Nightlife in Phan Thiet: Best Bars and Clubs

The night life in Phan Thiet has evolved significantly over the past ten years. A decade ago, all the nightlife activity was in the city centre. However, as the tourist strip of Ham Tien grew and more resorts were opened, the nightlife scene also began to develop along the beach in order to serve the growing number of foreign tourists.

There are still four clubs in the city centre that cater mostly to the local community, but tourists in Ham Tien no longer have to travel into the city centre for night time activities.

Probably the most modern high-tech club is Paris Night Club Bar at k. 1, Duong Tu Van Tu in Phu Thuy ward. The lighting and physical facilities in the club are very high end and for those who like high energy dance clubs with very loud music, this place will fulfill their craving. The DJs vary from night to night and sometimes they have famous Vietnamese DJs doing stints at the club.

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The Las Vegas Beer Club at 29 Vo Van Kiet in Phu Thuy ward is a typical Vietnamese disco club with very little or no seating. Guests are expected to stand at high bar tables and dance around the tables, rather than on a dance floor. There are lots of young waiters and waitresses in white shirts and bow ties pushing drinks. Although not as popular as the Paris Night Club Bar, this is a good place for male patrons looking for a little female company.

Vien Dong Club on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in Hung Long ward is like the Las Vegas Beer Club, where guests are expected to stand and drink at the tables. Like the other clubs, this has a lot to do with the type of license they have, which in this case, is as an adjunct to Vien Dong Restaurant. Sometimes the club has live singers on stage.

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MTV Huyen Trang Club at 9-11 Trung Nghi in Duc Nghia ward sometimes offers fashion shows and theme parties and is popular with locals celebrating things like birthdays, but most of the time it is a disco dance club with large projection screens behind the DJs. Located on the river, this club and it’s predecessor, MTV, which was on a nearby street, has been around for a long time.

The rest of the clubs are located in Ham Tien ward, which is where most of the resorts and hotels are located. Whereas the city centre clubs cater mostly to locals, the Ham Tien clubs cater more to the foreign tourists. The early evening clubs are located west of the Bo Ke area in Ham Tien, whereas the later clubs and those that stay open until the early morning hours are all located east of the Bo Ke area.

A good place to start the evening is at Joe’s Cafe, 86 Nguyen Dinh Chieu. The only place in Ham Tien with live music 365 days a year, Joe’s is a laid back restaurant and bar with an eclectic mix of furniture.

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Within walking distance and just west of Joe’s are two beach bars that close well before midnight. Although not as loud as at the disco clubs, they have good music and are nice places to enjoy a drink and watch the waves along the beach.

Sankara, 78 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, which opened in 2008 as a high end restaurant and club, has seen better days. However, it is still a nice place to chill for an hour or two with a drink. Just west of Sankara is VKS Beach Club, 68 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, which was formerly a late night club.

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However, part of the club washed into the ocean during a storm. The club closed and afterwards reopened only as a restaurant and beach bar.

After 10 P.M., take a taxi about three kilometres east to Pogo Beach Bar at 138 Nguyen Dinh Chieu. The American-owned club is popular with young tourists and it has hardly any Vietnamese patrons. It offers comfortable loungers on the beach and a nice combination of disco music styles, with periodic avante garde entertainers/DJs who sing along with their disco sounds.

A little less than a kilometre west of Pogo is the newest club on the strip: Twins Coffee and Lounge, 122A Nguyen Dinh Chieu. Regardless of the name, this is a high tech discotheque on the beach. It has a Vietnamese owner/manager and like some of its counterparts in the city centre that cater almost exclusively to the Vietnamese market, Twins will try to sell drinks by the bottle if anyone asks for branded liquors in their cocktails.

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Next to Twins is Lineup Beach Bar and Lounge at 122 Nguyen Dinh Chieu. It’s a rather small venue, but it has an upscale feel. It is very popular with the Russian market, probably because it has a Russian manager.

A couple hundred metres west of Lineup is the most popular beach bar in Phan Thiet. The owners are a Hungarian man and his business partner; a Vietnamese lady. Dragon Beach Lounge & Club, 120/1 Nguyen Dinh Chieu has two entirely separate dance floors with different DJs and different styles of music. One dance floor and DJ stand is indoor and the other is outdoor, each with its own bar. On the weekends, the club provides both fire dancers and pole dancers who perform at the outdoor bar area. Plus, during the dry season, they offer bonfires on the beach. On Saturday nights it has a good mix of gay and straight Vietnamese, foreign expats and foreign tourists. The club stays open until 04:00 and is busiest after midnight.

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