Cafe Giop Pho

Chau Doc


This centrally located cafe is incredibly popular with locals thanks to top coffee creations, cheap international breakfasts and a mash-up of burgers, pizzas and quesadillas. It even serves cocktails to draw an evening crowd.


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1. Chau Phu Temple

0.17 MILES

This temple was built in 1926 to worship the Nguyen dynasty official Thoai Ngoc Hau, buried at Sam Mountain. The yellow structure is decorated with both…

2. Floating Houses

0.23 MILES

These rustic houses, the floats of which consist of empty metal drums, are both a place to live and a livelihood for their residents. Under each house,…

3. 30 Thang 4 Park

0.28 MILES

Stretching from the main market to the Victoria Chau Doc Hotel, this park is the city’s main promenading spot and a superlative area for river gazing…

4. Chau Doc Floating Market

0.31 MILES

You need to get up at the crack of dawn to see the best of this floating market. The action is busiest around 5am to 6am, when locals gather to buy fresh…

5. Mubarak Mosque

0.75 MILES

The pretty, pastel Mubarak Mosque, where local Cham Muslim children study the Qur'an in Arabic script, is on the riverbank opposite Chau Doc. Visitors are…

6. Tay An Pagoda

3.23 MILES

Founded in 1847 on the site of an earlier shrine, Tay An’s current structure dates from 1958. Aspects of its eclectic architecture, particularly its domed…

7. Temple of Lady Xu

3.23 MILES

Founded in the 1820s to house a statue of Lady Xu that’s become the subject of a popular cult, this large temple faces Sam Mountain, on the same road as…

8. Tomb of Thoai Ngoc Hau

3.28 MILES

A high-ranking official, Thoai Ngoc Hau (1761–1829) served the Nguyen Lords and, later, the Nguyen dynasty. In early 1829 Thoai Ngoc Hau ordered that a…