The traditional night street markets that run along the side of Ben Thanh Market seems to be no more, However the actual markets seems to have picked the short fall, closing at around 9 pm, however most stalls start closing up around 8pm. The food stalls, tend to finish around 4pm, however, more than enough stay open for dinner, around 6pm, this is the perfect time for us during our one month stay we have been coming here everyday either for lunch or dinner, we have three fave stalls. Sap (shop) 1008 - Drinks, she makes the Bestest smoothies, we have had, the banana with coffee (just ask for it to be added) and the fresh coconut, again with coffee are to die for, amazing value, (shuts around 6pm), cheaper than out on the streets. Sap 1006, Bun Cuon (next to the drinks lady), Steamed Rice Paper Pancake, (with pork mince filling), its made right in front of you, they are like a taste explosion, unfortunately she is not open for dinner. (shuts around 4pm) Sap 1162-1038, Makes everything - located in the centre of the stalls, worth navigating to it via shop numbers, with smoothies in hand, we come here everyday, after our long city walk for dinner, our fave dishes, are the crispy fried pancake, (see photos) with greens and the vegetarian fried noodle, we have also tried numerous other dishes they are all perfect, however we keep coming back for these two. Obviously there are fancier places around, (with AC and flashy presentation) albeit a lot pricier, than here. All in all we love coming here and will miss the experience when we leave.

To be honest I believe the prices here are more expensive than in my hometown. Our tour guide advised us to ask for 50% of the prices quoted by the stallkeepers but even than I still think they are still expensive. It's fine to buy some stuff as momentos of visit to Saigon but don't expect this place to be a shoppers' heaven. The peddlers selling on the streets outside the Muslim restaurants offer more reasonable prices, even without bargaining.

Amazing place. I’ve never been to a shop, mall, festival, kilo sale that’s better for designer and streetware brands than this place. You can get northface, arcteryx, Patagonia for literally 10% if not less of the actual value of the bag, top, jersey. Honestly crazy cheap and the quality is sometimes identical to the real thing. Not always, you do have to search and do your own bargaining! They will try sell a T-shirt for 1 million dong, then round the corner you can get the same thing for 80,000 (£2) so defo don’t agree to the first price. Food and drink is fine, nothing special. Realistically the only reason to come to this place is to get crazy cool clothes and shoes and bags for a fraction. Lots of designer stuff too and a couple Rolex shops. It’s big too there’s so many stalls. Go from 6pm->11:30 open all the time. All items in the bed picture cost me about £22 altogether. RRP would be £300 minimum

The area was lively with many different vendors. For items, always bargain and don't be afraid to look around before you make a purchase. For food, I would recommend trying little snacks, and fruit drinks from stands, to get a taste of the city. One trick I use to choose a good vendor, is to choose a busy/long line. This way you know others like it, and the food is constantly moving out.

Really good to get cheap knock off's. It is more chaotic than I remember it & prices will never be the same post covid. Some very pushy sellers. I wouldn't recommend going jet jet-lagged definitely make sure you are in top form to haggle over zealous vendors.