Phu Quoc Night Markets & Food Guide: Duong Dong, Grand World, Vui Fest, Sonasea and What to Eat

1. Phu Quoc night markets right now: the short answer

The big night market in Duong Dong town, the one most guides call the Phu Quoc night market or the Duong Dong night market, was allowed to trade until 28 February 2026. Work to take down its riverside stalls began in April, and the big riverside section no longer trades. A small strip of evening stalls still opens near the old entrance on Nguyễn Trãi street, but it is much smaller than before.

Where to go for a night-market dinner

Three night markets are open every evening: the Grand World night market in the north (4pm to 2am), the VUI-Fest bazaar at Sunset Town in the south (4pm to midnight) and the Sonasea night market on Long Beach (4pm to 11pm). They are a long way apart, so most people go to the one nearest their hotel.

From most Long Beach hotels, Sonasea is the quickest trip. If you are in the north near Grand World or in the south near Sunset Town, the market in your area is right there. Each one has its own section below with opening hours, what is on sale and how to get there.

Five dishes to look for

The dishes Phu Quoc is known for are herring salad (gỏi cá trích), bún quậy noodles that you season yourself, grilled sea urchin, steamed Ham Ninh crab and bún kèn, a fish noodle soup made with coconut milk. Further down you will find what each one is and named places that serve it.

Seafood at restaurants and night-market grills is usually sold by weight. That is where bills go wrong, so read the ordering steps before you point at a tank. For the rest of the island, see our Phu Quoc travel guide and the list of things to do in Phu Quoc.

2. What happened to the Duong Dong night market

The market sat on Bạch Đằng street along the Duong Dong River, next to the Dinh Cau shrine📍Map. It ran for about 500 metres with five entrances and more than 100 stalls. You could pick seafood from tanks or ice and have it grilled on the spot, and buy pearls, T-shirts, sim wine, fish sauce and dried seafood. Many shop signs were in Korean and Russian.

How it closed, step by step

The operator’s ten-year lease on the site ended on 31 December 2025. The local authorities then let it trade past the Lunar New Year holiday: the night market’s last permitted day was 28 February 2026, as VnExpress reported.

On 1 March the operator cut the power and water, but around 100 traders kept selling for a while using generators. On 11 March the special zone’s department of economy, infrastructure and urban affairs approved a plan to clear the site and hand it back, and by late April workers were removing the stall frames and steel, as Phụ Nữ newspaper showed.

Among the main reasons given were that the market had no wastewater system, so runoff went into the river, and that there are plans to turn 5.25 km of riverbank into a park and walkway. On 1 April the head of the special zone, Trần Minh Khoa, said the night market was not being scrapped and that a new site was being looked for, as Tuổi Trẻ quoted him. No new site or date has been announced.

What is still there in the evening

A small market still trades in the evenings, within about 300 metres of the entrance at 54 Nguyễn Trãi📍Map, around Lê Lợi and Bạch Đằng streets. Map listings show it open from about 5pm to midnight, and a Vietnamese tour company describes only the first 300 metres or so being open, from around 5pm to 11pm. The number of stalls and the start time can change from day to day.

Nothing has been announced about the future of the stalls that remain. The KingKong Mart branch at 108 Bạch Đằng, a short walk away, is open from 12:30pm.

What became of the Dinh Cau night market

Some websites still list a Dinh Cau night market as if it were open today. There was once a separate market by that name on Võ Thị Sáu street, on the road leading towards the shrine. The Dinh Cau night market closed on 1 October 2016 and its traders joined the existing market on Bạch Đằng street, which from then on was known as the Phu Quoc night market. There is no separate Dinh Cau night market now.

Some blogs and even part of the official tourism portal still list the old market as open from 6pm to 11:30pm at full size. If you take a taxi to Bạch Đằng street expecting the big market, you will find that the riverside section no longer trades and only a short row of stalls is left.

3. The three night markets compared

Once the Duong Dong market’s closing date was announced, Vietnamese press pointed visitors to three other night markets, as VnExpress laid out. They are in three different parts of the island, so the table also shows which hotel area each one suits.

Which one fits your evening

All three are open-air rows of stalls where you can order from several places. The main differences are location and hours. Grand World stays open latest, VUI-Fest has street performances and sits right by the sea, and Sonasea is the easiest to reach from most Long Beach hotels.

