When it comes to Da Nang, My Khe Beach and Ba Na Hills — that image is changing. In 2026, the "third wave" of third-wave coffee is surging in earnest into this beach resort city. XLIII Coffee, where you compare three temperature bands in a hand-drip flight; Lighthouse Coffee, with house-roasted honey process; O2o First Roast, in an omakase style. Shops offering Vietnamese Robusta and arabica at specialty grade cluster, and Da Nang is transforming into a "town to visit for coffee."
Da Nang's third-wave situation — why here, why now
Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer, but for a long time it centered on mass-producing Robusta for export, and domestic consumption was mainly "ca phe sua da" with condensed milk. In Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, specialty coffee shops began increasing from the late 2010s, but Da Nang received that wave a little later.
The turning point was XLIII Coffee (formerly 43 Factory) opening in the My An area in 2019. Since then, shops centered on house-roasting, single origin, and hand drip — Lighthouse Coffee on the Son Tra peninsula, O2o First Roast in Bac My An — have come to dot the area. Da Nang has a geographic advantage too. It's relatively close to the coffee-growing regions of Cau Dat and Lam Dong province, making fresh beans easy to obtain.
7 Da Nang third-wave cafés
The following 7 shops each lead Da Nang's coffee scene with a different approach. The price ranges are early-2026 information, converted at 1 Vietnamese dong = about 0.006 yen (10,000 dong ≒ about 60 yen).
| Shop name | Area | Style | Signature menu | Price range | Price range (yen conversion) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLIII Coffee | My An (10 minutes' walk from My Khe Beach) | Hand-drip flight | A three-temperature-band comparison of Cau Dat arabica | 120,000〜180,000 VND | About 720 to 1,080 yen |
| Lighthouse Coffee Roaster | Son Tra (An Hai Bac) | House weekly roasting | Lam Dong honey-process Robusta | 75,000〜95,000 VND | About 450 to 570 yen |
| O2o First Roast | Bac My An (Phan Tu street) | Omakase pour-over | Ethiopian heirloom + Vietnamese | 90,000〜130,000 VND | About 540 to 780 yen |
| The Cups Coffee | 3 stores in the city | A Da Nang-originated chain | Salt coffee (ca phe muoi) | 45,000〜65,000 VND | About 270 to 390 yen |
| NAM House Coffee | Hai Chau (Le Hong Phong street) | Traditional phin drip | Ca phe sua da with 5-minute phin extraction | 25,000〜35,000 VND | About 150 to 210 yen |
| Cong Caphe | West bank of the Han River (near the Dragon Bridge) | Coconut coffee | Robusta espresso × frozen coconut | 55,000〜75,000 VND | About 330 to 450 yen |
| Caribou Food Truck | Along My Khe Beach (Vo Nguyen Giap street) | Takeout | Beach morning coffee + banh mi | Under 100,000 VND | Under about 600 yen |
Detailed reviews of three notable shops
XLIII Coffee (formerly 43 Factory)— If you're going to talk about Da Nang's third wave, you can't get around this shop. Equipped with professional gear like the Mahlkonig K30, Ditting 807, and La Marzocco Linea X, it draws out Cau Dat arabica with notes of stone fruit and white flower. The interior is "minimalist and quiet like a library." Since opening in 2019, it has kept raising Da Nang's specialty-coffee standard.
Lighthouse Coffee Roaster— A brick-built two-story building in the Son Tra district. It house-roasts weekly, finishing Lam Dong honey-process Robusta with notes of dark cherry and pipe tobacco. The "golden hour" when the dusk light streams into the interior is exceptional, an irresistible space for photography lovers too. The price from 75,000 VND is more reasonable than XLIII, the ideal cup if you're experiencing Vietnamese specialty Robusta for the first time.
O2o First Roast— A small shop of about 8 seats renovated from an apartment room. It's a style where the barista brews the day's best pour-over "omakase." Offering Ethiopian heirloom and Vietnamese single origin in turn, you face the coffee slowly while conversing. The stance of prioritizing experience over efficiency has a richness likethe time waiting for egg coffee at Hanoi's Cafe Giang.
