With each stall stretching out and hundreds of specialties. From all kinds of fresh seafood, to attractive local dishes. It carries the rich flavor of the sea, or handicrafts. Phu Quoc Night Market becomes a place to attract and charm tourists not only because of its deliciousness but also the simple, genuine beauty of the local culture. Let’s explore this unique night market with Origin Vietnam.
1. Where is Phu Quoc Night Market?
Phu Quoc Night Market is located along Bach Dang Street and part of Ly Tu Trong, Nguyen Trai, and Le Loi streets. It is located in Duong Dong ward, Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province, Vietnam. It is about 280 m east of Phu Quoc city People’s Committee and about 395 km southwest of Ho Chi Minh city.
2. How is Phu Quoc night market unique?
Phu Quoc night market is not only a place for trading but also a typical cultural symbol of the pearl island. With hundreds of diverse stalls, this place becomes an ideal destination for those who want to explore the unique flavors of Phu Quoc and learn about the lives of local people. Every night, Phu Quoc night market attracts thousands of tourists, especially on holidays and weekends.
In particular, the biggest attraction of the night market is the perfect combination of cuisine, shopping and entertainment space. When you come here, you can enjoy special street foods. Such as: fresh seafood, dishes made from macapuno coconut – a special type of coconut. Or grilled dishes such as grilled squid, banh khot, and herring salad. In addition, this market is also a place to sell Phu Quoc specialties. Such as: pepper, pearls, and souvenirs such as handicrafts made from seashells and snail shells.
Moreover, one of the reasons why Phu Quoc night market has become a destination not to be missed. That is the bustling and vibrant atmosphere at night. With sparkling lights, the laughter of tourists mixed with the melodies of street music. It has created a lively and friendly space. Where you can fully enjoy relaxing moments after a day of sightseeing.
3. How many night markets are there in Phu Quoc?
There are two famous night markets in Phu Quoc: Dinh Cau Night Market and Bach Dang Night Market. In addition, there is a newly opened night market operating in the Grand World Phu Quoc area.
Due to the ineffective operation of Dinh Cau night market, in November 2016, Phu Quoc city authorities decided to disband Dinh Cau night market. Then, they merged it into Bach Dang night market in September 2017. Since then, this area has had only one Phu Quoc night market as it is today. This is a bustling and bustling entertainment, dining and shopping place in Phu Quoc every night.
In addition, in Duong Dong, there is another market, Duong Dong market, located on Tran Phu street, on the bank of Duong Dong river. This is the largest market on the island, famous for its abundant source of fresh seafood at reasonable prices. You can also note this attractive address. This article will provide you with information about Bach Dang Phu Quoc night market.
4. How to get to Phu Quoc night market?
Because it is located right in Duong Dong ward, the center of Phu Quoc city. Moreover, the traffic infrastructure here is quite developed and convenient. Therefore, you can easily get here by means of transport such as taxi or motorbike.
If you stay around the Phu Quoc night market area, you can walk. If you stay a little further away, you should travel by taxi for convenience. Because if you go by motorbike, it will take a lot of time to find a place to park, not to mention the situation of losing keys and vehicle cards when visiting the night market.
5. Opening hours of Phu Quoc night market
Phu Quoc night market starts operating from 6pm – 11:30pm every day, the busiest time to visit is from 7:30pm – 10:30pm.
However, depending on the tourist season, weather and number of visitors, the market may open earlier and close later. This market is not open all night, so you need to choose the right time to visit.
6. Phu Quoc Night Market Layout
When you come to Phu Quoc night market, you will surely feel confused about how to go. Because the night market sells a variety of different products. Most of the stalls in Phu Quoc night market are arranged around both sides of the road. In the middle is a spacious walkway for visitors to shop.
