Eat· Koh Phangan· Thailand

Fisherman's Restaurant (Ban Tai)

9° 42.0′ N · 100° 1.2′ E

A beachfront Thai seafood restaurant at the Ban Tai pier where the owner's family fishing boats have been turned into candle-lit tables, Phangan's best-known dinner out.

Practical

Position from OpenStreetMap (street: Ban Tai pier). The restaurant's site: Thai family cooking with fresh local ingredients; early sittings 6–7:30pm are two hours, after which diners can move to the Beach Bar; reservations through the website, and parties over six (maximum eight) must phone +66 84 454 7240 (WhatsApp/Line same number). Ban Tai's south-facing shore is shallow and fringed by reef; land by dinghy near high water and only in calm weather. Book ahead around Full Moon week.

Best for

A special dinner ashore

Season

Best Dec–Apr; south coast is exposed in the SW monsoon