Hanoi Street Food Tour by Motorbike: 4-5 dishes, Train Street

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

You ride the motorbike yourself, not sit as a passenger.

A half-day private motorbike food tour in Hanoi where you ride your own comfortable Honda scooter through the Old Quarter and around West Lake, stopping at five street food stalls and two dessert spots, with hotel pickup and an English-speaking guide. The tour includes helmet, rain poncho and bottled water. Children from age 1 are welcome; vegetarian and vegan options available on request.

Step-by-step itinerary

Hanoi scooter food and sightseeing tour

Start at Hanoi Opera House
Try Bun Cha Obama at local eatery
Visit Hanoi Big Church
Eat grilled spring rolls
Explore Hanoi Old Town
Sample steam rice pancake Hang Ga
Enjoy seafood at Oc Di Tu and West Lake
Have mango jelly at Minci Mango Jelly
Visit Tran Quoc Pagoda
Relax at Train Street Coffee

The Experience

Four hours on your own scooter means you move through Hanoi at your own pace, stopping when the guide does and staying as long as you want at each stall. The Honda bikes are built for comfort—the operator calls them lounge chairs—so the ride itself is not a white-knuckle grip. You start at your hotel in the Old Quarter with pickup included, meet your English-speaking guide, and head out to the first stop: a local eatery serving Bun Cha Obama, the dish Barack Obama ate during his 2016 visit. From there the route takes you past the Hanoi Opera House and St Joseph's Cathedral, two colonial landmarks you see from the bike before stopping for grilled spring rolls at another stall.

The middle stretch winds through the Old Quarter's narrow streets to a restaurant serving Steam Rice Pancake Hang Ga, a Hanoian specialty, then heads toward West Lake and Tran Quoc Pagoda. At Oc Di Tu, you taste fresh seafood while looking out over the water. A stop at Minci Mango Jelly gives you a cold dessert made from ripe mangoes—a deliberate cool-down before the final leg. The tour ends at Train Street Cafe, where you sit with coffee and watch trains pass through the street-level tracks, a quirk of Hanoi's old rail line that has become a tourist draw.

You choose between a private tour for just your group, a small group option, or a private tour that adds beer and live music at the final stop. Tips are optional. The operator asks that you let them know in advance if you're vegetarian, vegan, or allergic to any of the foods on the route so they can adjust the stops. Bottled water, helmet and rain poncho are provided; the total time includes travel between stops, not just eating time.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off at Hanoi Old Quarter.
four to five street food tastings including Bun Cha Obama, grilled spring rolls, Steam Rice Pancake Hang Ga, and fresh seafood.
one dessert (mango jelly).
one drink.
bottled water.
helmet and rain poncho.
comfortable Honda scooter for the duration.
English-speaking guide.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for heart conditions

Operated by Hanoi Day Trips

Is this one for you?Choose the private tour if you want the route and timing to yourself, or the small group option to share the cost and ride alongside other travelers. The private tour with beer and live music adds a social element at Train Street Cafe if you want the food experience plus an evening atmosphere.