Grand World is free to enter. You pay stall by stall; at VUI-Fest most stalls take cards or bank transfer, but it is worth carrying some cash in dong for smaller stalls. Our guide to money and cash in Vietnam covers ATMs and exchange.

Getting between them

Grand World and Sunset Town are at opposite ends of the island, so visiting both on one evening means hours in a car. Grab and Green SM taxis are easy to find around Duong Dong and Long Beach; our Grab and Green SM guide explains how they work. If you have not booked a hotel yet, our where to stay in Phu Quoc guide compares the areas.

4. Grand World night market in the north

The Grand World night market📍Map (Chợ đêm Phú Quốc Grand World) fills a pedestrian street in the Indochina zone of Grand World, the entertainment district at Bãi Dài in the north of the island. Grand World itself is free to enter and open around the clock.

Hours and what’s on sale

The market runs from 4pm to 2am, according to the official Phu Quoc tourism portal, which makes it the latest of the three. Most stalls are seafood grills selling sea urchin, crab and squid. The operator belongs to the same company group that ran the old Duong Dong market.

The same ordering rules apply here as anywhere on the island: check the weight unit and the cooking charge before the food goes on the grill. Grand World also has Indian and halal restaurants, covered later in this guide.

Getting there by bus or taxi

Grand World is a little over 16 km from Duong Dong in a straight line, and further by road. VinBus runs route 17 (airport to Grand World), route 19 (InterContinental to the airport and Grand World) and route 20 (Grand World to Bãi Vòng port); the VinBus route map shows the stops. Older guides say the buses are free, but some sources say fares now apply, so check the fare in the VinBus app.

Coming back late from the north can take longer to find a car, so it helps to book the ride ahead or agree a pickup time with your driver.

Pair the market with an evening at Grand World: our Grand World Phu Quoc guide covers the shows, the canal gondolas and how late each one runs. The Gành Dầu seafood market and Vinpearl Safari are in the same part of the island.

5. VUI-Fest bazaar at Sunset Town in the south

The VUI-Fest bazaar (Chợ đêm VUI-Fest, also written Vui Phết) is a seaside night market at the entrance to Sunset Town📍Map, the Mediterranean-style resort town at An Thới in the far south. From the market you can see the Kiss Bridge and the Kiss of the Sea show stage.

Hours and stalls

It is open from 4pm to midnight every day, according to Sun World’s official page. It started with about 40 stalls, as Dân Trí reported at the opening, and VnExpress has since counted more than 100.

The food covers dishes from the north, centre and south of Vietnam, plus foreign street food. There are stalls selling regional specialties and OCOP products from across Vietnam, and street performers in the evening. The market has a policy of cutting down on plastic bags, so bring your own bag if you plan to shop.

Where it is and how to get there

Some websites say VUI-Fest is on the Sonasea street on Long Beach. It is not: it is at Sunset Town in An Thới. From Duong Dong it is about 40 to 50 minutes by car. The large souvenir store Vietnam Select is at the entrance, handy for fish sauce and pepper on the way out.

An Thới market is a short drive away for a morning visit, and the cable car to Hòn Thơm island starts nearby. See our Hòn Thơm cable car guide if you plan to combine them.

Time your dinner around the Kiss of the Sea show. Eat at the bazaar first, then walk over for the show; our Kiss of the Sea guide has the show times and seating.

6. Sonasea night market on Long Beach

The Sonasea night market📍Map (Chợ đêm Bãi Trường, also called the Sonasea walking street) runs along the beach road, Trần Hưng Đạo, in the Sonasea complex at Bãi Trường, the southern part of Long Beach. It is the closest night market for most Long Beach hotels.

Hours and when to go

It is open from 4pm to 11pm and gets busy from about 7pm, according to Vietnamese press. Map listings show longer hours, from 2pm to midnight, so the 4pm to 11pm window is the safer one to plan around. Going around 6pm gets you a table before the crowds.

There are more than 100 stalls split into food and shopping areas. Most food stalls grill fish, crab and squid, and you will also find bánh canh with crab, crab fried rice and dừa sáp, a coconut with little water and thick, soft, creamy flesh. Food at the market costs about 100,000 to 500,000 VND, depending on what you order.

