Saladan Village is the main shopping centre of Koh Lanta where the ferry ports are located. Saladan offers the widest choice of restaurants in the closest proximity to one another. There’s quite a number of restaurants here ranging from simple street food of chicken and sticky rice to fashionable dining.
Restaurants On Stilts Over The Water
The best eating in Saladan with some wonderful views are all the restaurants built on stilts over the sea. If you go into Saladan follow the road till it ends. Turn left and you will find many seafood restaurants offering the catch of the day.Saladan Seafood, Lanta Seafood Restaurant – enjoy squid, crab, prawns and a really nice dish to try is Bhla Neung Man Ow, steamed fish with lemon, garlic and chili sauce. Some restaurants are open early morning and all will close around 22:00.
The Reaun Mai Seafood restaurant is a favourite to try the hot plate. You will also find the The Black Pearl, Lanta Pizzeria which also does take away and the Swedish Restaurant (actually Thai owned) who used to be a DJ and is stacked with music memorabilia.
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Pier Restaurant
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ATM
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Ferry Pier For Krabi
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Coffee Corner
Just on the corner by the pier, good coffee just before your trip
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Reaun Nam
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Lanta Lantern
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Lanta Harmony
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Sincere Guesthouse
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Catfish Cafe & Books
One of our favourites. Catfish has a great secondhand book store at the front and a restaurant over the water with sea views. Good coffee, breakfasts and burgers. Whatever you order the high quality of the food has stayed the same for many years
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Memory
Nice restaurant on the waters edge, good food with a wider variety than many other Lanta restaurants
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Sea Terrace
Food served on a private pier with a travel center called God Travel
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Papa
Family owned Swedish business Papa is a large, always busy, restaurant with an open view kitchen
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Bai Fern
Little noodle shop with the restaurant enjoying sea views - a good cheap alternative to many other restaurants
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Star
Star enjoys basic furnishings compared with other restaurants but the food is excellent, especially the Green curry and the Massaman curry
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Tiger Ferry Travel Co.
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Nong Kan
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Old House
Indian Food, Thai, Chicken Nuggets - the menu is extensive and the owner is very friendly
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Serenity Massage
Massage and spa treatments in a beautiful renovated stilt house over the water
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Kinnaree
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Andaman Seafood
Another seafood joint
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Minimart
Open every day stocking the usual water, beers, chocolate etc
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Coco
Seaview terrace restaurant - Thai, lasagne, Swedish meatballs
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Seaside Seafood
Sit at the seaside with Japanese style tables - fresh seafood everyday
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Seaview Seafood
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Lanta Fun Divers
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Longtail to Lanta Noi
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Police Box
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Lanta Ink Tattoo
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Lanta Pizzeria
Pasta, lasagne and wood-fired pizza - stunning little setting showing a different view of Saladan
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Lanta Diving Safaris
Koh Lanta's only liveaboard, running 2,4,5 and 7 day trips to Hin Daeng and the Similan Islands
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Reaun Mai
Seafood and more - try the Hot Plate and prawns, smaller then rivals but great food just the same
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Lanta Seafood
Our personal favourite in Saladan for seafood - Huge Prawns, amazing Squid and fish.Also the beers are cheaper :)
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Saladan Seafood
Check the catch of the day and enjoy fresh seafood. Open all year
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Rim Nam
Small Thai-owned business offering good quality seafood food
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Black Pearl
Authentic Thai seafood with a great selection of international food
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Go Dive Lanta
Large boat, professional and friendly day diving
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Lanta Princess Pier
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Swedish Restaurant
The Thai owner was once a DJ and has a lot of music memorabillia
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ABCD Bistro
Mediterranean, Thai, healthy cuisine, wines, cheeses and champagne - great decking and seating area with amazing seaviews
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Manee Lanta
Small shop offering expert massage services
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The Frog
Best restaurant in Saladan with upmarket food and wine
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Raya Divers
Finnish owned dive school
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Kung Jewelry
Not just a jewelry shop, you can pick your own beads and Kung will show you how to make your own necklace or bracelet
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Lanta House
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Bonanza Lanta Shopping Area
Small market stalls
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Boss Collection
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Lanta Diver
2 large boats and a speedboat - largest dive company on Koh Lanta. Swedish owned, very professional staff and service
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Park Way
Mexican, Pizza, Thai Food - open all year
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Jit Minimart
Small shop selling drinks, magazines, tobacco, chocolate - they have chairs outside where you can sit down to enjoy your icecream
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7-Eleven
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Phoenix Divers
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Pharmacy
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Blue Planet Divers
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Cafe Holiday
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Minimart
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Aloha Lanta
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Lanta MP Place
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Lanta All Seasons Beach
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Koh Lanta Car & Passenger Ferry
Arrival point for all visitors to Koh Lanta
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Police Station
This is the main Police Station on Koh Lanta. Report any problems here as their English is very good.
