Very expensive! Charged 4000 for two on a boat for 1hr! We think we might have been scammed! It was interesting for the first 20 mins then became a repeat of cheap tat stalls! Definitely work haggling with the boat operators! Would we recommend - probably not to be honest as it’s overpriced and a scam!

The market is more than 150 years old and still retains the original teak wood structure. However it was overcrowded with tourists, our boats clashing each other in the channels, loud motor boats which were letting out unpleasant smoke/fumes and souvenirs sold at exorbitant prices. Was quoted 850 baht for a wooden dragon fly hanging which we bargained and bought at 200 baht. Our tour guide told us not to buy anything without bargaining the price down by 80%. It would’ve been a better experience for tourists if the items were sold at a reasonable cost like in the other markets and vendors would get more sales. We had yummy coconut ice cream and mango sticky rice which our guide got us from a lovely lady selling from her boat. We stopped at a shop selling puppets and masks but decided not to buy anything after a closer inspection because we didn’t think it was worth the price quoted. A really nasty vendor selling paintings opposite this shop started yelling at us and called us cheap for not buying those overpriced items after looking at them. With such attitude I wonder if anyone would want to go back again. Couldn’t wait to get out of there after that. That person was enough to spoil the whole experience for us. I had read reviews from tourists not recommending this market and should’ve followed their advice. There are other genuine floating markets visited by locals which are way better. Don’t recommend this one at all!

This market should have been interesting decades ago. Nowadays is a tourist trap!!! The only thing that floats there are the boats, some weeds and some plastic stuff. Hundreds of shops selling overpriced items and food, none of them floating. Keep away from it, unless you love noisy engines blowing soot and smoke on your face (I was almost hit by the exhaust pipe of one of them), the boats clashing each other along the narrow channel.

Beware of scams while visiting the place. You have to be careful as taxi drivers are involved and my family was exorbitantly charged for the boat ride through murky waterways and over priced waterside shops. We were charged 3000 thai baht per person for the 1.5 hour motor boat ride and later realised that the actual price was three times lower. I would recommend hiring a vehicle and taking the trip on your own to the market and take a short boat trip to have the experience at the floating market. Please do not take a taxi who is eager to take you to the market.

This wasn't exactly what I had expected. I was expecting for our boat to move alongside the market boats and for us to buy produce "boat to boat". What actually happened was that we went on a boat trip to the market, got off our boat and wandered around the market. Some of the produce was sold from boats but many of the market stalls were actually o land on both sides of the river. Having said that, this was a fun experience with plenty of produce (food, clothes, souvernirs, etc) available at very reasonable prices.

If you go to the floating market by hired car or tour, be prepared that the driver will send you to a quiet pier. There boat ride is more expensive, extra 1000 to 2000 baht per boat. This is more of a tourist scam, but I believe my driver got some commission from them. The company tried to force sale us for 1.5hrs ride. At the end, we choose 1hr ride, which is cheaper. 1hr is more than enough for the experience. All the shops sell almost similar items. Price of souvenirs here are expensive, you can get them at other local night market at a cheaper price. Or go to Maeklong train market which is nearby.

They have their business model screwed up. It’s extremely over priced and they want (almost expect) you to buy extremely over priced items on the tour. It’s a glorified souvenir shop. Extremely polluted and over crowded. The views remains cute and it was nice to see but you get the overwhelming feeling of being scammed everywhere you turn.

Reading all the reviews, I feel A LOT of people got ripped off and didn’t do their proper research before heading on this trip. If a taxi driver says ‘I know a good place’ you should immediately say no because you will get ripped off. First of all, the floating markets is about 1.5 hours away from Bangkok (maybe more depending on traffic). We booked a group tour for about $50 Australian Dollars each (roughly $30USD for reference) which included hotel pick up, air conditioned van and entry to the floating markets as well as a visit to the train markets - money well spent (no where near 4000-6000 bhat which has been mentioned in these reviews) We went in May, which is shoulder season and it was HOT. This is not a glamorous day out, you will sweat, people will try and sell you things, you politely say no and move on. I had the coconut ice cream for 60 bhat which was delicious in the heat. In saying that it was such a unique experience that no where else in the world offers. Take all into consideration before embarking on this trip, not all travel is glamorous/easy and is isn’t meant to be. I would recommend visiting just once to experience it but do a group tour!!!!!

Have been here before but we do it again as a daughter was small on this time. we were very lucky that we found a very good taxi driver to a very fair price for a whole day her. he want only 500 B but we paid him much more. The boat rent was 3000 B, and no service . It was waste of money but everything for our daughter. Will never take this trip again

We should have read the reviews here before deciding to visit Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. We rent a car from our Hotel in Bangkok to the floating market, and then from there back to the airport for just THB 1,700 in total. But we were charged THB 4,000 (THB 2,000*2) for our boat trip (for which we now realized that we were overcharged). We were placed in a restaurant which we believe was connected with the boat driver, where we had lunch with flies, disgusting smell, no hygiene, yet with 5-star price. All in all, the cost we spent for about 1.5-hour boat trip in Damnoen Saduak Floating Market was more expensive than what we spent for the same period boat trip in Giethornn village in Netherland, with totally different experience...