What to do on Phu Quy when rough seas stop the boats and you are stuck on the island?

A sperm whale skeleton with 50 vertebrae and 30 pairs of teeth is kept in its own exhibition room beside the main shrine, so wind and rain do not stop the visit. The gate is usually locked; call the management board number posted on it and the caretaker comes to open up.

Most of the facts on history, worship and artifacts come from a text by the Bình Thuận Museum posted on the website of the former Phú Quý District People's Committee, read through the Internet Archive snapshot of 27 Apr 2015. This text gives: the year of construction, 1781, the national monument listing in 1996, the 1841 whale-god (cá Ông) milestone and the principal deity Vị Cố, the 10 royal deity decrees, the funeral oration in Hán script, the 'Tam'-character layout, the orientation facing the sea, the Spring and Autumn sacrificial ceremonies, and the custom of exhuming bones. Báo Dân Việt (27 Sep 2022) gives the meaning of the name, the role of the vạn as the communal house of a sea village, the decrees entrusted to the three villages of Mỹ Khê, Hội An and Triều Dương together with the incense offerings, and the mourning custom. Báo Nông nghiệp Việt Nam (18 May 2022) gives the words of the vạn's keeper about the red mourning cloth. Báo Nhân Dân (22 Sep 2026) gives the current state: the locked gate, the caretaker, the activities on the death-anniversary day. VietNamNet (2016) gives the number of vertebrae and teeth of the sperm whale skeleton, how it is displayed and the whale burial of 2016. Đại biểu Nhân dân (2012) gives the restoration by the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography. Du lịch Việt Nam (a repost from Báo Bình Thuận) gives the year the exhibition house was completed. Báo Lâm Đồng gives the bas-relief figures. The location was cross-checked against OpenStreetMap. Last checked on 26 Sep 2026. Things deliberately left out: the length and weight of the whale skeletons, because sources give four different lengths and two different weights; the exact number of skeletons ('over 70' or 'nearly 100' including leatherback turtles); the exact death-anniversary date of the vạn, because sources differ by one day; the date of the fishermen's prayer festival (lễ cầu ngư), because two sources contradict each other; the age 'over 240 years', because the original text made a subtraction error; the promotional sentences of a ferry-ticket sales site; and the story of the whale in 1960, because there is only one account. Tickets and opening hours are left blank, because there is no source yet from the Management Board of the Phú Quý special-zone monuments.

The restaurant has moved inland to a new housing plot, away from the shore, with a roomy indoor hall of long tables. Lunch and early afternoon are usually quiet, so you can order squid stir-fried with fermented tofu and stay a while.

Information about Quán Ông Già was collected and rechecked on 28 Sep 2026. Most of it comes from the restaurant's new Google Maps profile at plus code GW6X+GJH, including the name, pin location, type, service attributes and the spending of 100,000–200,000 VND per person reported by 26 people. The rest comes from 116 reviews on this same profile. The restaurant's move from its old place at the end of Lý Thường Kiệt street at the junction with 27/4 to here is confirmed by many customers in reviews, and matches a note a customer left on the old profile (now marked 'Permanently closed'): the restaurant moved to near the Minh Hậu villa. The signature dish of pufferfish stir-fried with lemongrass and chilli and the label 'low-priced seafood restaurant' come from Dân Việt newspaper on 12 Aug 2024, when the restaurant was still at the old place. The prices of sea urchin and cobia come from a review that records them, dated 12 Jun 2026, matching the printed menu in the photo album. What has not been used: the hours 9:00–20:00 on tourism sites (describing the old place, copying one another), the hours printed on the menu (just a photo with no date), the phone number (the new profile is still blank), and the address 'Lô 9 đường Võ Văn Kiệt' (only one customer says so). The 461 reviews of the old profile were not used to describe the space, because the seating has changed. Photos come from the Google Maps album of the new profile under the trial mode, with the photographer's name credited.

The roofed outdoor seating looks across the road to a park, and the place is big enough for large groups, so a whole party stranded by the boats can sit together. Weekdays are fairly quiet; regulars order ốc bàn tay snail salad and red snapper hotpot.

