Sandakan Central Market

For souvenirs and cheap eats

What we say:

For a truly local experience, join the locals shopping at the massive Sandakan Central Market.

Near the entrance are a couple of souvenir shops dealing in orangutan T-shirts and pearl necklaces, but otherwise the ground level serves as a wet market with fresh veggies, fruit, poultry and more dried fish than you've ever seen in your life.

On the second floor you'll find cheap eats at the cooked food centre. Each stall has its own specialty like Malaysian curries, grilled fish or Chinese-style vegetarian food.

Not a lot of tourists find their way in here, so be prepared for a lot of attention. The market is at its most active from 06:30 till 17:00.

More details

Waterfront, Sandakan

Travelfish reader reviews

There have been no reviews written by Travelfish readers so far.
Why don't you start the ball rolling?

Have your say

Review title

Snappiness encouraged ;-)

When did you visit here?

This gives your review a bit of context - especially if you were last visited in 1932.

Your review

(Remotely sensible, non-ranting comments are much appreciated. If you don't like somewhere, please explain why -- it's all far more helpful for others that way.) Serial ranters, loons and spammers will be banished!
And please, no self-promotional URLs -- that's what your signature field is for.

So how does it rate?

On a scale of one to ten (with 10 being outstanding and 1 being bloody awful) how would you rate here?
Rating (out of 10):

Please note reviews are now pre moderated. Not all reviews will be published and submissions may be edited for clarity, typos and style before they appear. Ranting tirades, spam and anything else that really belongs somewhere else won't make the cut. If you want to rant, go to Thorntree.

Please login and refresh this screen before writing your review -- thanks!