A 60-year-old house still lived in — half of it a coffee shop.
Before PATIO CAFÉ, this was the home of a flower trader. The other half of the duplex villa is still lived in today — while this half, an interior architect kept every louvered shutter and every encaustic tile, and set a coffee shop into it.
“I saw the place and instantaneously felt its soul.”— CAO NGO THE TU ANH · INTERIOR ARCHITECT · THE MAN WHO REVIVED THE VILLA
His philosophy: capture the soul of the existing space and let old and new converse — no demolition, no fake renovation. The minimalist sculptural arch in the upstairs corner room is “the building's memory, shaped into form.”
Three lives of one house
The flower trader's house
A duplex villa rose in Lê Văn Sỹ alley — louvered shutters, encaustic tiles, a tree-planted side yard. One half was the home of a flower-trading family.
Half still lived in
The other half of the duplex is still a family home — a coffee shop and everyday life under one 60-year-old roof.
PATIO CAFÉ
The architect kept whatever was still sound, and set into it a La Marzocco, pour-over and memory-evoking sculptures — naming the shop after its loveliest thing: the patio.
What 60 years left behind
Every shutter, every tile is a trace — the shop keeps everything that still has a story to tell.
The louvers
The louvered shutters are kept intact — looking through them out to the courtyard is one of the shop's signature views.
Encaustic tiles
The original yellow-green encaustic tile floor in the upstairs gallery — to step on it is to step across 60 years.
The courtyard
The vine-shaded side courtyard — “patio” in the truest sense, the thing that made the architect name the shop “like naming a pet.”
The veranda
The sunniest veranda — vine curtains, plants along the walls, glass doors opening to the barista counter.
Taste inside the old house
Plain numbers mean thousands of đồng — read verbatim from the shop's board.
Best sellers
Brewed at the counter
Plain numbers = thousands of đồng · the shop's board, photo 09/2026.
Come hear the house tell its story
07:30–22:00 daily · Alley 400 Lê Văn Sỹ, District 3