Standing on the crowded and famous Nguyen Hue walking street with many interesting architectural sights, the No.42 Nguyen Hue apartment now known as the cafe building certainly stands out as one of the most unique. Here stays a dozen of coffee shops decorated with different styles, becoming the soul and symbol of Saigon’s young people and art-lovers.

Have been built in the so far mid 1960s, the apartment 42 Nguyen Hue – cafe building has been through extreme changes. It once held as the American military officers. As HCMC developed every day, authority changed Nguyen Hue st. to what you may see it today – a center of tourism. The tenants began to rent out their apartments for business and coffee shops. Unfortunately, the law is pushing back. Notices of eviction for all the businesses have been made regularly. They’re still opened, but nobody knows it will last for how long. Maybe in the next few years, no. 42 cafe apartment building is just a reminiscence of the Saigonese.

The cafe building – Level 1

The Maker Showroom

A stylish boutique stocking locally-made and imported products, including men’s and women’s clothing and shoes, accessories, lingerie, cosmetics and bags. themakerconcept.com

The cafe building – Level 2

Poke Saigon

Saigon’s first poke restaurant, serving a modern take on the Hawaiian dish that traditionally featured marinated raw fish. Served here atop rice, salad, or a combination of both.

Chic Bae 21

Lingerie and fashion boutique. chicbae21.com

Buom Boutique & Cafe

Boutique selling Japanese-inspired women’s fashion.

Saigon Vieux Coffee

Cafe and bistro with nostalgic vintage decor, serving Vietnamese food, desserts and vegetarian food.

SuShi 79

Japanese food, including sushi, served in a minimalist Japanese-style eatery.

The cafe building – Level 3

Thinker & Dreamer

First of two branches of this languidly-named nostalgia cafe. The coffee shop bring a fresh feeling, pure with white tone simple but extremely delicate.

Thinker dreamer at café building

Source: Thinker&Dreamer Coffee

Lapin

Fashion boutique

Shimmer Silver

Providers in glamorous VietNam handmade sterling silver jewelry..

www.shimmersilver.com

Begi Store

Fashion boutique with modern dynamic trendy clothing.

The Maker Cafe

Associated with the boutique on level 1, this industrial chic cafe was designed to gather people in a creative environment. The cafe’s menu offers salads, burgers, steaks, pasta, desserts and drinks.

Mango Tree

Dessert and cafe, with the most famous dessert is Bingsu.

The cafe building – Level 4

The E.Y.E Saigon

Vietnamese lifestyle brand with Scandinavian influence, selling wall prints and printed canvas tote bags.

Cosette

Women’s high-end fashion boutique.

8ielts Cafe

Coffee shop with the tagline “talking with coffee”.

Partea

With its enchanting English tearoom decor, this cafe spans two apartments, with another cafe wedged in between the two sections.

Thinker & Dreamer

The romantically named Thinker & Dreamer is an intimate little cafe with clean and clinical décor and a lovely (but tiny) tiled terrace. The shop design was inspired by Saigon City in 1975s, so the space seems quite simple and elegant. Only with the white walls, some brown wooden tables and chairs, but the thing that makes it more memorable in this shop is the quietness different from the crowded and cramped city outside.

Thinker&Dreamer Floor 4th

Source: Thinker&Dreamer Coffee

The cafe building – Level 5

The Bra Shop

The name says it all.

Lou De Parfum

Makeup, perfume and skincare store

Cati Madeline Boutique

Fashion boutique

Saigon Oi

Another attractive option for aesthetic caffeine lovers in 42 Nguyen Hue is Saigon Oi located in the 5th floor. Saigon Oi serves snacks, juices, salads and an earthy decor that makes you feel as if you coming home.

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