Hanoi Street Food, Local-Style
The Kiss Hanoi Food Tour is a 4-hour private motorbike ride to the street stalls and family-run counters Hanoians actually eat at, with an English-speaking áo dài woman rider for every guest and every dish and drink already paid for.
Hanoi is where pho and bun cha were born, and northern food is lighter and less sweet than the south. Most visitors never get past the stalls near their hotel. We take you to the alley kitchens and low plastic stools where the recipes haven’t changed in decades.
What You Will Eat and See
Five tastes plus a night ride across the city, over 4 hours:
- Bun cha — Hanoi’s charcoal-grilled pork and noodles, the city’s signature dish, at a working spot on Nguyen Sieu;
- Pho tron — dry “mixed” pho, the less-famous cousin of the soup, at Co Lien in Ngoc Ha;
- Train Street coffee — a Vietnamese phin coffee on Tran Phu, metres from the track where the train still rumbles past;
- Stir-fried snails (oc) — a proper Hanoi evening staple, eaten with a toothpick at Thuc Beo;
- Che — the sweet Vietnamese dessert soup to finish, at Bon Mua on Hang Can;
- West Lake by night — a ride past the Mausoleum, down Thanh Nien road and by the 1,500-year-old Tran Quoc Pagoda.
Every dish and drink above is included — you pay nothing extra at the stalls. Come hungry; most guests are full before the che arrives.
How It Works
- Duration: 4 hours, starting 5:30 pm — the right time to eat Hanoi as it comes alive;
- Your rider: an English-speaking áo dài woman rider, one guest per motorbike — you never drive;
- Price: US $69 per person (~1,800,000 VND). No pre-payment — pay by card or cash on the day.
Vegetarian, Allergies, Picky Eaters — Tell Us First
Every stop can be adjusted — but only if you tell us before the tour, not at the first table. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, no-pork, no-shellfish, mild-spice: write it in your booking note and the route quietly changes around you. Guests who skip a dish get an alternative, not a smaller night.
Is the Hanoi Food Tour Right for You?
Right for you if you’d rather eat what locals order than guess at a menu in a language you don’t read. Honest advice from our riders on who should book — and who shouldn’t.
Book this tour if you:
- Want the dishes Hanoians actually eat, at stalls you’d never find — or dare to order from — alone;
- Would rather someone else handle the ordering, the language and the bill;
- Like the idea of eating your way across the city by motorbike instead of walking one block at a time;
- Are travelling solo, as a couple or a small group — each guest rides pillion with their own áo dài rider.
Maybe book something else if you:
- Can’t eat pork, shellfish or fish sauce and haven’t told us — northern street food leans on all three, and we can only rework the route if you ask before the tour;
- Want to drive yourself — this is a pillion tour; you ride behind your rider the whole way;
- Only want daytime sights — our Hanoi City Tour covers the landmarks; this one is built around the food and the night;
- Just landed on a long-haul flight — four hours of eating in the evening heat is a lot on no sleep; guests who ride on day two enjoy it more.
