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24 hours cafés in Ho Chi Minh City

Open around the clock, for students on deadline, freelancers and drivers between night shifts.

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The cà phê 24h, a café with no closing time, began in Saigon. VnExpress dates the first ones to around 2012 and says they caught on only about two years before its April 2022 report, by which time a typical chain had four or five branches in the central districts and around the universities.1

Bình Thạnh has the most round-the-clock cafés, ahead of District 1 and Phú Nhuận, and there are single ones as far out as District 8, Gò Vấp and Tân Phú. Most of them also have Wi-Fi.

Local tip: If you plan to doze between shifts or flights, ask at the counter first: some all-night cafés ban sleeping outright, while others are used to three or four guests staying overnight.

Where these cafés are: Bình Thạnh (5), Phú Nhuận (3), District 1 (3), District 7 (2), District 8 (1), Gò Vấp (1), Đa Kao & Tân Định (1), Tân Phú & Bình Tân (1), District 5 & Chợ Lớn (1).

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  • Most common features: open by 6am (100%), wi-fi (72%), outdoor seating (22%).

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Who sits in a Saigon café at 03:00

Students and office workers fill the all-night cafés, which get busy from about 21:00; in exam season the student crowd arrives earlier in the day.1 Night delivery riders and drivers stop to rest, and one manager told VnExpress that an average of three or four people sleep over at each café every day.1

The pull is partly the room at home. A final-year student told Sài Gòn Giải Phóng in 2022 that his rented room was so small his desk sat next to his bed, so he put off work there; a Thủ Đức café manager said one or two guests at a time worked until 03:00 or 04:00.2 A 2024 VietNamNet survey found 65% of young people still active after 22:00.3

How an all-night café runs

Staying open costs more than it earns in the small hours. A September 2025 report in Thương hiệu và Công luận put electricity for cooling and lighting at two to three times a normal café's bill, and night-shift pay at 25–30% above day rates.3 Losses are common from 02:00 to 05:00, when few customers come but the staff is still on.3

Security is part of the setup: owners install cameras, hire guards and train staff for drunk customers and theft.3 Some shops already ran more staff at night than in the day back in 2015, when Tuổi Trẻ News met a barista working 22:30 to 06:30.4 One chain plays music until 22:00, turns it down until midnight and keeps silence from 00:00 to 06:00.3

Where the 24-hour cafés are

In Bình Thạnh, Cà Phê 2NT is at 475 Phạm Văn Đồng, Cà Phê Muahanoi at 138 Nguyễn Xí, Cà Phê Trúc Xinh at 94/8 D3 and Vuông - Coffee & Booze, which has outdoor seating, at 76 Ngô Tất Tố. District 1 has Cà Phê Snob at 147A Trần Hưng Đạo, LOWKEY COFFEE LC at 159 Nguyễn Du and YoshiYoshi Coffee & Tea at 132 Calmette.

Phú Nhuận has Cà Phê Đô Hội at 65 Phan Xích Long, Cà Phê Nguyên Chất at 417 Huỳnh Văn Bánh and HÀ - Acoustic Coffee at 178A Nguyễn Trọng Tuyển. Farther out are Cà Phê Hồng at 281 Hùng Vương in District 5, Epatta Coffee at 293 Quang Trung in Gò Vấp, which takes cards, and W Station, with air-conditioning, at 267G Trịnh Đình Trọng in Tân Phú.

Practical notes for a night in a café

The atmosphere changes through the night. Tuổi Trẻ News found indoor guests working, gaming or listening to music while couples and groups took makeshift chairs on the sidewalk, and staff dealing with rude or drunk customers and requests for louder music.4 Their competition after midnight is the convenience store: Circle K and GS25 also stay open 24 hours.3

House rules differ on sleep. One chain bans sleeping, card games and food brought from outside.3 At others, overnight sleepers are routine, and some guests come at 21:00 and leave at 06:00.1

Sources

  1. Đi cà phê xuyên đêm, VnExpress (April 7, 2022), accessed October 2026
  2. Xuyên đêm vì deadline, Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (July 27, 2022), accessed October 2026
  3. Thị trường cà phê 24h tại TP.HCM: Nghịch lý giữa tiềm năng và thách thức đô thị không ngủ, Thương hiệu và Công luận (September 26, 2025), accessed October 2026
  4. Around-the-clock cafés offer glimpses of Saigon by night, Tuổi Trẻ News (July 19, 2015), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

24 hours in Ho Chi Minh City: questions

Where are the 24-hour cafés in Ho Chi Minh City?

Bình Thạnh has the most 24-hour cafés, including Cà Phê 2NT on Phạm Văn Đồng and Cà Phê Muahanoi on Nguyễn Xí. District 1 has Cà Phê Snob on Trần Hưng Đạo and LOWKEY COFFEE LC on Nguyễn Du, and Phú Nhuận has Cà Phê Đô Hội on Phan Xích Long.

Who goes to 24-hour cafés in Ho Chi Minh City?

Mainly students and office workers, plus freelancers, delivery riders and drivers resting between night jobs. The cafés get busy from about 21:00, and students come earlier in exam season. Some guests work until 03:00 or 04:00, and a few stay through to 06:00. A 2024 survey found 65% of young people still active after 22:00.

Can you sleep in a 24-hour café in Ho Chi Minh City?

It depends on the café. One 24-hour chain bans sleeping, card games and outside food, and keeps silence from 00:00 to 06:00. At other all-night cafés overnight sleepers are routine: one manager said three or four people sleep over at each café on an average day. Ask at the counter before settling in.

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