The Saveur Café story — a French name and a torn-paper board in Tân Định
A small cafe whose menu is a language game — and a torn-paper board no other cafe has.
“Saveur” — in French it means flavour. The name says it all: four-season juices Le printemps, L'eté, L'automne, L'hiver; cold teas named after Wes Anderson films — The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox; French pastries: croissant, pain au chocolate, apple brioche. At 11 Nguyen Van Nguyen, even ordering is a French lesson.
The cafe's totem is the menu board: a dark wood frame, torn-edge cards pinned on kraft, the logo a paper tag with two coffee beans forming a lazy S. On the wooden table: a tall leaf-topped latte, the cafe's dark teal ceramic cup with handmade throwing rings on a black saucer, a french press of amber tea, a caramel-glazed pastry. Out on the back ledge, drinks sit on dark stone among green plants — sun through the leaves, the lane's blue wall behind.
The cafe's Beans table lists 10 origins — Peru Geisha, Colombia microlots, Ethiopian anaerobics, Kenya, Brazil — hand-drip 90k–200k in-house, retail beans in 100gr/200gr bags. The whole board runs 45k–95k, transcribed from the Apr 2026 menu-board photo; prices may have changed. Open 07:30–22:00 daily — cold brew in the morning, tea in the afternoon.
- “Saveur” = flavour — the whole menu speaks French: four-season juices, cold teas named after Wes Anderson films.
- A 10-origin Beans table — Peru Geisha, Colombia microlots, Ethiopian anaerobics, Kenya, Brazil; hand-drip 90–200k.
- Hot tea brewed tableside in a french press — exactly as in both real guest photos.
- The signature dark teal ceramic cup — in both real photos.
- The green ledge behind the lane — the sunniest seats, blue wall, green plants.
- Tan Dinh, District 1 — verified address
- 11 Nguyễn Văn Nguyễn
- daily (verified)
- 07:30–22:00
- drink price band (Apr 2026 board)
- 45–95k
- verified number
- +84 766 519 572
Open 07:30–22:00 — cold brew mornings, tea afternoons, Vietnamese coffee nights.
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” cold teas — worth ordering for the names alone.
A 10-origin Beans table, hand-drip 90–200k, retail beans in 100/200gr.
Croissant 55k, apple brioche 65k, french-press hot tea 70k.
Only 4 pastries — a pastry-coffee-tea cafe, not a restaurant.