Ho Chi Minh City Street Food Tour: Top Food Experiences on a Motorbike

Embark on a thrilling motorbike tour through Ho Chi Minh City to discover the top street food experiences. Indulge in a selection of 10 delicious dishes, including signature papaya salad, unique coconut juice, steamed rice rolls, sizzling pancakes, and more!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) - Your guides, who are local students, will come to your hotel or apartment to pick you up by motorbike, or we can meet at the Opera House (7 Công Trường Lam Sơn, District 1) as a meeting point. Your safety is our top priority! You will be driven by a well-trained and safe driver (helmet & poncho provided) with Motorbike Accident Insurance (up to $5000).

All the eateries have a Government Safe Food Certificate. The tour can also be customized for any food restrictions.

The menu may vary slightly depending on the day, time, and availability of local food stalls.

  • Ho Chi Minh City - Enjoy a convenient hotel pickup and a delightful selection of 10 dishes:
  1. “Gỏi Đu Đủ” - Our signature papaya salad mixed with black beef jerky, reviewed by Best Ever Food Review Show
  2. “Dừa Tắc” - A unique coconut juice mixed with pineapple or kumquat jam
  3. “Bánh Cuốn” - Steamed rice roll with minced pork, wood-ear mushroom, and dipping sauce
  4. “Bánh Xèo” - Mekong-style sizzling pancake served at a restaurant in Chinatown that has been around for over 25 years
  5. “Bánh Khọt” - Sizzling savory crepe with pork and shrimp
  6. “Bún Bò Huế” - A spicy, 8-hour slow-cooked Hue-style beef noodle soup (100% Hue original taste)
  7. Vietnamese pizza - A mix of melted butter, cheese, egg, and sausage
  8. “Chuối Nướng” - Grilled banana with creamy coconut milk from a vendor with 20 years of experience
  9. Saigon Beer
  10. “Chè” Vietnamese sweet soup or Flan Cake with Coconut Milk
  • Le Van Tam Park - “Gỏi đu đủ” (papaya salad) has been part of our tour since 2018. The dish includes long strands of thinly cut green papaya, roasted peanuts, black beef jerky, sliced Vietnamese coriander, and crispy fritters with fried shrimp crackers on top. Fresh, delicious, and a must-try

  • Nguyen Thien Thuat Apartment Buildings - These apartment buildings have existed for about half a century, where we will have Hue beef soup. Many residents have lived here since the Vietnam War and do not want to leave their familiar surroundings.

  • Ho Thi Ky Flower Market - The largest flower market in Ho Chi Minh City, supplying flowers to the city and some southern provinces. Founded in the 1980s, it retains the characteristics of old Saigon.

  • Chinatown (Cho Lon) - District 5 - A popular street food destination you shouldn’t miss on your first visit to Vietnam. Banh xeo is a sizzling pancake with ingredients like pork, shrimp, onion, bean sprouts, and mung beans.

  • Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) - The journey concludes here. Your guides will ride you back to your hotel or requested location (within Districts 1, 3, and 4). Looking forward to your next trip! Love you!

What's Included
  • Transportation by motorbike with a personal guide
  • Hand sanitizer and face masks available on request
  • Helmet & Poncho provided if needed
  • Includes 10 dishes, snacks, drinks & local beer at no extra cost
  • Accident Insurance coverage up to $5000
  • Alcoholic Beverages included
  • Complimentary pick-up and drop-off at select locations
  • Friendly English speaking tour guide
Additional Information

Three years in a row winning the Viator Experience Award (2022, 2023, and 2024): Top 10 Food Tours Worldwide. Enjoy free hotel pickup & original selection of 10 dishes:

  1. “Gỏi Đu Đủ” - Our unique Signature papaya salad mixed with black beef jerky is reviewed by Best Ever Food Review Show (originally offered since 2019)
  2. “Dừa Tắc” - Unique coconut juice mixed with pineapple or kumquat jam at 20-years-old food stall
  3. “Bánh Cuốn” - Steamed rice roll with minced pork, wood-ear mushroom & dipping sauce
  4. “Bánh Xèo” - Mekong sizzling pancake style served at 25-year-old restaurant at China Town
  5. “Bánh Khọt” - Sizzling savory crepe combined with pork and shrimp
  6. “Bún Bò Huế” - A spicy 8-hour slow-cooked Hue style beef noodle soup (100% Hue original taste)
  7. Vietnamese pizza - A good mix of melted butter, cheese, egg and sausage
  8. House-grilled banana with creamy coconut milk from a vendor with 20 years of experience
  9. Saigon beer
  10. Chè: Vietnamese sweet soup or creamy flan
  • This tour is all about food. Lots of food to come! Please save some space! :)
  • The tour can be also customized for any food restrictions
  • Please provide hotel address for the pick up when you book (or via Whatsapp)
  • Free pick-up & drop-off right at your hotel/airbnb/apartment at district 1,3 and 4
  • This tour is only for guest weight less than 100kg (220lbs). If you are or more 100kg please let me know after booking.
  • You will be the back of your guide’s motorbike. You don’t need to drive.
Location
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
Công Trường Lam Sơn
Your guides will be at the steps of Opera House 5 mins before the tour starts and call you via Whatsapp to let you know.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Marckr9027ih
Jul 25, 2024
Nice Experience! - I recently went on this street food tour, and I can only recommend it. We visited food spots tourists would otherwise not go to, and experienced a whole new side to Ho Chi Min via the motorcycle. My driver Vy Lâm was really nice and forthcoming. We had nice chats and she could answers all my questions about the food, the city and Vietnam as a whole. I will for sure ask for her the next time I will do this tour.
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Nikkilg2024
Jul 25, 2024
An amazing introduction to Vietnamese Cuisine - Being a newcomer to Vietnam and the cuisine, I really wanted a proper introduction. Tan, my tourgude was super friendly, always trying to keep me entertained whilst also telling me about information of the different parts of the city apart from the food we're having. He was very helpful in preparing some of the dishes like the wrapping of the ban xeo. Was really pleasantly surprised with the really friendly tour guide Such a worth it tour.
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Eleanorc857
Jul 24, 2024
Brilliant tour guides - Thank you Tan and David for a brilliant food tour this evening. We learnt a lot about the food culture in Vietnam and ate some delicious food too.
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Katherined160
Jul 24, 2024
Kris and Emma’s amazing foodie tour - The Scooter food tour was amazing. So much easier to explore Districts 1,3,5,10. Kris and Emma were all over it and expert guides. Food was delicious and varied with lots of opportunities to mix with locals
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Annetteg1295
Jul 24, 2024
Delicious food, fun/safe scooter rides, great conversations - Had a very enjoyable time on this tour. Food was delicious and varied. The scooter rides were fun and we felt safe. The tour guides (Harry, Kelly and Daniel) were lovely to interact with, their English was excellent and they gave great insights into Vietnamese culture and history. We would definitely do the tour again.
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Simonha3612lu
Jul 24, 2024
This tour is a ‘must do!’ - We loved our tour, everything was delicious and there was great variety. We zipped around Ho Chi Minh passing several of the classic sights, always feeling safe on the bikes. Our guides Kris and Kellie were awesome, they were very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. We would highly recommend this tour, without it, we would have missed some of he best flavours the city has to offer! We would happily do it all again, we enjoyed it that much.
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Chrissh9346ug
Jul 23, 2024
Fun way to explore Ho Chi Minh City - We all had such a great time on this food tour, Tan and his friends were super friendly and excited to show us different areas of Ho Chi Minh City. There was so much food on the tour and it was all delicious, my favourite was the Papaya Salad 🤤 Daniel was an excellent driver and very skilled at driving around the busy streets, it was a lot of fun! 🛵 🤩
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Gabrielle_y
Jul 23, 2024
10/10 experience :-) - the food tour was really fun and food was really yummy and authentic !! 😋😋 my guides kelly and daniel were excellent as well!! they were very friendly and nice, and took the time to explain about the foods we were eating ! :)
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Apelt2024
Jul 23, 2024
great tour must do!!! - good tour, good driver must try it and thanks for our guide Kris, Rachel, John and Emma for great tour Richard and friends from Indonesia
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Yvonne
Jul 23, 2024
Highly recommend this tour! Very good value and very interesting. - The highlight of our time in Ho Chi Minh. Well chosen food spots. Loved the routes taken through local alleyways. Friendly, knowledgeable guides. Great selection of foods. Huge thanks to Roger, Charlie and Ricky for being our scooter drivers and safely driving us. Harry. you are a super guide! You answered all our questions and you explained lots of history to us, as well as telling us about the foods we were eating and the vendors. We loved the friendly, laidback dynamic that began with us all sittinground on little stools on the street with the guides, chatting and getting to know each other. I’ve done several food tour round south-east Asia, and this tour with Harry leading the party was top-notch.
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