From the entrance gate, you will first encounter stalls selling snacks. If you have not had dinner in Phu Quoc, then definitely do not miss out on enjoying the attractive specialties here. Moreover, you and your friends or relatives will be able to enjoy fresh seafood dishes processed into many different attractive dishes. If you want to enjoy delicious food in a quieter atmosphere, go deeper inside, in the middle of the market there will be many eateries.
In addition, interspersed with stalls selling delicious dishes at the night market. You will find souvenir stalls along with Phu Quoc specialties displayed interspersed in each area. When you reach the end of the street, you will see stalls selling a variety of clothing. You can also take the opportunity to buy a few T-shirts or fabric pants for your trip to the beach the next day, which is also very reasonable!
7. What areas does Phu Quoc night market include?
Phu Quoc night market is located along the dreamy Duong Dong river. Because of this terrain, the night market is designed in a long straight line. When you go from the market gate, you just need to continue going straight to explore all the stalls for sale here.
Phu Quoc night market has a total of more than 100 restaurants combined with stalls. They are divisive into 2 main areas, which are:
- Area 1: located at the beginning of the market with food stalls, seafood stalls and dried specialties that you can buy as gifts. Specifically: fish sauce, sim wine, dried seafood, …
- Area 2: located at the end of the market with souvenir stalls, handicrafts and Phu Quoc pearls, …
8. Enjoying cuisine when traveling to Phu Quoc night market
Not only is it a place that gathers a variety of souvenirs, handicrafts, and typical products of the pearl island. Phu Quoc night market is also a culinary paradise with countless attractive dishes. The cuisine here has its own unique features and flavors that you cannot find anywhere else.
8.1 Fresh seafood
The rich and fresh seafood stalls are a plus point that attracts customers when coming to the night market. When coming here, you will be able to enjoy the full flavor of seafood at affordable prices and interesting experiences. Special seafood dishes such as oysters, sea urchins, octopus, crabs, mantis shrimp, snails, clams, … are fresh or pre-processed. After being grilled on the spot, they give off a fragrant aroma, creating an irresistible attraction.
In addition to the typical fresh seafood dishes of Phu Quoc, you can stroll through the dried seafood stalls that are pre-seasoned. Such as: milk crabs braised with lemon leaves, anchovies braised with garlic and chili, squid braised with tamarind, … to fully enjoy. The special thing is that the prices of the dishes are clearly listed, you do not have to worry about buying at high prices. With nearly 50 different stalls, you can freely choose the stall that best suits you to enjoy. Seafood lovers definitely cannot miss it.
8.2 Thai rolled ice cream
When coming to Phu Quoc night market without enjoying Thai rolled ice cream, it is a pity. Walking along the main street of the market, you will constantly hear the mixing and tapping sounds coming from the bustling Thai rolled ice cream carts. It seems to invite diners to try it.
Moreover, you can observe each step from choosing the ice cream, pouring the ice cream into a cold pan, spreading it evenly and mixing it with fruits or syrups of all kinds. The fresh fruit flavor blends with the richness of the smooth, fragrant ice cream that lingers on the tip of the tongue. This snack is very suitable for dessert after eating grilled seafood dishes.
8.3 Candy thread
In the past, candy thread was a famous snack in the southwestern provinces of Vietnam. Now, if you have the opportunity to travel to Phu Quoc, you can directly enjoy the taste of your childhood. Especially for diners with a sweet tooth, candy thread is a dish that cannot be missed.
The candy is made from simple ingredients such as malt, sugar mixed with tapioca starch, stretched thin until it is as thin as small threads. Then, the seller will put the candy between two rice paper pieces, add a little condensed milk, grated coconut, peanuts, black sesame on top.
8.4 Banh keo
Tourists often mention banh keo as a delicious and unique dish at Phu Quoc night market that cannot be missed. The cake is made from wheat flour mixed with many different fillings such as green beans, coconut, taro, … It has a sweet taste, easy to eat without being boring.
