A Brisbane café named after Communist dictator Ho Chi Minh will change its name, after members of the Vietnamese community held protests and cafe managers reportedly received death threats.

Uncle Ho opened on Fortitude Valley's popular Ann Street in late March, and its name has since attracted outrage and even death threats, according to managers.

Owners have described the cafe as a "modern interpretation of the classic Vietnamese Bia Hoi found on the bustiest corners of Hanoi".

Its décor features "propaganda-style posters" that "pay homage to the restaurant's namesake, Ho Chi Minh, who the Vietnamese affectionately call Uncle Ho," Broadsheet wrote in a review.

However, protesters reacted angrily to the name choice, pointing out that hundreds of Australian and New Zealand soldiers died fighting the dictator and thousands of Vietnamese had fled the country as a result of the dictatorship.

"Ho Chi Minh is nobody's uncle, he is a mass murderer," one sign read.

"Ho Chi Minh: dictator and tyrant".

They told 9NEWS the name reminded them of a nightmare they fled, and was disrespectful to those who had fought against the dictator.

Protests were held yesterday, and the restaurant closed its doors after apparently receiving the death threats.

"Over the past 24 hours management have received death threats and threats of burning down the building our business is housed in," director Anna Demirbek wrote on Uncle Ho's Instagram page.

"We have employed many Vietnamese nationals... who find no offence in the brandname. Some are from the North. Some of these staff are from the South," she wrote.

Other Instagram users have criticised the post, calling for a formal apology to be issued.

"Rebrand! It is not for you to decide what is and is not offensive to people who have been victims of violence and war (war is never an appropriate theme) and the patrons who haven't taken offence/were not personally affected by said war don't magically make those who have invalid or irrelevant. I'm sure the comparison has already been drawn, but I don't see any Uncle Adolf german restaurants around? Not acceptable," @mrsnataliajinks wrote.

Owners have since announced that the restaurant's name will be changed to Uncle Bia Hoi.

"We are, and have always been, fully conscious that the brand Uncle Ho would be sensitive," they wrote in a statement.

"We are not communist sympathisers.

"We have no position on the political or historical landscape of Vietnam."