Hoi An Cafes: Old Town Courtyards, Rooftops and Rice Field Coffee

Every place was checked against two sources: its Google listing and a recent review or the cafe's own menu. Two well-known spots from older lists didn't make it, and we say why at the end of the first section. If you're still planning the trip, start with our Hoi An travel guide.

Prices and hours as of November 2026. Out-of-town cafes close early, so check the map listing before you ride out.

Which Hoi An cafe to pick — the short version

In Hoi An you choose a cafe by time of day: a field or the beach in the morning, a courtyard or air-con at midday, a rooftop over the lanterns in the evening. All 15 places are below; details follow by occasion.

Not every row has a price: there is no public menu with prices and recent reviews don't quote one. As a city-wide benchmark, nomadsbeyond.com (May 2026) puts a cup in a tourist cafe at "about 50,000 VND (2 USD)". Street-cafe and restaurant coffee prices are in our Hoi An food guide and Hoi An prices, so we don't repeat them here.

• Faifo Coffee (Faifo Coffee · 130 Trần Phú): Rooftop over the Old Town — 45,000–85,000 VND, until 9:30 pm
• Mê Hội An (Mê Hội An Rooftop · 166 Trần Phú): Rooftop near the Japanese Bridge — 8 am–10:30 pm
• Reaching Out Teahouse (Reaching Out Teahouse · 131 Trần Phú): Tea 53,000–78,000 VND — Silent teahouse, 8 am–8 pm
• Hoi An Coffee Hub (Hẻm 11 Nguyễn Thái Học): Courtyard with a koi pond — 8 am–6:30 pm
• U Cafe (U Cafe · 120 Huyền Trân Công Chúa): Hoai River, lotus ponds — 8 am–5 pm, closed Tuesday
• Xóm Chiêu (Coffee Xóm Chiêu · 55 Lê Thánh Tông): Rice field — 6 am–5 pm
• NGHÉ (NGHÉ Rice Paddy Cafe · K32 Lê Thánh Tông): Rice field and breakfast — 8 am–5:30 pm
• Café Slow (Café Slow · Trà Quế): Tra Que gardens, filter coffee — 7:30 am–5:30 pm
• Sound of Silence (Sound Of Silence · 40 Nguyễn Phan Vinh): Above An Bang beach — 7 am–7 pm, cash only
• The Inner Hoian (The Inner Hoian by Àla · Kiệt 4 Trương Minh Lượng): Wi-Fi and outlets — 8 am–5 pm
• XLIII Specialty Coffee (XLIII · 326 Lý Thường Kiệt): Specialty, filter — 6:30 am–10:30 pm
• The Espresso Station (28/2 Trần Hưng Đạo): Specialty in a courtyard — 7:30 am–5:15 pm
• Mót Hội An (Mót · 150 Trần Phú): Herbal drink 10,000–25,000 VND — Cash only
• Phin Coffee (Phin Coffee · 47/28 Trần Hưng Đạo): Egg coffee, coffee class — 8 am–10 pm

Best for each occasion:

• Sunset over the roofs — Faifo Coffee: the top terrace is open until 9:30 pm.
• An hour of quiet in the crowds — Reaching Out Teahouse.
• Morning by the paddies — Coffee Xóm Chiêu, open from 6 am.
• A full working day — The Inner Hoian by Àla.
• Good beans — XLIII Specialty Coffee.
• Something local for under a dollar — Mót Hội An.

Cross Memories Rooftop at 30 Nguyễn Thái Học off older lists: in July 2026 Google showed it as temporarily closed. Cocobana tearoom on the same street has closed for good.

Old Town cafes — rooftops, courtyards and silence

Hoi An's Old Town cafes sit on the same streets as the sights, Trần Phú and Nguyễn Thái Học. You don't need the 120,000 VND (~$4.60) Old Town ticket to sit down for coffee: it's checked at the old houses, assembly halls and the Japanese Bridge, not on the street. How the Old Town ticket works has its own write-up.

The streets are packed by midday, so the best seats are upstairs or at the back of a courtyard.

Faifo Coffee — a rooftop over tiled roofs

Faifo Coffee at 130 Trần Phú is the Old Town's best-known cafe, and the reason is the top terrace with its view over the tiled roofs. Seating downstairs is tight; upstairs there's more room. On the map ↗

Order the house Faifo Special or the coconut coffee; Vietnamese guide mia.vn recommended both in July 2026. The same review puts drinks at 45,000–85,000 VND (~$1.75–3.25) and lists hours as 8 am–9:30 pm Monday to Thursday, from 7:30 am Friday to Sunday.