Mr Seafood near the stalls

Mr Seafood📍Map is a sit-down seafood restaurant in the area around the Sonasea night market, run separately from the market stalls and open daily from 11am to 11pm. It serves steamed fish and sea snail dishes, so it works for lunch too, before the stalls open.

If you want something other than seafood, the Indian and halal restaurants on Trần Hưng Đạo are about 8 to 10 km north, closer to Duong Dong, and Spice India is in the Sonasea complex itself. They are listed in the halal and vegetarian section below.

Staying on Long Beach? Sonasea is a short Grab ride from most hotels, so you can come back on a different night without planning a long trip.

7. Daytime markets in Duong Dong and An Thới

Only the night market closed. The daytime market in town, Duong Dong market📍Map (Chợ Dương Đông), is still open on the riverside, about 400 metres from the old night market site. It is a working market for locals and restaurants.

Duong Dong market

Stalls sell fresh fish and seafood, vegetables, Phu Quoc pepper, dried seafood, fish sauce and sim wine. Opening times quoted online range from 5am to around 6pm or 7pm. Early morning is the busiest and best time to go.

It is also a good place to buy dried seafood, pepper and fish sauce to take home. Ask the price, and the unit, before the seller weighs anything.

An Thới market

An Thới market📍Map (Chợ An Thới) is a local market in the south, about 1 to 2 km from Sunset Town. It is open from morning into the afternoon. Bánh canh noodle stalls here serve breakfast. It fits well with an evening at Sunset Town and the VUI-Fest bazaar.

For shopping beyond food, our Da Nang shopping guide covers Hàn market, a similar town-centre market on the mainland.

8. Ham Ninh and Gành Dầu: seafood in the fishing villages

Ham Ninh fishing village📍Map (Làng chài Hàm Ninh) is on the east coast, a little over 20 km by road from Duong Dong. It is where Phu Quoc’s best-known crab comes from, and it is open for business from daytime into the evening.

Ham Ninh crab and the floating restaurants

Along the road into the village, stalls sell crabs that are already steamed. Out on the water, floating seafood restaurants keep live crabs and fish; you choose, they weigh it, and you pay the price per kilo plus a cooking charge. Some places charge around 30,000 to 50,000 VND per dish for cooking.

Two floating restaurants are Thuận Kiều 2📍Map (10am to 11:30pm) and Tình Biển 2📍Map (Bè hải sản Tình Biển 2, 8am to 11pm). Ham Ninh crab costs about 200,000 to 500,000 VND a kilo, depending on the time of year. Crab blood dishes (tiết canh cua, súp tiết cua) are also a Ham Ninh speciality.

Older guides tell you to walk the long pier out over the sea. A few years ago the stretch of about 40 metres joining the old concrete pier to the shore was demolished because it was unsafe, so you can no longer walk out on it; the rest of the pier still stands in the sea, as Tuổi Trẻ reported. A new pier has not been built yet. Some lists also mention a Ham Ninh night market, but there is no evidence of a separate night market there.

Grab cars are easy to find in Duong Dong but hard to get back from Ham Ninh. Agree a return time with the driver who takes you there, or keep the same car waiting.

Gành Dầu seafood market

Gành Dầu seafood market📍Map (Chợ hải sản Gành Dầu) is at the far northwest tip of the island, a little over 5 km from Grand World. It sells dried shrimp and squid, and some stalls will cook seafood you buy there. Hours online run from early morning into the evening.

It makes sense as a stop on the way to or from Grand World, rather than a trip on its own. The same advice about return transport applies: book your ride back before you sit down to eat.

9. Five Phu Quoc dishes to try first

Vietnamese food and travel writers name these five dishes first when they write about Phu Quoc. Two are noodle bowls, covered in the next section; the other three are seafood dishes you will see at restaurants and night-market grills.

Herring salad (gỏi cá trích)

Raw herring is cured in lime juice or vinegar, then tossed with onion, shredded coconut, fried garlic and herbs. You wrap it in rice paper with more herbs and peanuts and dip it in a fish sauce dressing. The Phu Quoc special zone’s own page notes it is eaten with leaves from the island’s forests and often with sim wine.

A plate costs about 100,000 to 200,000 VND. Seafood restaurants in Duong Dong serve it all year, including Xin Chào and Hương Biển📍Map, a restaurant on the beach just south of the Seashells hotel that is also known for grilled sea urchin.

