% Arabica Ho Chi Minh City Roastery — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

Went here yesterday night with my family. Prices were high and righthly so. I could see the whole cathedral and the streets anywhere in the store. Drinks and desserts were executed okay, nothing that made my eye's popped. My espresso shot was sour and bitter. 400k Dong for 2 drinks and 2 desserts were not worth it. I could eat and enjoy way more by just getting streetfood and takeaway coffee from Gióng Cafe and sit on the sidewalk looking at the cathedral, at least they are not pretending to be a high end specialty cafe. Coffee beans choices were okay, wish they would have a sample so we can actually have something to believe in the product instead of basing our choices on a few short descriptions on a piece of paper. Final nail in the coffin was the toilet. The employees must have thought women pee standing up because aint no woman sitting down on that pee worship shrine. It's filthy and unsightly. This cafe is selling streetfood level of service and quality while charging fancy restaurant prices. If you respect yourself and your money, stay away Viet translation: Quán như cc. giá thì mắc mà service thì chả có. chỉ tổ tốn tiền + tốn thời gian. có chương trình khuyễn mãi free bj trong nhà vệ sinh t cũng...

Apart from its convenient location, everything else is unacceptable: • The drink prices are expensive compared to the market, especially considering the services provided. The drink menu is displayed everywhere, yet there isn’t even a single price listed. • The space isn’t optimized, and the seating area is overcrowded. Meanwhile, the coffee display takes up more than half of the space, leaving customers squeezed together. • The café is too hot. • The toilet is poorly designed, cramped, and dirty. • The staff have a bad attitude and are not helpful. • Most importantly, there are no power outlets in the café. There’s only one outlet placed outside, which is practically useless. When I asked the staff to charge my device behind the counter, they refused, claiming there’s no space. They basically told customers to figure it out themselves.

For anyone considering visiting this café, there are plenty of better options in the same...

Finally, this % coffee from Singapore is recreated here in Vietnam. They did exactly the same style, from coffee counters to waiting tables. The place is wide and spacious, promoting conventional coffee drinking. Ambience and atmosphere is industrial, very clean and organised. As expected of %, it’s busy as they don’t do too much staff that will just cluster the bar playing but rather doi g the busy job quickly. Although there aren’t sufficient sitting tables, the coffee is design for quick drinking and not for staying long chatting and playing around. Good coffee selection and average options. Price is reasonable.

Now, the coffee bean is really good quality and I could taste the aroma in my americano. Latte is smooth. So, a specialty coffee level. Fluent english speaking baristas. But here’s the catch, just like in Singapore, no QR codes: either card or cash (although purely cashless in SG).

Hope they’ll manage to keep...