Private Tour
Private Street Food Evening Walking Tour in Ho Chi Minh City
Overview
Available languages
4 hours
Mobile ticket
Enjoy an amazing night out with this 4 hour street food walking tour of Ho Chi Minh City. Meet your local guides in the evening then you will be taken to the streets of the city to explore some of the world's most exciting food cultures, as well as learn how to prepare the best rice pancakes, savor a menu of 9 mouth-watering dishes, special local beer, and homemade Vietnamese Banana Sticky Rice Wine which is brewed in the clay pot by Street Food Man Vinny, take in the sights, sounds and smells of Ho Chi Minh City.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
It is recommended that you leave your handbags, passports and jewelry at your hotel for safe keeping
A camera is always encouraged. Please take extra care of your camera to avoid theft.
Cool and comfortable clothing is recommended. Shorts, t-shirts and light pants are also suitable
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Accident insurance
All food and drinks during the tour
English-speaking street food guide
Hand sanitizer and face masks
Pictures from your tour
Complimentary pick-up and drop off either at your accommodation in districts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 10 or at the Opera House
Private tour (only your group, no other guests join)
Rain poncho (if needed)
Transportation by taxi
Items of a personal nature
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Street Food Man
Your local street food guide, who has a huge passion with Vietnamese street food will pick you up at your hotel by taxi then leave the tourist area behind and start your food adventure to non-tourist district, a street food paradise, while tasting ‘Banh Xeo” and “Banh Khot” – The Central, and South’s rice pancake with a lot of fresh Vietnamese vegetables. Stroll along a street known for its barbecue seafood vendors and head to a local-favorite restaurant to taste the best "bo la lot" (beef in wild betel leaves) or "banh canh Trang Bang"- special pork noodle soup or thick noodles soup with codfish pie which is the speciality from Street Food Man Vinny’s village. Your immersion in mouth-watering food continues as you head to the alleys of food in the heart of street food district and sample a tasty “bot chien", Pan - fried rice cakes with egg and spring onions which is cooked by a local chef with over 25 years experience and then quench your thirst with a sugar cane juice mixed with a little orange. Next up on your food adventure is Banh Mi - Saigon Baguette. You will experience the perfect fusion of 4 delicious flavors just after the first bite. Walk into the heart of district 3 and discover the old apartments has the name Nguyen Thien Thuat, which is home to dozens of famous Vietnamese street food that will tempt your stomach. On the corner of Seafood alley, you will sit like the locals, and get munching, crunching, sipping and slurping BBQ seafood (if you are allergic to seafood, it will be replaced by BBQ meat). Have local drinks with Saigon special beer or soft drink, mineral water and homemade Vietnamese rice wine. Cap off your Saigon street food walking tour at the night flower market by enjoying an amazing dessert which is coconut ice cream, longan ice cream or flan cake with caramel and coffee. Your local guide will take a taxi to go with you get back to your accommodation.
Options
Private Tour (only your group)
Pickup included
Reviews
3,017 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
I booked this street food tour with Anna for my wife and I.
Alex C,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I booked this street food tour with Anna for my wife and me, and we had an incredible experience from start to finish. Communication beforehand was smooth and detailed. She made sure we knew exactly how to prepare and took extra care to accommodate our food restrictions without sacrificing any of the quality or variety. Transportation was fully arranged, so all we had to do was relax and enjoy the adventure. Anna led us through the local streets of HCMC where real Saigonites eat, and we always felt safe with her guidance, especially when navigating the famously busy traffic! Along the way, she shared fascinating pieces of the city’s history that added so much meaning to what we were seeing. Every food stop was delicious, fresh, and flavorful. Anna taught us how to eat each dish like a local and even went above and beyond by deboning fish and helping peel shrimp and crab shells so we could focus on enjoying the food. She introduced us to a variety of herbs and had us taste them individually to understand how they elevate Vietnamese cuisine. We enjoyed refreshing sugarcane juice and wrapped up the street food portion with creamy local ice cream paired with an avocado smoothie. And just when we thought the tour was over, Anna surprised us by guiding us through the flower district and gifting each of us a lotus flower. She showed us how to bloom the lotus by hand and explained how lotus silk is made which is such a unique and beautiful touch. I can confidently say this was one of the highlights of our trip to Vietnam. We’re both Vietnamese-American, and we deeply appreciated the care Anna put into making the tour both fun and culturally rich. She’s personable, knowledgeable, and truly passionate about what she does. I highly recommend booking a tour with Anna. If I could vote her Employee of the Year, I absolutely would!
