Highlands Coffee Bui Thi Xuan — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

Highlands Coffee is a very popular franchise in Vietnam. Called Highlands coffee for where the coffee is grown. Predominately in the Highlands area of Dac lac province, around Buon Ma Thuot. Where they also have an historical Museum just about the coffee. It is a major export and if you like coffee I recommend trying it. It is my go to coffee now. Usually served with the coffee strainer on top of the glass with ice. But you can order it already strained and ready to drink. Most popular being black coffee. If you order with milk, don’t add sugar because it is sweetened condensed milk. In the stores you will mostly get your order all mixed ready to drink. There are many variates of coffee, hot and cold. With a good selection of snacks to go with it. From Cheesecake to Croissants. Highlands coffee shops can be found all...

We're staying in a hotel a few doors down from this Highlands location. We have a tour booked with a 7am pickup. We stopped at this coffee shop last night to ask what time they open in the morning. The sign on the door said 6am but we asked the counter person just to confirm, and she also said they open at 6am. Perfect! We can have coffee and breakfast, then walk a few steps back to our hotel and wait for the shuttle. BUT they didn't open at 6am. We were standing outside waiting a few minutes before 6:00. Everything was dark inside. Finally at 10 minutes past, the doors opened. We walked in, only to be told "sorry, we just opened, we won't be ready for another 20 minutes." Not to be overly judgemental, but I'd say that's a pretty lackluster approach to...

This happens to be near our hotel so we opted to have coffee before heading out. The menu isn’t very informative to what it is as a foreigner so I just went with the recommendations since I wasn’t in the mood to do some research. Lol.

It was quite busy when we arrived and there was a queue at the counter. We were lucky to secure seats though. The drinks took a while to get prepared but it was their peak hour so it’s understandable.

There’s nothing remarkable about the drinks we got but still very enjoyable. It’s typical Vietnamese coffee done right. This branch isn’t so aesthetic-looking too and can get noisy but if you’re staying at one of the nearby hotels, it’s...