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Nghệ Café

REAL COFFEE FOR LIFE · 17 NGUYỄN TRUNG TRỰC

Nghệ Café is not a fancy coffee shop — that is its strength. A small front on Nguyễn Trung Trực street, wood tables spilling onto the pavement, a hand-written chalkboard menu, and the three signature cups ordered most: egg, salt, coconut.

Mornings here start at 6. Regulars sit on the pavement watching the street wake up, iced coffee and kumquat tea on the table, traffic as background noise. Inside, rattan lamps hang over the counter, the green-and-mango sign, and the chalkboard listing every item with its price.

The menu is short and clear: machine coffee for those who like it classic, Vietnamese coffee for those who like it strong, and the signature group — egg, salt, coconut, yogurt, ice cream — for those who want what this shop does best. Juices and teas cover those who don't drink coffee.

The name says it all: nghệ — real, unshowy. Real coffee, prices written plainly on the board, wood chairs you can sit in for a long while. That is why guests come back, and why the shop holds its own on a street already full of coffee shops.

Inside the shop: the Nghệ Café sign, rattan lamps and the chalkboard menu
Inside the shop: the Nghệ Café sign, rattan lamps and the chalkboard menu

The chalkboard

Prices on the board, no guessing

The printed menu and chalkboard list every item with its price in thousand VND — order without asking first.

The pavement

Sit outside, watch the street

Wood tables on the pavement facing Nguyễn Trung Trực street — the shop's best morning people-watching seats.

The three signatures

Egg, salt, coconut

The three best sellers, each with its own character: sweet rich egg, lightly salty salt, cool coconut. Order all three if you come with friends.

The shop's three-cup coffee-pour artwork with the 17 Nguyễn Trung Trực address
The shop's three-cup coffee-pour artwork with the 17 Nguyễn Trung Trực address
Iced coconut coffee with cream and coffee layers on a wood table
Iced coconut coffee with cream and coffee layers on a wood table
Cappuccino with leaf art in an orange cup on a wood table
Cappuccino with leaf art in an orange cup on a wood table
The Nghệ Café logo: a green-and-mango coffee bean
The Nghệ Café logo: a green-and-mango coffee bean
The shop interior: wood tables and chairs, staff, and the chalkboard behind
The shop interior: wood tables and chairs, staff, and the chalkboard behind
Two iced coffees on a wood street-side table, looking out to the street
Two iced coffees on a wood street-side table, looking out to the street
Iced egg coffee with egg-cream foam and cocoa dust on a wood table
Iced egg coffee with egg-cream foam and cocoa dust on a wood table
The shop's printed menu: machine coffee, Vietnamese coffee and signatures
The shop's printed menu: machine coffee, Vietnamese coffee and signatures
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