Grilled sea urchin (nhum nướng mỡ hành)

The urchins are cut in half, topped with spring onion oil and crushed peanuts, and grilled over charcoal. You eat them with a dip of salt, pepper and lime. Some places also serve urchin raw with lime, or in rice porridge. Prices vary, so ask the price and whether it is per piece or per plate before you order. You will find it at night-market grill stalls and at seafood restaurants such as Hương Biển.

Ham Ninh crab (ghẹ Hàm Ninh)

These are small blue crabs from the seagrass beds off Ham Ninh. They are boiled or steamed with lemongrass and eaten with salt, pepper and lime. Crabs of five to seven per kilo are the size people look for. The name is a registered collective trademark, and 100 dishes made from Ham Ninh crab were entered in the Vietnam record book, as VietnamPlus covered. The Ham Ninh section above has the restaurants.

The national tourism board has a short guide to Phu Quoc specialty seafood if you want photos of what to look for on a menu.

10. Bún quậy and bún kèn, the island noodle bowls

Phu Quoc has two noodle dishes of its own. Bún quậy shops stay open from morning to night, while the best-known bún kèn shop opens only in the morning. Both are cheap, and both are easiest to find in Duong Dong town.

Bún quậy

The noodles are pressed fresh from rice batter straight into the pot as you order. Prawn and fish paste is spread on the bowl, then hot broth goes on top. You make your own dipping sauce from salt, sugar, MSG, calamansi (tắc) and chilli; the name comes from quậy, to stir. VietnamPlus traces the dish to noodles brought by fishermen from Bình Định province in central Vietnam.

The best-known place is Kiến Xây bún quậy📍Map (Bún quậy Kiến Xây). The original shop is at 28 Bạch Đằng, open daily from 6:50am to 10:30pm, or until 11pm on Wednesdays and 11:30pm on Thursdays. A branch at 71A Trần Hưng Đạo opens 7am to 9:30pm. A basic bowl starts at about 35,000 VND, and bowls with more seafood cost more, so check the menu board.

Right next door at 32A Bạch Đằng is a different shop called Bún Quậy Bạch Đằng. If you are looking for Kiến Xây, check the sign before you sit down.

Bún kèn

Bún kèn is rice noodles in a broth of coconut milk and fish, flavoured with lemongrass and turmeric. It is topped with pounded, stir-fried fish, green papaya, cucumber and herbs. A bowl costs about 20,000 to 50,000 VND.

Út Lượm bún kèn📍Map (Bún kèn Út Lượm) on 30/4 street in Duong Dong is the name most people know. It has moved once, across the road. In the south, Cô Thu bún kèn📍Map (Bún kèn Cô Thu) in An Thới opens 10:30am to 6pm, which suits a late lunch near Sunset Town.

Út Lượm opens around 6am and closes around 12:30pm, so it is a breakfast stop. Go in the morning; in the afternoon the shutters are down.

If you are travelling on to other parts of Vietnam, compare these with the noodles in our mì Quảng guide and Hội An food guide.

11. More local dishes, snacks and drinks

Beyond the five dishes above, Phu Quoc kitchens use a lot of squid, sea snails, cobia and shellfish, and the island has a few snacks and drinks of its own. The first table covers the dishes you will see most often; the second lists everything else worth trying.

Dishes you will see on most menus

For bánh canh, Bánh Canh Phụng📍Map at 27 Bạch Đằng opens 5am to noon, a short walk from the Kiến Xây bún quậy shop on the same street. Squid noodle soup is a morning dish at small noodle shops around town.

Melaleuca mushrooms grow wild in the island’s forests, and so do mushrooms that are not safe to eat. More than ten people on the island were poisoned after picking and eating a different kind of wild mushroom. Eat them at a restaurant when they are on the menu, and do not pick your own.

Other things worth tasting

Most of these turn up at the night markets or seafood restaurants. If you have eaten your way around central Vietnam, our Da Nang seafood guide and Da Nang bánh mì guide make a good comparison.

12. Where to eat in Duong Dong town

Duong Dong is the island’s main town and has the widest choice of local restaurants, from noodle shops that open at dawn to seafood halls that stay open until late. The Michelin Guide singled out its neighbourhood eateries as part of what defines Phu Quoc food.

