A monkey island in Saigon
The 'think crazy, make it quality' café — a mural-red monkey wall, bucket drinks, and a menu that reads like stand-up.
Step in and you're lost on a 'desert island' of super monkeys.
Monkey in Black was born with the manifesto 'Think Crazy, Make It Quality — Crazy Enough to Create Endlessly': ever-changing coffee, bucket-sized milk tea, beer coffee, midnight yogurt. The menu reads like a stand-up set — and that's the point.
The ground floor is a dark industrial world: raw brick, concrete, low-hanging Edison bulbs, big-leaf plants — and the mural-red monkey wall where every photo begins. The whole café is a monkey collection: the monkey Mona Lisa hugging a coffee cup on the ivy-covered brick wall, the engraved monkey poster, and the two 'gentlemen' in orange shades on the mural.
The upper floor is bright after the redesign — long-stay seats along the window bar under brass Edison chandeliers. And if you hear strange laughter on a Friday night, that's the free Tarot session. Here, that's normal.
Why it's the monkey island
- The mural-red monkey wallThe mural of two monkeys in orange shades on a raw red wall — the café's photo epicenter, under Edison-bulb chandeliers.
- Drinks served in bucketsMilk tea and crushed milo in transparent buckets with handles — the 'bucket tea' you must order to understand the hype.
- A menu like stand-upTra Cho De 'Life Detox', Midnight Yogurt — every drink name is a deliberate punchline.
- Free Tarot on Friday nightsFree Tarot readings, free boardgame loans, acoustic nights — the calendar of a community, not just a café.
The monkey-island lens
The red wall needs no filter.
The bright upper floor, long window bar, brass Edison chandeliers — sit all afternoon.
Free Tarot on Friday nights, free boardgame loans at the café.
It's a lively crowd — music and laughter are part of the deal.
Industrial benches and the 'crazy' vibe don't suit pitch decks.