On Google it scores 4.1 from almost 4,000 reviews. The view gets universal praise; the coffee is often called ordinary and the cold brew average. On the night of the lantern festival, book a balcony table ahead.

Mê Hội An Rooftop — the second rooftop, by the Japanese Bridge

Mê Hội An at 166 Trần Phú is another terrace above the Old Town, closer to the Japanese Bridge. It's open 8 am–10:30 pm, and more than 2,000 Google reviews give it 4.9, well ahead of its neighbour Faifo. На карте ↗

Reviewers like the salt, coconut and egg coffees, the latte art and the balcony view. On a hot day go up in the late afternoon, once the direct sun is off the terrace. Service slows down at peak times.

💬 The salted coffee was the best they'd had in Vietnam, with a beautiful design on top. Fewer Instagrammers than at Faifo, and they had the balcony to themselves. — Wanderlog, July 2026

Reaching Out Teahouse — an hour of silence

Reaching Out Teahouse at 131 Trần Phú is a social enterprise staffed by people with hearing and speech impairments. You order with word blocks, and what people come for is the quiet, a few steps from the city's busiest street. On the map ↗

Prices are on the menu on Reaching Out's website. A pot of tea for one is 53,000–78,000 VND (~$2–3), drip coffee 67,000 VND (~$2.60), and a tasting set of three teas or three coffees 155,000 VND (~$6). For coffee, the review summary points to Vietnamese iced coffee rather than the drip.

Google lists 8 am–8 pm; an August 2026 review says 10 am–7:30 pm, so check the map listing if you're going early. The teahouse also appears in our Hoi An food guide; this is the detail for people coming specifically for tea.

Hoi An Coffee Hub — a courtyard and pond down an alley

Hoi An Coffee Hub is tucked into alley 11 off Nguyễn Thái Học: mossy walls and a garden with a small koi pond. It scores 4.9 on Google from 1,100 reviews and is open 8 am–6:30 pm. На карте ↗

Reviewers order salt coffee, Vietnamese black coffee, coconut coffee made with fresh coconut milk, and egg coffee with a pattern on top. Jasmine tea comes free, and the owner is happy to talk about Vietnamese coffee. The nomadsbeyond.com review (May 2026) likes the wooden tables for working. It's quietest outside peak hours.

U Cafe — the Hoai River and lotus ponds

U Cafe sits on the Hoai River at 120 Huyền Trân Công Chúa, about a 20-minute walk from the Old Town towards Cua Dai beach. The second floor looks over the river and Hoi An Memories park; downstairs there are fish ponds, lotuses and a Japanese-style garden. На карте ↗

It's open 8 am–5 pm and closed on Tuesdays, which both Google and an August 2026 review confirm. Reviewers praise the coconut coffee (one compares it to a coconut affogato), the salt coffee and Japanese kakigori shaved ice. There is Wi-Fi, but the review summary says it isn't ideal for long work sessions.

What to see in Hoi An  · What to eat in Hoi An  · Lantern festival

Rice field cafes — An My, Thanh Tay and Tra Que

Hoi An's rice field cafes sit between the Old Town and An Bang beach: along Lê Thánh Tông in An Mỹ, on Nguyễn Trãi, and by the vegetable village of Trà Quế. According to mia.vn in August 2026, a drink at these cafes usually costs 35,000–70,000 VND (~$1.35–2.70).

Almost all seating is outdoors, so go in the morning or after 4 pm and bring insect repellent, because mosquitoes come up in reviews of Xóm Chiêu, NGHÉ and Café Slow. Most close at 5–5:30 pm; only Roving Chillhouse stays open for sunset. A bicycle or scooter is the easiest way out; options are in our Hoi An transport guide.

💬 "After the rice harvest, the view is much less impressive" — rice field cafes guide, goodmorning-hoian.com, 2024

Coffee Xóm Chiêu — swings and bamboo bridges

Coffee Xóm Chiêu at 55 Lê Thánh Tông is a small cafe right on the paddy, reached by narrow village lanes, with swings, bamboo bridges and lanterns. It opens earliest, at 6 am, and closes at 5 pm. Google score: 4.8 from 466 reviews. На карте ↗

Reviewers recommend the coconut latte with coconut shavings, salt coffee, sugarcane juice and peach tea. The menu is short, and at sunrise the place is nearly empty.

