Klong Prao Beach restaurants cover the full range of options from Thai to Italian and Greek, Korean, and Japanese to burgers and steaks, with plenty of cafes and bakeries too.
Though the restaurants are found all over, the central temple area, a stretch that runs from before the large 7/11 at one end to Iyara Boty and The Gallery by the bridge at the other, is developing into the main restaurant quarter.
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Seafood – Klong Prao Beach Restaurants
On the northern canal (klong), Iyara Seafood and Phu Talay, serve up all the usual Thai seafood restaurant choices in a lovely setting down on terraces by the water’s edge. Koh Chang Seafood, another very dependable option, has its own terrific location at the the mouth of the canal.
For Koh Chang Seafood, heading south, there’s a signed track off the main road by Zhong Zhong Zi Pad Pad (see below). You can access Iyara Seafood and Phu Talay by turning in off the main road at Annika Resort.
Perhaps the best of the seafood bunch is the hugely popular Jae Eew Seafood, which can be found by the bridge shortly after the turning to Klong Plu Waterfall. On holidays, the Thais fill the restaurant to capacity, as good as recommendation as you can get and the food is indeed excellent.
Diagonally oppsite the PTT garage and next door to Sing Thong Supermarket, Jae Mam runs its wholesale seafood business side by side with its restaurant, so you can literally see what you are ordering. Prices are in line with other restaurants.
Further along at the far southern end, Hua Pla Mor Fai (opposite The Splash) and Magic Resort‘s in house diner up on stilts over the sea, are two other under-the-radar but very acceptable spots.
Thai Food – Klong Prao Beach Restaurants
Northern End
Running along both sides of the street from the entrance to Klong Prao Resort, the avenue of shop houses is home to a few cheap diners for noodle soups and quick stry fries. There’s also a 329bt BBQ restaurant, where you pick from the buffet and then cook on the charcoal fired conical pot at your table.
Zhong Zi Pad Pad sits at the start of the open market area, with the Muay Thai stadium at the other end. It offers a wide range of specific eastern Thailand dishes, which are served as either sets giving you a broad overview or as individual dishes. Shortly before Zhong Zhi, you can also take the narrow track down to the beach for Rai Ray Chicken, Issan style food by the sea, with the chic bar Vanilla Sky next door.
Also specialising in local Trat Province dishes, Baan Ta Klua, the in-house restaurant at Aana Resort, is owned and run by the same family as the Michelin starred Sri Trat in Bangkok. It’s a very tastefully designed space by the canal, with an interesting selection of well prepared dishes.
Before the Temple and Northern Beach Area
Shortly after Klong Prao School opposite Krongtarra and Tropical Paradise, the street food area gets going from early morning onwards. There are plenty of cheap stalls along the front, basic plastic tables by the road, where you can tuck into everything from noodle soup, one dish over rice or somtam. The Muslim one by the bridge is the officiando’s go-to-place with its fiery hot curries, excellent.
Opposite the cheap food stalls, Bantaa is the go-to place for crispy pork, especially Khana Muu Khrawp – fried with greens, garlic and chilli.
In the middle of the food stalls, if you take the lane signed for Santhiya Tree, it will bring you down to the beach at the northern end. Here, Tiger Huts in-house restaurant serves up decent enough food and a great vantage point to watch the world go by.
There’s also another little cheap beach diner, just the other side of Santhiya Tree, though that has somewhat lost its charm due to the addition of huge anti sea-erosion concrete blocks.
Temple Area to The Gallery
With its chickens on the spit out front, the Koh Chang stalwart Bam, serves up delicious Issan food roadside shortly after the 7-11. Meanwhile if you head down the little lane, Soi Boonloy, which runs beside the temple, you’ll find the Thai Dutch Restaurant, a long running establishment with a loyal following. It offers a wide ranging menu, everything from one plate dishes through to seafood.
Opposite the entrance to Centara Tropicana, you’ll find Kati Culinary, one of Koh Chang’s top drawer restaurants. It runs a short menu, where interesting choices sit alongside the more well known dishes. Everything is freshly made, the seasoning and spicing are well judged and it’s all delightfully presented. They have a cooking school on-site.
