Brunch cafés in Hanoi

Phở, xôi and bánh cuốn: Hanoi's first meal

Hanoi-style phở uses wider noodles and a more restrained broth than versions further south, and the best bowls go before 08:00.² Xôi is sticky rice with toppings such as shredded chicken or Chinese sausage. Bánh cuốn are thin steamed rice sheets rolled around minced pork and wood ear mushroom, a steaming technique particular to the north.²

A stall breakfast is quick. You sit on a low plastic stool, and locals are done in about ten minutes; when no price is posted, ask "bao nhiêu?" (how much?) and pay after eating.² Tipping isn't expected.²

What breakfast and brunch cost in Hanoi

As of 2026 a standard bowl of phở costs 40,000–55,000₫, or 40,000–50,000₫ in the Old Quarter, against 35,000–40,000₫ in Đống Đa or Hai Bà Trưng.³ Xôi runs 15,000–25,000₫, a plate of bánh cuốn 25,000–40,000₫, and an iced black coffee from a stall adds 15,000–25,000₫.³

A café brunch is a different budget. One Hoàn Kiếm brunch café reviewed in March 2026 priced its menu from 55,000₫ to 280,000₫, with pasta dishes at 220,000–260,000₫, the price of four or five bowls of phở for a single plate.¹

Old Quarter brunch, from Lãn Ông to Hội Vũ

Cà Phê Blackbird at 63B Phố Lãn Ông is the second branch of a café that opened on Chân Cầm in 2018; the Lãn Ông shop followed in 2019, and the company works with Vietnamese beans sourced in the country.⁴ It opens earliest of the Old Quarter brunch cafés, 07:00–21:30 daily.

The Hanoi Social Club, at 6 Ngõ Hội Vũ in the old Hàng Bông ward, runs 08:00–23:00 with Wi-Fi, air-conditioning, vegan dishes and card payments; Vietnam Airlines' travel guide counts it among the city's best-loved brunch places.⁵ At 23 Phố Đào Duy Từ, xưởng ăn vặt sells juice, tea, coffee, snacks and noodles from 09:00 to 23:30, later than most brunch places.

The Red Train Hanoi, at 10 Điện Biên Phủ, opens later, 11:00–22:00. It is at the Điện Biên Phủ end of the railway stretch from Trần Phú, where by 2018 cafés had moved into what had been a residential strip beside the track.⁶

West Lake and the long-stay crowd

Tây Hồ, around West Lake, is a high-end residential district with a large expatriate population and many Western restaurants, and it draws foreign residents with its schools, hospitals and infrastructure.⁷ The Waffle House, at 164 Phố Từ Hoa in Quảng An, opens 09:00–21:00 with Wi-Fi.

Oriberry, which has shops in Tây Hồ, belongs to a Vietnamese social enterprise founded in 2010 that works directly with coffee and tea farmers and roasts all of its own coffee; in 2017 most of its single origins came from Quảng Trị.⁸ Its shops also sell handmade pottery from Bát Tràng village, and Vietnam Airlines' guide points to it for plant-based and gluten-free food.⁸⁵