Emerald Palace Bazaar
shop — 131 Elephant Street
Trap score: 64/100 (orange)
Emerald Palace Bazaar is a Bazaar popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Reports (6)
- overcharge (severity 5/5) — 2026-03: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2025-12: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2025-07: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- fake_listing (severity 3/5) — 2025-04: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- bait_switch (severity 5/5) — 2025-06: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2025-01: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.