The Cafe Apartments — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

If you are a visitor to HCMC and have been to district 1, you will probably not miss this iconic landmark in the city center. This is the cafe apartment, a 9-storey building that houses a good number of cafes and you will be spoiled for choices which to patronize.

One can leisurely walk up the spiral staircase or take the elevator for a fee at 3000dong per pax (the fee can be offset by your purchase of drinks in most of the cafes here). However, as there's only one lift and many visitors, the wait for the lift can be long and so you need to be patient. We came here in the evening during the Independence Day and it's so nice with the lightings!

Each cafe is unique and different from one another, in terms of decor, displays and themed. So if you have time, you can walk slowly floor to floor and see the different things.

We came by this cafe, % Arabica that is located on the 4th floor. The place was cosy, bright, clean, spacious and comfortable. Upon entering, a strong nice aroma of the coffee would attract and indulge you! So we ordered both hot and cold coffee + lime juices. Staff were generally friendly and would recommend the types of coffee after inquiring your taste and preference. Sofa seats were comfortable and you could also choose to sit at the balcony that offer you a good bird eye's view on the Nguyen Hue walking street downstairs.

Honestly speaking, the coffee tasted "light and diluted", totally different from the aroma that we had smell upon entering. A little disappointing. While prices were slightly higher (not surprising since it's a touristy place) than other cafes such as Highlands, Coffee Bean, Phua Long etc，the view from here was uncompromised!

But it's a nice...

An old apartment block in Saigon turn into cafés, coffee shops, beauty parlors, fashion boutiques, co-working spaces, and a great bookshop. Here nearly 30 shops have remodeled and redecorated what were once living units to adapt to new functionalities, many removing inside walls and extending onto outside balconies. The Café Apartment, 42 Nguyen Hue Street (Walking Street) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is a must-see for your 2022 bucket list

This 9-storey former apartment building retains its mid-20th-century form: viewed from outside, it might remind you of a chocolate box. In early days it housed government workers and military personnel, later the general public. All rooms face southwest, with balconies looking out on Walking Street, the city, and the Saigon river. A stair leads up to each floor, but there’s also elevator service for 3000 Vietnamese dong (VND) – don’t worry, this isn’t anywhere near as much as it sounds – which is reimbursed when paying the bill at any café. Normal opening hours for cafés are the same as for the building itself: 8AM to 10PM. Drinks and snacks are reasonably priced, but you couldn’t call them cheap. There’s visitor parking nearby at Lucky Plaza for 5,000 dong.

📍 Apartment Cafe 🚙 42 Nguyễn Huệ, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam// 42 Nguyen Hue Ben Nghe, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Vietnam. 💰 - ⏰ 9.30am 10.30pm

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Read about this Cafe Apartment so decided to come here for some coffee and cakes. Not all shops are cafes. There's even a printing shop and a shop selling pottery. We couldn't find a normal cafe until I reached the fourth level. Went to Sai Gon Oi. Quite a variety of drinks. Chose a Flan Cake (S$2.80) , matcha coffee (S$3.40) and a Mango lychee smoothie (S$3.40). The smoothie isn't very thick but at least you can taste the mango and lychee. The matcha overpowered the coffee taste. The cake was ok. Overall coffee and cake : 3.5/5 😱While we were sitting there sipping our beverage, a bottled plant on the table caught my son's attention. He noticed something was swimming in the water. He thought it was some fish. When I took the bottle to have a closer look, I saw that the swimming creatures weren't fish but mosquito larvae!!! I immediately took it to the counter and showed it to the staff. She merely gave me a sheepish smile, took the bottle from me and poured the water in the kitchen sink!😱 So patrons, beware not to get bitten by mosquitoes there! By the way, they charge 3000 dong per person to use the lift.😅. First time seeing this. We decided to...