Halloween coffee shop in Hanoi captivates both Western and Vietnamese customers

MAI PHƯƠNG |

Hanoi - Located on Hang Tre Street, Always Cafe is one of the few Harry Potter-themed cafes that have existed for nearly a decade.

Founded in 2016, this cafe always attracts customers thanks to its space and experiences dedicated to fans of J.K. Rowling's famous series of stories.

The space of the restaurant recreates many familiar details such as the mailbox at Harry Potter's house, Diagon Alley, and the wall depicting the characters in the story. At the same time, the restaurant uses deep yellow light to create a cozy and classic feeling, suitable for the mysterious atmosphere of the witch world.

According to the restaurant representative, customers coming here can borrow free clothes, hats and spells to take photos. In addition to dressing, guests can also play Harry Potter-themed board games, watch tarot or attend poison-making classes.

The restaurant serves drinks with names based on familiar fairy tale medicine in the story such as Amortentia (Love of Pharmacy), Dementor Kiss (The Death of a God Marriage) or Felix happy happyis (Phuc Lac Duoc).

The most prominent drink is avocado beer, a symbolic drink that often appears when characters visit Hogsmeade village. Avocado beer has a new flavor and is served in both available and non-alcoholic versions to suit many different customer groups.

Nguyen Ngoc Gia Linh (Hanoi) said this was her third time coming back to the restaurant. What impressed her most was not the usual check-in areas, but the... toilets. This seemingly investment-free space is decorated in the right context of the episode The Secret room, simulating the scene of Harry Potter going down the tunnel to search for Master Voldemort.

Not only attracting domestic visitors, this address is also a destination visited by many foreign tourists. Skye James and George Adams, two tourists from the UK, know the restaurant through TikTok and Google when searching for places related to Harry Potter in Hanoi.

They said the restaurant space brought a familiar feeling, reminiscent of Warner Bros. Studio in London. Adams rates the avocado beer here as having a very similar flavor to the one they have drunk in the US and UK.

This place is very similar to Xeo alley, I have been there before and found it very similar, Skye said.

The cafe is open from 8am to 11pm every day of the week. menu costs from about 80,000 - 150,000 VND per drink. In addition to Harry Potter- inspired drinks, the restaurant also serves some more popular drinks such as coconut milk coffee, egg coffee, American coffee, latte...

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