Rawai Beach Restaurants

Where to Eat in Rawai

Rawai Beach Restaurants Down in the southern part of Phuket there are quite a few up-and-coming restaurants that, if lacking the prestige and class of some of the more celebrated places elsewhere, provide excellent value.

Dining in this area is much more easy going and less frenetic than in the upmarket tourist areas, with alfresco dining being the norm. Despite the laid-back atmosphere the cuisine can be excellent and caters to a variety of tastes and budgets.

By the Beach

Sala Loi

On the sea side of the beach road you will see a cluster of cement/porcelain tables and chairs but no restaurant. What's going on? Well, the kitchen serving diners here is actually on the other side of the road! They should have called it 'A Road Runs through It' but its real name is Sala Loi. The beachside dining theme is reproduced in kind further along the beach towards the west except without tables and chairs: diners sit on mats placed on the beach and eat off short-legged tables under the causarina trees. It's all very rustic, very charming and the food is good, too – mostly barbecued fish and chicken with glutinous rice and fresh veggies.
Style: Thai and seafood
Open: for lunch and dinner
Location: Near Nikita’s Bar on the Rawai Beach Road

Nong Pim

Rawai Beach is packed with many small and inexpensive restaurants serving similar types of Thai food. Nong Pim is a good example and offers delicious seafood and items like grilled chicken, spicy beef salad as well as som tam (spicy papaya salad). From time to time you might get a hold of some special delicacies such as spicy horseshoe crab’s egg salad. In the past, customers enjoyed these on the beach but this is not the case any more. All the restaurants have been relocated down the road but are still facing the water with Rawai’s unique atmosphere as background (think of all those colourful long-tail boats moored along the beach with beautiful casuarinas trees providing shade). As for the spiciness department, you can always ask the cook to tune it down a bit so that you can really enjoy the food.
Style: Thai and seafood
Open: Lunch and dinner
Location: Nong Pim has two branches located not far from each other at about the middle of the Beach Road

Mando Steakhouse

Mando is located right next to Rawai Beach Resort on the Beach Road. As the name suggests, their main offering is steaks of all kinds. Still, their menu features some well-known Thai dishes too, such as tom yum goong and massaman gai. You can start with an aperitif at the lovely bar next door which is also a part of Mando before moving to the steakhouse for an enjoyable dinner. Prices are more expensive than the rest of beachfront dining venues but still are affordable.
Style: Steakhouse, Thai and seafood
Open: Daily from 11:00 – 23:30
Location: Next to the Rawai Beach Resort on Viset Road (aka the Beach Road)
Tel: +66 (0) 76-613728

Baan Haad Rawai

The furthermost restaurant on Rawai Beach is Baan Haad Rawai – a large seafood affair dealing mostly in tourist groups. Don't let this put you off though, as it really is quite good and actually has a wine list. This pleasant outdoor restaurant also has a children's playground. With large parking space.
Style: Thai and seafood
Open: Lunch and dinner
Location: At the furthermost end of Rawai Beach before making the turn toward Phromthep Cape.
Tel: +66 (0) 76-383838

Flints-one Bakery

Flints-one is a serious bakery that also offers a good variety of dishes too. Famous for their homemade bread, cakes as well as snacks, sandwiches, pasta, pies, pizzas, sausages and breakfasts. Check out the blackboard for their daily specials. Prices are reasonable.
Style: Homemade bakery and European food
Open: Daily from 07:00 – 20:30
Location: Near the seafront on Viset Road on the curve that turns onto Rawai Beach
Tel: +66 (0) 76-289210

North of Rawai Beach

La Cabane

Four hundred metres south of Chalong's traffic circle on the right-hand side of the road is La Cabane, a French restaurant. La Cabane serves hearty fare with reasonable prices. This lovely outdoor venue has a loyal following due to its excellent food and generous portions. Also serves vegetarian dishes.
Style: French
Open: Daily from 15:00 – 23:00
Location: Four hundred metres south of Chalong's traffic circle on the right-hand side of the road
Tel: +66 92900484