Just before Kati, look out for the excellent southern Thai curry and rice shop, Raan Gaeng Som, with two dishes over rice a tasty steal at 50bt, and as is the traditional southern way, a side dish of fresh raw vegetables with dipping paste (nam prik goong siap). They also have braised pork leg (khao kha muu).
On the left hand side before the bend by The Gallery, Naga is a standard Thai diner but it also cooks a wide range of vegan and vegetarian dishes.
Far Southern End
Roadside near to The Splash, Mango Tree opened in 2024 offering Thai staples in its nicely styled interior.
Turn in towards the sea just after it and you can treat yourself to some upmarket resort dining on the terrace at The Dewa or coming soon in late 2024, Dinso Resort (the old Emerald Cove) which will no doubt have some excellent in-house restaurant choices.
Western Food – Klong Prao Beach Restaurants
At the northern end in the line of shop houses near Klong Prao resort, the tiny Annie P’s American Diner serves a decent burger and has many regulars in the expat community for its breakfasts.
Central Temple Area
In the central temple area, Pizzeria Spaghetteria Toscana cooks all the classics in a wood fired pizza oven out front to compliment the pasta and Italian mains, with its gelato shop next door. They also have a branch, Little Italy, over in Kai Bae.
Tosacana is neighboured by El Greco, the well reputed Greek diner and further down, Babylon (sister to Pilot, on the beach), another Italian pizzeria restaurant, which also serves Thai food. Not to be outdone, they too have a gelato van.
Opposite Babylon, the owners of the Korean restaurant in Bailan at Kohchang 7 have a branch here specialising in classic Korean BBQ.
Deep Island have a Japanese diner (for takeaway and delivery mainly) near the ATV centre – a few hundred metres after Jae Eew Seafood as above. Dishes on offer include katsu curry, katsu don or okako don and miso soup as well as shabu shabu sets. They are also sometimes take over the kitchen at Blue Lagoon’s Be Cozy Restaurant.
Between the turning down to Centara Tropicana and The Gallery, the Swedish restaurant, Little Viking opened in 2023. House speciliaties include meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberries, Falukorv with stewed macaroni, Toast Skagen as well as other European and Thai food.
Southern End
Just after the bridge past the temple area, Big Elk Steak House specialises in Australian Black Angus grass fed imports, prices from 790bt upwards. There’s Thai food, a bakery and coffee shop too.
One more Italian diner often overlooked is Sale e Pepe, which sits on the corner of the lane down to Dinso Resort, Vayna and Dewa. With its own wood fired oven for the pizzas, a full menu is available too – a good choice at this end of Klong Prao.
Coffee Shops and Bakeries
At the northern end, Waree Coffee has a lovely spot on the beach next door to Klong Prao Resort, whilst near the school road, the bungalow resort, Krongtarra, has a good little cafe at the front – look out for the stylish coloured glass panels.
In the central temple strip, Mochaccino makes a very decent blend just near to the road down to Tropicana Resort, with simple sandwiches, cakes and food also available. Opposite, there’s yet another branch of Marin Coffee. Talking of chains, further south, Amazon Coffee has a branch at the back of the PTT Garage.
Pawina’s down by Blue Lagoon makes her own Kombucha as well ginger beer and coconut milk yoghurt – it’s available for takeaway too so you can buy and return the bottles.
For bakeries, Crust, next door to the main 7-11 in that temple area, is one of the islands’s longest established, with its own cafe open for breakfast and lunch. Bread Box on the corner of the Sing Thong supermarket is another very good option – again, breads cakes, croissants and coffee.
