Đọc về Pet Club ở đâu đó khá lâu rồi, đã mark vào to-go-list vậy mà tôi cũng quên khuấy mất để đến gần đây mới đến trực tiếp ngó nghiêng.
Mô hình cafe vật nuôi thì không hề mới trên thế giới, nhưng ở Việt Nam thì cũng mới được khởi phát. Một trong những quán cafe khá thành công với mô hình này là Ailu Cat cafe trên đường Thụy Khuê (mà tôi sẽ giới thiệu thêm trong một entry tới đây). Như có thể đoán ngay trong cái tên, Ailu Cat là một quán cafe mèo, nơi mà bạn có thể đến chơi với mấy em mèo cực kì dễ thương. Mèo thì là một loài vật nuôi gần gũi và đáng yêu nên quán Ailu đã cực kì thu hút khách ngay từ những ngày đầu tiên và có lẽ bây giờ vẫn chạy tốt lắm. Pet cafe cũng theo mô hình cafe vật nuôi nhưng Pet ở đây không hề dễ nhằn tẹo nào: Bò sát.
Định nghĩa về Bò sát, các bạn tham khảo ở đây. Hiểu đơn giản là các loài rắn, thằn lằn, kỳ nhông, kỳ đà, rồng đất... Nói chung là các loại động vật "bò" "sát" mặt đất mà các bạn gái hoặc các bạn giai có tính như con gái thấy là đủ tóc dựng đứng như trong phim hollywood. Vậy nên Pet cafe cũng bị thiệt thòi đi mấy phần nếu so sánh với các đồng nghiệp Cafe vật nuôi khác.
Pet Club cafe nằm ở đầu phố Khâm Thiên. Khá dễ tìm và gần trung tâm thành phố. Quán không lớn, không nhỏ và trang trí cũng đơn giản và hơi tối. Chủ đề trang trí của quán, theo những lời dẫn trong các bài viết tôi được đọc thì là tạo một không khí như trong một khu rừng già cho phù hợp với các vật nuôi trong quán.
Quán ngồi bệt để tiết kiệm không gian và cũng là để khách có thể dễ dàng ngó nghiêng cũng như giao lưu với các "tiếp viên đặc biệt" của quán hơn, gồm các bạn họ Thằn lằn như Rồng Úc, Rồng đỏ, Kỳ Nhông Nam Mỹ, Kỳ nhông Xanh, Thằn lằn đuôi gai, và vài đồng chí khác. Một vài bạn rắn và một đồng chí Nhện Tarantula (tôi sợ nhện phát khiếp, chẳng cần phải to như trong Harry Potter, chỉ như đồng chí cư trú tại Pet club rơi xuống trước mặt là tôi đủ ngất đi rồi)
Ông chủ của quán chắc chắn phải là một người rất đam mê các loại bò sát thì mới dũng cảm mở ra một quán cafe như thế này. Mục đích chính chắc là để giao lưu, học hỏi chứ sự thu hút của quán có phần hơi yếu. Đầu tiên chính là bởi các bạn Thằn lằn, Rắn, Nhện này bị phân biệt đối xử, do xấu xí nên không được yêu thương nhiều. Thứ hai là trang trí quán cũng hơi thiếu sự quan tâm, có thể là do vấn đề về vốn. Thứ ba là tác phong phục vụ chưa được chuyên nghiệp lắm. Vậy nên khi nhắc đến Pet Club người ta chỉ nhắc đến việc thử cảm giác mạnh (thật là hài) và mô tả về quán như một chỗ đến để biết chứ không vì yêu thích. Tôi cảm thấy thất vọng về sự ngô nghê và trẻ con đó dù biết có phần nào là do chủ quan của người chủ.
Hơi tiếc là hôm tôi đến Pet Club, tôi có việc bận nên không thể xin gặp anh chủ quán nói chuyện. Tôi hi vọng sẽ có dịp quay lại quán trong thời gian gần nhất để được trao đổi và hiểu hơn về các vật nuôi của quán. Cũng là để thử dẹp nỗi sợ nhện của mình bằng việc sẽ xin cầm chú nhện Tarantula lên tay như trong ảnh này.
