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Cafés in Đa Kao & Tân Định

The old wards around Tân Định market: roasteries on Trần Nhật Duật and a 1909 pagoda.

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Đa Kao and Tân Định are the old residential wards at the top of District 1, where the streets run up to the Nhiêu Lộc–Thị Nghè canal.6 Since July 2025 most of the area has been the new Tân Định ward, which joined all of old Tân Định with part of Đa Kao; the rest of Đa Kao went to Sài Gòn ward.12 Both old names are still used, and the neighborhoods kept their character.7

The quarter has its own market, a pink church just over the ward line and a pagoda from 1909, and its cafés are smaller than downtown's. Several roast their own coffee: 80+ Coffee Roastery on Trần Nhật Duật and 96B cafe & roastery on Phan Ngữ say so in their names.

Local tip: Do the market and the pink church on one walk, since they face each other across the road, and finish with a coffee on Trần Nhật Duật.34

At a glance

130Cafés listed
12With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
22:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Daco Coffee & Tea, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–10:30).
  • Closes latest: 80+ Coffee Roastery, until 22:30 (Daily 07:30–22:30).
  • Most listed streets: Nguyễn Văn Thủ (10), Hoàng Sa (9), Lý Văn Phức (7).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (11%), specialty (5%), open late (4%).

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Tân Định market and the pink church

Tân Định market, at 1 Nguyễn Hữu Cầu, began as the marché de Phu-Hoa, one of the main markets of northern Saigon in the 1870s and 1880s.3 Early in 1926 the colonial authorities voted 110,000 piastres to rebuild it, and the new hall opened on 26 July 1927; the original roof is gone, but the facade has survived.3

Across the road, Tân Định Church was built between 1870 and 1876 and is painted pink inside and out.4 Its address, 289 Hai Bà Trưng, now falls in Xuân Hòa ward rather than Tân Định.1

The Jade Emperor Pagoda and the canal

The Jade Emperor Pagoda at 73 Mai Thị Lựu was completed in 1909 by a Cantonese merchant and has carried the Buddhist name Phước Hải Tự since 1984; Barack Obama visited it on 22 May 2016.5 Along with the market and the pagoda, the new ward counts Lê Văn Tám park and the Đa Kao roundabout, with its clock tower, among its landmarks.1

To the north, the Nhiêu Lộc–Thị Nghè canal runs for almost 9 km and was rebuilt between 2002 and 2012, with Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa roads along its two banks.6 Cà Phê Lisa (268 Hoàng Sa) and MIA CAFÉ (375 Hoàng Sa) sit on the canal road.

Roasters on Trần Nhật Duật and Phan Ngữ

Trần Nhật Duật is the coffee street of old Tân Định. 80+ Coffee Roastery is at 5E (07:30–22:30), Daco Coffee & Tea at 19, Gờ Cafe at 21A, and Cà Phê StoryM further along the same street.

In old Đa Kao, 96B cafe & roastery on Phan Ngữ opens 08:00–18:00, and Cà Phê [a] (15 Huỳnh Khương Ninh, 07:30–18:30) and RedDoor (28 Huỳnh Khương Ninh, 08:00–19:00) are a few doors apart. Nguyễn Văn Thủ has a run of its own: The Vintage Emporium at 95B (07:00–21:00), Mamoru at 3/2 and Guta at 146.

Opening hours in Tân Định

Most cafés here keep daytime hours. Daco opens at 06:00 for a morning-only service that ends at 10:30, and Savouré on Trần Khánh Dư opens at 06:30. The latest are 80+ Coffee Roastery, to 22:30, then Saveur Café on Nguyễn Văn Nguyễn and Kyo Cha on Trần Khắc Chân, both to 22:00. Kafka Café splits its day into two sittings, 10:00–15:00 and 17:00–22:00.

Sources

  1. Tân Định (phường), Wikipedia (Vietnamese), accessed October 2026
  2. Sài Gòn (phường), Wikipedia (Vietnamese), accessed October 2026
  3. Tân Định Market today, Historic Vietnam, accessed October 2026
  4. Visiting a 150-year-old pink church in Saigon, VietNamNet (December 26, 2017), accessed October 2026
  5. Jade Emperor Pagoda, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Kênh Nhiêu Lộc – Thị Nghè, Wikipedia (Vietnamese), accessed October 2026
  7. A Post-Merger Guide To Ho Chi Minh City: Understanding The City, Vietcetera (July 27, 2025), accessed October 2026
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Đa Kao & Tân Định cafés: questions

What ward are Đa Kao and Tân Định in after Ho Chi Minh City's 2025 reform?

Since July 2025 most of the area has been the new Tân Định ward, formed from all of the old Tân Định ward and part of Đa Kao; the rest of Đa Kao joined Sài Gòn ward. Tân Định market and the Jade Emperor Pagoda are in Tân Định ward, while the pink Tân Định Church at 289 Hai Bà Trưng is in Xuân Hòa.

When was Tân Định market in Ho Chi Minh City built?

Tân Định market began as the Phú Hòa market, one of northern Saigon's main markets in the 1870s and 1880s. In early 1926 the colonial authorities voted 110,000 piastres to rebuild it, and the new building opened on 26 July 1927. The roof has been replaced, but the original facade survives at 1 Nguyễn Hữu Cầu.

Where are the coffee roasteries in Đa Kao and Tân Định, Ho Chi Minh City?

The main coffee street is Trần Nhật Duật in old Tân Định, with 80+ Coffee Roastery at 5E, open 07:30–22:30, plus Daco Coffee & Tea and Gờ Cafe a few doors away. In old Đa Kao, 96B cafe & roastery on Phan Ngữ opens 08:00–18:00, close to Cà Phê [a] and RedDoor on Huỳnh Khương Ninh.

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