Best cafés in Hanoi for workaholics

Best cafés in Hanoi for workaholics

The Hanoitimes – With so many distractions and a terrible amount of noise, Hanoi can be a remarkably difficult place to lesson plan, article research and presentation prepare. It was time to get back to work and so we scanned the streets for the best laptop friendly café.

Work Cafe Hanoi

Space for workaholic.

Located on the 4th floor inside Vincom Ba Trieu, Work Cafe Hanoi is a café and pastry bar inside Nest by AIA, a financial service and event space. You can go for a cup of coffee. You can reach out for financial advice. You can attend or host an event. You can read a book while munching on some of our homemade pastry. You can go there for one or all of the above reasons.

Located on the 4th floor inside Vincom Ba Trieu.

A collaborative, activated, friendly space, Work Cafe Hanoi has created a special space in one of Vietnam’s most iconic skyscrapers. It’s minimalist with a touch of Scandinavian style to make people feel comfortable and casual.

Work Cafe Hanoi is a café and pastry bar inside Nest by AIA, a financial service and event space.

While the space itself is aesthetically beautiful and functional, the top rated cafe inside the space is what makes it special. Featuring drinks such as cold brews, matchas, and Western and Vietnamese style coffees. Complemented the coffee is a diverse selection of pastries.

A collaborative, activated, friendly space, Work Cafe Hanoi has created a special space in one of Vietnam’s most iconic skyscrapers.

It’s easily accessible in the center of town and features one of the most reliable WiFi systems in town, since the space doubles up as an office and collaborative work space. Other than their coffee, Work Cafe features one-of-a-kind selection of pastries that can’t be found anywhere else in the city, at very affordable prices.
It’s also worth checking out the design itself. Scandinavian at its core, but with touches of Vietnamese identity with books and magazines from popular Vietnamese authors and editorials. The work areas in the space are spacious and well-equipped by any cafe standards.

Work Cafe Hanoi is a hotspot for office workers to take their coffee breaks, so avoid the natural morning and afternoon rushes.

Work Cafe Hanoi is a hotspot for office workers to take their coffee breaks, so avoid the natural morning and afternoon rushes. You’ll also often find people hunkering down here with their laptops for long periods, so come on the earlier side if you plan to work. I would also be aware of the event schedule.
Spacebar

Spacebar successfully blends cafe and co-working with comfortable work stations.

Spacebar successfully blends cafe and co-working with comfortable work stations, delicious beverages and refreshingly reliable internet speeds.

Spacebar occupies the ground floor of a handsome modern mansion in the heart of Hanoi’s expat enclave.

An add-on to the increasingly well-known Clickspace co-working office, Spacebar occupies the ground floor of a handsome modern mansion in the heart of Hanoi’s expat enclave. It’s quiet, laid-back, and there’s no need to worry about pesky monthly membership fees as co-owners Jason, Jody and CK aim to create somewhere suited to the more temperamental freelancer. Having only opened in April of 2015, Spacebar is still young and they are developing things as they go.

Drinks are also good, with decent coffee, great juices, and a healthy selection of alcoholic beverages that can be summoned should the day require it.

Without a coherent design concept there is a somewhat disjointed feeling about Spacebar- the wooden tables are probably a little too bright for the industrial-chic chairs and they are still grappling with how to keep the walls alive. But spend some time here and its easy to see why certain decisions were made. The furniture pieces are all solid and practical, with broad tables on which to spread your shit and a range of comfortable seating options to suit your mood and stress levels.
The music situation couldn’t be better. A careful selection of recognizable yet un-overplayed tunes play from the speakers just loud enough to be sensed, but not so loud that you can’t tune into your own audio library with some headphones instead. Drinks are also good, with decent coffee, great juices, and a healthy selection of alcoholic beverages that can be summoned should the day require it.

Spacebar may have a little bit further to go, but for now things are already looking up.

Clickspace has come a long way since pioneering Hanoi co-working in 2013, but opening Spacebar is undoubtedly the best move yet in making the place more user friendly. Spacebar may have a little bit further to go, but for now things are already looking up.

Ha Phuong

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