If you both live in Gò Vấp, riding into D1 is 40 minutes each way and a fight for parking. No need. Gò Vấp has 30-plus places on the map, The fourteen below are the highest-rated of them, in the order of an evening.
Afternoon: cake and coffee
- Friendship Bakery & Desserts — Phan Văn Trị. A bakery at 4.9★ from nearly 2,200 reviews. Buy two pastries and move on, or stay.
- Pờ Café, "energy charging station" — An Nhơn. In an alley off Dương Quảng Hàm, 4.9★ from 2,000+ reviews.
- Cái Lò Nướng bakery, Quang Trung — Quang Trung. Bread straight from the oven, 4.9★. Buy a few to carry to the next stop.
- Chốn Bình Yên café — An Hội Tây. The name means "a peaceful place" and it is one, 4.4★ from 650+ reviews.
- Emotions Coffee & Art — 4.5★. Another quiet option if Chốn Bình Yên is full.
- Tokyo Bingsu & Tea, Lê Văn Thọ — Thông Tây Hội. Bingsu for a hot afternoon, 4.9★ from nearly 800 reviews.
Evening: grill, Korean, Thai
- Tiệm Nướng Nhà Sóc — Lê Đức Thọ. 4.9★ from nearly 6,000 reviews, the most of any Gò Vấp place on our map.
- Sarangheo Korean BBQ — 5★ from 3,500+ reviews.
- MoonGo Korean food — 4.9★ from 1,800+ reviews, for a Korean night without the grill smoke.
- Kiin Thái — An Hội Tây. Thai, 4.9★ from 1,100+ reviews, under 150k a head.
Weekend morning
- Cua Cốm Không Dây — Thông Tây Hội. A breakfast place at 5★ from 850+ reviews. A breakfast date is the kind few people try, which is exactly why it's worth trying.
Something to do
- Music Box Phan Văn Trí — An Nhơn. A private singing room for two, 4.8★, charged by the hour.
- FuniFun! Thiso Mall Trường Chinh — An indoor play centre in a mall, 4.9★, air-conditioned.
- Jump Arena Starmart — Trampolines. More in Dates for people who can't sit still.
Put together
Cake at Friendship at 15:00, alley coffee at Pờ Café, grill at Nhà Sóc at 19:00. Or jump at Jump Arena, then eat at Kiin Thái. All fourteen are in the collection Dating in Gò Vấp; open it on the map to see how close they are. If you live in Gò Vấp and know a place that's missing, send it to us.