Quán có lợi thế là sự ấn tượng và có không gian tạo cảm giác khá gần gũi. Tuy nhiên tôi nghĩ anh chủ quán nên đổi tên quán để tận dụng sự ấn tượng của mình ("Cafe Thằn Lằn", hay là "cafe Thú" như một anh bạn của tôi gợi ý, tại sao không nhỉ?) và nên cố gắng để nhanh chóng tăng thêm số lượng "tiếp viên đặc biệt" của mình. Ngoài ra, cần phải trang bị thêm kĩ năng cho các bạn phục vụ để tăng khả năng tương tác với khách hàng, điều rất cần khi chạy một quán cafe vật nuôi như thế này.
Add: 2B Khâm Thiên
Có tham khảo bài viết trên Aquabird.com.vn, và Zing.vn
1. You are in Hanoi and 2. You want to find a special lounges for yourself, I am gonna offer you 365 places here ;)
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Showing posts with label Hanoi. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
39/365: Bud's Ice Cream
I really do not want to let this month (October 2010) pass without any post for this blog. Recently, I was very busy with a lot of work and... ya... a lot of hanging-outs. Actually, due to the work, I usually have events, big or small, at the weekends. I do not have any true weekend these day which I could have 2 days fully off for my own good. Sometimes, I feel so hate my job :(
Anyway, back to the blog. Today, I would like to write about Bud's Ice Cream, the lounge located on Phan Chau Trinh st. The place has an advantage as it locates on a street which has never been busy and close to the central area of Hanoi.
The building looks really good. It brings me a modern image of Old french villa.
I have to admit that the only thing I love from this lounge is the architecture of the building but It is maybe because I am too hard on it. About the drinks or ice cream, I feel they are all okie. Nothing impress me much.
From the price list, I can say the lounge aims to mid-class and up customers even it looks quite luxury. You could feel hard to find another better place for a night-out-cafe-and-relaxing for your family as the lounge is large enough for your kids playing around and the nice ice creams could keep them from disturbing you for a while.
And of course, it is a nice place for a lovely date, couples ;)
Last but not least, I would like to recommend you to choose outdoor seats. It will be absolutely better than staying inside the building as you could enjoy a chilled atmosphere around.
Add: 17 Phan Chau Trinh st.
Anyway, back to the blog. Today, I would like to write about Bud's Ice Cream, the lounge located on Phan Chau Trinh st. The place has an advantage as it locates on a street which has never been busy and close to the central area of Hanoi.
The building looks really good. It brings me a modern image of Old french villa.
I have to admit that the only thing I love from this lounge is the architecture of the building but It is maybe because I am too hard on it. About the drinks or ice cream, I feel they are all okie. Nothing impress me much.
From the price list, I can say the lounge aims to mid-class and up customers even it looks quite luxury. You could feel hard to find another better place for a night-out-cafe-and-relaxing for your family as the lounge is large enough for your kids playing around and the nice ice creams could keep them from disturbing you for a while.
And of course, it is a nice place for a lovely date, couples ;)
Last but not least, I would like to recommend you to choose outdoor seats. It will be absolutely better than staying inside the building as you could enjoy a chilled atmosphere around.
Add: 17 Phan Chau Trinh st.
Location:
Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
36/365: Muse cafe
At first, sorry for my laziness. For nearly 2 months, I have not done anything on this blog. There were some either good things and bad things happened but everything seem to be okie now. I will try to back to the old life rhythm which I used to have.
I have known about Muse for a long time before the visit. One simple reason is the cafe locates on the way I go back home from work (not the way I go to work from home, they are different) and the name reminded me of the famous rock band: the Muse (and I was wrong about it)
I went to Muse on a horribly hot summer day. It was about 40 outside and it seemed like people prefered stay at home in stead of going out. There were only 2 customers before we came. The too bright sunshine also made the work of taking photos harder as the light reflected on the wall and it destroyed the necessary low light for a cafe shop and even worse, I could not work it out. So blame it on me, not the cafe, if you see the photo not very nice.
