews and a 5.0-star average make XLIII the most-reviewed and highest-rated specialty coffee venue in Thao Dien. The menu is built around imported Arabica filter beans brewed to order; staff guide first-time guests through origin and processing notes. The no-sweetener policy is non-negotiable — this is a place for coffee people.\n\n### 2. Bakes Thao Dien (French Bakery & Cafe)\nFrench-style bakery known for low-sugar croissants, a salted egg yolk variety among the best in the city, and a nightly buy-one-get-one happy hour after 7:30 PM.\n\nBakes Thao Dien's 1,899-review count at 4.7 stars reflects a following built on low-sugar croissants — including a salted egg yolk variety cited as one of the best in Saigon — and a nightly buy-one-get-one happy hour after 7:30 PM that draws a loyal evening crowd.\n\n### 3. MAME Shiba Cafe\nThao Dien's top-rated pet cafe with a Shiba Inu room and a cat lounge, ticketed entry with drink combos from around 238,000 VND for two.\n\nMAME Shiba is Thao Dien's top-rated animal cafe: ticketed entry includes a drink, and the coffee and matcha drinks are strong enough to draw regulars who skip the Shiba and cat lounges entirely. 1,866 reviews at 4.9 stars.\n\n### 4. Starbucks Thao Dien\nStaff-who-remember-your-name Starbucks with outdoor seating and Vietnam-exclusive bites like the Purple Taro Rainbow Croissant.\n\nThe Starbucks on Thao Dien street draws 1,847 reviews at 4.3 stars — above the chain's district-wide average. Staff consistency, outdoor seating, and Vietnam-exclusive menu items like the Purple Taro Rainbow Croissant explain the above-average score.\n\n### 5. OVER TIME\nEvening-only Binh Thanh cafe open nightly until midnight, serving kiwi smoothie and trà chanh dây under warm yellow light with complimentary sunflower seeds.\n\nOVER TIME opens evenings only — nightly until midnight — and is popular for evening coffee sessions under warm light, with kiwi smoothies and complimentary sunflower seeds. 1,809 reviews at 4.8 stars.\n\n### 6. Early Morning Tea & Coffee\nCanal-side café with vintage two-level interiors and a founder-driven 05:30 Premium black coffee line built around Robusta heritage.\n\nEarly Morning Tea & Coffee occupies a canal-side two-level vintage space and opens at 5:30 AM with a house black coffee line built around Robusta heritage. At 1,770 reviews and 4.3 stars, it is the district's top early-morning option.\n\n### 7. Cú Trên Cây Coffee\nA treehouse-style cafe on Ung Van Khiem with garden, rooftop, and book zones — known for egg coffee and handmade bear cookies with egg cream.\n\nCu Tren Cay's treehouse-style spaces — garden, rooftop, and book zone — draw guests who want an atmospheric morning. The egg coffee and handmade bear cookies with egg cream are the house specialties. 1,743 reviews at 4.4 stars.\n\n### 8. Kin Neko Dog & Cat Cafe\nA cat café on Tống Hữu Định where entry includes a drink and snack; the croissants and matcha draw repeat visitors on their own merit.\n\nKin Neko is a cat cafe on Tong Huu Dinh where entry includes a drink and a snack; the croissants and matcha have a following independent of the cats. 1,716 reviews at 4.9 stars.\n\n### 9. Phê-La\nVietnamese cold brew specialist with a bottled La Cà coffee line and oolong-based drinks designed to be gentle on the stomach.\n\nPhe-La specializes in Vietnamese cold brew and oolong-based drinks designed to be gentle on the stomach. The bottled La Ca coffee line is available to take away. 1,701 reviews at 4.0 stars.\n\n### 10. RITA Võ\nMulti-level cafe at the An Khánh crossroads with private meeting rooms and an all-day menu of noodle soups, rice dishes, and sandwiches.\n\nRITA Vo is a multi-level cafe at the An Khanh crossroads with private meeting rooms — useful for work calls — plus an all-day food menu covering noodle soups and rice dishes. 1,689 reviews at 4.2 stars.\n\n## What to Know Before You Go\n\nMost Thao Dien cafes open between 7 and 8 AM; Early Morning Tea & Coffee opens at 5:30. OVER TIME opens evenings only. WiFi is near-universal in the area. Prices range from 35,000 VND for a Vietnamese iced coffee to 75,000–90,000 VND for a specialty pourover. Pet cafes charge an entry fee (typically 50,000–80,000 VND) that usually includes one drink.