Private Saigon Evening Food Tour by Scooter: Experience the Local Street Food Culture
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Ho Chi Minh City
Embark on a private Saigon evening food tour by scooter and experience the vibrant street food culture of the city. Taste delicious specialty dishes, explore different districts, and immerse yourself in the local life and unique Vietnamese cuisine.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ho Chi Minh City - Our guide picks you up at your hotel and starts weaving Saigon main streets and alleyways. On the back of the motorbike, you can enjoy the nice view of the city at night.
  • Ho Chi Minh City - Hidden gems such as Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings since the 1960s and lots of back alleys are also included on the tour. We troll into street food areas, food markets, and stop at famous local restaurants and food stalls for tasting amazing specialty foods that Saigon must to offer. Just eat, chat leisurely with your new friends, and immerse into the local life. One of the most interesting things is that the guide tells you about the art of eating Vietnamese foods, how to eat long noodles with chopsticks, snails with bamboo sticks, etc. We plan to take you around 7 districts and have 6 stops for eating:
  • Ho Chi Minh City - 1st stop: Popular local eatery in the alley
    Pan-fried scrambled egg rice cake & Dumplings at over 30-year-old Bot Chien restaurant
    OR Vietnamese Pancake & Khot cake
  • Ho Chi Minh City - 2nd stop: Try good Vietnamese noodle soup
    Beef noodle soup OR Crab noodle soup
  • Ho Thi Ky Flower Market - 3rd stop: Ho Thi Ky flower & Cambodian market
    Vietnamese pizza (Grilled rice paper with toppings) at one of the busiest Saigon night food markets
  • Ho Chi Minh City - 4th stop: Ngo Gia Tu old apartment building & street food area & a dessert shop since 1975
    Coconut ice cream OR Vietnamese beef stew dish with bread
  • Ho Chi Minh City - 5th stop: Former mafia hotspot but a hustle street food area in the recent & Xom Chieu Saigon night food market & Vinh Khanh snail street
    Steamed clam with lemongrass
    Grilled scallop with green onion oil
    Grilled Shrimp with chili (or Stir-fried noodles with beef)
    Fertilized duck egg if you dare enough
    Local beer
    Non-seafood dishes are available like BBQ meat if you can’t eat seafood and snail
  • Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Buildings - Bonus hidden places
    Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings
    Through lots of hidden alleys
What's Included
  • Prioritize safety with experienced drivers
  • Included meals and beverages
  • English-speaking guide, motorbike, fuel, helmet, and more
  • Complimentary tour photos via email
  • Free hotel pickup and drop-off in selected districts
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • 3 USD/person paid directly to the guide if pick up out of District 1, 3, 4, 10
Additional Information

Saigon’s unique culture is largely demonstrated through motorbike rides and street food, aspects often overlooked by many travelers visiting the city. During the cooler evenings, the locals often head out on motorbikes, making stops at various roadside food stands to enjoy meals, beverages, and lively chats. The Private Saigon Night Food Tour allows visitors to delve into the local lifestyle, explore diverse neighbourhoods and food stalls/markets, sample a variety of delicious dishes, partake in local enjoyment, and gain insights into the richness of Vietnamese cuisine and cultural richness.

  • First Stop: Scrambled egg fried rice cake, dumplings or Vietnamese Pancake and Khot cake
  • Second Stop: Option between beef noodle soup or Crab noodle soup
  • Third Stop: Vietnamese pizza at one of Saigon’s busiest nighttime food markets
  • Fourth Stop: Choice between coconut ice cream or traditional Vietnamese beef stew served with bread
  • Fifth Stop: Lemongrass steamed clams, Grilled scallop with green onion oil, Grilled Shrimp with chili, Fertilized duck egg (if adventurous enough), Local beer
  • You can customize this tour to your group’s interests
  • Text us via whatsapp +84938314386 if you book last minute to make sure your reservation!
Location
Ho Chi Minh City
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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F9162hlsamarar
Apr 4, 2024
Saigon Highlight! - Such an amazing local experience. 10/10 would recommend. Our guides were so knowledgeable and fun! Super yummy adventure!
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Giulio
Mar 30, 2024
Night Street food tour with local students - Beautiful tour of Saigon to discover street food riding scooters driven by university students. Doing this in the evening allows you to enjoy a more suitable temperature. Incredible crossing a 6-lane road with thousands of scooters and cars
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124777777777
Mar 25, 2024
What a ride! Well worth the money!! - What a great experience with Heidi and Tony! Thrilling ride with great food and history of the city thrown in. Both with exceptional English! Keep up the great work and folks, let them do the driving because it is a blast to watch them weave in and out of traffic. Fantastic time!
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Lindawall78
Mar 21, 2024
Highlight of our holiday - My sister and I (both in our 70s) went on the Night tour by Vespa. Long was an excellent tour guide. The food was delicious, the ride was scary but a great experience and we were in safe hands. The evening was finished off with a trip to a Skybar with magnificent views of Ho Chi Minh City. Highly recommend this activity. We had two weeks in Vietnam and Cambodia and this was definitely one of the best bits. Thank you Long and our drivers.
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Mez_bice
Mar 18, 2024
THE BEST Saigon Night Food Tour - Yudan was an AMAZING guide for my Saigon Night Scooter Food tour …. He knew all the top spots to visit and his English was very good which made the whole experience so much fun ! I would recommend this to anyone heading to HCM solo or as a group 🌟 the food is so delicious and so many different places I would never have seen without the awesome experience! THANK YOU
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Timothy_r
Mar 14, 2024
We had an amazing time... - We had an amazing time with Wing and CeCe scooting around Ho Ch Minh city enjoying the beautiful scenery and fabulous food. We did a private tour which was well worth the price. We would recommend this tour and these friendly and fun guides for anyone looking for a great and accessible food tour.
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Oskar
Mar 13, 2024
Great street food tour - Great experience. Driving very safely and carefully through the heavy traffic. The food stations were outstanding and covered the whole range of street food - at least what a German is willing to eat. Long explained everything really well. Thank you, it was a lovely evening!
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Mxgirl1
Mar 3, 2024
Great scooter tour! - Really great day with Heidi, so easy to get round by scooter and Heidi was really helpful and informative. Got to see lots of sights and sample coffee
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Kaia_f
Feb 2, 2024
Perfect Streetfood Tour! - It was such a Great Tour! Many Thanks to Long and Than for this experience. The places, the Food, everything was perfect. They drove super Safe! Also it was very nice talking a lot with you guys and telling us new things about Vietnamese Food and other things about the country. Would recommend this to everyone. Thank you!!! :)
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Mdesai2014
Dec 28, 2023
Awesome food tour! - We were a couple with one child 12yo. Yudan, Kim and Lee were so great with us! Yudan really took the time to explain what we were eating, and prepped us on what we would see/eat at each stop. Since we don't eat beef, he also made sure that was not on our menu. The trio were always smiling and so pleasant to spend time with, that we had no idea when 4hrs went by! All 3 were very safe scooter drivers. We will definitely be recommending them to friends and family.
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