Seafood restaurants

Xin Chào📍Map at 66 Trần Hưng Đạo is open 11am to 9:30pm and serves herring salad and grilled seafood; expect around 400,000 to 600,000 VND a person. Ra Khơi📍Map at 131 30/4 street is open 10am to 11pm at a similar price. Reviews mention that its big dining hall has no air conditioning, so it can be warm on hot evenings.

Si’s Crab House📍Map at 26 Nguyễn Trãi, right by the old night market, does an American-style crab boil. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 10pm. Service charge and VAT are added to the bill on top of menu prices.

Si’s Crab House is closed on Mondays. If you are in town for one night only and it is a Monday, pick another place.

Noodles and breakfast

The noodle shops from earlier sections are all in Duong Dong: Kiến Xây bún quậy on Bạch Đằng, Bánh Canh Phụng a short walk along the same street, and Út Lượm bún kèn on 30/4 street. Bánh Khéo Cô Dung, also on 30/4 street, sells boxed cakes to take away.

Grill sets and Japanese food

Coral BBQ📍Map at 144 30/4 street opens from 4:30pm and serves Korean-style meat and seafood grill sets for about 300,000 to 400,000 VND a person. bababa📍Map at 4 Phan Đình Phùng opens from 5pm with Japanese grill and sushi sets at a similar price.

Even the special zone government portal’s list of recommended places includes restaurants that have since closed. Before you set off, check the place is still open on a map app.

Duong Dong is also the most practical base if you want to eat out every night without long taxi rides. Our Phu Quoc hotel area guide compares it with Long Beach and the north.

13. Where to eat on Long Beach, in the south and in the north

Outside Duong Dong, restaurants cluster around the big resort areas. The road south of town along Long Beach has the most choice, while the south and north have a few seafood places and resort restaurants each.

Long Beach and Bãi Trường

Trần Hưng Đạo, the road south from Duong Dong along Long Beach, is lined with restaurants, and it is one of the three areas where the island’s Indian and halal restaurants are grouped. Shri Phú Quốc seafood📍Map (also known as Madam Kèo) is a beachfront seafood restaurant open from 9am, with a Russian menu. Dishes on its menu run from about 55,000 to 499,000 VND, most of them 150,000 to 290,000 VND, and herring salad is 160,000 VND.

For a special dinner, LAVA at the InterContinental📍Map serves French fine dining from 5:30pm, at over 1,000,000 VND a person. A little north of the InterContinental, closer to town, the Sonasea night market and Mr Seafood are there for a more casual meal.

The south: An Thới, Bãi Khem and Sunset Town

The south has a cluster of seafood grills, several of them with Korean in their Google Maps names. One is Thuận Kiều 2 Seafood & Grill📍Map at AT-63 on the New An Thới boulevard, open 9am to 11pm. It is a branch of the same Thuận Kiều 2 business as the Ham Ninh floating restaurant, which also has a branch at 70B Trần Hưng Đạo in Duong Dong. Ann Seafood📍Map at KB-03 in the Bãi Khem area opens from 10am, serves lobster and large prawns; Korean visitors’ reviews say the staff peel the prawns for you.

In Sunset Town, Sun Bavaria GastroPub📍Map is a German beer hall open noon to midnight, with dinner packages that include the evening show and fireworks; expect over 1,000,000 VND a person. On Hòn Thơm island, reached by cable car, the Mango buffet restaurant does a lunch buffet with a vegetarian corner for about 300,000 to 400,000 VND.

The north: Grand World and the coast

Grand World has its night market plus Indian and halal restaurants. Between Duong Dong and Grand World, Camia, inside the Camia resort on the Ông Lang and Cửa Dương coast north of town, serves Asian fusion food from 11am with a sea view at sunset. If you are spending the day at VinWonders or the safari, Grand World is the nearest place for dinner afterwards.

Long taxi rides add up. Decide which area you will be in that day and eat there, rather than crossing the island for one restaurant. Our Phu Quoc island hopping guide covers the south if you are heading out by boat.

14. How to order live seafood without surprises

At seafood restaurants, floating restaurants and night-market grills, live seafood sits in tanks or on ice. You choose it, it gets weighed, you pick a cooking style, and the price is worked out from the weight. Most problems come from a misunderstanding about the unit or the cooking charge.

Per kilo or per 100 grams

Prices are usually per kilo, but some places write them on the board per 100 grams, which makes them look ten times cheaper. Some places, especially in Ham Ninh, also add a cooking charge per dish. None of this is hidden if you ask first.