\n","Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:50:11 GMT","Over 140 cafes in a few square kilometers — Thao Dien runs on coffee. We ranked the top 10 by verified Google review count, led by XLIII Specialty Coffee at 5.0 stars and 3,105 reviews.",60,true,4,[15,18,21,24],{"answer":16,"question":17},"XLIII Specialty Coffee is the district's top-rated specialty coffee shop, with 3,105 Google reviews at a perfect 5.0-star average. It imports Arabica filter beans and operates a no-sweetener policy, making it the destination for serious coffee drinkers in the neighborhood.","What is the best specialty coffee in Thao Dien?",{"answer":19,"question":20},"Early Morning Tea & Coffee opens at 5:30 AM and is the earliest-opening cafe in the district, with 1,770 reviews at 4.3 stars. XLIII Specialty Coffee and Bakes Thao Dien (French Bakery & Cafe) both open by 7 AM.","Which cafes in Thao Dien open earliest?",{"answer":22,"question":23},"RITA Võ has private meeting rooms and reliable WiFi. Starbucks Thao Dien (Starbucks) is the familiar fallback with consistent connectivity. Most independent cafes in the area have WiFi; {v2['name']} and {venues[7]['name']} are best avoided for work calls given the ambient noise from the animal lounges.","Are there good cafes for laptop work in Thao Dien?",{"answer":25,"question":26},"Thao Dien and the immediately surrounding streets contain over 140 cafes and coffee shops, making it one of the most coffee-dense neighborhoods in Saigon. The concentration runs highest along Thao Dien street, Nguyen Van Huong, and the lanes branching toward the river.","How many coffee shops are there in Thao Dien?","Top 10 cafes in Thao Dien ranked by reviews. XLIII Specialty Coffee leads with 3,105 reviews at 5.0 stars. Specialty coffee, pet cafes, French bakeries.","Best Coffee Shops in Thao Dien 2026 | Thaodien.app","best-coffee-thao-dien","The top 10 cafes ranked by verified review volume — from specialty pourover bars to pet cafes and French bakeries",[32,7,33,34,35],"coffee","specialty-coffee","thao-dien","district-2","Best Coffee Shops in Thao Dien","Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:13:28 GMT",[39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48],"xliii-specialty-coffee","bakes-thao-dien-french-bakery-cafe","mame-shiba-cafe","starbucks-thao-dien","over-time","early-morning-tea-coffee","cu-tren-cay-coffee","kin-neko-dog-cat-cafe","phe-la","rita-vo",{"bakes-thao-dien-french-bakery-cafe":50,"cu-tren-cay-coffee":68,"early-morning-tea-coffee":82,"kin-neko-dog-cat-cafe":97,"mame-shiba-cafe":112,"over-time":122,"phe-la":136,"rita-vo":149,"starbucks-thao-dien":163,"xliii-specialty-coffee":176},{"address":51,"latitude":52,"live_busyness":53,"longitude":56,"name":57,"opening_hours":58,"popular_times_scraped_at":60,"primary_image_url":61,"rating":62,"review_count":63,"slug":40,"types":64},"16 Thảo Điền, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam","10.80378960",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":55},false,"2026-07-05T17:21:35.081219","106.73759670","Bakes Thao Dien (French Bakery & Cafe)",{"Friday":59,"Monday":59,"Saturday":59,"Sunday":59,"Thursday":59,"Tuesday":59,"Wednesday":59},"7:30 AM–10:30 PM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:21:35 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/bakes-thao-dien-french-bakery-cafe/google_maps/7bcd62c19afef105.jpg","4.7",1899,[65,66,67],"Bakery","Bistro","Cafe",{"address":69,"latitude":70,"live_busyness":71,"longitude":73,"name":74,"opening_hours":75,"popular_times_scraped_at":77,"primary_image_url":78,"rating":79,"review_count":80,"slug":45,"types":81},"262 Đ. Ung Văn Khiêm, Thạnh Mỹ Tây, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam","10.80404360",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":72},"2026-07-05T17:28:30.588470","106.72150750","Cú Trên Cây Coffee",{"Friday":76,"Monday":76,"Saturday":76,"Sunday":76,"Thursday":76,"Tuesday":76,"Wednesday":76},"7 AM–10:30 PM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:28:30 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/cu-tren-cay-coffee/google_maps/2cd2467999e88df5.jpg","4.4",1743,[67],{"address":83,"latitude":84,"live_busyness":85,"longitude":87,"name":88,"opening_hours":89,"popular_times_scraped_at":90,"primary_image_url":91,"rating":92,"review_count":93,"slug":44,"types":94},"3A, Đ. Hoa Phượng/388 Trường Sa, Phường 2, Phú Nhuận, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam","10.79074020",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":86},"2026-07-05T17:26:35.936873","106.71954490","Early Morning Tea & Coffee",{"Friday":76,"Monday":76,"Saturday":76,"Sunday":76,"Thursday":76,"Tuesday":76,"Wednesday":76},"Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:26:36 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/early-morning-tea-coffee/google_maps/0876d59dace5cb8c.jpg","4.3",1774,[95,67,96],"Coffee shop","Coffee roasters",{"address":98,"latitude":99,"live_busyness":100,"longitude":102,"name":103,"opening_hours":104,"popular_times_scraped_at":107,"primary_image_url":108,"rating":109,"review_count":110,"slug":46,"types":111},"29/1 