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Koh Lanta Diving Centre
One of the oldest dive centers on Lanta, German run so very efficient
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Nong Cat Restaurant
Great Thai and Western food in a garden setting
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Lanta Health Center
Open Mon - Fri 9:am till 4pm
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Pharmacy
Open all year with a large stock of items
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Lanta Plaza
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Lanta Mart
Koh Lanta's biggest market. Stocks cheeses, salamis, Pampers, pasta, sauces, breads, crisps and sweets, beers, wines and spirits. Open all year - closed in low seasons on Sundays
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Kon Tiki Dive Shop
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Sala Lanta
Open all year - authentic Thai and International cuisine. This place is always full
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7-Eleven
Open 24 Hours - Convenience Store
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Pharmacy
Siam pharmacy. Open 08:00 - midnight
- Saladan School
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Walking Market
Quaint shopping area vibrant at night time where you can haggle for designer bags, clothes,handicrafts and some fine painting shops
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Heart Inn
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Minimart
Thai Brand minimart stocks juices, Pampers, suntan lotions, even flowers
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Lanta Residence Boutique
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Baan Lanna Art & Culture
Handicrafts and art from the North of Thailand - great shop for unique souvenirs
If you turn right along the waters edge again you have many restaurants to choose from – the Terrace restaurant, Sea View Seafood are good quality places. Then further along enjoy the Coco Restaurant and Mary Ann’s nice little bar and restaurant. Star Restaurant has amazing Green Curry and Massaman Kai then Baifern noodle shop offers a nice cheaper option in town then followed by Papa Restaurant which is very large and normally busy and also offers a sushi bar.
Next is Catfish Bookshop and Restaurant which is great for Burgers, Club sandwich, Breakfasts and the Thai food is always first rate here. Sincere Guesthouse makes for a nice place to eat and relax with a BBQ on Saturdays and a Jam sessions happening, everyone welcome. Then stop at the Lanta Lantern guest house where you will be welcomed by Fran the owner.
Saladan’s Finest Restaurant
Along this road but not on the waters edge you will also find Kung Restaurant where you can sit outside, The Old House Restaurant with very good Thai food an Indian selection and the Frog. The Frog Restaurant is without a doubt Saladan’s finest Restaurant and makes for a perfect setting for a romantic couple or socialising with friends and family. The have an extensive wine cellar at the front of the shop. Then you have a choice of sitting in a beautiful garden or sitting upstairs overlooking the garden.
This road also allows access to Koh Lanta’s main pier where you can catch the ferry to Krabi, Koh Phi Phi, Phuket and Ao Nang. If you fancy a bite before your trip check out the @Pier Restaurant serving mainly Thai dishes. This restaurant is also open early every day if you need to eat breakfast.
Restaurants Not On The Water
The road which runs parallel to the waters edge also enjoys the Sandbar Restaurant
The road going in to Saladan on the left side near the market you will find Sala Lanta Restaurant which is always busy due to the location and good food. Parkway Restaurant which offers simple Thai food. Straight across from the 7-Eleven shop there is usually a small vendor selling sticks of BBQ chicken, pork and sticky rice, makes for a great simple snack during the day.
Just before Saladan town on the right side of the road, near the Kon Tiki dive shop is the Nong Cat Restaurant which offers a stunning setting away from the crowds with amazing real Thai food to match. If you ask for spicy they will make it spicy delicious food with a great host.
Cheap Eats And Lots Of Choice
Just before you enter Saladan on the left side of the road you will find a host of outdoor restaurants offering cheap food with no frills- Pad Kapow Kai ( spicy chicken with basil ) with an egg on top of your rice is ideal.
Saladan Village, Koh Lanta: Restaurants We Recommend
The Frog (open high season)
Saladan Seafood Restaurant (open all year)
Nong Cat ( open high season )
Catfish (behind the bookstore)
Cheap eats – Sticky Rice and Chicken
Read customer reviews of Saladan Seafood Restaurant on TripAdvisor
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