A nhà bè is a fish farm with a restaurant on top: a wooden platform on stilts, or a raft moored offshore, with cages of live fish, crab, lobster and shellfish in the water underneath. You walk out along a wooden jetty or take a small boat, pick your seafood from the cages, agree a price by weight, and it comes back steamed, grilled or stir-fried a few minutes later. On Phu Quoc they cluster in a few fishing villages, and eating at one is as much about the setting — the sea breeze, the boats, the sunset — as about the food. For seafood prices and restaurants on land, see seafood on Phu Quoc.
How to order without surprises
- Ask the price per kilo before anything is weighed, and watch it go on the scale. Most places have a board or a menu with prices by weight; take a photo and use Google Translate if it is only in Vietnamese.
- Ask whether cooking is included.
- Agree the boat fare, both ways and including waiting time, if the restaurant is offshore. Some send their own boat for free.
- Budget: as a guide from reviews, a group of four paid 1.4 million dong for more food than they could finish at Nhà Trên Biển in March 2026, and a couple paid 856,000 dong for garlic shrimp, lemongrass squid, two beers and a coconut at Nhà bè Tình Yêu in December 2025. Lobster is by far the most expensive thing in the cages; crab, squid, shellfish and local fish are better value.
- Do not swim off the platforms. These are working fish farms, and the water around them is not clean.
Our night market guide has more on choosing and ordering seafood.
Rach Vem (north coast)
The biggest cluster, off the fishing village of Rach Vem, about 50 minutes from Duong Dong, and the place to combine lunch with Starfish Beach. Some restaurants are at the end of long wooden jetties; others are out in the bay and send a boat. Most close by early evening. Ratings from Google Maps, October 2026:
- Nhà Trên Biển (Joy Adventures) — 4.7 from 583 reviews, open 8:00–18:30. Transparent prices and friendly staff; also runs boats to Starfish Beach and a morning fishing-and-snorkelling trip.
- Thu Bao — 4.5 from 282, open 8:00–17:00. At the end of a long wooden dock; reviewers recommend the herring salad (gỏi cá trích) and the fish hotpot.
- Nhà bè Xuân Thùy — 4.2 from 173. A fish-farm restaurant reached along a 200-metre jetty or by boat; quieter than its neighbours.
- Nhà bè Tình Yêu — 4.3 from 141. Out in the bay; the restaurant’s boat picks you up free. The boat ride is not easy if you have limited mobility.
Ham Ninh (east coast)
Ham Ninh is the island’s crab village, 15 minutes from the airport. The restaurants sit on stilts around the old pier and along the shore; most stay open into the evening.
- Nhà bè Thảo Nhi — 4.8 from 112. At the end of a dirt track south of the village; reviewers rave about the freshness of the crab and seafood, and warn that little English is spoken.
- Nhà bè Hải sản Ngọc Hân — 4.5 from 117, open 9:30–22:00. A family-run raft next to the pier, recommended for small oysters, crab and sea snails.
- Sơn Trang Quán — 4.3 from 95, open 8:00–22:00. Prices listed up front; good for steamed crab and mantis shrimp.
- Bè hải sản Tình Biển 2 — 4.1 from 808, open 8:00–23:00. On the shore by the Rach Goc bridge just north of the village, handy on the way to or from the airport.
- Hạnh Nhung — 3.6 from 843. The largest restaurant in the village, with indoor and outdoor seating by the water; reviews are mixed on value.
Ngọc Hân, Ham Ninh. Photo: Blue Fam, via Google Maps
Cay Sao (east coast)
A few kilometres north of Ham Ninh, on the quiet Cay Sao coast:
- Nhà bè Cát Biển (Đá Bạc) — 4.8 from 92, open 9:00–19:00. Family-run, at the end of a long walkway; mantis shrimp and oysters.
- Nhà Bè Cây Sao — 4.0 from 90, open 8:00–20:00. Traditional and atmospheric; check prices before you order.
Off Duong Dong
- Bè Nắng — 4.7 from 164, open 9:00–20:00. A raft moored off the coast just north of Duong Dong. Message the owner on WhatsApp (the number is on its Google Maps listing) and the restaurant’s boat collects you from the shore at no extra charge; you can also try fishing from the raft.
For seafood restaurants on dry land, see where to eat, and for the dishes themselves, what to eat on Phu Quoc.
To explore the villages themselves, see the fishing villages of Phu Quoc.
Ratings, review counts, opening hours, prices and visitor comments: Google Maps, 2025–2026.
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