Night Markets in Phu Quoc: What’s Still Open in 2026 and Where to Eat

Is the Phu Quoc night market still open in 2026?

Not in the form most guidebooks still describe. The market on Bach Dang Street, also called the Duong Dong or Dinh Cau night market, ran for ten years under a lease signed in September 2015. VnExpress reported in January 2026 that the lease had ended on 31 December 2025 and that its more than 100 stalls could keep trading until 28 February 2026, just after Tet, so that the street could be cleared for traffic.

On 1 April 2026 the chairman of the Phu Quoc special zone told traders that the night market would not be scrapped and that the authorities were surveying a new site for it (Thanh Nien and Tuoi Tre, 1 April 2026). By 26 April the first-phase stalls were being dismantled, roof sheets and frames removed piece by piece, with around 100 traders affected (Phu Nu, 26 April 2026).

The short version we give guests, updated whenever the situation changes: Phu Quoc’s big night market on Bach Dang Street in Duong Dong stopped trading when its lease ended, and its stalls have been taken down in stages since late April 2026. The island authorities say the market will move to a new site, which has not been announced yet. A smaller strip of evening food stalls usually still trades around Nguyen Trai Street from about 5 pm, though reports differ from night to night, and the Bai Truong (Sonasea) night market on Long Beach usually trades from late afternoon until about 11 pm. We check what is open on the day and plan your evening around it. The same update sits on our Phu Quoc night market page.

Which night markets in Phu Quoc are open now?

Three places sell food after dark on most evenings in late 2026, and they sit in different parts of the island, so where you are staying decides which one makes sense.

Duong Dong: smaller, and changing

Central Duong Dong is still where islanders eat at night. Seafood restaurants line the Duong Dong River, and a smaller group of evening stalls usually trades near Nguyen Trai Street. One travel guide updated in October 2026 lists a market there open daily from 5 pm to midnight, while others describe it as closed; both can be true on different nights. This is the area our sunset and seafood tour uses, with dinner by the river rather than in the market.

Bai Truong (Sonasea): the steadiest choice

The Sonasea walking street at Bai Truong, on Long Beach south of Duong Dong, is the night market most likely to be trading on any given evening. A Phu Quoc travel page published in August 2026 says it opens from about 4 pm to around 11 pm every day (other guides give 6 pm), with grilled seafood, banh bo cakes and keo chi, thread candy pulled by hand and rolled in rice paper. Our Ham Ninh crab tour finishes here after sunset on Long Beach.

Grand World: large, and far to the north

Grand World is a resort and entertainment district at Bai Dai in the north of the island, and its night market sits in the Indochine Quarter. Vinpearl lists 138 stalls selling seafood to take away, sea urchin, Ham Ninh crab and sim wine. The opening hours published by different sources do not agree, so treat it as an afternoon-to-late market. It makes sense if you are staying in the north; from Duong Dong it is a long drive for one evening.

In the far south, Sunset Town near An Thoi has an evening bazaar of its own, Vui-Fest, inside that resort area. It is a separate evening out and not part of our routes.

What happened to the Dinh Cau night market?

Dinh Cau night market is the older name, and its history explains most of the confusion online. Until 2016 the evening stalls clustered in central Duong Dong near Dinh Cau, the small shrine on the rocks at the mouth of the Duong Dong River. In July 2016 the district moved them a few hundred metres to the old trade-centre site beside the Bach Dang market, under the same operator, so guides use Dinh Cau, Duong Dong and Bach Dang for what became one market (Tuoi Tre, 5 July 2016).

The shrine itself is unaffected. Dinh Cau is free, open all day and still a favourite spot in town to watch the sun go down over the sea, usually around 5:40 pm in November and close to 6:30 pm in July. Cloud can hide it, more often from May to October.

Where can you eat in Duong Dong at night now?

Riverside seafood is the real reason to come into Duong Dong after dark, and it never depended on the market stalls. The seafood restaurants along the Duong Dong River sell the catch by weight: you choose it, it is weighed, and the bill is a price per kilo plus a charge for cooking it.

Three habits prevent most surprises: ask the price per kilo before anything goes on the scale, agree the cooking charge before it goes to the kitchen, and watch it being weighed. That is what a licensed local guide does for you, in Vietnamese, at a kitchen they already know cooks well that night. A guide born on the island also explains how each dish is eaten and why islanders eat it, which is most of the pleasure of a seafood dinner here.

The island’s evening dishes to look for are goi ca trich, a raw herring salad cured in lime and rolled at the table in rice paper; sea urchin grilled in the shell under spring-onion oil; and muc mot nang, squid dried for a single day of sun before it goes on the charcoal. Coconut ice cream served in the shell and a small glass of sim wine, made from the rose myrtle berries that grow wild on the island, are the usual way to finish. Sim wine is for guests aged 18 and over.

Our Duong Dong sunset and seafood tour is built around this evening: a fish sauce barrel house, sunset at Dinh Cau, dinner by the river, then dessert at whatever is trading in town that night. The Ham Ninh crab and Long Beach tour crosses to the east coast for crab and ends at the Sonasea night market, and the Duong Dong market breakfast covers the island’s main daytime market. The three menus share no dish.

Which Phu Quoc night market should you choose?

Choose by where you are staying. The markets are spread along the whole west coast, and the drive between them is a bigger part of the evening than most visitors expect.

Staying in Duong Dong or Ong Lang: eat by the Duong Dong River and walk the town centre for dessert. Expect fewer stalls than photos from before 2026 show.

Staying on Long Beach: the Sonasea night market at Bai Truong is the closest and the most predictable, and Duong Dong is a short drive north.

Staying in Bai Dai or elsewhere in the north: Grand World is on your doorstep. For Duong Dong food, our tours collect you earlier, with a transfer surcharge shown at checkout.

Staying in the south, around An Thoi: the south has its own evening spots. For the Duong Dong seafood night, the same earlier pickup and transfer surcharge apply.

Whichever you choose, every menu on our tours is a sample. Tell us about allergies, dishes you would rather skip, a dislike of chilli or fish sauce, or children in the group, and the evening is rebuilt before the day: grilled scallops instead of sea urchin, grilled fish instead of crab. If the Duong Dong evening stalls are closed or thinned out that night, your guide takes you to the street-food stalls still open in Duong Dong town. If the Bai Truong night market is closed, dessert moves to a beachfront cafe. These swaps keep the full menu and are not partially refunded. Our booking terms set out how these changes work.

Night markets in Phu Quoc: quick answers

Night market status and hours compiled on 12 November 2026 from Vietnamese press and operator pages. Stalls and hours change often.