The place is open just 3 days in a week. You will learn so much more from Vietnam when you visit this place. Its a place where local students can train english speech. The students are very friendly and youll make new friends. Recomend to go this place in first days on your visit. Many of these student may help you if you want to visit some atractions.
Stumbled across this on Tripadvisor. It was a Thursday so thought we'd give it a go. It was a fun and easy way to actually meet local people that aren't geared towards the tourist trade. The locals that attended were aged between 15 and 35 and all had a staggering passion for speaking and practicing English. If you're in town when it's being held give it a go. It's unlike almost anything else there is to do that night.
I just stopped by randomly and enjoyed my time with vietnamese locals of all ages. It was a great atmosphere of good and interesting talks. We played games, shared travel experiences and practiced our english. I can recommend it to everyone who wants to get to know vietnamese people without a language barrier and have a good time. The English Happy Hour is every Saturday and on 2 days during the week. I think Mondays and Wednesdays. Check it out! Its worth it.
I have enjoyed several evenings in Tiny Corner Cafe. Three times a week there is English speaking hour (Saturday, Monday, Thursday 7-10PM), where you can meet enthusiastic friendly people. Most are students or young graduates. If you are a good boy or girl, they might even invite you to hang out together. Don't hesitate - bring a visit. Highly recommended :-)
A night that was a real experience for my trip. I turned up alone but felt immediately at ease. It was sooo interesting and ended up staying till 11pm! They even called me a cab for my trip back to the hotel. I really recommend doing this. A nice drink on arrival and some really interesting people all studying to speak better english. I am going again during my stay. It is a little difficult to find as the main street is Ly Tu Trong Street and this is in a lane. The lane number is 14 I think. Anyway there is a new park and road being built around the park in Ly Tu Trong. The lane is where the street joins back together at the top of the park.
My wife and I came here with another tour and we were delighted to meet all these bright young people. If you came to Viet Nam to meet Vietnamese people..... then come here. This is theplace to get insights from the vietnamese culture as well as understand a bit more Vietnamese society. If you have questions they will know the answer. These people come here week after week to learn the English language for diverse reasons. You can have a full conversation with anybody here which is very refreshing from the normally very simple conversations we can have with people because of the language barrier. I highly recommend coming here (especially if you are very fluent in English) since you help them practice their English with native (or almost native) speakers of English and you share information from your respective nations.
I thought it was a very nice place with comfortable atmosphere! Everyone was really friendly and eager to learn!
I suggest you read the other glowing reviews for the low-down. We can only add that this was one of the best experiences we had in Vietnam. Three hours went very quickly and our two teenagers had a lot of fun too. Such a worthwhile project - a fun, old-fashioned club atmosphere where the typical friendliness of the Vietnamese people is turned up to a new level. Do yourself a favour and go. Just wish we had gone on our first day, not our last in Can Tho - read the other reviews about this.HOW TO FIND IT - we had to hunt a little. It is not on the main street, but about 3 houses down a lane, directly across the road from Hem 1 (google maps lists it as the start of De Tham but you won't find a street sign that says De Tham, just a lane.) Look for the neon sign up high on the left. The Cafe is UPSTAIRS - walk in to the back of the ground floor and head up.By the way - the non-alcoholic cocktails they serve are very nice, and they do have beer.
I visited Tiny Corner Cafe as the last stop on my food tour. It happened to be English Speaking Happy Hour that night. The place was packed with local college students eager to practice their English. We talked for a while, and when they put a guitar in my lap, we sang pop songs all night until the place closed. Their enthusiasm and energy made it one of my favorite experiences of my entire stay in Vietnam. The staff were friendly and helpful. I highly recommend the Tiny Corner Cafe for anyone looking to interact with locals while they're in Can Tho.
I read some of the other reviews on TA and decided to go visit Tiny Corner Cafe. I absolutely loved it and had a great time talking to the students. They asked me a ton of questions about my country and culture and were more than willing to share about their lives and dreams. It is an excellent occasion to learn more about vietnamese life and have a deeper conversation. The students are very friendly and interested in talking to you. The idea of the cafe is to give the students a possibility to practice their english. If you are english speaking you should definitely go. It is not a regular cafe with food as it is in a language school. To find it you go up a small alley and then to the first floor. There is a sign by the street. There is a small fee to get in (20.000 vnd) for which you get an ice tea and hours of interesting talks to the students.