FechTin Go · Vietnam · Hanoi

The Note Coffee

A café papered wall to ceiling in customers' sticky notes, written in every language going.

Every surface in the place — walls, ceiling, stair treads, banister — is covered in coloured sticky notes left by customers. There are good wishes, declarations of love, the email address of someone met on the road that morning, written in Vietnamese, English, Korean, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic. Staff hand you a note and a pen along with your coffee, and old layers get stripped away periodically to make room, so what you are reading is the last few months rather than the café's whole history. It sits right by Hoan Kiem Lake, which makes it an easy stop midway through a walk around the Old Quarter.

Visitor information

When is the best time to visit The Note Coffee?

Year-round; mid-morning is quietest

How long do you need at The Note Coffee?

1 hour

What are the opening hours of The Note Coffee?

Café hours, generally morning until evening

Did you know

• The walls, ceiling and staircase are entirely covered in sticky notes written by customers.
• The notes here are written in a great many different languages.
• Old layers are stripped periodically, so what is on display is always recent.
• The café is beside Hoan Kiem Lake, in the Old Quarter.

Travel tips

• It is small and spread over several narrow floors — larger groups should avoid the afternoon peak.
• Try the egg coffee here if you have not made it to the original cafés on Nguyen Huu Huan street.

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Updated: 2026-08-16