NGHÉ Rice Paddy Cafe — paddy views with breakfast

NGHÉ at K32 Lê Thánh Tông is a breakfast cafe on the edge of a field that opened in early 2024. It's open 8 am–5:30 pm, and 937 Google reviews give it 4.9. На карте ↗

People come for breakfast: a tropical bowl, bacon, avocado and feta toast, pancakes with fruit. Drinks include a mango-coconut smoothie, coconut coffee, matcha and salt coffee. Nomadsbeyond.com (May 2026) warns the black coffee is very strong and suggests the coconut, salt or egg coffee instead.

💬 Excellent views of the paddy fields and delicious drinks: a mango and coconut smoothie, coconut coffee, oat cacao. The food was a little disappointing: great presentation and portions, but not enough seasoning in the falafel plate with hummus and the avocado and sun-dried tomato toast. — Wanderlog, July 2026

Roving Chillhouse — the one for sunset

Roving Chillhouse on Nguyễn Trãi in Thanh Tay opened in 2020 and is still the best-known rice field cafe: raised daybed platforms right in the field and rows of rice to the horizon. Weekends get busy.

Drinks cost 40,000–90,000 VND (~$1.55–3.45), according to mia.vn in 2025 and sunparadiseland.com in August 2026. Hours are muddled: some sources say 7:30 am–8 pm, the latest mia.vn piece says until 10 pm. Either way it's the only cafe in this section where you can catch the field at sunset.

Café Slow — a porch over the Tra Que gardens

Café Slow is in Tra Que (Trà Quế), the village that grows herbs and greens for Hoi An's kitchens. It's open 7:30 am–5:30 pm and scores 4.4 on Google (922 reviews). На карте ↗

💬 They came early in the morning after a walk around Tra Que: it was cool and not crowded, but the best seats facing the farm were already taken, so they sat by the window and moved when one opened up. They left early, before it got hot and the crowds rolled in. — Wanderlog, March 2026

Here they brew Americano on Colombian beans, V60 and other hand-poured filter, and reviewers like the bạc xỉu, a sweet coffee with lots of milk. Food includes a pesto panini, shakshuka and bagels. Arrive early to get a seat on the front porch.

Coffee by the sea — An Bang beach

For a beach cafe in Hoi An, head to Sound of Silence at 40 Nguyễn Phan Vinh on An Bang beach. The terrace is raised above the beach facing the sea, and inside is a spacious room in traditional Hoi An style. It's open 7 am–7 pm and scores 4.5 on Google from 1,553 reviews. На карте ↗

The house drink is coconut coffee; a Trip.com post recommends the salt coffee with a beach view. It's cash only. Some reviewers feel the drinks don't live up to the setting, and Trip.com posts complain that land reclamation work on the beach in front spoils the view.

Beach restaurants and bars at An Bang such as Soul Kitchen, sunbeds and how to get there are in our Hoi An beaches guide.

Where to work with a laptop in Hoi An

The best laptop-friendly cafe in Hoi An is The Inner Hoian by Àla, in alley 4 off Trương Minh Lượng, a few minutes from the Old Town. Nomadsbeyond.com gives a different address, 54 Phan Bội Châu, at the end of a narrow alley, so it's easier to navigate by the map pin. Reviews mention fast Wi-Fi, power outlets and plenty of seating. It's open 8 am–5 pm and scores 4.8 on Google from 842 reviews. На карте ↗

The coffee is specialty from newer farms, with floral or honey-caramel-chocolate notes. Drip comes on light, medium or dark roast beans of your choice, and there's a matcha latte with coconut milk. You can taste beans before buying a bag. Seating is inside and in a leafy courtyard.

Two more options are covered above: the wooden tables at Hoi An Coffee Hub in town and the porch at Café Slow outside it. Reviews say nothing about outlets at either, and Café Slow closes at 5:30 pm.

Specialty coffee — XLIII and The Espresso Station

Specialty coffee in Hoi An means XLIII and The Espresso Station first: both rate above 4.7 from over a thousand reviews each, and both brew filter coffee as well as phin with condensed milk. The XLIII flagship, where roasting happens in full view, is in Da Nang: see our guide to the best cafes in Da Nang.

