The Phu Quoc night market trades along Bach Dang Street in Duong Dong, beside the Dinh Cau shrine, from about 5 pm until 10–11.45 pm. Seafood is picked from ice and grilled to order, usually priced by weight: a July 2026 guide put Ham Ninh crab at VND 200,000–350,000 per kilo. From Sunset Beach Resort the market is 2.3 km by road, 5–8 minutes by Grab or about 30 minutes on foot.
2026 has been unsettled: the site lease ended on 31 December 2025, stalls are fewer, and the authorities plan a new site, still unnamed in October 2026.
Where the market is, and what changed in 2026
The market fills Bach Dang Street, the riverside road that runs to the Dinh Cau headland at the mouth of the Duong Dong River, and spills into parts of Nguyen Trai, Ly Tu Trong and Le Loi. Food comes first, souvenirs further back. Older guides still send you to Vo Thi Sau, the street it occupied before moving about 100 metres to Bach Dang.
The bigger change is legal. The ten-year lease for the Bach Dang walking street and market, signed in September 2015, expired at the end of 2025, and the island has spent 2026 deciding what comes next.
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | Lease for the walking street and market ends; about 100 vendor households affected |
| January 2026 | Authorities let vendors keep trading through Tet if they met fire and hygiene rules |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Extension ends; the operator cuts power and water from 1 March, and many stalls carry on with generators |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Plans to dismantle the walking street and market structures reported, with no start date |
| 1 Apr 2026 | The special zone’s chairman says the market will not be scrapped; new sites are being surveyed |
| May–Aug 2026 | Guides and traveller reviews describe it open but smaller and less crowded |
Sources: Vietnamese press reports, January to April 2026, and traveller reviews to August 2026. No new site had been announced in October 2026, so expect the Bach Dang version described here.
Opening hours and the best time to go
There are no posted hours. Stalls start setting up around 5 pm, a few from mid-afternoon in high season, and the street is busiest from about 7 to 9 pm. Closing depends on the crowd: an April 2026 guide had some stalls packing up from 9.30 pm, while a June 2026 visitor found it trading until 11.30–11.45 pm at the latest.
The easy plan is to arrive around 6.30 pm. Sunset falls at roughly 5.40 pm in November and about 6.30 pm in July, so you can watch it from the Dinh Cau rocks a few minutes’ walk away, then reach the stalls just as the grills get going and before the 7 pm rush. Weekends and holiday weeks are the most crowded.
What to eat, and what it cost in 2026
Seafood grilled to order
The seafood stalls work the same way: live and chilled seafood sits on ice out front, you point at what you want, agree the price, and it comes back grilled, steamed or stir-fried a few minutes later. Classics are grilled sea urchin with spring-onion oil, scallops, oysters baked with cheese, flower crab from Ham Ninh on the east coast, squid and prawns, plus goi ca trich, the island’s raw herring salad rolled in rice paper.
Snacks and sweets
Between the seafood counters you find Thai-style rolled ice cream scraped off a frozen plate, banh trang nuong (grilled rice paper, often sold as Vietnamese pizza), keo chi (spun sugar wrapped in rice paper), bun quay noodles and palm-sugar cake. Sim wine, made from rose myrtle berries, is poured for free tastings at the souvenir end.
| Item | Typical price | Source date |
|---|---|---|
| Ham Ninh flower crab | VND 200,000–350,000 per kg (another guide: 500,000–800,000) | Jul 2026 / Oct 2025 |
| Lobster | From VND 400,000 each, by size | Jul 2026 |
| Grilled sea urchin | VND 50,000–80,000 each | Oct 2025 |
| Oysters baked with cheese | VND 80,000–120,000 for six | Jul 2026 |
| Grilled squid | VND 70,000–100,000 per portion | Jul 2026 |
| Seafood skewers | VND 20,000–30,000 each | Aug 2026 |
| Herring salad | VND 50,000–100,000 per plate | Jul 2026 |
| Rolled ice cream | VND 25,000–50,000 | Apr 2025 |
| Grilled rice paper | VND 15,000–30,000 | Apr–Oct 2025 |
| Keo chi | VND 10,000–20,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Sim wine | From VND 100,000 a bottle | Jul 2026 |
A July 2026 guide put a seafood dinner for two at VND 300,000–400,000, and an August 2026 guide reckoned market seafood runs 20–30% above simple restaurants away from the tourist strip. Prices climb with size and season, so treat these as a yardstick rather than a menu.
