Widely known as the backpacker area of Saigon, Pham Ngu Lao is home to cheap hotels, cheap restaurants, cheap bars and as many tour agents as you've probably ever seen in one city before! This is a "must visit", even if you're staying over in the more expensive "business" area of district 1 (on the eastern side of town). The... More

these 'taxis' just tout when any arrival of express coach. some even forcefully took passengers' baggage. this is not good as possibility of theft is high. coach operators should stop this in order to protect passengers' interest.

If you stay in Ho Chi Minh city and are living anywhere from "tight budget" to "comfort budget", there's a very high "flip of a coin" chance that you'll be staying on or right next to this street. A good place if you want to mix and mingle with other foreigners, but it is super touristy, the prices are high... More

wow it was good because you can talk to people and laugh and find massages and stuff and it is fun to eat and dance and sing and have fun and 5 0 words is a lot for this

Pham Ngu Lao used to be the most crowded street of the backpacking area of HCM. Now business is moving to De Tham street & Bui Vien street. Almost big stores, restaurants, hotels, travel agents located in the front of Pham Ngu Lao. But you can find budget options in its small elley such as 175 or 171 alley.

We stayed in Bui Vien which runs parallel to Pham Ngu Lao St, but was accessible via an alleyway which contained backpacker hostels and eateries. We visited a small cafe several times called Huong Vy on Pham Ngu Lao St which had a great view of the street at night, and served nice cold beer and hot coffee. Further along... More

Soooooo over-rated! Too crowded, too loud, almost no locals who don't work there, very unauthentic Vietnamese!!! I've been living in Saigon, so I stayed away from PNL and only came when I had to. I guess travelers come here because it's the easiest way and Saigon can seem scary. It isn't actually, in more local areas it seems very much... More

You can find a lot of hostels and tour agency offices in this area. Don't forget to do massages or pedicure/manicure as there are a lot of spas in this area. Pedicure is around USD 2 only.

obviously back packers area but quite quiet lots of hotels up side lanes not noisy into the small hours street empties about 11