Editorial guide
Where to start with pour-over coffee in Ho Chi Minh City
These picks are selected from reviewed cafes where pour-over, hand brew, or serious filter coffee shows up as a visible reason to visit. The room, food, and retail shelf still matter, but the slower cup has to carry its weight.
96B cafe & roastery is the best first stop: Tan Dinh cafe-roastery for Vietnamese Liberica, Excelsa, robusta, arabica, filter coffee, education, and beans to take home. The Workshop Coffee is the best roaster shelf: Long-running District 1 specialty loft for espresso, pour-over, natural light, worktables, breakfast, and a central coffee pause. XLIII Specialty Coffee is the best slower detour: Pasteur specialty coffee room for guided filter, premium origin-led cups, espresso, retail beans, calm seating, and late hours.
96B cafe & roastery, The Workshop Coffee, and XLIII Specialty Coffee are the clearest starting points from the current Ho Chi Minh City shortlist. Use this as a choice list rather than a rigid crawl; the best stop depends on where the rest of your day is already moving.
Look elsewhere for the nearest latte, a pastry-only stop, or a room chosen only for seating. These picks make most sense when filter coffee is part of the brief.
