Phuong Son Market — Attraction in Nha Trang City

Okay guys I think there will be a lot of foreigners and Vietnamese, who decided to move to Nha Trang and started a life here, are interested in this particular place since it's the most popular fish port in Nha Trang and wonder where you can get the most fresh wild-caught seafood with reasonable price.

I have practiced several times LOL to see what best I can do. I give myself a 5/10 :))))) yes of course as an occasional buyer you can never compare to other regular buyers regarding the price and the quality. Especially such knowledge about quality of seafood and different kinds, you really need someone who knows well and genuinely want to preach to you the precious wisdom out of experience so that you won't pay the price of grade A, B products on the grade C, D, E, F products. I am never so lucky and I learned my lessons through a lot of researches and real experiences. However, the whole experience has been thrilling.

This port can be active in early morning or later in the afternoon, everyday the products and pricing can be different. Sellers here are usually fishermen and family/friends. They don't really do plastic bags (big buyers got big blue containers for example) so you need to prepare. They often know each other so they can cut it to the chase with very good price and even better with some bargain skills. If they see a strange face, they have many techniques to hum you a lullaby and you wouldn't really care to bargain anymore. That's an art but sometimes it really hurts when you find out that you really trusted their words and the chance might very well be that you might not even know that it was wrong, or, one day you relate to this experience and you can tell the tricks once in your life... Either way, I am not comfortable with it honestly. Truths can be bitter. This port is always at its high demand so the price is not the best in Vietnam coastal region but I think it's acceptable here. Only at markets it can be a significant difference. Buying fish is much easier than shrimps and squids. There are also clams, snails, crabs and "freshly died" seafood. If you want to put your seafood in the freezer, you will only rinse them with sea water. Products with ice can be used to last the freshness of seafood longer if they just die, and must be much cheaper than the fresh one. The people can be very friendly too as they will offer you some ice to keep it cool for your drive back home. It depends on your luck.

I say what I say because it's not only about how much you pay for your food or how good your meal can be improved. There is a whole cultural insight lying deep down and I feel like I have grown up a lot since I wanted to get a better understanding about fishing work and what locals do in life with their knowledge and experience. Sometimes I would come here to look at the bustling business even at early morning or when it gets less busy as the sun goes down... In general, a fun thing to achieve but also...

Im not sure how this is rates above Dam market and night market if you are a tourist (which is why my review is in English!). We walked here after seeing the long son pagoda (few minutes walk) which you can walk to from the beachside hotel area. The market itself is more like a long street and then some internal markets. Whilst the street is longer, the covered market bits are smaller than xom moi and definitely smaller than dam market. Mainly foods for locals (fresh products meats, vegetables), its interesting to look, at but not so much as a tourist to buy stuff. They did have clothes and other bits, but not as much as the Dam market. We saw a lot less tourists at this one compared to the others and I can...

Good ambience but market is just filled with peanuts sellers and ice cream vendors. All shops are selling exactly same souvenirs and restaurants are selling weird seafood. We dined at a place but honestly did not like the food at all. Ended up paying 1100K vnd for dinner for two. Ice cream we had with fresh coconut and mango was nice. Nothing exciting happening here just ice cream and peanuts vendors pushing tourists to buy them. Bought a few pearl souvenirs but I don’t believe...