Hua Hin night markets are the best way to start an evening in town: eat at a market, then walk or ride to the bars. The Hua Hin Night Market on Dechanuchit Road opens every evening, is strong on seafood and sits a few minutes from Soi Bintabaht. Cicada Market, open Friday to Sunday, and Tamarind Market, open Thursday to Sunday, stand side by side south of town with crafts, live performances and food. Pick by the day of the week and how far you want to ride.
The Hua Hin Night Market on Dechanuchit Road
This is the one most visitors mean when they say "the night market". It runs every evening on Dechanuchit Road in the town center, and seafood is the main event, alongside the usual Thai street food. It sits within about 300 meters of Soi Bintabaht, Soi Selakam and the Hilton's brewpub, so it is the natural first stop on any night out in Hua Hin.
Seafood at Thai markets is usually laid out on ice and sold by weight, cooked the way you choose. Point at what you want, ask the price before they weigh and cook it, and you won't get a surprise when the bill comes. Bring small notes, find a plastic stool, order a cold beer and take your time. The bars won't be busy until after dinner anyway.
Cicada Market: Crafts, Live Shows and Street Food
Cicada Market is the weekend market, open Friday to Sunday from about 4pm to 11pm on Soi Hua Hin 101, south of the town center. It is more of an arts and crafts market than a food market, with stalls, small shows and live performances. Think of it as an evening stroll with entertainment rather than a place to sit and drink all night.
A handful of bars in the Soi Hua Hin 101 area are pinned on our Hua Hin nightlife map, so you can have a drink nearby before you head back into the center.
Tamarind Market: The Food Next Door
Tamarind Market sits right next to Cicada and is the food-focused half of the pair. It opens Thursday to Sunday, a day longer than Cicada, so a Thursday evening gets you dinner here even when the craft stalls next door are closed. On Friday to Sunday, do both in one go: walk Cicada, then eat at Tamarind, or the other way round.
Vana Nava Sky: The Rooftop Between the Markets
Vana Nava Sky is a rooftop bar at the Holiday Inn Vana Nava with a glass-floor ledge over the town, and it is only a couple of hundred meters from Cicada and Tamarind on the map. It opens from about 5pm and closes around midnight, which makes it the obvious sunset drink before the markets. Rooftop prices are higher than beer-bar prices, so treat it as one or two drinks with a view, not the main event.
Which Hua Hin Night Market Should You Pick?
Distances are straight-line figures from our map, so the ride is a little longer by road.
Fitting the Markets Into a Night Out
On a weeknight, keep it simple: dinner at the Hua Hin Night Market, then a short walk to Soi Bintabaht and Soi Selakam for the bars. Everything is on foot and you are in bed, or not alone in it, without ever calling a car.
On a Friday or Saturday, start south and finish in the center. Catch the sunset at Vana Nava Sky from about 5pm, eat at Tamarind and walk Cicada, then ride back to the center before the bars wind down around 1am. If you want a cheaper early round instead of the rooftop, the Soi 80 beer bars open from about 5pm, just under a kilometer south of the center. The Trip Planner can lay all of this out night by night for your dates.
Getting There and Back
The Hua Hin Night Market is a walk from anywhere in the center. For Cicada and Tamarind, take Grab, which shows the fare up front, or a songthaew or motorbike taxi with the price agreed before you get on. Coming back late, fewer rides are waiting, so book your return before the markets close rather than after. My Hua Hin guide has the rest of the town, and the restaurants section covers late-night food in the other cities.
