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Huế · Phạm Ngũ Lão & Phú Hội

Cafés in Phạm Ngũ Lão & Phú Hội

Huế's phố Tây: walking streets, cafés down the kiệt off Nguyễn Công Trứ, river terraces and the first salt-coffee shop.

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Phú Hội is the south-bank district where Trường Tiền bridge comes ashore.1 Its streets of Phạm Ngũ Lão, Chu Văn An and Võ Thị Sáu are Huế's phố Tây (Western street), the backpacker quarter of guesthouses and bars.23 Since July 2025 the old Phú Hội ward has belonged to Thuận Hóa ward.4

Coffee here ranges from Cà Phê Muối at 10 Nguyễn Lương Bằng, where salt coffee began in 2010, to the cafés in the kiệt (alleys) off Nguyễn Công Trứ and the terraces where that street meets the river.5 After dark it has more of the city's midnight cafés than any other area.

Local tip: Go to Cà Phê Muối on Nguyễn Lương Bằng before 11:15 or after 14:00, since it closes in between, and let the phin finish dripping before you stir.

At a glance

81Cafés listed
13With opening hours
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00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Vespa Café, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–22:00).
  • Closes latest: OLD MONEY cafe & cocktails, until 00:00 (Daily 07:00–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: Nguyễn Công Trứ (8), Võ Thị Sáu (5), Lê Quý Đôn (4).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (25%), open late (14%), outdoor seating (5%).

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Coffee chains in Phạm Ngũ Lão & Phú Hội

The phố Tây walking streets

The walking street opened on the evening of 29 September 2017 and runs just over 1 km: 215 m on Phạm Ngũ Lão, 350 m on Chu Văn An and 480 m on Võ Thị Sáu.2 At the start, vehicles were kept out from 18:00 to 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and until midnight on Sundays, and residents kept the sidewalks for stalls selling chè (sweet soups) and cơm hến (rice with baby clams).2

TA Café & Bakery at 44 Phạm Ngũ Lão and đa:mê at 34 Chu Văn An, open 06:30–21:30 with outdoor seats, sit on the route. Wikivoyage advises against taking a cyclo at night around Phạm Ngũ Lão after reports of muggings.3

Where salt coffee started

Hồ Thị Thanh Hương and Trần Nguyễn Hữu Phong opened their first café at 10 Nguyễn Lương Bằng in 2010 and invented salt coffee there; VnEconomy calls the shop the drink's birthplace.5 As of August 2026 a cup costs 15,000–25,000₫ here, and the second branch is at 142 Đặng Thái Thân, near the Citadel.6

The shop splits its day: it opens 06:30–11:15, closes over lunch and reopens 14:00–22:00. Benly Coffee at 3 Đội Cung has Wi-Fi, and Zone 7 Coffee & Restaurant at 01 Phong Châu opens at 06:00 and runs to 23:00.

Kiệt 64 and the alleys off Nguyễn Công Trứ

In central Vietnam an alley is a kiệt, and the word turns up in many addresses here.7 Kiệt 64 off Nguyễn Công Trứ holds four cafés: Machine Café at number 7, Mọt at 13, Hanok Cafe at 14A and OLD MONEY cafe & cocktails at 26, which is open 07:00–00:00.

Kem's Coffee & Breakfast is at 35 in Kiệt 56, and Vespa Café, open 06:00–22:00, is in alley 42. Out on the street itself, Gạo Coffee at 73 Nguyễn Công Trứ serves 07:00–22:00 and Hai Dang is at 55.

On the water and after dark

The low numbers of Nguyễn Công Trứ back onto the river. Sông Xanh Cafe at number 9 looks out over the confluence of the Perfume and Như Ý rivers, and Daudo, a few doors away at number 7, draws a younger Vietnamese crowd.8 HÚE T.Roaster at 10 Bến Nghé is the area's specialty coffee bar, with takeaway and outdoor seating, open 07:00–22:30.

In Phú Hội, OLD MONEY, View Cafe at 37 Bến Nghé and Trốn cafe at 21 Lê Quý Đôn all close at 00:00, and Hangout Coffee & Bar at 48 Nguyễn Tri Phương at 23:45. La Boulangerie Francaise at 46 Nguyễn Tri Phương is a bakery café with Wi-Fi.

Sources

  1. Trường Tiền Bridge, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. "Phố Tây" Huế chính thức khai trương (30 September 2017), Báo Pháp Luật Việt Nam, accessed October 2026
  3. Huế, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  4. Nghị quyết 1675/NQ-UBTVQH15 về việc sắp xếp các đơn vị hành chính cấp xã của thành phố Huế năm 2025, LuatVietnam, accessed October 2026
  5. Vì sao cà phê muối Việt Nam nổi tiếng toàn thế giới? (6 July 2024), VnEconomy, accessed October 2026
  6. Vietnam coffee deep dive (prices verified August 2026), Vietnam Spot, accessed October 2026
  7. kiệt, Wiktionary, accessed October 2026
  8. Hue Coffee Guide, Will Fly for Food, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Phạm Ngũ Lão & Phú Hội cafés: questions

Where is the original salt coffee shop in Huế?

Cà Phê Muối at 10 Nguyễn Lương Bằng, in Phú Hội, is where Hồ Thị Thanh Hương and Trần Nguyễn Hữu Phong created salt coffee in 2010. As of August 2026 a cup costs 15,000–25,000₫. The shop opens 06:30–11:15 and 14:00–22:00, and its second branch is at 142 Đặng Thái Thân near the Citadel.

When is the Phạm Ngũ Lão walking street in Huế closed to traffic?

When the walking street opened in September 2017, Phạm Ngũ Lão, Chu Văn An and Võ Thị Sáu were closed to vehicles from 18:00 to 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays and from 18:00 to midnight on Sundays. The route is just over 1 km long, with sidewalk stalls selling chè and cơm hến.

Which cafés in Huế's Phú Hội area are open until midnight?

OLD MONEY cafe & cocktails in Kiệt 64 Nguyễn Công Trứ, View Cafe at 37 Bến Nghé and Trốn cafe at 21 Lê Quý Đôn all serve until 00:00. Hangout Coffee & Bar at 48 Nguyễn Tri Phương closes at 23:45, and HÚE T.Roaster at 10 Bến Nghé at 22:30.

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