Makara
Makara bills itself as a Vietnamese tiki speakeasy, which sounds like marketing nonsense until you step inside the century-old house on Nguyá»…n Chà Thanh. The concept actually works: tropical drinks reinterpreted through Vietnamese tribal history, handcrafted décor featuring antiques and traditional artwork, rum-based cocktails leaning sweet-sour at decent prices. The entrance runs deliberately subtle – […]
Tê Bar
Tê Bar hangs from a third-floor perch as Da Nang’s answer to big city cocktail sophistication – dim lighting, minimalist setup, the kind of intimate space where you actually taste what’s in your glass. It’s Japanese-influenced mixology is thankfully without the ceremony, focusing on whisky-based cocktails and premium sake alongside signatures that translate Vietnamese ingredients […]
The Craftsman
The Craftsman operates as Da Nang’s reliable answer to ‘where can I just get a proper drink?’ – the kind of bar equally suited to a straightforward beer at the counter or working through their signature cocktail menu. Prices remain sensible, classics are executed correctly, and the atmosphere shifts depending on the night: live jazz […]
Bolderaja 29
Less a bar and more a living archive presided over by a opinionated owner who treats his books with the reverence most establishments reserve for top-shelf spirits. By day it functions as a quiet reading room where literature lines every surface; by evening it morphs into a cultural salon where cheap drinks, chess sets, and […]
Möku
This cramped local haunt runs on craft beer, board games, and a serious music obsession. Tuesday jam nights pack the place with instruments and enthusiastic amateurs, while the rest of the week delivers carefully curated playlists that somehow always hit right. The mismatched furniture and DIY aesthetic attract a young, alternative crowd who come for […]
Gauja
Step through the door and you’ve time-travelled into a Soviet-era apartment circa 1975 – vinyl players, faded wall paintings, period magazines stacked on shelves, and furniture that looks lifted from your babushka’s living room. But this isn’t maudlin nostalgia; Gauja’s young team reimagined the old Soviet buffet tradition with a decidedly contemporary twist, swapping Lenin […]