Food Galley

Food Galley is the ‘love seed’ of a restaurateur, Nid Nattanit who love arts and food and wants to share them with her customers. Khun Nid uses her restaurant space to exhibit art in all forms from local Phuket artists and she changes the exhibits monthly. She and her team have created a new kind of fusion cuisine as well as many varieties of cakes and coffees. A few items to try are the roasted pork salad, fishcake cocktails, grilled lamb cutlets with mustard, baked baby clams with butter and fried rice with Thai sweet sausage.
Style: Thai & European
Open: Daily from 09:00 – 21:00
Location: On the ground floor of Tesco Lotus @ Park Rawai shopping mall
Tel: +66 (0) 76-602415

Black Canyon

Black Canyon was established in 1993 and is a chain of restaurants serving food, coffee and drinks. The chain has more than 190 branches in Thailand (plus a handful of overseas branches in India, Singapore and AUE). Black Canyon features mainly Thai cuisine such as curries and stir-fries i.e. spicy and sour soup with mixed vegetables and prawns, tom yam goong, gaeng keeo wan gai and seafood salad. They also do coffee, drinks and cakes.
Style: Thai
Open: Daily from 09:00 - 21:00
Location: On the ground floor of Tesco Lotus @ Park Rawai shopping mall

The Fountain

The open-air Fountain Restaurant next door to Lotus@Park Rawai is a mixture of seafood & Thai restaurant, wine house and beer garden. It is worth a try if you are in the area.
Style: Thai and seafood
Open: For dinner
Location: Next to Lotus@ Park Rawai

Laem Ka Noi Seafood

A fascinating but out-of-the-way restaurant in this area is Laem Ka Noi Seafood. To find it, pass Soi Saliga on the left-hand side of Viset Road in Rawai just before the Evason Resort and Seashell Museum and continue south, looking for the signage that says ‘Kanoi Cape’ then turn left and drive as far as the road will take you ... and it will take you quite a distance. The quaint, isolated seaside setting is the starting point for an enjoyable evening's dining.
Style: Thai and seafood
Open: For dinner
Location: Coming from Chalong, turn left at the ‘Kanoi Cape’ sign before the Seashell Museum

Savoury

Savoury is an all-day dining restaurant inside the Vijitt Resort located close to the beachfront and adjacent to the main pool. They offer an expansive buffet breakfast as well as a combination of a la carte menus and buffet dinners presented in a relaxed informal environment. Their main distinction is the use of organic foods and many items on the menu come from the resort's own herb and vegetable gardens and the fruit trees planted throughout the resort (it is a former orchard). Some dishes to try are the deep-fried shrimps served with French fries and tartar sauce, lamb chops Provençale and fried prawns with tamarind sauce.
Style: International and Thai
Open: Daily from 06:30 – 23:00
Location: inside Vijitt Resort, about five km from Chalong Circle towards Rawai Beach on the left
Tel: +66 (0) 76-363600

Friendship Beach Waterfront Resort & Restaurant

Down Soi Mittrapap, is Friendship Beach where Sunday brunches are also served up as well as Thai and American food. Its beach/poolside dining location draws many expat families on weekends when live bands perform. If you are looking for a lovely quiet/romantic dinner with great seafront views, weekdays might be a better option. Prices are reasonable.
Style: Thai and American
Open: Daily from 08:00 – 23:00
Location: in Soi Mittrapap, about 3.5 km south of the Chalong Traffic Circle. Look for the sign on the left-hand side.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 288 996