A price on the board that looks very low is often per 100 grams. Ask which unit it is before anything goes on the scale.

Ordering step by step

1. Ask the unit Is the price per kilo or per 100 grams?
2. Watch it weighed Stand by the scale and take a photo of the reading with your seafood on it.
3. Ask about cooking Is the cooking charge included, or added per dish?
4. Confirm the total Get the total before it is cooked, then compare the dish that arrives with your photo.

The photo helps if what comes to the table does not look like what you chose. There have been complaints about a different fish or shellfish arriving from the one picked out of the tank, so compare the plate with your photo before you start eating.

What prices look like

As a rough guide, tiger prawns usually cost around 280,000 VND a kilo, rising to 500,000 to 600,000 VND over the Lunar New Year holiday, and as much as 800,000 VND at pricier places. During one New Year, a plate of six tiger prawns for 300,000 VND at Cơm Niêu 66 drew complaints online and the special zone ordered a check, as Tuổi Trẻ News reported. The restaurant said its prices were on display. The special zone told it to show prices clearly, and no fine was reported.

The surest way to avoid an argument is to read the price board before you order, not after the food arrives. Not displaying prices at all is against the rules: under Decree 87/2024 the fine is 500,000 to 1,000,000 VND for an individual seller, and double that for a company.

15. Is Phu Quoc expensive? Prices, bills and tipping

Eating in Phu Quoc can be very cheap or quite expensive, depending on where you sit. A bowl of local noodles costs a few tens of thousands of dong, while seafood by weight and resort restaurants can run into millions.

Rough prices per person

Noodle bowls like bún kèn cost 20,000 to 50,000 VND, and a basic bowl of bún quậy starts at around 35,000 VND. Korean or Japanese grill sets run about 300,000 to 400,000 VND. Seafood restaurants in Duong Dong come to about 400,000 to 600,000 VND a person, and fine dining or a beer hall dinner with a show goes over 1,000,000 VND.

Seafood is where the bill grows fastest, because lobster, crab and prawns are priced per kilo and a group order adds up quickly. Setting a budget before you choose from the tank keeps it under control.

Reading the bill

A menu showing prices with ++ means service charge and VAT are added on top. Check the line under the menu or ask before you order, so the total is not a surprise. Tipping is not expected in Vietnam, according to the national tourism board; leave something if you want to. Our guide to tipping and etiquette in Vietnam explains what is normal.

Drink bottled water, not tap water.

If something goes wrong

Phu Quoc set up a tourist rapid response team that works around the clock and takes reports in several languages through a QR code, as Tuổi Trẻ reported. You can also call the tourism hotline on 1900 1720 (+84 1900 1720 from a foreign phone), listed on the official tourism portal.

Save 1900 1720 in your phone before you go out to eat. Our guide to common tourist scams in Vietnam covers the tricks worth knowing about, and getting an eSIM means you can call or check maps from any market.

16. Seafood buffets in Phu Quoc

If you would rather not deal with weighing and per-kilo prices, a seafood buffet gives you a fixed price. Several hotels and resorts run them, mostly in the evening.

Where to find a seafood buffet

The Novotel’s Food Exchange restaurant on Long Beach runs a lobster and seafood buffet that can be booked online. In Sunset Town, The Merchant restaurant at the La Festa hotel runs a seafood buffet called Fisherman’s Catch, and the Green Tree seafood buffet opens from 6pm. In Duong Dong, the Coral restaurant at the Seashells hotel, 1 Võ Thị Sáu, is known for a seafood buffet; check the dates and price before you go.

The Mango buffet on Hòn Thơm is a lunch buffet, handy if you are taking the cable car that day. It has a vegetarian corner.

Before you book

Days, times and prices for these buffets change, so check them on the booking page for the date you want.

The Vinpearl resorts have their own hotel buffets. If you are not staying there, ask the resort whether outside guests can join and what it costs. For a comparison with the mainland, our Nha Trang food guide and Da Nang food guide cover seafood dinners there.

17. Halal, Indian and vegetarian food

Phu Quoc has a good number of halal, Indian and vegetarian restaurants. Most are grouped in three areas: Trần Hưng Đạo street on the way to Long Beach, Grand World in the north, and Sunset Town in the south. The halal places below describe themselves as halal; if certification matters to you, ask the restaurant to show it.

