All Phu Quoc Markets: Where to Shop and Eat (2025 Guide)

Phu Quoc Markets at a Glance

There are seven markets worth knowing on Phu Quoc, spread from An Thoi in the south to Ganh Dau and the Grand World complex in the north. They differ enormously in opening hours, price levels and what they are actually good for. The table below is the fastest way to decide which one to ride to.

Two details trip visitors up. First, the seafood price ranges are wide because they cover everything from a kilo of small squid to a whole grouper or a live crab. The 1,000,000 VND per kg ceiling at Ham Ninh, An Thoi and Vui-Fest is premium shellfish and large reef fish, not the everyday price. Second, the night market's official closing time is 11:00 PM, but foot traffic peaks between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM and many stalls start packing down around 10:00 PM, so arriving after 9:30 PM means a much thinner selection.

Duong Dong Market: The Island's Real Wet Market

Duong Dong Market sits at 21 Tran Phu in Duong Dong Town and opens at 5:00 AM, seven days a week, closing at 7:00 PM. This is not a tourist attraction with a food court bolted on. It is the market that supplies a large share of the island's restaurants and guesthouses, and it is split into two halves: a wet section for fish, squid, shellfish, meat, vegetables and fruit, and a dry section for dried fish, dried squid, Phu Quoc fish sauce, black pepper, coffee and household goods.

Seafood here typically sells for 120,000 to 250,000 VND per kg, roughly 4.60 to 9.60 USD, which makes it the most predictable of the island's markets for everyday fish. The best window is 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM, when boats have just landed and the ice trays are full. A second, smaller wave arrives in the late afternoon, and vendors are often more flexible on price between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM because they are clearing stock.

Practical details: the market is a five-minute walk from Dinh Cau Rock and the night market, so you can easily do Duong Dong in the morning and the night market in the evening on the same day. Floors are wet and slippery, so sandals or shoes you do not mind splashing are the right call. Bring small notes, because a vendor selling 200,000 VND of prawns rarely has change for a 500,000 VND bill at 6:00 AM.

Phu Quoc Night Market: Where You Actually Eat

The Phu Quoc Night Market, also called Dinh Cau Night Market, runs along the junction of Bach Dang Street and 30/4 Street in Duong Dong Town. It is open daily from 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM, with peak crowds between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM. If you only visit one market on the island, this is the one.

The food here is seafood, grill and street food, arranged over roughly a few hundred metres of stalls. You will find whole snapper, tiger prawns, scallops, oysters, sea urchin, squid and crab laid out on ice, priced at around 100,000 to 300,000 VND per kg. That price is for the raw item; cooking is either quoted separately or, more often, built into a per-plate price the vendor names when you point. Expect a full dinner for two, with a couple of grilled seafood plates, one rice or noodle dish, a beer each and a shared dessert, to land between 300,000 and 400,000 VND.

Beyond seafood there is skewered pork, grilled chicken wings, banh xeo (Vietnamese turmeric crepe), fresh spring rolls, coconut ice cream, tropical fruit smoothies and a long row of souvenir stalls selling pearls, dried seafood, pepper and fish sauce. The market is family-friendly, mostly flat and easy to walk, and the atmosphere is more carnival than commercial.

Two things to know before you go. Prices are quoted in VND but some vendors will happily quote in USD at a worse rate, so stick to VND. And the fish is sold by weight while it is still alive or on ice; if a vendor quotes a per-plate price instead, ask to confirm the weight first, because a large grouper can easily be three times the price of a small one.

Ham Ninh Market: The 24-Hour Seafood Village Market

Ham Ninh Market is on TL47 in Rach Ham, on the island's east coast, about 20 to 25 minutes by motorbike from Duong Dong. It is the only market on Phu Quoc that is genuinely open 24 hours a day, every day. That makes it the answer to a specific problem: if you land at Phu Quoc International Airport late at night and want real seafood before bed, Ham Ninh is the place that will still be serving.

