Bang Bao Beach restaurants are, in the main, exactly that, classic beach restaurants of the bamboo chairs and thatch roof variety, offering simple one dish over rice, noodles and western food, shakes and cold beers.
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Hat Sai Noi Restaurants
Heading away from Bang Bao, the charming Pipin Cafe sits at the start of the Tranquillity Bay condo block. It offers a full menu with lots of interesting choices for breakfast through to dinner as well as cold pressed juices, cocktails, coffee and shakes.
At the other end of the condos, Rasta View, the brightly painted wooden cafe, also serves food alongside its drinks and reggae inspired vibes, all coming with the terrific views across the bay.
Shortly afterwards, you reach the first beach, Hat Sai Noi (noi, little, sai, sand, hat, beach). Over time, this has developed into a great hang out spot and you can easily spend all day at either Ido Ido or at the end, Maha, both offering up good food and a chilled-out atmosphere. Indie Beach has a hip cafe too, which is open to non-residents.
Rasta Chilli Bar and Restaurant occupies a lovely spot on the headland about 100 metres after the beach -one dish meals and what seems to be a staple at this end, pizza.
Bang Bao Beach Restaurants
At Bang Bao Beach itself, Chaipura Resort, a few metres further on from all the parking, has a lovely restaurant setting, high up over the creek and makes a nice change from the other beach choices.
Across the bridge, The Beach serves a good fusion selection of Thai and western dishes on its terrace, as does Yu Yu Golden Beach alongside – plenty of deckchairs too for a post-prandial snooze.
Klong Kloi Kitchen, also on the sand, is again nothing fancy but well prepared and tasty fare, with its seafood BBQ in the evenings the best on the strip. Green Garden and Rim Ray give you another couple of options.
Towards the southern end, set back a little from the sand, Siam Kitchen is another decent choice for Thai and western. Finally, Chivapuri Resort is certainly worth a visit if you fancy a change from the others – open for lunch or dinner.
On the tracks and trails behind the beach and worth seeking out, you’ll find some standard tiny cheap diners such as Ginger Home, I- Aom, Yaree and Mandala (Bamboo). They all serve the Thai standards, with a few western choices thrown in. Mr A is known for his breakfasts and pizza, as is surprisingly enough, the equally ramshackle diner at Pizza House.
Incidentally, Bang Bao Beach Koh Chang is also known as Klong Goi or Klong Kloi Beach.
Recommended – Bang Bao Beach and Hat Sai Noi Restaurants
Ido Ido
Per Person: B – BB
The best of the bunch along this little stretch of sand known as Hat Sai Noi, just before you reach Bang Bao Beach, offering the usual fried rice, noodles and curries, late breakfasts. Drinks, wifi, deckchairs. Friendly, good hang out.
Klong Kloi Kitchen
Per Person: B – BB
Adjunct to the traveller bungalows, this busy restaurant has seating under the thatch or out on the sand. It serves a full menu or at nighhts, the seafood bbq from the ice boat, a wide freah selection. A popular hang-out and reliable.
UPDATED April 26
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