Xóm Chùa: a five-metre pagoda lane running down to Đầm Trị

Three hundred metres, five metres wide

Xóm Chùa is a lane, not a street, and that is the appeal. It runs about three hundred metres from the junction with Quảng Khánh, near the gate of Hoằng Ân Pagoda, into the villa and garden area beside Đầm Trị lake. It is roughly five metres wide. Local descriptions dwell on the old house gates, the classical brick walls and the sunsets, and the description is fair.

Two things follow from five metres. Cars are difficult and a listing here will usually mean a walk from where you park. And it is genuinely quiet in a way no through road in Tây Hồ is.

What is on the lane

On the lane itself: Turtle Lake Brewing Company, Milana, Lyn Luxury apartments and a barbecue restaurant.

The upgrade programme nearby

Xóm Chùa itself is not named in Hanoi’s 2026 to 2030 upgrade list for the Tây Hồ ward. Quảng Khánh, the street it runs off, is: the list includes a new route planned from alley 50 Đặng Thai Mai through to Quảng Khánh. No timing for it has been published. Ask us what is happening at the far end of the lane before you sign anything long.