8.5 Grilled rice paper
You can find this grilled rice paper dish in most night markets in Phu Quoc. The crispy rice paper layer covers the filling including quail eggs, sausage, beef jerky, ground meat, … They are grilled on hot coals like a unique Vietnamese version of pizza. It is guaranteed to make diners remember it forever after eating it once. You can choose from a variety of toppings such as egg rolls with cheese, shredded chicken cheese, beef cheese sausage
8.6 Palm cake
Although it seems like a simple, rustic snack, palm cake is actually one of the specialties of Phu Quoc night market. It is very popular with tourists from all over the world. They made this cake from familiar ingredients such as palm fruit combined with palm sugar, has a dark brown color, a light sweet taste, a fatty and soft aroma. Each hot, fragrant cake is covered with coconut rice and eaten with rich coconut milk.
8.7 Palm coconut flakes
Although it is a new drink at Phu Quoc night market. Palm coconut flakes have quickly attracted many snack lovers. A cup of soft, crispy palm coconut flakes with ice, sugar and condensed milk is both refreshing and fatty, and the coolness is enough to make you addicted.
In addition, these shops also sell their own drinks and palm fruits for tourists to buy as gifts. We are sure that even the most fastidious diners will fall in love with this delicious dish.
8.8 Churros
Churros is a new snack sold at the night market, and just hearing the name makes many tourists curious. Walking around Phu Quoc night market, you will come across a Churros shop with a small chocolate tower that flows continuously, giving off an extremely attractive aroma. After the cake is fried until the outer shell is golden brown, it will be sprinkled with a layer of sugar and dipped in a layer of fragrant chocolate. The hot, sweet and fatty Churros will definitely make you “ecstatic”.
9. Specialties at Phu Quoc night market that you can buy as gifts
After enjoying a series of delicious seafood dishes and attractive snacks. Don’t forget to buy some Phu Quoc specialties as gifts for relatives and friends below.
9.1. Phu Quoc Sim Wine
Phu Quoc Sim Wine is a unique gift that visitors from near and far choose to buy when coming to Phu Quoc night market. According to locals here, they made Sim wine from ripe Sim fruit, picked from Ham Ninh forest in the first lunar month. Moreover, the wine has a delicious flavor, is very good for the digestive system, nourishes the blood, and circulates blood. It is also extremely effective in preventing aches and pains in the elderly, …
9.2. Phu Quoc Pepper
Pepper is a local specialty that is both delicious and meaningful. Therefore, it is very popular to choose to buy as a gift for relatives and friends. The pepper here has a thin shell, a dense core, a fragrant, spicy taste and is especially stronger than the pepper grown in other provinces. Phu Quoc night market has all kinds of dried pepper, such as: whole pepper, ground pepper, pink pepper salt, lemon pepper salt, candied pepper, … for you to choose from.
9.3. Dried seafood
Dried seafood at Phu Quoc night market is always a specialty that many people choose to buy as gifts for their family and friends. A variety of different items from dried fish, dried shrimp, dried squid, dried catfish, dried mackerel, dried barracuda, etc. People packaged them in small, compact bags, easy to store and easy to carry. In particular, the delicious, chewy and sweet flavor of dried seafood here is still guaranteed.
9.4. Phu Quoc fish sauce
Produced according to traditional processes, completely handmade with the main ingredient being natural, fresh anchovies. Phu Quoc fish sauce is rich, with a characteristic aroma that cannot be found anywhere else. In particular, the drops of fish sauce are fermented for 1 year, have a deep and clear golden brown color. It is like sending the quintessence of Phu Quoc’s culinary culture to friends near and far.
9.5. Chou Chou Sugar-Roasted Peanuts
Chou Chou Sugar-Roasted Peanuts is a dish originating from France and is very popular at Phu Quoc night market. Although it is simply roasted peanuts, seasoned with a little sweet and fatty spices. It is very stimulating to the taste buds to an unforgettable level. In addition, Chou Chou peanuts have more than 30 different flavors for you to easily choose the flavor you love. As well as buy as gifts for relatives and family. This is one of the unique and strange dishes that is worth trying.
