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Cafés in Ngũ Hành Sơn

An Thượng's café lanes up north, quieter streets toward the Marble Mountains down south.

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Ngũ Hành Sơn means five elements mountains, after the Marble Mountains at its southern end: five limestone hills named Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ (earth).3 The old district stretched over about 37 km² of coast south of Sơn Trà and had 115,872 residents in 2018.2 Its four wards, Mỹ An, Khuê Mỹ, Hòa Hải and Hòa Quý, were folded into a single Ngũ Hành Sơn ward in mid-2025.1

Coffee here splits in two. The northern tip holds An Thượng, the lanes behind My Khe beach that the city has been rebuilding as a walking tourist quarter since 2022.8 About seven in ten of Ngũ Hành Sơn's cafés are inside it. South toward the mountains, cafés thin out and keep to side streets such as Trần Văn Dư and Thạch Lam.

Local tip: Of the five Marble Mountains, only Mount Thủy can be climbed to the summit. Pair it with the Non Nước carving workshops at its foot.

At a glance

298Cafés listed
38With opening hours
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  • Opens earliest: Art Coffee, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–17:30).
  • Closes latest: Bentley, until 23:30 (Daily 07:00–23:30).
  • Most listed streets: Châu Thị Vĩnh Tế (15), Lê Quang Đạo (13), Nguyễn Văn Thoại (9).
  • Most common features: an thượng (28%), wi-fi (16%), near the beach (10%).

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The Marble Mountains and Non Nước village

All five hills have cave entrances and tunnels, and Mount Thủy is the one you can climb to the top, past grottoes such as Huyền Không and pagodas including Tam Thai.3 The site became a Special National Relic on 20 January 2019, and stone may no longer be quarried from the hills; carvers now bring it in from quarries in Quảng Nam.3

Non Nước, the stone-carving village at the foot of the mountains, traces itself to the late 18th century and a craftsman from Thanh Hóa named Huỳnh Bá Quát. In 2014 it had about 500 workshops employing nearly 4,000 people.4

One coast under several beach names

The shore here is one long beach with several names. Non Nước, at the southern end, stretches nearly 5 km, and My An's night beach connects straight onto the An Thượng tourist street.5

Swim inside the buoyed zones, where lifeguards are posted. In summer they work 04:30–19:00, and My An is one of two city beaches lit and supervised from 19:00 to 22:00.7

Ngũ Hành Sơn's roasters

For specialty coffee, Ngũ Hành Sơn is level with Hải Châu. XLIII Specialty Coffee at 422 Ngô Thì Sĩ (06:30–22:30) started in Da Nang, seats people outside around koi ponds and now has four branches in Vietnam.6 O2O First Roast works from a first-floor room on a side street off Phan Tứ with rotating Ethiopian single origins, and Puna Coffee on Lê Quang Đạo roasts in house.6

Other roasters in the area: Why Roastery at 64 Ung Văn Khiêm, open 07:00–20:30; Z! Coffee and Roastery on Lê Quang Đạo, open 06:30–22:30 with air-conditioning and card payment; Passport Coffee Lab on Mai Thúc Lân; and Roost Roasters on Bà Huyện Thanh Quan.

South of An Thượng

Away from the lanes, Cafeholic Garden Coffee at 61-63 Trung Lương 9 runs 06:30–22:30 with outdoor seats, and Art Coffee at 77 Thạch Lam opens at 06:00. Trần Văn Dư has a short run of its own: KATE Coffee & Tea at 92/1, Cross Coffee at 88 and ACE Coworking Space at 12.

Andy coffee at 6-7-8 Hoài Thanh and Doll coffee in kiệt 1/151 Nguyễn Văn Thoại are open around the clock.

Sources

  1. Nghị quyết 1659/NQ-UBTVQH15 về việc sắp xếp các đơn vị hành chính cấp xã của thành phố Đà Nẵng năm 2025 (full text), HoaTieu.vn, accessed October 2026
  2. Ngũ Hành Sơn district, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Marble Mountains (Vietnam), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Vietnam's ancient stone carving village receives national heritage certificate, Tuổi Trẻ News, accessed October 2026
  5. Da Nang Beaches, Da Nang Fantasticity (Da Nang Department of Tourism), accessed October 2026
  6. The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Da Nang, Vietnam, Sprudge, accessed October 2026
  7. Cứu hộ biển ở Đà Nẵng: Tiến đến sự chuyên nghiệp, Sài Gòn Giải Phóng, accessed October 2026
  8. Da Nang pours over $3.8mn into An Thuong 'Western Area' development, Tuổi Trẻ News, accessed October 2026
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Ngũ Hành Sơn cafés: questions

Why is Ngũ Hành Sơn in Da Nang called the five elements mountains?

Ngũ Hành Sơn means five elements mountains. The Marble Mountains at the area's southern end are five limestone hills named Kim (metal), Thủy (water), Mộc (wood), Hỏa (fire) and Thổ (earth). Mount Thủy is the one visitors can climb to the summit, and the site became a Special National Relic in January 2019.

When are lifeguards on duty at the Ngũ Hành Sơn beaches in Da Nang?

In summer, lifeguards work 04:30–19:00 at the buoyed swimming zones. My An night beach, which connects to the An Thượng tourist street, is one of two city beaches that are lit and supervised from 19:00 to 22:00. Farther south, Non Nước beach stretches nearly 5 km toward the Marble Mountains.

Which specialty coffee roasters are in Ngũ Hành Sơn, Da Nang?

The area's roasters include XLIII Specialty Coffee at 422 Ngô Thì Sĩ, Why Roastery at 64 Ung Văn Khiêm, Z! Coffee and Roastery on Lê Quang Đạo, Roost Roasters on Bà Huyện Thanh Quan, Passport Coffee Lab on Mai Thúc Lân and O2O First Roast off Phan Tứ. Puna Coffee on Lê Quang Đạo also roasts in house.

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