Hoi An Food Tour – Street Food Walk in the Old Town

1

Hoi An Food Tour – Street Food Walk in the Old Town

Duration : 2.5 Hours
Price From : $ 31
Start Location :  Hotel pick-up in Hoi An city centre

This Hoi An food tour is a 2.5-hour street food walk through the town in the early evening. Your local guide leads you to well-loved food stalls to taste Hoi An’s signature dishes and explains the local customs behind them. Please note it is not suitable for vegetarians.

Highlights of the Hoi An food tour

  • Banh mi: a Vietnamese baguette filled with fresh ingredients
  • Cao lau: Hoi An’s signature thick rice noodles with pork, herbs and a special sauce
  • Com ga: flavourful Hoi An chicken rice
  • BBQ pork rolls: grilled pork wrapped in rice paper with fresh herbs
  • Banh bot loc and eggs: rice dumpling cake with shrimp or green beans, and balut or grilled chicken egg
Hoi An food tour: Cao lau noodles, the signature dish of Hoi An
Cao lau noodles, the signature dish of Hoi An. Photo: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Hoi An Ancient Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Price for the Hoi An food tour: US$31 per adult, US$24 per child (5–9 years). The price is all-inclusive: every service, ticket and meal listed below, with no hidden fees. To book, message us on WhatsApp at +84 981 286 066 or +84 343 431 858, or email booking.amgotravel@gmail.com.

Departure times

  • Pick-up at 5:00 PM at your hotel in Hoi An centre; the tour finishes at about 7:30 PM in the Old Town

What is included in the Hoi An food tour

  • Pick-up at your hotel (Hoi An city centre)
  • English-speaking tour guide
  • All food as mentioned
  • Mineral water (500 ml per person)

What is not included

  • Drop-off at your hotel
  • Personal expenses and services not mentioned
  • Tips for guide and driver

Children

  • Children 5–9 years: US$24.
  • Children under 5: free (sharing a seat and meals with parents).
  • Children 10 years and older pay the adult price.

Good to know

  • Not suitable for vegetarians.
  • The tour ends in the Old Town; the return to your hotel is not included.
  • Free hotel pick-up and drop-off in Hoi An city and Da Nang city; other areas on request.

You may also like: Marble Mountains – Bay Mau Coconut Forest – Hoi An Ancient Town tour.

Photo credits: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0; Christophe95 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; Vuong Tri Binh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; Bex.Walton / Flickr, CC BY 2.0; chacrebleu / Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Schedule Details

HOI AN STREET FOOD TOUR ON FOOT (D)
17:00: Pick-up at your hotel in Hoi An centre. Your local guide leads you through lively streets to local food stalls.
Lantern-lit street in Hoi An Ancient Town at night
Lantern-lit street in Hoi An Ancient Town at night. Photo: Christophe95 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tastings: Banh mi (Vietnamese baguette); cao lau, Hoi An's thick rice noodles with pork, herbs and special sauce; com ga (chicken rice); BBQ pork rolls in rice paper with fresh herbs; banh bot loc (rice dumpling cake with shrimp or green beans); and hot vit lon (balut egg) or trung ga nuong (grilled chicken egg).
A banh mi bread stand in Hoi An
A banh mi bread stand in Hoi An. Photo: Vuong Tri Binh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cao lau noodles, the signature dish of Hoi An
Cao lau noodles, the signature dish of Hoi An. Photo: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Evening: Each dish tells a story of Hoi An's food heritage as you stroll the streets in the evening light.
 
19:30: The tour ends in the Old Town.
 

What's Included

  • Guide
  • Meals

What's Excluded

  • Transport

Location Map

Got a Question?