Vespa Saigon By Night Street Food Tour: Local Eats & Live Music

You ride the Vespa. The driver navigates Saigon after dark.

A four-hour night tour of Saigon by vintage Vespa, starting with hotel pickup at 6pm and moving through the city's after-dark streets, markets and neighborhoods. You stop for Vietnamese pancakes and spring rolls at a local eatery, then seafood at a restaurant with local ambience, then dessert and live acoustic music at a cafe, and finish at a rooftop or live music bar. All food and drink are included, along with an English-speaking guide, bottled water and hotel drop-off.

Step-by-step itinerary

Evening Saigon night food tour

• Pick up from hotel at 18:00
• Briefing on night street food tour
• Drive around famous Saigon streets
• Visit local eatery for Vietnamese pancakes and spring rolls
• Enjoy seafood at local restaurant
• Visit acoustic music cafe for dessert and drinks
• End at bar with rock or jazz music

The experience

The tour starts with pickup from your hotel at 6pm. An experienced Vespa driver briefs you on the route and hands you on the back of a vintage scooter. The vehicle itself is how you move through Saigon, not a bus window between you and the street. You pass the Saigon Opera House and the city's famous streets, seeing how the neighborhoods shift once the sun drops and the night vendors set up.

Your first stop is a local eatery where you eat Vietnamese pancakes (banh xeo) and spring rolls: the kind of place where residents go, not a tourist restaurant. From there the Vespa takes you to a seafood restaurant with the ambience locals choose, then to an acoustic music cafe for dessert or a drink while Vietnamese singers perform. The last stop before heading back is a rooftop or live music bar where you can catch rock or jazz. By the end you've tasted four different kinds of Saigon food, heard live music twice, and seen the city the way people who live here do.

All food and drink are included in the price. You get an English-speaking guide, bottled water throughout, and hotel pickup and drop-off, so you don't arrange transport or navigate the streets yourself. The tour runs every night between 6pm and 10pm, and it suits all fitness levels. You're riding, not walking.

What’s included

• All food and drink at each stop.
• professional Vespa riders with licenses and an English-speaking guide.
• bottled water.
• hotel pickup and drop-off.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 18:00

Book up to1h before

AgesAdult (18 to 30 years) · Senior (31 to 80 years) · Youth (12 to 17 years) · Child (6 to 11 years) · Infant (1 to 5 years): free

GroupUp to 14

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 2 pickup points.

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

Prices and times updated 9 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by Vietnam Vintage Vespa Tours

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're staying in a Saigon hotel without a car or scooter of your own: the pickup at 6pm and drop-off at the end means you step out of your room and into the night without arranging transport or navigating the streets yourself. The Vespa is how you move, so you see the city from street level and stop wherever the food and music happen, rather than watching from a bus.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (12 to 17 years); Child (6 to 11 years); Infant (1 to 5 years): free.

What food do you actually eat on the Vespa Saigon night tour?

The tour includes Vietnamese pancakes and spring rolls at the first stop, then seafood at a local restaurant, then dessert at an acoustic music cafe. All food and drinks are included in the price.

Do you need your own transport to get to the tour, or is pickup included?

Hotel pickup at 6pm is included, and the driver drops you back at your hotel or residence at the end of the night, so you don't need a car or need to arrange your own way there.

What is the Saigon Opera House and why does the tour pass it?

The Saigon Opera House is one of the city's landmarks, and the tour passes it early in the evening as part of showing you the famous streets and the transition from day to night in the city center.

Is there live music on this tour?

Yes. You stop at an acoustic music cafe where Vietnamese singers perform, and your final stop is a rooftop or live music bar with rock or jazz, so you hear live music twice during the night.

How long is the Vespa Saigon night tour?

The tour runs for four hours, starting at 6pm. The tour operates every night between 6pm and 10pm, so you choose your start time within that window.