Prices run from 100,000 VND per kg up to 1,000,000 VND per kg. The top of that range is Ham Ninh's famous crab and large shellfish, which is why the village is known across the island as a crab destination. Ham Ninh crab is usually priced by the kilo and cooked to order at the restaurants lining the pier, and sea urchin, grilled scallops and steamed squid are the other regulars. Note that the market and the pier restaurants are two separate experiences: the market is where locals buy, the pier restaurants are where tourists sit down.

This is a genuinely local market rather than a tourist one. Fewer vendors speak English, signage is in Vietnamese, and the setting is a working fishing village. It also suits travellers who are comfortable riding a motorbike on a rural road at night, which is the trade-off for the 24-hour access. If you would rather not ride unlit coastal roads after dark, Ham Ninh is best done in daylight, arriving around 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM when the boats are in and the crab tanks are full.

An Thoi Market: Breakfast and Dried Seafood in the South

An Thoi Market is on Nguyen Van Cu Street in Quarter 1, An Thoi, close to the cable car station and the ferry pier for Hon Thom. It opens daily from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM, which means it is a daytime market only. If you are staying in the south of the island around Sunset Town or Khem Beach, this is your closest real market.

What makes An Thoi worth a deliberate trip is breakfast. The market is known for traditional dishes such as bun quay (a thick rice-noodle soup with a distinctive stirred texture), bun ca (fish noodle soup) and banh canh cha ca (thick tapioca noodles with fish cake). These are morning foods, sold from around 7:00 AM and often gone by 9:30 AM, and they cost a fraction of a hotel breakfast.

Alongside the cooked food you can buy fresh seafood and dried seafood, plus fresh produce, vegetables and essential goods. The fresh fish, squid and shellfish selection is strong in the mornings, and the dried products section is one of the better places on the island to buy take-home fish sauce, dried squid and dried fish. Seafood prices are listed at about 100,000 to 1,000,000 VND per kg, with the lower end covering everyday fish and squid and the upper end covering premium crab and large shellfish.

An Thoi also has the advantage of being walkable from the southern hotel cluster, which most of the island's other markets are not. Come with cash, since card terminals are effectively nonexistent here.

Ganh Dau Market, Vui-Fest Bazaar and Chau Suoi Market

Ganh Dau Market sits in Suoi Cai Village, Ganh Dau Commune, close to the northwestern beaches and the Vinpearl and Grand World complex. It opens daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 PM, which is unusually long for a commune market and makes it useful for both breakfast and a late dinner. Seafood is listed at about 100,000 to 800,000 VND per kg. The market itself is modest and very local: fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, rice, noodles and household goods, with a handful of cooked-food stalls. It is worth visiting if you are staying in the north and do not want to ride all the way to Duong Dong, but it is not worth a special trip from the south. Visitors who want a polished, air-conditioned market experience with English menus will find Ganh Dau underwhelming.

Vui-Fest Bazaar at 2 Ly Tu Trong Street, Quarter 2, is the opposite: a purpose-built night bazaar open daily from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM, pitching itself at tourists with food stalls, performances and lights. Seafood is listed at about 100,000 to 1,000,000 VND per kg, similar to Ham Ninh and An Thoi, and the top of that range reflects premium shellfish and whole fish. It is a good choice for families, for groups who want something to look at beyond the plates, and for anyone who wants a night market experience that stays open that little bit later than the Dinh Cau stalls. It is less suited to travellers hunting for authentic market prices, since the food pricing is tourist-facing and you will pay noticeably more than at Duong Dong for equivalent dishes.

Chau Suoi Market opens daily from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM and is a small commune market serving local residents rather than visitors. Stock is fruit, vegetables and basic groceries, and the seafood selection varies with what was caught that day. Treat it as a supply run rather than a destination.

How to Buy at a Phu Quoc Market Without Overpaying

One more price reality worth stating plainly: the gap between the cheapest and most expensive seafood on Phu Quoc is not driven by which market you are standing in. It is driven by what you are buying. A kilo of small squid at 100,000 VND and a kilo of large live crab at 1,000,000 VND can be sold two stalls apart on the same afternoon. Judge the price against the species in front of you, not against the market's headline range.