Considering the number of travellers to Sapa, organised entertainment is relatively scarce and the bar scene slow. For most, an evening out is the guesthouse balcony, particularly if the fog rolls in.
Bamboo Bar (Green Bamboo Hotel; Cau May street)
The first Western-style watering hole to open in Sapa and it's still going strong in the basement of a grand building. The biggest bar in Sapa, offering traditional minority music, dancing and festivals from 5 different ethnic groups in Sapa. The very hill tribal boys & girls from villages throughout Sapa perform all shows. That's why Bamboo Bar is the only place where you can have chance to enjoy the real minority cultural colors.
- Opening: on every Friday and Saturday night from 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
(on other days if there is a request)
- Free entrance fee.
- You can take part in traditional dancing (in Bamboo dancing) with young minority people
Red Dragon Pub (Tel: 872 085; 23 Muong Hoa street)
They knock out a serious range of beers, as any good pub should, including ginseng flavour. Don't be put off by the quaint tearoom downstairs, as upstairs is a little drinking den of a Brit-style pub that fills up most evenings. Befitting a respectable pub, there is a serious range of beers and some good pub grub. The tearoom downstairs is a good stop for bangers and mash or herbal teas during the day.
Tau Bar (Tel: 871 322; 42 Cau May street)
Claiming to be 'slightly lounge', Tau brings a different kind of cool to the mountains of the north. A lengthy bar to lean on, great tunes and a pool table suggest this place will prosper.Tau Bar is the great place to hang out with friends and have some drinks while travelling to Sapa in Vietnam. There is a game corner where you can have fun. Customers also can enjoy playing pool for free. Tau Ba is a great place to chat with local people as well as enjoy local beer, wine, fruit juice. Tau Bar offer wide range of drinks for your choice.
Victoria Sapa Hotel (Tel: 871 522)
Offers two bars or a terrace for a sundowner in style. Drinks cost more than elsewhere in town, but the ambience is alluring on a cold night.
Ta Fin bar: This bar is open in the evening, enjoy a glass of hot red wine by the fireplace. In here you can relax and unwind with a fine drink after a tiring day.
Cat Cat pool bar: enjoy refreshing drinks and light snacks by the swimming pool or savour barbecued dishes in our gardens all while taking in the magnificent panoramic views of Sapa and of its surrounding mountains.