Muse has been opened for just more than 2 months by 4 young guys. The name Muse, according to the one I met that day, means Music. They chose this name cause they want to refer to the kind of music they would like to play in the cafe. However, depend on what kind of customers are in the cafe, the cafe-runner will play the most suitable kind of music (which may includes Pop, R&B and maybe Teen music). Sound funny!
There is a contrary between furniture and the themes of the wall. The furniture is presented in deep color, just simple black low table and red cushions but the wall paintings are naughty, lightly and kind of lovely. It seems like the owners wanted to mix between the depth of oriental decoration with the rebel of western graffiti. I am not sure how others feel but to me, it is not very alright (even I like the wall painting very much).
Located on Kim Ma st., the cafe has an advantage as it is very close to some schools like Hanoi-Amsterdam, Giang Vo, and some International schools and around the cafe, there are many restaurants so Muse might me a good choice for not only school kids but young people to relax after dining.
Friendly and Ambitious are about the 4 young owners. They are very active on their facebook to connect Muse with its customers and try to get involve the customers in to activities of the shop. For example; They gave their customers to choose the happy hour. Recently, they were success in linking with some book publishers which will provide books to Muse to let the customer borrow or buy from Muse with discounted price. Or by letting people know about using new cafe which they brought from Nha Trang and Hue to replace the old one, Muse show that they care to their customers and also bring the customers to the shop to try the new cafe. Clever marketing, dudes!!!
Good one! Good one! There are still some minor issues but I believe the owners know how to fix them and better their service to be more customer-oriented. Well! To be recognized and be treated nicely, that what they know you want to have when you walk into the shop.
Add: 289 Kim Mã (104 A5 Giảng Võ) - Ba Đình - Hà Nội
I have known about Muse for a long time before the visit. One simple reason is the cafe locates on the way I go back home from work (not the way I go to work from home, they are different) and the name reminded me of the famous rock band: the Muse (and I was wrong about it)
I went to Muse on a horribly hot summer day. It was about 40 outside and it seemed like people prefered stay at home in stead of going out. There were only 2 customers before we came. The too bright sunshine also made the work of taking photos harder as the light reflected on the wall and it destroyed the necessary low light for a cafe shop and even worse, I could not work it out. So blame it on me, not the cafe, if you see the photo not very nice.
Muse has been opened for just more than 2 months by 4 young guys. The name Muse, according to the one I met that day, means Music. They chose this name cause they want to refer to the kind of music they would like to play in the cafe. However, depend on what kind of customers are in the cafe, the cafe-runner will play the most suitable kind of music (which may includes Pop, R&B and maybe Teen music). Sound funny!
There is a contrary between furniture and the themes of the wall. The furniture is presented in deep color, just simple black low table and red cushions but the wall paintings are naughty, lightly and kind of lovely. It seems like the owners wanted to mix between the depth of oriental decoration with the rebel of western graffiti. I am not sure how others feel but to me, it is not very alright (even I like the wall painting very much).
Located on Kim Ma st., the cafe has an advantage as it is very close to some schools like Hanoi-Amsterdam, Giang Vo, and some International schools and around the cafe, there are many restaurants so Muse might me a good choice for not only school kids but young people to relax after dining.
Friendly and Ambitious are about the 4 young owners. They are very active on their facebook to connect Muse with its customers and try to get involve the customers in to activities of the shop. For example; They gave their customers to choose the happy hour. Recently, they were success in linking with some book publishers which will provide books to Muse to let the customer borrow or buy from Muse with discounted price. Or by letting people know about using new cafe which they brought from Nha Trang and Hue to replace the old one, Muse show that they care to their customers and also bring the customers to the shop to try the new cafe. Clever marketing, dudes!!!
Good one! Good one! There are still some minor issues but I believe the owners know how to fix them and better their service to be more customer-oriented. Well! To be recognized and be treated nicely, that what they know you want to have when you walk into the shop.
Add: 289 Kim Mã (104 A5 Giảng Võ) - Ba Đình - Hà Nội
Labels:
365 lounge,
cafe,
Hanoi,
music
Location:
Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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