Ho Chi Minh Private Half-Day Food Tour: An Exploration of Saigon's Cuisine with Local Students
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Embark on a private half-day food tour in Ho Chi Minh City and explore the vibrant cuisine of Saigon with local students. Indulge in 8 must-try tastings, from crispy Vietnamese pancakes to refreshing sugarcane juice, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Saigon Scooter Tours - Experience the beauty of Saigon on motorbike and taste the best street food.
    Meet your local guides in the evening and join thousands of other motorbikes as you ride through the colorful city streets.
    Start your appetite with the famous beef noodle soup.
    Explore notable neighborhoods, including district 3 where the locals live and learn all about Saigon. Stop to enjoy some “Banh Xeo” (crispy pancake with a lot of flavors from herbs and sauce), and learn how they are made from a chef with over 20 years experience.
    Climb up to the top of old buildings and see the contrasting architecture between the modern and the traditional. Have a bit of walk and try some BBQ pork with rice noodle on the way. Try out the famous Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich at a place with tradition.
    Visit the biggest night flower market and soak up the wonderful bouquets. Take a short walk around the area, and get refreshed with sugarcane juice drink. Go deep into a true maze of local market to taste an authentic food which is banana girdle cake, “Banh Trang Nuong” Saigon pizza or grilled beef lemongrass skewers.
    Go to the best culinary hidden gem, we will try Chuoi Nuong- Grilled Banana with coconut milk: a bit sweet and salty of of tropical fruits and coconut milk sauce.
    It’s time for dessert! They call it Sweet Soup Dessert and you are in for a treat.
    End the experience with a lot of fun and delicious street foods, you will get to know about local life when sit down and exchange stories with your local friends.
What's Included
  • Fun-filled and engaging tour experience.
  • Complimentary hotel pick-up and drop-off in designated areas.
  • All-inclusive motorbike transport with fuel and helmet.
  • Free rain ponchos provided for inclement weather.
  • All food and drinks covered during the tour.
  • Learn from enthusiastic English-speaking student guides.
  • A dynamic menu that adapts to daily local food stall offerings.
What's Not Included
  • Extra fee $5 USD paid directly to the guide if pick up or drop off out of District 1, 3, 4, 10
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

We will meet you at your place then ride, walk & eat the best foods Saigon has to offer and explore the beauty of Saigon on this Private Half Day Tour

Let’s do the 8 Must-do tastings to immerse yourself to local culture:

#Must try 1: Vietnamese Pancake
#Must try 2: Bun Thit Nuong: Grilled pork with noodle and vegetable
#Must try 3: Beef Noodle Soup or Cake of Crab Noodle Soup
#Must try 4: Vietnamese Baguette
#Must try 5: Banh Trang Nuong
#Must try 6: Get refreshed with Sugarcane Juice drink!
#Must try 7: Grilled Banana with Coconut Milk
#Must try 8 for dessert: Vietnamese Flan with coffee sauce or coconut milk sauce or tofu with coconut milk

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Usandkids4
May 21, 2024
Fun and Informative Evening Scooter Food Tour - Do not go to Ho Chi Minh without doing this tour! Yudan and his group took our family of 6 on the back of their scooters in the evening. We felt completely safe and got to see a lot of the city while sampling the local foods. My adult children made friends with their drivers and we laughed and conversed the whole night. So inexpensive and a great way to get a feel for the street food of Vietnam. An experience we will never forget! Just book this and don’t look back!
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Guillaumemy5332la
May 20, 2024
The n1 thing to do in Saigon! Great guides and amazing food. - It was once again a great experience, Heidi and Thanh were great guides and showed us great foods. Really worth the journey and for me the n1 thing I recommend anyone on doing when coming to HCMC. Thank you again, and I hope to see you again when I am back!
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Dave
Apr 18, 2024
Sensational foodie tour - What a great way to explore parts of the city, we felt very safe on the back of the scooters and have to admit explored parts of the city I would not have known existed, the food was unreal , locally grown and of course cooked by local people which made it even better. Genuine uni students guide you and speak perfect English which makes it easy to explain everything, a real genuine 10 out of 10
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V3850rrjasonj
Apr 15, 2024
Can’t go past Saigon Back Alley Tours - Can highly recommend Saigon Back Alley Tours! We did the food tour with a family of 4. Kids 10&11. This has been the highlight of their time in HCMC. So much fun, food was genuine local.so good! Our riders Linh Peter, Long and Thanh were very safe, polite and informative, making it such a great experience.
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Melt883
Apr 8, 2024
Very pleasant, well fed & great food in plenty! - Loi and Khang were very polite and helpful young waiters. Very attentive and respectful, even though we came for afternoon tea 10 minutes early add they hadn’t quite finish their preparations yet.
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782carlop
Apr 1, 2024
One of the best experiences in Vietnam - Amazing tour! Thao, Tien, Phuc, Chien were amazing. They took us on scooter tours to discover the city! Great food and we went to some places we would never have seen on our own. The guides speak English very well and are very nice. An experience not to be missed if you are in Saigon!
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Rafiki_magnum
Mar 31, 2024
100% recommended! - Great tour! Contacted another company with the light blue shirts for a vegan tour and they wanted to charge 25% more for 33% less food! Why? Because they said that vegetables are more expensive! Our experience with Saigon Tour was excellent - right from asking questions using what's app and organising everything that way to meeting with Tien and Linh. They were GREAT! Taking us to various eateries, explainign the food and also local sights. During the meals, we asked them lots of questions and they were happy to give us the real local feel. 100% recommend to do this with them. They are young and energetic and a great way to support young University students. The tour itself was fantastic - lots of driving through small streets. Stopping at local places. Wonderful and one of the highlights of our trip. Well well worth it!.
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692reeceh
Mar 22, 2024
Had the best time with T! - T is by far the best tour guide I have had. She is very fun and is incredibly knowledgable on the local cuisine. I can’t recommend her enough and I am already looking forward to returning to Ho Chi Minh to do the tour again.
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Huigyeong_h
Mar 16, 2024
One of the best experience in HCM city - My husband and I really enjoyed this tour. The tour guides - Diệp Anh & Quang - are very professional and friendly. We are very impressed with their passion :) If someone is considering this tour, I would love to recommend, definitely!❤️
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M3209xbellat
Jan 17, 2024
highlight of our trip! fun, safe + friendly guides - Our favourite tour ever with such fun, kind, and interesting guides! Kimmy and Navi were great to talk to, told us interesting facts about Vietnam, and gave us recommendations for our trip, all while showing us really cool places and making sure we felt 100% safe on the motorbikes! The food was delicious with great variety, and it really felt like hanging out with friends (who knew a lot about the local culture)! Grateful that we booked this tour over other motorbike tours, and for the amazing guides! We hope to come back next year and do the same tour again!
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