Identity and opening status are based on the restaurant's Google Maps profile, read with a browser on 30 Sep 2026, when it showed 'Open now'. Three other sources confirm it is the same restaurant: the Foody page has coordinates about 3 m off the Maps pin; Cotrang gives the same phone number as Maps; the Facebook fanpage 'Quán nhậu Lộc Phát - 68' gives the same Khu dân cư Thị Trấn (residential area; the fanpage has not posted since Jul 2024). The seafood label and the acceptance of party bookings come from the VinWonders article 'Hải sản Phú Quý' (Phú Quý seafood, 30 Jul 2025). The space, guests, popular dishes and parking come from 378 Google Maps reviews by 377 authors, aged from around 2018 to around Aug 2026. Only points that at least two independent authors make are kept. There was a burst of short, uniform 5-star reviews within the last year, so points that come only from that burst are not used. Spending per person is a figure self-reported by guests on Google Maps (read on 30 Sep 2026). Rejected: the price range of 30,000–170,000 VND copied around via Foody, Gody and Mytour, because it has no original date and differs from guests' reports. Also rejected: the level of 70,000–150,000 VND per dish from Cotrang (undated), the capacity and the list of amenities from Foody, the salt-and-lime chicken dish (found only on blogs), and the remark 'quiet' (coming only from the burst of uniform reviews, opposite to the reviews saying crowded and noisy). Opening hours are not recorded because Google Maps (09:00–23:00), Foody (09:00–23:30) and the fanpage ('Always open') do not match. There are currently three different phone numbers across the sources; the one in use is the number on the Google Maps profile.

There is a separate air-conditioned room with Wi-Fi and power sockets, and few customers. On a day the boats are not running, you can bring a laptop and catch up on work here.

The address, drink descriptions and new items come from the official Facebook page 'SON Coffee And Tea Phú Quý' (read with a browser on 30 Sep 2026) and the official TikTok @hisonphuquy. The shop's Google Maps profile matches the house number. The atmosphere, the dishes guests often order, the price tier and the way of serving are compiled from 41 Google Maps reviews (exported on 30 Sep 2026, reviews from about Jan 2026 to Sep 2026), counting only clusters with several independent authors. Two accounts whose content duplicates the owner's replies word for word were excluded from every basis. Opening hours are not recorded because Facebook (06:00–22:30) and Google Maps (06:00–21:30) differ on the closing time. Prices of individual items are not recorded because there is no menu with a validity date. The level 'about 30,000 VND' for a cappuccino is only one guest's words (about Jan 2026) and is not used as a price. The item 'đác rim' (candied đác seeds) was mentioned by only one guest so it was dropped. No other article or independent page about the shop has been found.

Two indoor rooms have sofas and air-conditioning, while the garden outside faces the sea directly; reviewers rate it quiet and easy to talk in. Food is served only for breakfast and brunch, after that it is mostly drinks.

The address 153 Lê Hồng Phong, the booking number, the opening hours and the self-description 'Café and Brunch' come from the café's Facebook page (read 29 Sep 2026). The booking number and the food-service hours come from the TikTok bio @seamecafe (undated). The house number 153 and the time the café officially opened to guests, around the end of Aug 2025, come from two posts by the design firm Green Horizon (14 Aug 2025 and 26 Aug 2025), which are promotional writing. The atmosphere, drink prices, VAT, parking and noise level are compiled from 44 Google Maps reviews read on 29 Sep 2026. One post from an account bearing the café's name and two posts about the neighbouring homestay were excluded. Dish names come from the Menu section on Google Maps. Rejected: the number +84 349 868 839 on the Maps profile, because it is the booking number of Quán nhậu Sea Mê (the Sea Mê pub); the number 093 795 15 28, because it is shared by the Sea Mê group; the 15% holiday surcharge and the coffee price of 44k 'tax included', because each point has only one customer saying so; and the address '161 Lê Hồng Phong' in a TikTok video, because that is the address of another Maps profile located in the homestay. The photos were posted by customers on Google Maps, credited with the photographer's name.

In the windy season guests can only sit indoors and lose part of the sea view, but the place still runs as a cocktail bar into the evening. Evenings are usually quiet, with room for a group waiting for news of the next boat.

The name, the address 164-166 Lê Hồng Phong and the description line 'Cafe - Beach bar & Check in' come from Hidden Beach's official Facebook fanpage (read in a browser on 30 Sep 2026). The description line matches the official Instagram. The restaurant's Google Maps record gives the same house number and pin location. The space (sunset direction, view of wind turbines, monsoon wind, crowd level, upper-floor pool), the way of ordering, the price tier and drink prices were compiled from 482 Google Maps reviews (exported on 30 Sep 2026). Only points made by two to five independent guests were taken, and the age of a review is a relative marker counted from the export date. The golden-tone detail comes from an official TikTok video of 22 Jun 2025. Rejected: the house number 158B and the hours 6:30–23:00 from the blog CoTrang.org, because the house number differs from the official source and the article is undated; phuquocexpress.com (29 Sep 2026) copies exactly this article so it does not count as a second source. The hours 07:00–22:00 on Google Maps were also rejected because there is no second source to settle them. The venue is not treated as a nightlife spot, because no source mentions a DJ or live music. Sea La Vie (158 Lê Hồng Phong) is a different venue next door, not the old name of Hidden Beach.