Koh Chang Restaurants - Beach by Beach Guide

UPDATED for 2019-20 Season

Koh Chang Restaurants offer up a variety of different cuisines which cater to all tastes and budgets.

Thai Food – Koh Chang Restaurants

You could happily eat just Thai food throughout your stay and not run out of options. From local street fare, bowls of noodles, papaya salad (somtam) and sticky rice through to the spicy curries, stir fries and salads which we all so adore, everything is available, freshly prepared, at decent prices and in some lovely establishments

And that’s before we get to the Thai seafood – Red snapper, white snapper, barracuda, scallops, clams, mussels, oysters, tiger prawns, squid, soft-shelled crab you name it, they’ll likely have it, with cooking methods from steaming to grilling, soups to curries, all producing some mouthwatering dishes.

At a Glance – Recommendations for Thai Food – Koh Chang Restaurants

Seafood:

Santhiya Tree

Thai Dining: Tonsai, Kati Culinary, Zhong Zi Pad Pad, Blue Lagoon (all Klong Prao), Blues Blues (Klong Son), Saffron on the Sea (Pearl Beach), Khao Tha @ Warapura (Lonely Beach), Buddha View (Bang Bao)

Noodles: Kai Bae Huts, VJ Plaza (Chai Chet)

Curry Shops: Front of Potato (Klong Prao), Muslim Stall (opposite Leelawadee, Klong Prao)

Issan: Bam and Boy (Klong Prao), Took Ka Ta Kaimoon (Kai Bae Beach), Gai Mun (White Sand Beach), Raan Ubon Somtam (before Dan Mai), One Millon Somtams (Klong Plu Waterfall)

Cheap Eats: Nong Bua (White Sand Beach), Baan Mai (Lonely Beach), Chumnan (Klong Prao), Stalls opposite Big C (Pearl Beach), Family Restaurant (Klong Prao Beach), Ido Ido (Hat Sai Noi – Bang Bao Beach)

Western Choices – Koh Chang Restaurants

Yet we do all get those western food cravings from time to time, so what else is on the table? First up, the island boasts a handful of very good and authentic Italian restaurants, two or three more than passable Indians, even a Mexican, Turkish and a Greek and the good old English breakfast is easy enough to hunt down. Throw in the beach bbq’s where jacket potatoes and corn on the cob are ubiquitous, decent bakeries with sandwiches and cakes, proper coffee shops, steaks, burgers and a bit of fast food and it is unlikely that you’ll go hungry.

At a Glance – Recommendations for Western Food – Koh Chang Restaurants

Italian:

Mediterranean: El Greco (Bang Bao), Alaturka (White Sand Beach), Wine Gallery (Kai Bae Beach)

Fusion: Cabana (Kai Bae Beach), Alchemy (Klong Prao Beach)

Mexican: El Barrio (Kai Bae Beach)

Indian: Taste of India (Whie Sand Beach), Emperor of India (Kai Bae Beach)

Burgers/Steaks: The Journey (Bang Bao Beach), Annie P (Klong Prao), Oodies (White Sand Beach), Paddy’s Palms (White Sand Beach)

Breakfasts: Alchemy, Moleys (Klong Prao), Morgans (Kai Bae)

Coffee: Moccaccino (Klong Prao), Ban Kafae (East Coast)

Resorts: Amber Sands (Dan Khao – East Coast), The Chill (Kai Bae Beach) Flora i Talay (Chai Chet Beach), Nature Beach (Lonely Beach), The Mangrove (Bailan Beach), Parama (Chek Bae)

Price Guide – Koh Chang Restaurants

Budget wise, you can eat a plate of simple noodles for around 50bt to 60bt, cheaper if you use the local carts and stalls. A one dish over rice would be 60bt to 80bt. Curry separate from rice will be 100bt to 150bt depending on the beach. Pizzas, standard fare with that uniform tomato base, are 200bt to 250bt. Seafood is considerably more expensive if you eat well, factor at 250bt per head without drinks for a group sharing a few dishes. Western dishes like burger and chips are 200bt to 250bt, you might get a plate of pasta for 180bt, steak 350bt upwards.

As to which is the best, our favourite Koh Chang restaurants are to the right, but visit each beach below for all of our choices.