Klong Son restaurants are few and far between. It’s not an area to find tables set out on the beach or a street for meandering back and forth peering at the ice laden seafood boat, such as at White Sand Beach or Kai Bae Beach.
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Thai Food
Coming in from the ferry end, you’ll find a handful of roadside diners – raan ahaan dtam sang (stir fry style food cooked to order), noodle soup and Issan – along the main street leading from the PTT gas station and from the bridge to the 7/11. It’s all standard fare but cooked for locals rather than tourists, so quick, cheap, properly spiced if you want and tasty – Khun Tee has a good reputation.
In the same 7/11 area, both in the mornings and evenings, you can pick up Thai street food too, mostly for take home rather than eat in – everything from noodle soup, bagged-up curries, grilled meat sticks, rice. On selected days, in the afternoon, there’s a market in the field diagonally oposite the main crossroads.
Thai Restaurant
For the best restaurant in the area, predominately Thai but with some western choices, hunt out Blues Blues Art and Food along the inland road to Klong Son Elephant Camp and Jao Leuam Waterfall. Once you get inside behind the foliage, the shaded open air diner is an perfect oasis of calm and the cooking really is very good indeed – nice music and interesting artwork too.
Note that Blues Blues switches to noodle soup only during the low season, May to October.
Western Food
The Blue Haven Bay development at the northern end of Klong Son is home to both The Beach Club in the main villa/golf course area and Shambala in the marina/condo section. Open from breakfast onwards, both have wide ranging menus offering bistro style food alongside classic Thai dishes. Shambala also makes a mean cocktail.
Casamia Pizza, on the crossroads in the centre, uses has a wood-fired oven for its wide selection of pizzas and also serves some Thai dishes.
Roosters, on the main street heading out of town towards White Sand Beach, serves grilled spit chickens (1/2 or whole, 100bt to 180bt) alongside a few other dishes. It’s takeaway or eat in, with a full bar for drinks and a pool table at the back. Incidentally, this is used to be the original petrol station so the serving area is actually where the pumps used to be!
Coffee Shops
For a good strong blend, try the Amazon coffee shop at the back of the PTT garage, a useful pit-stop on your way out of town down the east coast.
Down the lane opposite the PTT gas station which leads to the marina/Shambala section of Blue Haven Bay, you’ll find Eddy and Thy Cafe. It’s a tiny spot for breakfasts, coffee, desserts and a short list of snacky lunch items – all wrapped up in a lovely garden.
Pukdee also has coffee shop at the front of its bungalows near the Chinese Temple.
Recommended – Klong Son Restaurants
Blues Blues Arts and Food
Per Person: B – BBB
Terrific little Thai food cafe tucked away on the inland road to the waterfall. Extensive menu with one dish over rice choices cheap and excellent, anything fried with red curry paste a house speciality. Coconuts, shakes, beers, house wine, mellow music, paintings adorning every available space for sale. Low season May to October, classic noodle soup only.
The Beach Club
Per Person: BB – BBB
Within the Blue Haven development at the northern end, Thai and international food in the smart club house overlooking the bay. Well prepared and presented dishes, with the added bonus of being able to use the pool and beach if you eat here. Quiet and away from the crowds, relaxed. Prices re
UPDATED April 26
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