Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Good drinks, classic design and quite atmospheres make these Retro Saigon Cafes become ideal places for nostalgic people.

81Cafe

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

81Cafe located on Nguyen Van Nguyen Street in District 1 with the look of Vietnamese house back to 80s, turning it into a pariah in the urban center.

The time seem to be freeze a did not move on because of crumbling mortar walls to old-fashioned vacuum flasks.

It is impossible to ask for a menu since all the drinks were wrote on the wall. Candied tamarind mix and kumquat iced tea are some good options, and of course coffee.

Út Lành Cafe

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Right in the middle of busy city, located in an alley at Pham Ngu Lao street, is a cafe shop without air-con and wifi. Customers come here to put their phone away, read newspaper and talk with each other. This vintage shop has an countryside name which familiar with Southern people: Ut often a family nickname for youngest daughter in south of Vietnam, and Lanh mean gentle.

This cafe is popular for both foreign and local Saigoner.

Den Da Coffee & Dessert

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Den da mean black coffee with ice, one of the most popular coffee option in Vietnam. The brand has opened several shops in Saigon to serve an increasing number of young customers. Its shops on Ham Nghi, Pasteur and Phan Xich Long Streets are open 24 hours a day.

Cũ Cafe

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Cu mean old in Vietnamese, the name tell you everything about this shop which located in a small alley at Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Tan Binh District.

Unlike a normal coffee shop which lines up tables and chairs, customers here are free to find a place to settle in around the house or out in the front yard, bringing a homely feeling.

Saigon Retro Cafe

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Saigon Retro cafe with old design bring you back to the old 60s Saigon. Located in Tran Quoc Toan Street, this shop comfort people with solf old music from ancient dish machine.

Nho Cafe

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Nho (Small) Café down an alley off Le Van Sy Street describes itself as “The space of time”.

It’s definitely a quiet space with old, simple tables and chairs, and the sound of “choo choo” trains running on the nearby north-south railway.

Things Cafe

Time Machine: 7 Retro Saigon Cafes Bring You Back To The Past

Turned from old department built during French colonial times into a retro cafe shop, Things Cafe is ideal place for people who looking for old atmospheres. This shop located at Ton That Dam Street in District 1.