The strip fills slowly. Walk it before the heat settles.
Why LEVANSY, why now
Le Van Sy has become one of Saigon's densest cafe and bar corridors in 2025-2026, appearing in TikTok feeds and local lifestyle roundups as a concentrated strip worth walking on its own. The street-level stretch between District 3 and Phu Nhuan is finally being mapped as its own destination.
1. Den Da Coffee
- 110 Đ. Lê Văn Sỹ, Phú Nhuận, Hồ Chí Minh
- 4.1 · 970 reviews · Cà phê sữa đá
Den Da opens the course because mornings here ask for something steady before the corridor wakes up fully. It runs 24 hours, so timing is yours, but starting early means the street view is still quiet and the booths upstairs haven't filled yet. The crew chose this as the anchor because specialty coffee on Le Van Sy starts here, and the rest of the strip builds from it.
Crew's note
The stools wait. The city doesn't.
What visitors say
Cute spot for coffee! Great view of the street below and the HK Milk Tea was delicious. The pastries also smelled delicious and fragrant!
An excellent and very chill 24 hr cafe, with large drinks. The coffee was really good and the music (all Katy Perry) wasn’t too loud. The se…
2. Huy Hoang Bookstore
- 357A Đ. Lê Văn Sỹ, Tân Sơn Hòa, Hồ Chí Minh 700000
- 4.3 · 356 reviews · Independent Bookstore
Huy Hoang closes the walk because a bookstore with a second-floor coffee corner lets you settle after the street. It's independent, organized enough to browse without a plan, and the rhythm shifts from sidewalk energy to something you can sit with. Ending here means the course tapers instead of stopping abruptly.
Crew's note
The balloons don't hurry. Neither should you.
What visitors say
A book store and… a cute dog is always in front
1st time here and I like it. A big bookstore, nicely organized. Yesterday, my company held a Secret Santa game where people would be switchi…
The walk between
The stretch between them is short, the kind where you notice how many storefronts have changed signage recently. Le Van Sy in daylight feels like a strip still figuring out its density, cafes stacked close but not yet tangled.
- Start the course before 10 a.m. if you want Den Da's upstairs seating to yourself and Huy Hoang's aisles empty enough to move through slowly.
- Pair the walk with a late afternoon return if you want to see how the corridor shifts. The scout research notes rooftop bars and late-night venues along the same strip, so the day route and the evening route share a center line.
FAQ
- Does the bookstore feel like a working shop or more of a hangout spot?
- Huy Hoang stocks school supplies, IELTS prep materials, and general titles, so it functions as a real neighborhood bookstore first. The second-floor cafe is small and quiet, more for reading than lingering over multiple rounds.
- How does pricing feel across both stops?
- One visitor noted that Den Da's menu looks expensive at first glance but turns out reasonable once you see portion sizes. Huy Hoang's coffee shop upstairs runs typical Saigon cafe pricing, nothing inflated for the corridor's recent attention.
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