Restaurants that say they serve halal food

Javaher Halal Restaurant serves Vietnamese food and has a prayer room. Halal Phú Quốc Restaurant serves Malaysian food in Duong Dong town, at 11 Dương Đông–Cửa Cạn road, and Halal Restaurant Afandy serves Malaysian food near Grand World. Restaurant Halal Sri Mutiara is at 124 Trần Hưng Đạo, and Halal Sunset Town Phu Quoc is at AT80-82 on the New An Thới boulevard. Spice India in the Sonasea complex serves Indian Muslim food.

Indian restaurants

At Grand World there are Lake Masala (open until 1am), Curry Kingdom and Delhi Darbar. In Sunset Town, Maa Indian has a separate vegetarian branch, and Maharaja Lounge is fully vegetarian with a Jain menu. On Trần Hưng Đạo, Krishna Garden (118) and RASOI (97) are fully vegetarian, and Sher-e-Punjab (126) and The Theatre (152) serve standard Indian menus.

Pure veg at these Indian restaurants means no meat, fish or eggs, but dairy such as milk, ghee and paneer is used. If you are vegan, ask before you order.

Vietnamese vegetarian food

Look for the word chay on signs; it means vegetarian. Khánh Ly Vegetarian📍Map at 35 Nguyễn Trãi, next to the old night market, has a buffet. Bếp Chay Nhà An is at 29 Trần Hưng Đạo, NẤM vegetarian restaurant at 13 Nguyễn Trãi, and Bồ Đề Chay at 189A 30/4 street opens from 5am. At Grand World there is Lam Vegan.

Russian and Central Asian food

KALINKA📍Map at 87 Trần Hưng Đạo serves Russian and Vietnamese food from noon. Lagman Phu Quoc near Grand World does manti, beshbarmak and lagman (check it is still open on a map before you go), and Restaurant Bukhara at 33 Trần Hưng Đạo is an Uzbek restaurant that also says it is halal.

Our halal food guide for Da Nang and vegetarian and vegan guide for Da Nang explain how to ask about ingredients in Vietnamese, and the same phrases work in Phu Quoc.

18. Night squid fishing and seafood dinner boats

Night squid fishing trips take you out by boat in the evening to fish for squid, and most packages include a seafood dinner. They are sold as tours, with hotel pickup in many cases.

When to go

From November to April the sea is calmer, and this is the main season for catching squid and crab. Outside those months the sea can be rougher, so a trip is more likely to be called off.

Check the weather the day before, and read the listing’s terms on what happens if a trip is cancelled because of the sea.

What to check in a tour listing

Listings differ in what they include. Look for hotel pickup, whether dinner is on the boat or back on land, and whether drinks are included. Some products combine squid fishing with an island-hopping day trip.

If you get seasick, take something before you board. Our Phu Quoc island hopping guide covers the day trips from An Thới if you want to add a morning on the islands, and the best time to visit Phu Quoc explains the dry and rainy seasons.

19. Phu Quoc fish sauce: factories and what to buy

Phu Quoc fish sauce (nước mắm Phú Quốc) is made from anchovies fermented in large wooden barrels. It has protected designation of origin in the EU under Regulation 928/2012, which you can read in a copy of the EU regulation, and the craft is on Vietnam’s national intangible heritage list under Decision 1730/QĐ-BVHTTDL of 27 May 2021.

Some websites say Phu Quoc fish sauce is UNESCO heritage. It is not on any UNESCO list; the heritage listing is Vietnam’s own national one.

Visiting a factory

Several makers take visitors. Two examples are Khải Hoàn fish sauce📍Map (Nước mắm Khải Hoàn) and, in the south, the Phụng Hưng fish sauce factory📍Map (Nước Mắm Phụng Hưng) at 471 Nguyễn Văn Cừ in An Thới. Khải Hoàn’s shop at 11 Hùng Vương opens daily from 7:30am to 7pm, and its head office shop at 289 30/4 street from 7:30am to 5pm. Some island tours include a factory stop, so check the tour listing if you would rather not arrange it yourself.

Which fish sauce to buy

Local brands include Thịnh Phát, Khải Hoàn and Phụng Hưng. A litre costs about 50,000 to 200,000 VND, depending on the brand and grade. Buy it in plastic bottles if you plan to fly with it, because glass is not accepted by Vietnam Airlines.

