Top 6 Bars & Pubs for Your Cat Ba Nightlife [Updated 2024]

Cat Ba is the largest island among 367 islands that comprise Cat Ba Archipelago, and home to plenty of hotels, restaurants, and bars. Most of the tourists often choose to take a day tour from Hanoi for sightseeing, sunbathing, and swimming for their holiday, while others choose to stay overnight here for resting and relaxing. If you plan to go out,  enjoy drinks and live music until late, there are several expat-owned bars and bistros in Cat Ba town for you to choose

1. Rose Club

Rose Club is one of the best bars on Cat Ba island with nice staff, awesome people, friendly young owner and great price for a big variety of alcohol such as beers, wines, etc and laughing gas…The club has DJ with lively music and remix tracks, therefore it is more crowded than other bars in Cat Ba island. Although there are limited spaces for guests to sit down and chat, people still can find places for some fun games, dancing, or drinking beer. At 10 pm every night, they have free drinks for everyone.

Address: No. 210 Nui Ngoc Street, Cat Ba Town, Cat Hai, Hai Phong.

Time: Sunday: 24hours, Monday – Friday: 5pm – 3am , Saturday 5pm – 12am

2. The Bigman Bar Cat Ba (The Good Bar)

The Bigman Bar was the new name of The Good Bar since December 2018. It is a cozy bar with quality live music run by two to three DJs per night, the best places in Cat Ba to relax, make new friends from different countries all over the world. This bar serves some types of food and drinks like pizza, noddle, wine, beer, cocktails, etc as well as the combo of balloons and beer with lots of attractive promotions. The special thing about this bar is its beautiful harbor views, especially during sunset time. Happy hour is from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Address: 2nd Floor, The New Noble House, No. 222 1/4 Road, Cat Ba Town

Time: 7am – 2am

3. Oasis Bar in Cat Ba Island nightlife

Oasis Bar is the first bar opened in Cat Ba Town with friendly staff, fresh food, and amazing music. This bar belongs to the series of restaurants, hotels, bars, gardening coffee, and supermarkets which established in 2011. There are 2 different Oasis bars in Cat Ba town, which are not far away from each other. The new one has a spacious area of 1000m2 including gardening coffee, bar, and outdoor swimming pool, making it suitable for gathering, meeting as well as organizing outdoor parties for a large group. The food and drink served in the Oasis Bar are diverse from Vietnamese cuisine to Western one. Like other bars, the Oasis Bar also has the space for playing fun games like billiards, darts. This bar has great views of the sea.

Address: No 228 & No 254, Mot Thang Tu Road, Cat Ba Town.

Time: 7am – 2am.

4. Bia Hoi Stall

Bai Hoi Stall is a great place for a cheap and cheerful night out with your friends. Bia Hoi or draught beer served here is mostly from Hanoi or Halong, and costs only 4 cents USD. Besides, it serves some Vietnamese dishes, mainly seafood. This is an outdoor restaurant situated on the sidewalk of the bridge heading into the main harbor area. Come here, choose one among a bunch of plastic chairs on the sidewalk, and enjoy the nightlife of Cat Ba.

5. Noble House

Noble House is a hotel with an outstanding restaurant on the first floor, and a nice bar on the second floor. The bar has a pool table and board games. Drinks are cheap, the food is delicious, and the outlook over the ocean is stunning. It is a great place for relaxing and watching the beauty of Cat Ba through the window.

Address: 1/4, Cat Ba, Cat Hai, Haiphong

Time: 6:00 am to 11:00 pm

6. Flightless Bird bar

Flightless Bird Cafe is another popular place among tourists and backpackers. This cozy bar is owned by an expatriate from New Zealand. The beer is cold and the wine list includes wine from all over the world, there's a large screen television for sporting events, and the kitchen serves up delicious food, the best one is stone-baked pizzas. If you choose a seat on the second-floor balcony, you will be able to get the beautiful harbor view. This bar is a good place to get information about Halong Bay as well as to exchange books, or entertainment with darts, games.

Address: 189, 1/4, Cat Ba, Cat Hai, Haiphong

No matter which bar you choose from these 6 best Cat Ba Island nightlife clubs, you will have a great night there. Come there, find a travel partner, make new friends, and share your traveling experience with people all around the world, some may become your long-lasting friends!

Jenny Tran

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