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La Terrasse

Pavement café·French Quarter

Sofitel Legend Metropole

The Metropole’s Paris-style terrace on Ngô Quyền, for egg coffee, phở and Champagne.

Our take

  • Egg coffee
  • Parisian terrace
  • Daily, 7am to 10pm
Address
15 Ngô Quyền, Hoàn Kiếm Ward, Hanoi
French Quarter, Hanoi

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About La Terrasse

La Terrasse is the Metropole’s pavement brasserie, modelled on the cafés of Paris, with striped corner sofas and French tables looking onto the life of Ngô Quyền. It serves breakfast from 7am to 10.30am and food from 11.30am to 10pm: salads, sandwiches, phở and French desserts, with Champagne and the hotel’s own Vietnamese egg coffee. Drinks from 7am to 10pm.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with La Terrasse before you go.

What’s nearby

Distances from La Terrasse are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.

Key sights

  1. Hoàn Kiếm Lake650 mWalk 8 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 11 min
  2. St Joseph’s Cathedral750 mWalk 10 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 11 min
  3. Long Biên Bridge2.0 kmWalk 25 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 16 min
  4. The Imperial Citadel2.0 kmWalk 25 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 16 min
  5. The Temple of Literature2.1 kmWalk 26 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 16 min
  6. Trấn Quốc Pagoda3.1 kmWalk 39 minCycle 16 minCar or taxi 21 min
  7. Nội Bài airport22 kmCar or taxi 97 min

Railway station

  1. Hanoi Railway Station (Ga Hà Nội)1.5 kmWalk 19 minCycle 8 minCar or taxi 14 min

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