You will find fish sauce at the factories, at Duong Dong market, at KingKong Mart and at Vietnam Select in Sunset Town. Ask the shop to tape the caps if you are packing it in a suitcase.

Check your airline’s rules before you buy several bottles. The section on flying home below sets out what Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet say.

20. Pepper, sim wine and other food to take home

Pepper and sim wine are sold widely on the island, from the daytime markets to large souvenir stores. Prices vary with grade and packaging, so it is worth comparing a couple of shops before you buy a lot.

Phu Quoc pepper

Phu Quoc pepper (tiêu Phú Quốc) comes as black and red pepper, priced at about 170,000 to 450,000 VND a kilo. You can see it growing at Pepper Farm – Phu Quoc Countryside📍Map near Suối Cái in the north, open 9am to 4pm. Several island tours stop at both a pepper farm and a fish sauce factory.

Sim wine

Sim wine (rượu sim) is made from the berries of the rose myrtle that grows on the island. A 600 ml bottle costs about 140,000 to 200,000 VND. The same berries are made into a sweet syrup, mật sim.

Snacks and dried seafood

Bánh khéo cakes, Chou Chou peanuts and dried shrimp or squid all travel well. Buy dried seafood in sealed packs if you have a long journey home.

Where to shop

KingKong Mart has its main store at 141A Trần Hưng Đạo on the Long Beach road, open from 8am, and a smaller branch at 108 Bạch Đằng by the old night market, open from 12:30pm. The main store carries many kinds of pepper plus fish sauce and coffee; the night market branch is small and has a narrower range. Vietnam Select📍Map, the big souvenir store at the VUI-Fest entrance in Sunset Town, opens from 9am and sells fish sauce, pepper, dried seafood, sim wine and coffee.

Before buying alcohol or food for another country, look at the next section. Our guide to what is illegal in Vietnam also covers what you cannot take out.

21. Flying home with fish sauce and food

On international flights, liquids in containers over 100 ml cannot go in your cabin bag, so fish sauce in any useful amount has to go in checked luggage. What matters is your airline’s rules.

Vietnam Airlines

Vietnam Airlines advises against carrying fish sauce in the cabin and accepts it as checked baggage, up to 3 litres or 3 kg per person. It must be in plastic bottles with the caps sealed and taped, the bottles not filled to the top, and packed in a foam box sealed with tape. Glass bottles are not accepted. Fish sauce is not carried at all on ATR72 aircraft. The details are on the Vietnam Airlines baggage page.

Vietjet and other airlines

Vietjet’s conditions of carriage, section 9.1, say the airline can refuse to carry strong-smelling food such as fish sauce. For other airlines, ask before you buy. Our Phu Quoc airport guide has the airline list and check-in details.

Bringing food into your home country

The United States generally allows seafood for personal use, but you must declare all food and agricultural products on arrival. Australia requires you to declare all food, and not declaring can lead to a large fine; the Australian government’s guide for returning travellers lists what to declare.

If you are not sure about dried seafood, pepper or sauces, declare them. It costs nothing to declare, and an officer will tell you if something cannot come in. For arriving in Vietnam, see our Vietnam entry guide.

22. Michelin Guide news for Phu Quoc

On 1 October 2026 the Michelin Guide announced Phu Quoc as its fourth destination in Vietnam, after Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. The Michelin announcement says the first Phu Quoc selection will be part of the next edition of the Michelin Guide Vietnam, revealed at its ceremony.

What Michelin said about Phu Quoc food

The announcement named fish sauce and pepper, and the neighbourhood eateries of Duong Dong and the Ham Ninh fishing village, as what makes the island’s food distinct. The Michelin Guide’s move into Phu Quoc is supported by Sun Group, Michelin’s strategic destination partner in Vietnam.

The usual distinctions apply, from Stars to Bib Gourmand. No restaurants have been named yet, so treat any list of likely picks as guesswork until the selection is out.

Planning around it

Until the selection comes out, there is no Michelin list for Phu Quoc to plan around. If you are building a longer trip, our southern Vietnam guide and District 4 seafood street guide for Ho Chi Minh City pair well with Phu Quoc, and Da Nang vs Phu Quoc helps if you are choosing between the two.

For everything else on the country, start with our Vietnam travel guide.

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