A Korean corner in the heart of District 10
Sole Saigon — a Korean-minimalist coffee & tea house: cream walls, fabric canopy, warm wood, and the yellow spiral staircase right at the entrance.
Step up the yellow stairs, into a gentle day.
Sole Saigon is a Korean-minimalist coffee & tea house at 8 Nguyen Tieu La, District 10: cream walls, a daylight-filtering fabric canopy, warm wooden tables. Two floors, two rhythms — the ground floor holds the drinks counter, the upper floor the sweet and savoury bakes.
The detail everyone remembers is the yellow spiral staircase right at the entrance — the must-try backdrop of every District 10 review. Inside: the fabric-canopy courtyard, white chairs, glass-block walls, greenery everywhere — beautiful from every angle, pure Korean minimalism.
On the drinks side, Sole is serious: ten fruit teas, a section all its own for matcha and chocolate, and cold brew steeped from in-house-roasted Ethiopian medium-roast beans, no artificial flavouring. A bilingual Vietnamese–English menu is at the counter; open every day from 8 in the morning until 11 at night.
Why Sole sticks with you
- The yellow spiral staircaseThe café's most famous photo corner — the must-try backdrop of every District 10 review.
- The fabric-canopy courtyardDaylight filtered through fabric, low wooden tables, white chairs — quiet, private, made for long study or work sessions.
- Serious fruit tea & matchaTen fruit teas, a section all its own for matcha and chocolate — the most-ordered cups.
- Cold brew steeped in-houseIn-house-roasted Ethiopian medium-roast beans, cold-steeped for hours, no artificial flavouring.
The Sole lens
The yellow staircase is a backdrop that needs no filter.
The quiet fabric-canopy courtyard, low wooden tables — study or work all afternoon without getting bored.
Ten fruit teas, bold matcha, in-house cold brew — enough to come back for.
It gets busy at peak hours — music and laughter are part of the deal.