Don’s Café

Don’s is no doubt the most venerable institution in Rawai and Nai Harn Area. The café, situated in Don’s Mall, features more than 200 dishes but the Saturday night BBQ buffets and the Sunday traditional English roast dinners are the most popular. Many Phuket residents also consider Don’s the only place to go if they feel like some smoked barbecued spare ribs. Ample parking space and reasonable prices.
Style: Western and Thai
Open: Daily from 08:30 – 10:30
Location: Soi Sai Yuan
Tel: +66 (0) 76-289314

Cashew Nut

This small eatery with a pleasant atmosphere has many followers, both Thai and non-Thai. With great food and very reasonable prices, Cashew Nut offers both Thai and western menus. Some must-try dishes include phad thai with a choice of meat, sweet and sour fried vegetables and tom yam. Located about 120 metres from Rawai Muay Thai Gym in Soi Sai Yuan 1, this place proves that great food doesn’t have to be expensive.
Style: Thai and western
Open: Mon to Sat from 09:00 – 14:30 and 08:00 – 21:30
Location: About 120 metres from Rawai Muay Thai Gym in Soi Sai Yuan 1
Tel: +66 (0) 89 6451 840

The Mangosteen Restaurant

About five km along Viset Road heading to Rawai after the Chalong Circle, follow the green sign on the right to the Mangosteen Resort and you will discover a popular Sunday Brunch venue with a fabulous 360-degree view of southern Phuket. This attractive resort also has live music, a competent wine cellar and good cuisine.
Style: Mediterranean and Asian
Open: Daily from 07:00 – 22:30
Location: On a hilltop about five km from Chalong Circle towards Rawai Beach. Look for the green sign on the left-hand side of the road
Tel: +66 (0) 76 289 399

Norbu's Steakhouse

With an interesting interior with strong colour use, big Roman columns and lot of chandeliers, it is hard to believe that this restaurant is actually located in Phuket. But when it comes to steak, Norbu’s is definitely one of the best places to go on the island. Their menu also consists of Thai and many European dishes as well as a good wine list.
Style: Steakhouse, Thai and European
Open: Daily from 17:00 – 23:00 (low season closed on Thursdays)
Location: At the entrance to Wat Rawai, Viset Road
Tel: +66 (0) 81 3675416

Into the Med

For fine dining in a fantastic setting you’d have to look a long way to beat Into the Med at Evason Resort & Spa. Into the Med is on open-sided restaurant with a terrace overlooking nearby Lone Island and on a moonlit night it’s got to be the most romantic place in the south of Phuket. The food is fabulously innovative, the wine list highly professional and the wait staff impeccable. This is for people with very deep pockets as the prices are sky high.
Style: Fusion Mediterranean dining
Open: 18:00 – 22:30
Location: In Evason Resort, south Viset Road
Tel: +66 (0) 76-381010

South of Rawai

Promthep Cape Restaurant

Phromthep is busy at most times of day and frankly gets pretty manic at sunset but then all of a sudden everyone leaves and peace reigns once again on this breezy hill. For those who like dining with a view there is the Phromthep Cape Restaurant with its vista of Nai Harn Beach lights twinkling below. Reasonably priced, this restaurant is an excellent place to enjoy the cool evening air along with a great view. Big parking space.
Style: Thai, Chinese, European and seafood
Open: For lunch and dinner
Location: At Phromthep Cape
Tel: +66 (0) 76 288 656

Moby Dick’s

A friendly bar run by a local group of expats (and open to everyone) who prefer to frequent a place where they can enjoy conversation and pay reasonable prices for drinks. The result is that it is hard to beat their beer and liquor prices. Enjoy quiz nights and meet with the international local community at the back road to Phromthep Cape, not far from the local Or Bor Tor (council) office. Check out their ‘all you can eat’ Sunday’s BBQ for around 100 baht per person – now that’s really hard to beat...
Style: Local bar/barbecue restaurant
Open: From 12:00 – 22:00, Sunday BBQ is from 16:00 onward
Location: Take the left-hand fork in the road just after leaving Rawai towards Phromthep Cape. Moby Dick’s is about one km up the road.

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