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What to order at The Hanoi Social Club
- Must order
- A Vietnamese filter coffee with the all-day brunch board; vegetarian options on every page.
- Signature drink
- Vietnamese filter coffee
- Editor tip
- Three floors; the rooftop is the quietest for laptop work. Live music in the evenings, check schedule.
CuisineCafé
Price$$
Neighborhoodold-quarter
HoursDaily 08:00-23:00
Phone+84 24 3938 2117
Signature drinkVietnamese filter coffee
WifiYes
Work-friendlyYes
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Must order: A Vietnamese filter coffee with the all-day brunch board; vegetarian options on every page.
Tip: Three floors; the rooftop is the quietest for laptop work. Live music in the evenings, check schedule.
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Location
Address: 6 Hoi Vu, Hang Bong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
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Café Giảng ★ 4.6
Café Giảng in Hanoi is where egg coffee was invented in 1946, served down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan in the Old Quarter by the founder's descendants.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Ca phe trung: whipped egg yolk and condensed milk on Vietnamese coffee, the original recipe from 1946.
Tip: Down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan; the cafe is at the back of a small courtyard. Egg coffee 35,000 VND.
Cafe Phố Cổ ★ 4.5
Cafe Pho Co in Hanoi is the rooftop egg-coffee balcony hidden behind a silk shop on Hang Gai, reached through a corridor, courtyard and home staircase.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee with Hoan Kiem Lake view
Order: Ca phe trung with a seat on the rooftop terrace; the iced coconut coffee runs a close second.
Tip: Enter through the red-fronted silk shop at street level, then follow the corridor to the courtyard and climb to the roof.
Cafe Đinh ★ 4.5
Cafe Đinh in Hanoi was opened in 1987 by Cafe Giang's daughter Mrs Bich, with a tiny upstairs balcony over Hoan Kiem Lake and the original 1946 recipe.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Ca phe trung hot or iced, on the narrow first-floor balcony overlooking the lake.
Tip: Up an old staircase above a travel agency; the balcony has six seats. Iced 35,000 VND, hot 30,000 VND.
Loading T café ★ 4.6
Loading T café in Hanoi occupies the second floor of an 8 Chan Cam French villa from the 1930s, with original geometric tiles and olive-green shutters.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee with cinnamon
Order: The cinnamon egg coffee or the coconut coffee, with one of the homemade cakes from the small bakery counter.
Tip: Five minutes from Hoan Kiem Lake and two from St Joseph's Cathedral. Climb past the family shrine on the way up.
The Note Coffee ★ 4.0
The Note Coffee in Hanoi is a four-floor cafe a block off Hoan Kiem Lake's pedestrian zone, plastered floor-to-ceiling with 220,000-plus visitor notes.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Egg coffee or coconut coffee with a sticky note to add to the walls; coffee 40,000-60,000 VND.
Tip: The upstairs floors are quieter; the top floor has the deepest layer of notes. Five minutes from Ngoc Son Temple.
More cafés in Hanoi
Maison Marou Hanoi ★ 4.6
Maison Marou in Hanoi is the chocolate cafe and shop of Vietnam's bean-to-bar Marou, plating French pastries with single-origin Vietnamese chocolate.
Signature drink: Single-origin Vietnamese hot chocolate
Order: The single-origin hot chocolate from Tien Giang or Ba Ria beans, with a chocolate-and-almond croissant.
Tip: Watch the chocolate kitchen at work through the back-room windows; the bar sells single-origin bars to take home.
Café Giảng ★ 4.6
Café Giảng in Hanoi is where egg coffee was invented in 1946, served down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan in the Old Quarter by the founder's descendants.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Ca phe trung: whipped egg yolk and condensed milk on Vietnamese coffee, the original recipe from 1946.
Tip: Down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan; the cafe is at the back of a small courtyard. Egg coffee 35,000 VND.
Cafe Phố Cổ ★ 4.5
Cafe Pho Co in Hanoi is the rooftop egg-coffee balcony hidden behind a silk shop on Hang Gai, reached through a corridor, courtyard and home staircase.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee with Hoan Kiem Lake view
Order: Ca phe trung with a seat on the rooftop terrace; the iced coconut coffee runs a close second.
Tip: Enter through the red-fronted silk shop at street level, then follow the corridor to the courtyard and climb to the roof.
Cafe Đinh ★ 4.5
Cafe Đinh in Hanoi was opened in 1987 by Cafe Giang's daughter Mrs Bich, with a tiny upstairs balcony over Hoan Kiem Lake and the original 1946 recipe.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Ca phe trung hot or iced, on the narrow first-floor balcony overlooking the lake.
Tip: Up an old staircase above a travel agency; the balcony has six seats. Iced 35,000 VND, hot 30,000 VND.
Loading T café ★ 4.6
Loading T café in Hanoi occupies the second floor of an 8 Chan Cam French villa from the 1930s, with original geometric tiles and olive-green shutters.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee with cinnamon
Order: The cinnamon egg coffee or the coconut coffee, with one of the homemade cakes from the small bakery counter.
Tip: Five minutes from Hoan Kiem Lake and two from St Joseph's Cathedral. Climb past the family shrine on the way up.
The Note Coffee ★ 4.0
The Note Coffee in Hanoi is a four-floor cafe a block off Hoan Kiem Lake's pedestrian zone, plastered floor-to-ceiling with 220,000-plus visitor notes.
Signature drink: Cà phê trứng egg coffee
Order: Egg coffee or coconut coffee with a sticky note to add to the walls; coffee 40,000-60,000 VND.
Tip: The upstairs floors are quieter; the top floor has the deepest layer of notes. Five minutes from Ngoc Son Temple.