Shiba Cafe & Matcha - Thảo Điền - Coffee shop in Thao Dien, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City

Shiba Cafe & Matcha sits on a quiet residential street in Thảo Điền, built almost entirely around matcha-based drinks using Oatside oat milk as the default dairy alternative. The focus is narrow by design — this is not a full café menu with espresso drinks and avocado toast — and that specificity is what earns it a loyal following among the neighborhood's non-dairy drinkers and matcha purists.

The cold-whisked matcha latte is the drink reviewers return for: reviewers consistently describe a gentler, more mellow matcha character — rich and creamy without the grassy sharpness common at Japanese-leaning spots. The Matcha Coconut lands sweeter, with a balanced interplay of coconut creaminess and earthy tea. The Strawberry Matcha Latte has its own advocates, earning praise specifically for its fruit-to-tea ratio, a calibration that more cafés get wrong than right.

The interior is tastefully fitted — compact but not cramped, with enough considered detail that it reads as a proper design choice rather than a budget fit-out. An outdoor yard section expands seating when the weather holds. A resident cat and dog roam the floor, a board game shelf invites groups to extend their stay, and the music selection has drawn unprompted notice from reviewers as something that supports rather than interrupts concentration.

Pricing sits at a neighborhood level, noticeably below the premium matcha bars that have opened nearby. For the volume and consistency of its five-star reviews at this stage of operation, Shiba has established itself quickly as the default matcha stop in the Xuân Thủy corridor of Thảo Điền — practical for a solo work session, easy enough for a spontaneous afternoon with friends.