\"Oasis Cafe\" in Ho Chi Minh City keeps steadily going viral on social media among foreign tourists. A koi pond spreads inside the caf\u00e9, and when you sit on a stone pod sunk into the pond, colorful koi swim right up to your table \u2014 such an extraordinary experience has spread by word of mouth, and foreign visitors are said to have increased 50% over the past 3\u20134 months.<\/p>\n
Located on Le Van Sy Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Oasis Cafe has over 8 years of history. As one of the shops that pioneered the concept of \"a koi pond inside a caf\u00e9,\" from the entrance you proceed along a passage decorated with greenery and ornaments, coming out to an area where a pond is at your feet.<\/p>\n
What's unique is the \"sunken pod seats.\" You sit inside a pod with water up to waist height, leaning against the stone rim while enjoying a drink. The sight of koi swimming leisurely right before your eyes is photogenic, and posts to Instagram and TikTok never let up. You can also buy feed for a few thousand VND (a few dozen yen) and feed the koi, an experience design that everyone from children to adults can enjoy.<\/p>\n
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism includes Oasis Cafe on its list of \"100 interesting things to do in the city,\" gaining official recognition as a travel guide. This was picked up by overseas media and travel blogs, spreading awareness among travelers from the English-speaking world, Korea, China, and Japan.<\/p>\n
Behind this is also the fact that attention to Vietnam's overall coffee culture has risen since entering 2026. In Ho Chi Minh City, over 2,000 independent caf\u00e9s operate, and demand for \"experiential\" shops that go beyond mere caf\u00e9s is strengthening. It's an era where caf\u00e9s you can experience the very place itself, not just drink specialty coffee, are valued.<\/p>\n
At first, some locals rated it as \"a novelty spot for tourists,\" but in recent years it has changed into a popular spot visited by Vietnamese couples and families too. A pride that \"a caf\u00e9 culture making use of our own nature and space is recognized by the world\" changed its local evaluation.<\/p>\n
On Vietnamese social media, it's regularly introduced as \"a place I want to take my foreign friends,\" and in Ho Chi Minh City's foreign-resident community it's positioned as \"a shop I always show friends visiting from Hanoi.\"<\/p>\n
Access to Oasis Cafe is on Le Van Sy Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, about 15\u201320 minutes from central Ho Chi Minh City by Grab (ride-hailing app). The fare is around 50,000\u201380,000 VND (300\u2013500 yen). Business hours are roughly 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and if you want to avoid crowds, weekday mornings are recommended.<\/p>\n
As a note, the pod seats are limited in number, and since drawing attention on social media, lines can form on weekend afternoons. Drinks are at Vietnamese prices of about 100\u2013300 yen, with coffee, fruit juice, and iced tea available. There's no Japanese menu, but English works.<\/p>\n
If you're looking for a distinctive caf\u00e9 experience in Ho Chi Minh City,Every Half Coffee<\/a>(a specialty roastery) andCheese Coffee<\/a>(a photogenic type) are also worth considering as candidates.<\/p>\n Oasis Cafe's popularity shows that Vietnam's caf\u00e9s have evolved from \"places that serve drinks\" to \"the place itself is the experience.\" In addition to standard tourist sites like Ben Thanh Market and the Cu Chi Tunnels, caf\u00e9 experiences are becoming an important pillar of Ho Chi Minh City's tourism content.<\/p>\n In an era where travelers choose \"where to drink\" rather than \"what to drink,\" experience design like Oasis Cafe's produces high repeat rates and social-media spread. From 2026 onward, an increase in new caf\u00e9s with similar concepts within Ho Chi Minh City is also expected.<\/p>\n Ho Chi Minh City's koi caf\u00e9 \"Oasis Cafe\" is an experiential caf\u00e9 that achieved a 50% increase in foreign visitors through social-media spread and the tourism department's endorsement. The one-of-a-kind spatial experience of pod seats surrounded by a koi pond has value as a highlight of Ho Chi Minh City sightseeing. Visiting in the morning before the crowds is especially recommended. For detailed caf\u00e9 information, also seePassio Coffee<\/a>andMilano Coffee<\/a>the article.<\/p>\n Source:VPress Asia \u2013 Ho Chi Minh City koi caf\u00e9 enchants foreigners<\/a>\u3001Quick Vietnam<\/a>\u3001Cheri The Glutton<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The carp caf\u00e9 \"Oasis Cafe\" in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, saw foreign visitors rise 50% over the past 3-4 months. The experience of being surrounded by carp in sunken pods within the pond has become a tourism-bureau-endorsed spot. We explain access and how to avoid the crowds.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"swell_btn_cv_data":"","ssp_meta_description":"\u30db\u30fc\u30c1\u30df\u30f3\u306e\u9bc9\u30ab\u30d5\u30a7\u300cOasis Cafe\u300d\u304c\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u8a2a\u554f\u800550%\u5897\u3002SNS\u62e1\u6563\u306e\u80cc\u666f\u3084\u5e97\u5185\u306e\u7279\u5fb4\u3001\u30a2\u30af\u30bb\u30b9\u60c5\u5831\u306a\u3069\u73fe\u5730\u306e\u6700\u65b0\u4e8b\u60c5\u3092\u307e\u3068\u3081\u307e\u3059\u3002","ssp_meta_keyword":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,19],"tags":[255,253,23,30],"purpose":[],"keyword":[],"location":[317],"class_list":["post-1790","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-cafe","category-news","tag-instagrammable-cafe","tag-stylish-cafe","tag-cafe","tag-hochiminh","location-ho-chi-minh"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1793,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1790\/revisions\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"purpose","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/purpose?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=1790"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-gift.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\"Experiential caf\u00e9s\" are becoming a new axis of Ho Chi Minh City tourism<\/h2>\n
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