An artists’ café, literally
ID Cafe — 61B Tu Xuong. Foody calls this “the artists’ café in District 3”; the café keeps that soul with vinyl, posters and carefully chosen music.
The artists’ café — not a slogan, the people sitting inside.
Tucked into a small alley off Tu Xuong street, ID Cafe has no big sign — you slip into the alley to find it. Inside is a modern-classic lounge: deep long sofas, wooden tables, blue armchairs, baked-brick walls and strings of bare bulbs.
The “artists’ café” name isn’t self-declared. The lobby hangs vinyl records and an IDCAFE typography poster; regulars include showbiz faces. The music is curated as carefully as the lighting — part of the space, not background.
Open 07:00–22:30 daily. Drinks run 40–77k (Foody); the six items with verified prices are printed on the Menu page. And on the chalk wall behind the blue chairs, the handwritten mantra: “Wake up and smell the routine.”
What only ID has
- The brick wall + hanging bulbs: the signature fixture — raw brick, bulb strings, white chairs, blue stools.
- The chalk wall with the handwritten mantra “Wake up and smell the routine.” — the café’s voice.
- The high-arched glass courtyard onto greenery — sit here by day for the light.
- The quiet upstairs: long sofas, tall backlit windows — a slow rhythm.
- The real vinyl corner in the lobby: records on the wall, velvet chairs.
- The yellow bicycle mural on the wooden wall — the café doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Who it’s for
Vinyl, posters, curated music — the café speaks the same language as people who make art.
Deep long sofas, a calm upstairs, a lounge open morning to 22:30 — room for a long sit.
The café closes at 22:30 — not a late-night destination.