How weighing works, and how to avoid a surprise bill
Most complaints about the market come from the weight, not the food. Some stalls price per portion or per plate, some per kilo and some per 100 grams, and a sign reading 200,000 beside a crab can mean 100 grams rather than the whole animal. Four habits keep the bill predictable:
Ask the unit first. Per kilo, per 100 g, per piece or per plate. Watch it weighed. Stay at the scale and look at the figure before anything goes on the grill. Ask for the total. Get the full price, including any cooking charge, said back to you or typed on a phone. Pick busy stalls. Steady local custom usually means faster turnover and fresher seafood.
Food prices are generally fixed, so haggling over a plate of scallops gets you little. Souvenirs are different: bargaining is expected, and an October 2025 guide suggested opening at 70–80% of the asking price. Bring cash in small notes; most stalls do not take cards, and QR payment is hit and miss for foreign phones.
Pearls, pepper and other souvenirs
Pearl jewellery is the market’s best-known buy and its biggest trap. Strings and earrings sell for roughly VND 100,000 to 1,000,000, and guides updated in April and August 2026 warn that most cheap pieces are freshwater or imported pearls, or imitations, rather than Phu Quoc saltwater pearls. If you want the real thing, buy from an established pearl farm showroom and ask for a certificate.
Safer buys are vacuum-packed Phu Quoc pepper (VND 230,000–300,000 per kg in October 2025), dried seafood and sim wine. Ask where an item was made: not everything on the souvenir rows comes from the island.
Getting there from Sunset Beach Resort
The resort is at 100C/2 Tran Hung Dao, at the northern end of Long Beach, and the market is 2.3 km north by road through Duong Dong centre. See our location guide for the other distances from the hotel.
| Option | Time | Cost | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab car | 5–8 min | Base fare VND 24,545 for the first 2 km + 11,782 per km, before tax and fees (Jul 2026) | Get dropped a block away; the entrance clogs at peak |
| GrabBike | About 5 min | Base fare VND 13,255 for the first 2 km (Jul 2026) | Quickest for one person without bags |
| Walk | About 30 min | Free | Busy Tran Hung Dao pavements, then the town centre |
Walk in, ride back
Walking in at dusk works well: the first stretch of Tran Hung Dao past the resort has cafés, spas and shops, and the route stays on main roads into the centre. Coming back late, take a Grab. The final stretch to the resort is a short lane off Tran Hung Dao that is poorly lit at night, and a car can drop you at the door. The hotel has no confirmed evening shuttle into town; a taxi can be arranged on request — ask the hotel when you book.
Fitting it around the hotel evening
Sunset Fusion, the resort restaurant, serves until 10 pm, and on show nights the beach bar runs a free fire show at about 10 pm. Leave the market by 9.30 pm and you are back in time. Our facilities guide covers bar hours and the show.
Questions about the Phu Quoc night market
Is the Phu Quoc night market closed in 2026?
No, but it is in transition. The site lease ended on 31 December 2025 and power and water were cut in March 2026, yet stalls kept trading on Bach Dang Street, and visitors in June and August 2026 found it open, if smaller. The authorities said in April 2026 that the market will continue at a new site, still unnamed in October.
Is the night market on Vo Thi Sau or Bach Dang Street?
Bach Dang. The market moved from Vo Thi Sau Street to Bach Dang, about 100 metres away, and now runs along Bach Dang towards Dinh Cau, with stalls on parts of Nguyen Trai, Ly Tu Trong and Le Loi. Some older guides and map listings still show the Vo Thi Sau address; a Grab driver will know the market by name.
How much should I budget for dinner at the night market?
A July 2026 guide put a seafood dinner for two at VND 300,000–400,000, with snacks such as skewers or rolled ice cream at VND 20,000–50,000 each. Crab, lobster and large prawns, sold by weight, push the bill up fast, so ask the unit and the total before cooking. Carry cash in small notes.
Can I walk back to Sunset Beach Resort after the market?
You can, it is about 30 minutes, but a Grab is the better choice after dark. Tran Hung Dao is busy with traffic, and the lane from the main road to the resort entrance is poorly lit. A Grab car covers the 2.3 km in 5–8 minutes and drops you at the door.
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Market status, hours, food and Grab prices and distances checked October 2026. Prices carry their source month.