9.6. Souvenirs
Small, lovely handmade souvenirs are always meaningful gifts for relatives and friends after each trip. There are many stalls selling along both sides of Phu Quoc night market. From pearls, bracelets, keychains, printed shirts, carved wooden paintings, clothes, straw bags, souvenirs, local specialties, … for you to choose from.
10. Accommodation when traveling to Phu Quoc night market
When traveling to this unique night market, you can refer to some of the following accommodations:
- Blue Sky Phu Quoc Hotel. Address: 65 30/4 Street, Duong Dong Ward, Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province.
- M Hotel Phu Quoc. Address: 46 Tran Hung Dao, Duong Dong Ward, Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province.
- Ocean Bay Resort & Spa Phu Quoc. Address: Dinh Ba Street, Ong Lang, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang.
- InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort. Address: Bai Truong, Duong To, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang
- Camia Resort & Spa. Address: Dao, To 3 Ong Lang, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang.
- Green Bay Phu Quoc Resort & Spa. Address: To 1 Hamlet 4, Cua Can, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang.
- Wyndham Grand Phu Quoc. Address: Bai Dai, Ganh Dau, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang.
- Mango Bay Resort. Address: Cua Duong, Phu Quoc, Kien Giang.
- Varia Hotel. Address: 5 30/4 Street, Duong Dong Ward, Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province.
- Seashells Phu Quoc Hotel & Spa. Address: 1 Vo Thi Sau, Duong Dong Ward, Phu Quoc City, Kien Giang Province.
11. Some important notes when traveling to Phu Quoc night market
To make the most of your sightseeing and shopping trip at Phu Quoc night market. You need to keep in mind the following small notes:
- Keep your personal belongings safe, especially money and phones when walking around the market.
- The night market has a lot of delicious food, so you can try and explore as many dishes as possible. You should buy a little food or you will get full very quickly.
- You should visit the market first, choose clean restaurants to ensure food hygiene and safety.
- The prices at the night market are quite reasonable. However, when buying an item or eating something, you should ask the seller for the price first, to avoid being overcharged.
- Choose comfortable clothes to easily move around when going to the market.
- You should prioritize crowded restaurants, because these are often popular delicious restaurants.
- When choosing to buy Phu Quoc specialties as gifts, you should carefully choose reputable places to sell. To avoid buying poor quality, fake, or counterfeit goods.
12. Some other interesting tourist attractions near Phu Quoc night market
When visiting Phu Quoc night market from our tours in Phu Quoc collection, you can combine having fun at some nearby places such as:
- Grand World Phu Quoc: When coming here, you can experience countless fun and endless entertainment activities. Or shop freely, check-in the largest bamboo structure in Vietnam and the Urban Park contemporary art park, … In addition, you can also watch spectacular live shows, enjoy delicious dishes at restaurants, …
- Coco Bar: A place where you can enjoy cocktails, enjoy delicious dishes and immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of the bar at night.
- Dao Ngoc Water Puppet Theater: If you love traditional art, you can immerse yourself in the art space. With captivating performances in terms of sound, light, and skillful techniques.
- Ham Ninh fishing village: When you come to the fishing village at night, you will follow the ships out to sea to fish for squid. The feeling of waiting for fresh squid to bite the hook and be able to cook and eat right away is really interesting
- Chuon Chuon Coffee: This place has a view from above to see the whole beautiful Duong Dong town. This is an ideal place to watch the sunset as well as enjoy drinks, sightsee and check in for virtual life, …
Scoring impressively with many delicious dishes, Phu Quoc night market is a place you must visit to satisfy your passion for cuisine in this “paradise island”. Join Origin Vietnam – a professional tour operator. We will accompany you on the tour Vietnam to visit this famous night market with extremely attractive activities.
