coffee shop · 5th floor, 42 nguyen hue apartments

Sài Gòn Ơi

A pocket-sized Saigon woven from rattan and greenery: rattan chairs, a glass-topped rattan table, a plant chandelier hung mid-room, a pothos-draped corridor under a wire-mesh canopy. Climb to the 5th floor and you're here.

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The main room with rattan chairs and the plant chandelier — the main room · photo: Vy Nguyễn Thanh Thảo, Google Maps, Sep 2026

the room's materials

Hand-woven, home-grown

Pothos vines trailing under the wire-mesh canopy

The pothos corridorThe most photographed corner: vines trailing under the wire canopy, warm string lights.

Saigon Oi cups on the glass-topped rattan table

The glass-topped rattan tableBranded "Saigon Oi" cups set on a woven rattan top.

Corner of the shop with the hand-lettered Saigon Oi script on the wall

Hand-lettered scriptThe script logo on whitewashed walls — a mark from the early days.

menu · Mar 2026 board

The house menu

Prices from the Mar 2026 board, tax not included · served hot or iced. "Bestseller" marks match the house's real board.

SaiGon series

SaiGon Cafe53.000đ

SaiGon Cafe sữa đá Anh ơi56.000đ

SaiGon Cafe sữa đá Em ơi60.000đ

SaiGon Cafe Sữa đá Trời ơiBestseller65.000đ

Bestsellers

Coconut CoffeeBestseller65.000đ

Egg CoffeeBestseller70.000đ

Salt CoffeeBestseller65.000đ

Marshmallow Cocoa65.000đ

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a special corner

Saigon souvenirs

A glass cabinet in the corner sells souvenirs — a rare sight in a coffee shop. Tourists climbing to the 5th floor come for the egg coffee, and leave with a piece of Saigon.

Read the story

The spiral staircase inside the shop — photo: @chuyencuareo_ via Riviu, Apr 2021

address & hours

See you on the 5th floor

The shop publishes no phone number — just climb straight up to the 5th floor.

Address

42 Nguyen Hue, Floor 5 (The Cafe Apartments), District 1, HCMC

Hours

Mon–Thu · 7:00–22:00 · Fri · 7:00–23:00 · Sat–Sun · 7:00–22:00

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