Ho Chi Minh City food tour: Motorbike tasting, 5 stops

Five stops, one motorbike, a night of Vietnamese food you'll taste for years

A Taste of Vietnam is a four-hour motorbike food tour through Ho Chi Minh City hitting five restaurants in a single evening. You ride on the back of a motorbike with a live guide, stop to eat at each venue: starting with Vietnamese pizza and cold beer, moving through grilled frog and beef cooked on hot stones, wrapping your own fresh rice paper rolls, and finishing with crab noodle soup and frozen yogurt near Chinatown. Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points are included, as are the guide, all food, beverages, helmet and insurance. The guide speaks English, Spanish, German or Vietnamese depending on your group.

Step-by-step itinerary

Evening food tour in Ho Chi Minh City

• Hop on motorbike in Saigon
• Eat Vietnamese Pizza and drink beer
• Feast on ocean clams, grilled frog, beef
• Wrap fresh Banh Uot rolls
• Slurp crab noodle soup
• Enjoy frozen yogurt near Chinatown

The experience

What makes this different from a restaurant crawl is the motorbike itself. You're not walking between stops or sitting in a van. You're on the back of a bike moving through Saigon's streets the way locals do, which means you see the city shift as the night goes on. The ride is part of the experience, not just the transport between it.

The five stops are built around what Vietnamese cooks actually make. You start with Banh Trang Nuong (Vietnamese pizza), a crispy rice paper cooked over charcoal and eaten with cold beer. From there you move through ocean clams and grilled frog, then beef cooked on hot stones at the table. At one stop you wrap your own Banh Uot, fresh rice paper rolls, which means you're making something, not just eating it. The crab noodle soup (Banh Canh Ghe) is rich and thick, the kind of thing that fills you up. You finish near Chinatown with frozen yogurt and toppings, which is how the night ends instead of how it starts.

The menu is designed so that hesitant eaters have options at each stop. If grilled frog isn't your thing, there's something else on the plate. Your guide is a live person who speaks your language, and the whole night is four hours from pickup to drop-off, so you're back at your hotel before midnight. Helmet, water and insurance are part of the booking.

What’s included

• Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points.
• a live guide in your choice of English, Spanish, German or Vietnamese.
• all five restaurant stops and food tastings.
• beverages including cold beer.
• helmet and insurance.
• use of the motorbike for the full four hours.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 18:00

Book up to3h before

AgesAdult (13 and older) · Youth (8 to 12 years) · Child (4 to 7 years) · Infant (1 to 3 years): free

GroupUp to 17

Live guideEnglish, Spanish, German and Vietnamese

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 4 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Back of the Bike Tours

Is this one for you?The guide speaks your language, so you can follow the commentary and ask questions about what you're eating as you go. If you're traveling with someone hesitant about Vietnamese food, each stop has options beyond the signature dishes, so nobody leaves hungry or uncomfortable.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish, German and Vietnamese.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (8 to 12 years); Child (4 to 7 years); Infant (1 to 3 years): free.

What exactly do I eat on the Taste of Vietnam tour?

The five stops include Vietnamese pizza (Banh Trang Nuong) with cold beer, ocean clams, grilled frog, beef cooked on hot stones, fresh rice paper rolls you wrap yourself (Banh Uot), crab noodle soup (Banh Canh Ghe), and frozen yogurt with toppings near Chinatown. Each stop has options, so if one dish doesn't appeal to you, there's an alternative on the menu.

Do I need to ride a motorbike before, or is this safe for first-timers?

The tour is designed for all fitness levels and experience levels. You sit on the back of the motorbike. The driver handles the riding. A helmet is provided and included in the tour, and insurance covers the ride. The pace is local and the streets are familiar to your guide.

How long is the tour and when does it start?

The Taste of Vietnam runs for four hours from pickup to drop-off. Pickup happens from a designated meeting point, and the tour operates as an evening experience, so you're eating and riding through the night.