The Ky Hoa (Sketching) Coffee Shop at 176 Tran Phu street is becoming popular with local writers and artists who want to exchange their experiences in literature and poetry, and share their great passion for painting and drawing. 

The coffee shop has a modest space, with several sets of wooden tables and chairs, and its interior walls are filled with numerous silk, oil paint, and woodcut items produced by members of the city’s Fine Arts Association.

In addition, numerous sketches and old literary works are on display here.  The coffee shop’s owner said that young people often buy the books when they visit his shop.

Visitors waiting for their portraits at the Ky Hoa Coffee Shop

There is also an area for displaying publications of the Non Nuoc (Country) Magazine, a cultural and art publication by the Da Nang Union of Literature and Arts Associations.

Customers also have the opportunity to see numerous antiques collected by members of the city’s Antiques Club, including small bowls, plates, glasses, cups, jars, phones, and clocks.

Everyone visiting the coffee shop on a Saturday will be offered free portrait drawings of themselves which are drawn by young artists who are either studying at, or have graduated from, the art departments of the local universities and junior colleges.