Located in a small alley on Dao Tan Street, Cao Cao Shop is a bonsai shop combined with a coffee shop with a sunny garden. A very peaceful and comfortable "hideaway". Coming here, in addition to drinking coffee, you can also paint pots or buy beautiful bonsai trees for your desk or as gifts for friends.
The Grasshopper Shop initially sold mainly ornamental plants, but gradually switched to selling coffee.
The owner is a person who loves plants and relaxation and wants to share that with his customers.
Kieu Trang, the owner of Cao Cao shop, shared: “I am a person who has a passion for plants, the balcony where I live has so many plants that there is no more space to plant them. That is why I decided to open Cao Cao shop. When I first opened, the shop mainly sold ornamental plants, then gradually switched to selling coffee. In addition, Cao Cao also has the activity of painting flower pots, you can buy plants to plant or bring pots home to decorate. I hope that everyone who comes here will feel relaxed and comfortable in a natural and breathable space.”
Although the area is quite modest, the arrangement is quite scientific and eye-catching. The Grasshopper Shop is divided into two areas: indoors and outdoors. The cool green yard is dyed yellow by the sunlight, creating a relaxing feeling for visitors. Inside, the shop has sofas and tables and displays handmade crafts, decorations, and small statues carefully selected by the shop owner. In addition, there is also a pot painting activity, after finishing painting, customers can choose their own plants and plant them.
At Cao Cao, there is also an activity of painting flower pots. You can buy plants to plant or bring home for decoration.
Indoor area
Even though the seating area is not too large, the main space is still reserved for sunbathing potted plants or small, pretty handicrafts that will make you happy and relaxed.
The small, pretty potted plants are placed all around the shop, giving people an extremely pleasant feeling. Along with that are the wooden tables and chairs cleverly arranged so that in any corner, you can connect with nature. The shop has only one floor, but in return, the space inside and outside is spacious.
The extremely “chill” courtyard is dyed a golden yellow by the early summer sunlight, matching the small stone-paved path leading to the path. Green trees are placed everywhere for customers to admire while relaxing and sipping drinks. That romantic image makes this coffee shop look like a poetic garden, harmoniously decorated by natural grass and trees.
A variety of small, lovely bonsai trees
The simple facade also contributes to helping the shop blend into the surrounding forest. In addition, the shop also sells ornamental plants with many shelves of succulents, ferns, cacti... inviting customers to the shop. Sipping a cup of tea and relaxing in the cool green space is truly an ideal choice.
The drink menu of Cao Cao shop is quite strange and unique, with a variety of teas and coffees... The most popular drink chosen by tourists is fruit tea because it is beautifully decorated.
“I like to create unique and quality drinks. I come up with my own recipes, mix and prepare them myself to match the mood of the shop based on basic principles. The drinks will be a bit unique and not like the ones that are everywhere in other coffee shops on the market,” Kieu Trang said.
Fruit tea is decorated in an unusual way and has a very different flavor.
Space at the restaurant
The Grasshopper Shop also brings a feeling of summer with the sound of insects, the scent of flowers, the scent of grass... A breath-taking natural space in the middle of stuffy Hanoi, covered by lush foliage, colorful flowers and shade from the sweet star fruit tree hanging down. The Grasshopper Shop is a model example of green coffee, a small oasis where the color of leaves fills every corner.
If you like to be close to nature, Cao Cao is the choice not to be missed. You can drink coffee, admire the garden full of plants, and draw beautiful potted plants. The space is quiet, the music is gentle, ideal for a private date with your lover and friends.
Because the restaurant aims for a fresh and airy space, the number of tables and chairs is very moderate, creating enough space so as not to affect each other.
A cute cat at the Scratch Shop
The Grasshopper Shop
Address: No. 75, Lane 12, Dao Tan, Cong Vi, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.
Open: 8:30 - 22:30.