Tống Hữu Định, Thảo Điền, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam","10.80648870",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":101},"2026-07-05T15:27:05.540810","106.73392090","Kin Neko Dog & Cat Cafe",{"Friday":105,"Monday":106,"Saturday":106,"Sunday":106,"Thursday":105,"Tuesday":105,"Wednesday":105},"9 AM–6 PM","9 AM–8 PM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:27:05 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/kin-neko-dog-cat-cafe/google_maps/08ae1bc08da712c9.jpg","4.9",1716,[95],{"address":113,"latitude":99,"live_busyness":114,"longitude":102,"name":116,"opening_hours":117,"popular_times_scraped_at":118,"primary_image_url":119,"rating":109,"review_count":120,"slug":41,"types":121},"29 Tống Hữu Định, Thảo Điền, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":115},"2026-07-05T15:27:19.256221","MAME Shiba Cafe",{"Friday":105,"Monday":106,"Saturday":106,"Sunday":106,"Thursday":105,"Tuesday":105,"Wednesday":105},"Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:27:19 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/mame-shiba-cafe/google_maps/93c38f33b14050ee.jpg",1866,[95],{"address":123,"latitude":124,"live_busyness":125,"longitude":127,"name":128,"opening_hours":129,"popular_times_scraped_at":131,"primary_image_url":132,"rating":133,"review_count":134,"slug":43,"types":135},"158 Nguyễn Văn Thương, Thạnh Mỹ Tây, Hồ Chí Minh 00700, Vietnam","10.80320470",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":126},"2026-07-05T17:20:38.901937","106.72042420","OVER TIME",{"Friday":130,"Monday":130,"Saturday":130,"Sunday":130,"Thursday":130,"Tuesday":130,"Wednesday":130},"6:30 PM–12:01 AM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:20:39 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/over-time/google_maps/56198215925d0ddf.jpg","5.0",1809,[95],{"address":137,"latitude":138,"live_busyness":139,"longitude":141,"name":142,"opening_hours":143,"popular_times_scraped_at":144,"primary_image_url":145,"rating":146,"review_count":147,"slug":47,"types":148},"89A Xuân Thủy, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam","10.80404460",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":140},"2026-07-05T17:21:08.430743","106.73548700","Phê-La",{"Friday":76,"Monday":76,"Saturday":76,"Sunday":76,"Thursday":76,"Tuesday":76,"Wednesday":76},"Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:21:08 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/phe-la/google_maps/c00e6900d06743b3.jpg","4.0",1701,[95,67],{"address":150,"latitude":151,"live_busyness":152,"longitude":154,"name":155,"opening_hours":156,"popular_times_scraped_at":158,"primary_image_url":159,"rating":160,"review_count":161,"slug":48,"types":162},"1 Trần Não, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam","10.79831310",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":153},"2026-07-05T17:28:10.043240","106.73295590","RITA Võ",{"Friday":157,"Monday":157,"Saturday":157,"Sunday":157,"Thursday":157,"Tuesday":157,"Wednesday":157},"7 AM–10 PM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:28:10 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/rita-vo/google_maps/87845832b9b1a563.jpg","4.2",1689,[67],{"address":164,"latitude":165,"live_busyness":166,"longitude":168,"name":169,"opening_hours":170,"popular_times_scraped_at":172,"primary_image_url":173,"rating":92,"review_count":174,"slug":42,"types":175},"21 Thảo Điền, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam","10.80321000",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":167},"2026-07-05T17:17:48.603462","106.73765940","Starbucks Thao Dien",{"Friday":171,"Monday":171,"Saturday":171,"Sunday":171,"Thursday":171,"Tuesday":171,"Wednesday":171},"6:30 AM–10 PM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:17:49 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/starbucks-thao-dien/google_maps/47265bfb366a08a5.jpg",1847,[95],{"address":177,"latitude":178,"live_busyness":179,"longitude":181,"name":182,"opening_hours":183,"popular_times_scraped_at":185,"primary_image_url":186,"rating":133,"review_count":187,"slug":39,"types":188},"19 Đ. Số 2, Làng Báo, An Khánh, Hồ Chí Minh 71301, Vietnam","10.80914120",{"current_percent":5,"is_live":54,"updated_at":180},"2026-07-05T17:16:23.912728","106.73369510","XLIII Specialty Coffee",{"Friday":184,"Monday":184,"Saturday":184,"Sunday":184,"Thursday":184,"Tuesday":184,"Wednesday":184},"6:30 AM–10:30 PM","Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:16:24 GMT","https://images.thaodien.app/images/xliii-specialty-coffee/google_maps/337c70a53f08a8c6.jpg",3141,[95]]