8 of the best · Hanoi, Vietnam
Egg Coffee, Ice Cream and Afternoon Tea
Egg coffee at Café Giảng, coconut coffee at Cộng, the notes of The Note Coffee, Marou’s chocolate, Tràng Tiền ice cream and tea at the Metropole.
Our 8 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three Hanoi moments we keep going back to: the Temple of Literature at eight in the morning, a bowl of phở on Bát Đàn, and a drink in the Metropole’s Bamboo Bar at dusk.
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Egg coffee since 1946
Café Giảng
The home of Hanoi’s egg coffee: a thick, sweet whipped yolk over strong Vietnamese coffee, down an alley off Nguyễn Hữu Huân.
39 Nguyễn Hữu Huân, Hoàn Kiếm, HanoiExplore View on map
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A Tràng Tiền institution
Kem Tràng Tiền
Ice cream and lollies on Tràng Tiền, the boulevard to the Opera House, eaten standing on the pavement.
35 Tràng Tiền, Cửa Nam Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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Egg coffee and more.
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Egg coffee since 1946
Café Giảng
The home of Hanoi’s egg coffee: a thick, sweet whipped yolk over strong Vietnamese coffee, down an alley off Nguyễn Hữu Huân.
39 Nguyễn Hữu Huân, Hoàn Kiếm, HanoiExplore View on map
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Born in Hanoi
Cộng Cà Phê
A Hanoi-born café chain in army green and old propaganda-poster style, known for coconut coffee.
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Notes on every wall
The Note Coffee
A café by the lake whose walls are papered with sticky notes left by visitors from around the world.
Bakeries and sweet things 3
Bread, chocolate and ice cream.
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Bread and breakfast
Joma Bakery Café
A bakery café with breakfasts, bagels and good bread, with a branch on Tô Ngọc Vân in Tây Hồ.
43 Tô Ngọc Vân, Tây Hồ, HanoiExplore View on map
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A Tràng Tiền institution
Kem Tràng Tiền
Ice cream and lollies on Tràng Tiền, the boulevard to the Opera House, eaten standing on the pavement.
35 Tràng Tiền, Cửa Nam Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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Vietnamese chocolate
Maison Marou
The café of Marou, the bean-to-bar chocolate made from Vietnamese cacao.
Afternoon tea 1
At the Metropole.
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Tea at the Metropole
Le Club at the Metropole
Afternoon tea and a piano in the Metropole’s Le Club, facing the garden.
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