Recommended – Klong Prao Beach Restaurants
North to South
Zong Zi Pad Pad
Per Person: BB – BBB
At the northern end by the weekly market area, sleek a/c restaurant offering up eastern Thai cuisine in either 249bt sets of three dishes or entrees and mains. Among many interesting choices, you can choose pork with garcinia leaves, roasted shrimp paste dips or mussel curry with pineapple. Recommended
Baan Ta Klua
Per Person: BB – BBB
In prime location on the northern canal, the in-house diner at Aana Resort offering many local specialities including Massaman chicken with unripened Durian, Trat signature noodles with crab or shrimp, hot and sour salads, dips made with Koh Chang kapi (shrimp paste). Drinks, open till 22.00.
Phu Talay
Per Person: BB – BBB
Just along from Baan Ta Klua on the canal, very cute beach hut style seafood restaurant, with a terrace out over the water. All the usual favourites but in our experience can be a bit up and down. Still, a romantic spot. Can also organise trips to see the fireflies in the mangroves.
Iyara Seafood
Per Person: BB – BBB
Just down from Phu Talay, long running Thai seafood restaurant from the Iyara stable – they have resorts all over too. Whole fish steamed or fried, shellfish, squid all available in a terrific location by the water. Low seating, beautifully polished wooden floors. Can get busy if a Thai tour drops in. And you can try SUP at their centre immediately next door.
Jae Eew Seafood
Per Person: BB – BBB
Or Jae Aew Seafood as it is said, very popular seafood restaurant in an unglamorous location roadside by the bridge towards the northern end. Real Thai cooking with strong flavours, whether spicy, sour or sweet, all the usual Thi seafood favourites. Can get very busy with vacationing Thais.
Bam Issan
Per Person: B – BBB
Roadside place opposite the temple in the main hub with somtam, chicken on the spit and sticky rice or DIY Korean bbq (Thai style) at the table with the conical hat and charcoal burner. Cheap, cheerful, good quality Thai Issan cooking and a very well liked spot.
Raan Gaeng Som
Per Person: B – BB
In the strip, authentic southern curry and rice shop serving up beef and chicken curries, bamboo, pumpkin or pickled cabbage with egg, clams in red curry paste, spicy fried cat fish, fish liver curry. Nam prik with raw veg complimentary. Cheap and excellent, busy with Thai workers, drivers and locals. Stewed pork leg too, various thai desserts.
Spaghetteria Toscana
Per Person: BB – BBB
Italian restaurant in the centre of the village. Wood fired pizza oven out front serving all the classics with veggie options too. Seafood pasta, carpaccio with rocket, homemade ravioli, daily specials, espresso, gelato and tirimasu. Indoor and outdoor seating. Delivery, frequent promotions.
El Greco
Per Person: BB – BBB
Now moved from its orginal home in Bang Bao via Noren Resort (Iyara Boty) to its new home in the Klong Prao restaurants’ strip, this Greek diner serves up classic dishes such as feta salads, souvlaki, kalamari, homemade pitta, alongside cocktails, wine and beers.
Kati Culinary
Per Person: BB – BBB
Generally hailed as one of the island’s very best Thai restaurants with classic dishes executed perfectly in small and intimate surroundings. Lunch and dinner, can get very busy. Cooking school on site.
Kohchang 7 Korean BBQ
Per Person: BB – BBB
Second outlet from the Korean owner of Kohchang 7 GH in Bailan. Either sets for 2 persons on the hot plate or classic dishes such as Bi Bim Bap (pork and mix veg rice), Korean Maki, Dok Bok Keim Tang (chicken and potato stew), rice , glass noodles, drinks. Open from 12.00 onwards.
Pawina’s Kombucha
Per Person: B
Not a restaurant but a kombucha shop, all made and fermented on site. Range of flavours from Assam, Taiwan and Oolong tea to star anise, ginger, lemon grass or passion fruit, lychee, mango cinnamon, mulberry. Tasters offered before you make your choice. Delicious, bring back the bottle for return 10bt too.
Jae Mam Seafood
Per Person: BB – BBB
In the strip near the PTT gas station, long running seafood diner with its own wholesale business next door – you can literally point at what you want cooked. All the usual Thai classic dishes including fried fish with lemongrass salad, baked crab with glass noodle, sour seafood curry. Good alternative at this end.
UPDATED June 24
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