What follows is a brief description of some of the cheap dining options that I have experienced & enjoyed on Koh Samui.


Ko Samui - Little boat seafood resaurant 

  Restaurant Name: Little Boat Seafood Restaurant

Description:
The Little Boat Seafood Restaurant is a small,recently renovated(comfortably seating 40) family run business which offers a variety of meals ( Thai,Western,Seafood) The food & service are very good & very reasonably priced, also from an Aussie`s point of view, the beer is cold with the staff always ready to offer you another one. Highly recommened
Favorite Dish:
I really can`t narrow it down to one particular meal, everything I have had there has been very enjoyable.
Comparative Price: about average

Type: Local

Address: South Chaweng(opposite Chaweng Resort)

Directions:
southern end of Chaweng beach road.
Phone: 66 77 230 150

 

 

 


Ko Samui Restaurants   

Restaurant Name: Sandies(Silver Sand Resort)

Description:
Sandies (formally called Silver Sand)is situated on Chaweng Beach.
Recently renovated Sandies offers an excellant range of both Local,western & Seafood as you sit right on Chaweng Beach.

Sandies offer both a dayime & dinner menu (slightly more expensive)& also different types of entertainment on selected nights which for me is a nice way to relax & fill in a couple of hours before you head out for further Samui adventures.
Favorite Dish:
All the food here is good,I particularly enjoy the Tom Yum Mixed Seafood Soup also deep fried shrimp and the satay chicken sticks are enjoyable,particularily in the afternoon while enjoying a cold beer.


Comparative Price: about average
 

Type: Local

Address: Right on Chaweng Beach

Directions:
If you are entering from the main road the enterence is next 2 the 3 Monkeys,from the beach it is next to the Beachcomber resort pretty much right in the middle of Chaweng Beach
Website: www.silversand-resort.com

 

 

 


Ko Samui Restaurants

Restaurant Name: Salathai

Description:
Salathai is a nice, well decorated , restaurant with a wide range of meals(something for all tastes).Every time I have either eaten there or travelled past there has always been a steady stream of customers enjoying the cuisine.
Favorite Dish:
I have on a couple of occasions had absolutely delicious variations of Pad Thai.
Comparative Price: about average

Type: Local

Address: Towards southern Chaweng on the main road

 

 

 

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Ko Samui - Spicy 

  Restaurant Name: Spicy

Description:
Spicy is a small restaurant situated 5 min north from Soi Green Mango(next to Starbucks)& I found it one afternoon when I was wandering around.

The menu here is as most of small restaurants do,offers both a Western & Thai Menu.

The food here is both good & cheap, service is good & the beer is cold.

An appertizer,Tom Yum a main meal a couple of beers & a fruit shake was just under 500 baht.

The only negative thay could be found was that there never seemed to be many customers here but i`m thinking that has more to do with the amount of competition in the general area than anything else.

A definate positive was when I was there a farang customer finished his meal payed then walked out without his wallet & the waiter chased him down & returned it.
Favorite Dish:
Tom Yum Mixed Seafood Soup just spicey enough to give you a nice twang.
Comparative Price: about average
  Type: Local

Address: Next to Starbucks

Directions:
5 mins walk past Soi Green Mango on the left hand side if your heading north.

 

 

 


Ko Samui - Pancake anyone? 

  Restaurant Name: Banana Pancake Lady

Description:
This Banana Pancake Lady can be found any night along beach road ( I found her more often than not towards the southern end).

Check the picture for most things on the menu the prices range from 20-40 baht & a pancake takes about 5 min from start to finish.

My wife made finding this lady her mission everynight after dinner & in the end she would stop us for a very bad english chat even if we weren`t buying during the day.
Favorite Dish:
My wife enjoyed the Banana Pineapple Cinnamon Pancake
Comparative Price: least expensive
Type: Street Vendor

Directions:
Anywhere along Beach Road

 

 

 
Restaurant Name: Restaurants in Laem Din

Description:
I can` t recommend any one particular restaurant. Laem din is along the second road some call it soi Reggae it is along the same road as the Reggae pub and the Muay thai stadium.This area is the area that a lot of the local thai people frequent to eat , i`ll give you a quick example of the pricing. If your eating a standard fried rice dish along Chaweng not in a flash restaurant ,you will pay approx70 THB the same dish along the Laem Din area is 30THB. There is also an open air food court with lots of street vendors,I hear you say i`m not eating off the street but I went there with an expat who lives on Samui and my Thai girlfriend and if there prepared to eat there that will do me.
Favorite Dish:
Every thing I have had has been nice and especially cheap which is handy towards the end of your holiday when the budget starts to get a bit tight.
Comparative Price: least expensive

Type: Local

Address: Second road ,In the Reggae pub area

Directions:
Take any of the roads that lead off the main road as if your heading to the Reggae pub or the Thai boxing

 

 

 

 





Ko Samui - Pisces 99 

  Restaurant Name: Pisces 99

Description:
Pisces 99 is a spacious partly open air restaurant with a good range of seafood.Thai & western food

This restaurant has a nice friendly ambience,spacious & good efficent service.

One thing to consider if you eat here is they add a 10% service & 7% VAT charge on top of the menu prices
Favorite Dish:
Really enjoyed the Pad Thai
Comparative Price: about average

Type: Seafood

Address: Opposite Central Samui Beach Resort

Directions:
If your heading south on beach road it`s on the right hand side opposite Central Samui Beach Resort.