XLIII Specialty Coffee

XLIII at 326 Lý Thường Kiệt, inside the Almanity hotel, is a minimalist cafe from a brand that grew out of the Da Nang roastery 43 Factory Coffee Roaster, with seasonal beans. The Hoi An shop opened in August 2023. The brand serves three ways: shot, filter and milk-based. It scores 5.0 on Google from almost 3,500 reviews and has the longest hours on this list, 6:30 am–10:30 pm. On the map ↗

The review summary points to the filter coffee, and to the milk-based drinks if you like it creamier. Sourdough European pastries go with the coffee. Hoi An prices aren't published.

The Espresso Station

The Espresso Station is tucked into a courtyard down alley 28/2 off Trần Hưng Đạo, on the edge of the Old Town. Look for a small blue round sign. Old sewing machines serve as tables. На карте ↗

Besides espresso, it brews pour-over and Vietnamese phin. 2026 reviews praise the ice cube coffee (frozen coffee cubes topped with milk), the Dark Soul charcoal latte, salt and coconut coffee, and the croissants. Reviewers call the prices reasonable, but there's no public menu with prices. Google lists 7:30 am–5:15 pm, a Sunparadiseland.com review (August 2026) says 9 am–6 pm. Late afternoon is quieter.

Local classics — what to order in Hoi An cafes

Almost every cafe in Hoi An serves the same five drinks, and it helps to know the Vietnamese names:

Where each drink came from and how robusta differs from arabica is in our guide to Vietnamese coffee. Egg coffee has its own article.

Mót Hội An — a local drink for under a dollar

Mót at 150 Trần Phú is a stand selling an herbal drink rather than coffee: lemongrass, licorice, cinnamon and dried lime, served with a bamboo straw. According to an August 2026 review a cup costs 10,000–25,000 VND (~$0.40–1); in March 2025 it was quoted at about 18,000 VND. That's less than any coffee on the street. На карте ↗

It scores 4.5 on Google from 3,900 reviews. It's cash only, there's often a queue and sweetness varies from cup to cup. Ask for no ice if you prefer. There's little seating, so most people take it to go. Google lists 9 am–10 pm; the review says from 6 am.

Phin Coffee Restaurant — egg coffee and a coffee class

Phin Coffee Restaurant is hidden in a courtyard at alley 47/28 off Trần Hưng Đạo. You can also come in from the Trần Phú side: nomadsbeyond.com gives the address as 132/7 Trần Phú, and the alley entrance is easy to miss. It's open 8 am–10 pm, with 4.8 on Google and 2,900 reviews. Nomadsbeyond.com (May 2026) recommends the egg coffee here. На карте ↗

Beans are roasted on site. There's a Vietnamese coffee class covering bean types, brewing methods, salt coffee and egg coffee. It's a cafe-restaurant, and reviewers also praise the kitchen, especially the pesto cao lầu and the pho with smoked duck. Drip coffee is dine-in only.

Vietnamese coffee · Egg coffee · What to buy in Hoi An 

Good to know before a cafe crawl

• Out-of-town cafes close early. U Cafe, Xóm Chiêu, NGHÉ, Café Slow and Inner Hoian close at 5–5:30 pm. For the evening you're left with the Old Town, XLIII and Roving Chillhouse.
• Carry cash. Mót and Sound of Silence don't take cards, and card acceptance elsewhere isn't confirmed.
• Addresses come in two versions. On 1 July 2025 the former Quang Nam province became part of Da Nang city, so 2026 listings read "Hội An Đông, Đà Nẵng" where older ones said "Cẩm Châu, Quảng Nam". They're the same places — more in our Hoi An travel guide.
• Riverside streets flood in October–November. When the Thu Bồn overflows, water sits on Bạch Đằng, Nguyễn Thái Học and Trần Phú for 1–3 days, and riverside cafes may close. How to handle it is in our section on flooding in Hoi An.
• Hours differ between sources. For Faifo, Reaching Out, Roving, Espresso Station and Mót, map listings and reviews disagree. Check the listing before you go.
• Coffee beans to take home are easier to buy in shops and at the market — where and for how much is in what to buy in Hoi An, along with the Maison Marou chocolate cafe.

Hoi An cafes FAQ

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