Voices from the local coffee industry
In Da Nang's coffee industry, while welcoming the arrival of the third wave, harmony with local palates is raised as a challenge.
The Cups Coffee, as Da Nang's first "locally originated specialty chain," offers salt coffee (ca phe muoi), a Da Nang specialty, as a specialty-grade blend. The approach of raising quality while gaining local support is a form of evolution distinct from the overseas third wave.
Meanwhile, the presence of NAM House Coffee shows that traditional phin-drip culture coexists with the third wave. Within colonial architecture of yellow walls, tiled floors, and blue shutters, the experience of waiting five minutes for coffee to drip from the phin is Da Nang's "other coffee culture" itself.
Cong Caphe's Han River store is a location where you can drink coconut coffee while gazing at the sight of the Dragon Bridge breathing fire on Saturday nights. Though a chain, locals acknowledge that just this one store is worth visiting.
A recommended route for Japanese travelers
Da Nang's café-hopping can make a fulfilling route with half a day. In the morning, experience a hand-drip flight at XLIII Coffee, move six minutes by Grab, and try honey-process Robusta on Lighthouse Coffee's terrace. In the afternoon, touch traditional phin drip at NAM House in the Hai Chau district, and in the evening enjoy the Dragon Bridge sunset and coconut coffee on Cong Caphe's Han River terrace.
For a My Khe Beach stay, a course of getting coffee and banh mi at the Caribou Food Truck early in the morning, strolling the beach, and brunch with The Cups Coffee's salt coffee is nice too.Phu Quoc Island's nuoc mamIf you have a food-exploring spirit like visiting it, Da Nang's coffee tour will definitely fit.
Ripple effects on the Vietnamese coffee industry
Da Nang's third wave has meaning for the Vietnamese coffee industry as a whole too. Conventionally, Vietnamese Robusta had a strong image as a "cheap mass-produced product," but moves to draw out Robusta's potential with honey-process and light-roast methods, like Lighthouse Coffee and The Cups Coffee, are spreading.
If Da Nang is recognized as a "coffee tourism city," fair-trade-like benefits will reach farmers in the surrounding growing regions of Lam Dong and Son La provinces too. The combination of beach resort and specialty coffee has the potential to become a new base for Southeast Asian coffee tourism, alongside Bali (Indonesia) and Chiang Mai (Thailand).
Practical info summary
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| XLIII Coffee | My An area, 10 minutes' walk from My Khe Beach / 120,000 to 180,000 VND |
| Lighthouse Coffee | 12 Dinh Nghe, An Hai Bac, Son Tra / 6 minutes by Grab / 75,000 to 95,000 VND |
| O2o First Roast | Phan Tu, Bac My An / 8 minutes by Grab / 90,000 to 130,000 VND |
| The Cups Coffee | 233 Nguyen Van Thoai / 42 An Thuong 30 / 183 Le Duan / 45,000〜65,000 VND |
| NAM House Coffee | 15/1 Le Hong Phong, Hai Chau / 25,000〜35,000 VND |
| Cong Caphe | 39-41 Nguyen Thai Hoc (near the Dragon Bridge) / 55,000 to 75,000 VND |
| Caribou Food Truck | Along My Khe Beach, Vo Nguyen Giap street / under 100,000 VND |
| Mode of transport | Grab recommended (5 to 15 minutes for getting around the city, 20,000 to 40,000 VND) |
| Currency guide | 10,000 VND ≒ about 60 yen (early 2026) |
Summary
Da Nang is a town that added the new layer of third-wave coffee to a beach resort. XLIII Coffee's precise hand drip, Lighthouse Coffee's honey-process Robusta, O2o's omakase pour-over, The Cups Coffee's salt coffee, NAM House's traditional phin. Vietnamese coffee's past, present, and future coexist within a single city. Towns where you can enjoy both beach and coffee aren't so many even in Southeast Asia.