Highlight of our trip with Anna as our Tour Guide
VivianN466,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My husband and I had an amazing time with Anna as our tour guide! Communication was clear on how to prepare for the tour and went to great lengths on accommodating to our food restrictions without compromising quality choices in food and service. Transportation was taken care of so all we had to do was follow along and enjoy the process. Anna guided us through the streets of HCMC where locals frequent and we felt extremely safe following her lead. Navigating and crossing the streets can by scary by how busy cars and scooters drive through but Anna made sure we were close by. She shared about the history of the HCMC that were interesting to learn. The street food Anna took us to were all delicious! Food is fresh and cooked to perfection. Anna taught us how to eat the different dishes like locals and she even went above and beyond by deboning our fish and peeling our shrimp shells and crab shells. She taught us the different kinds of herbs and had us taste each one to understand how it elevates the dishes. We also had refreshing sugarcane drinks and ended the street food tour with delicious local ice cream with Avocado smoothie. But the tour didn’t end there! Anna guided us through the flower district and gifted us each a lotus. She taught us how to bloom the lotus and where lotus silk came from. I highly recommend booking this Street Food tour as it was one of our highlights of our trip to Vietnam. Both my husband and I are Vietnamese-American and we greatly appreciated the effort Anna put into this tour to make it fun and educational. Anna was a pleasure to hang out with and I would vote for her as employee of the year if I could!
Wonderful HCMC foodie experience!
Layniey,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Eugene was an excellent guide on this private tour. We had 8 dishes and unique drinks over a period of 4 hours. Eugene was full of interesting information about food, Vietnamese culture and history. He was authentic, articulate and let us maintain our own pace. Everything we tried was excellent and we got to taste food from places frequented by locals that. A wonderful way to spend an evening!
Gluten free review of street food tour HCMC
N7662FHlouiser,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What an amazing experience! Catherine and Khoung went above and beyond to cater for our family. We had a coeliac and one person on crutches, yet our guides managed to find safe, delicious, gluten free options and safely guide us through this beautiful city. We are very grateful to have found this tour and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting an authentic local food experience!!!
Good experience except for double charges
15melvyna,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00I want to know how this tour booking was duplicated and I was charged for 4 instead of two. The same thing happened with my hotel booking in Bangkok for Nov 24/26
Great experience and great value
Y7652SNpeters,
Dec 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Lucy did a great job of taking us for an authentic experience at some excellent places that we could never have found.We had said we particularly liked scallops and she made sure they were included.We had some amazing food and learnt a lot.
Great way to try out a...
Mathew E,
Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great way to try out a lot of different meals across HCMC! The guide spoke great English and kept us entertained!
Amazing food and company
meikom447,
Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My partner and I had an amazing private tour with our guide Tessie! She arrived promptly and guided us safely through the streets to delicious eateries. The food was great, but the most special part of the tour was having the opportunity to talk to Tessie and hear about her experience living in HCM. She is so incredibly sweet and funny, and if you go on the tour I recommend taking the tour with her.
My family and I had a...
Lauren R,
Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00My family and I had a wonderful time on this walking food tour with our guides Thin and Tran. We traveled as a party of 7 with 2 older adults, 2 parents and 3 elementary aged kids and everyone in our group enjoyed it. No complaining from the littles and even the pickiest eater in the group devoured multiple different dishes we tried. We were stuffed before we tried the 10th dish but managed to at least try everything, and our guides provided us with lots of information about life in the city, history and food culture . I would highly recommend this tour and it was a highlight of our stay in HCMC/Saigon
Delicious and informative
msellelay,
Nov 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My family and I had a wonderful time on this walking food tour with our guides Thin and Tran. We traveled as a party of 7 with 2 older adults, 2 parents and 3 elementary aged kids and everyone in our group enjoyed it. No complaining from the littles and even the pickiest eater in the group devoured multiple different dishes we tried. We were stuffed before we tried the 10th dish but managed to at least try everything, and our guides provided us with lots of information about life in the city, history and food culture . I would highly recommend this tour and it was a highlight of our stay in HCMC/Saigon.
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