Lamai Beach Restaurants & Dining
Where and What to Eat in Lamai Beach
A quieter destination than Chaweng, dining wise, Lamai seems to have different priorities without losing sight of the fun factor.
Most of the area's most popular restaurants are located in the centre and are minutes away from each other.
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Other Restaurants in Lamai
Barrio Latino
This warm, friendly establishment brings a slice of exotic Latin America to Lamai Beach. It serves up zesty tapas, Mexican and Latino specialities, seasoned with mostly imported spices and ingredients to stay true to the original flavours. Read More...
Opening Hours: 14:30 – 23:30
Location: Downtown Lamai
Tel: 085 254 5266
Bauhaus Bistro
Once the party central of Lamai, the Bauhaus has toned down from mad all-hours foam parties to serving up fresh seafood, steaks, schnitzels and mixed grills. With a decent wine list and a chic ambience, the restaurant, right next door to the Shamrock Pub, is slap-bang in the centre of things. It also features a large lounge area with TV's – all in all, one of Lamai's leading players.
Opening Hours: 12:00 - late
Location: Lamai Main Street
Tel: 077 233 147, Mobile: 089 972 2241
Cuisine: International
Price Range: Affordable
Erik's/Ciao
Erik's is a Swedish restaurant, formerly known as Ciao – and it still is to regulars, which is why it keeps the old name sign out front. Justifiably popular with the many Scandinavian visitors in the area, it has daily specials and suggestions written up on blackboards, plenty of dining space, an open front giving out onto the Main Street and flat-screen TV's for sports. Generous portions and genuine Swedish cuisine make it attractive and this is the place to go when you want a break from English or Asian food. Also serves pizzas.
Opening Hours: 09:00 – 24:00
Location: Main Road Lamai
Tel: 077 424 588
Cuisine: Scandinavian food
Price Range: Affordable
Krua Chao Baan
Krua Chao Baan is a large beachside seafood restaurant just south of Lamai on Samui’s ring road with idyllic views out to sea. It has two sections: one rustic with roughly hewn wooden furniture and basic seats and the other slightly more elegant with rattan furniture and a little more colour to it.
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 22:00
Location: Just south of Lamai on ring road
Tel: 077 418 589
Lamai Diner
A large, cavernous warehouse-like restaurant with concrete floors, colourful lighting and a bustling atmosphere, this is the place for mixed grills, fresh seafood and cold beer. At least with a roof this high the place is well ventilated.
Opening Hours: 18:00 – 23:00
Location: Lamai Main Street
Cuisine: Grills, seafood
Price Range: Affordable
La Palma
A large, two-floored eatery right on Lamai's main drag. Fan-cooled, La Palma's upstairs might just be the best people-watching location in Lamai. This is a typical, no-nonsense trattoria in the best Italian tradition with a wood-fired pizza oven, bare brick walls, plenty of pictures of La Bella Italia and friendly waitresses.
Opening Hours: 12:00 – 24:00
Location: Lamai Main Street opposite McDonald's
Tel: 086 280 0500
Cuisine: Italian
Price Range: Affordable
Live India Restaurant
Open since 1995, Live India is, at first impression, the heights of unpretentious and even humble sub-continental cuisine but open the menu and you’ll get a huge shock and surprise. On it there are no less than 140 dishes to choose from. With only eight tables, this medium-sized shop-house restaurant is not exactly the Taj Mahal in size but it has had a huge reputation since its opening as being one of the finest Indian outlets around; the place to get the genuine stuff. Read More...
Opening Hours: 11:00 – 22:30
Location: Lamai Main Street
Remarks: Free Wi-Fi
Napoleon Restaurant
With classical lines, embossed plates and serviettes and paintings of Napoleon on the walls, this restaurant simply oozes La Belle France. Napoleon has space for 35 covers and keeps things personal with a purposely limited menu that changes every two months. Read More...
Opening Hours: 19:00 – 22:00 daily
Location: Lamai Main Street
Tel: +66 (0)85 478 4571
Outback Bar
Aussie-owned and expat-frequented, the Outback Bar is the place to meet locals, to hear their beach yarns, to eat all-day English breakfasts and to sink a few beers in cheery company. Serving up Australian steaks and cuts as well as beer, food here is not exactly haute cuisine but it's hearty, reasonably priced and consumed in friendly surroundings. Occasional live music, internet and good service, all live sports shown.
Opening Hours: 09:00 - late
Location: Down the road from McDonald's on Beach Road
Tel: 084 440 5318
Cuisine: Pub grub
Price Range: Affordable
Sala Thai Restaurant
Sala Thai is a popular restaurant name on Samui but the Sala Thai on Lamai's Main Street is something special. Although the classic decor is attractive in itself, the main reason why people visit Sala Thai again and again is the food. The restaurant serves up delicious, well presented and reasonably priced dishes from its extensive Thai and European menu. They also have an excellent selection of fresh seafood and a large choice of wines to suit all budgets. Sala Thai is also known for its great service, with some of the most attentive and pleasant staff around, no matter how busy the restaurant gets. The Sala Thai signature steak is a must-try as is the steamed sole in lemon sauce with butter rice.
Opening Hours: 14:00 – 24:00
Location: Main Street Lamai near the Shamrock Pub
Tel: 077 233 180
Cuisine: Thai/European/seafood
Price Range: Affordable
Shamrock Irish Pub
Downtown Lamai you’ll find this sizeable Irish pub that has dominated the local night scene since 2005. For sports lovers Shamrock provides four separate satellite feeds on six large-screen TVs and the place is big enough to absorb them all without descending into audio mayhem. Shamrock also has pretty feisty live music five times a week (in high season) on a centrally located stage. And if you’re after a game of pool the pub has genuine slate pool tables. Read More...
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 02:00
Location: Central Lamai
Remarks: Free Wi-Fi
Tel: 081 597 8572
The Patio
Well worth a visit, the Patio is Lamai's fanciest restaurant on the beach. Still reasonably priced by western standards, the food is fantastic and looks as good as it tastes. The Patio's menu is extensive with choices from European, Thai and seafood dishes. The restaurant is famous for its beautiful water features; so many, in fact, that wherever you sit in the large open space you can hear the soft sounds of water cascading. Recommended dishes are the black ink fettuccine with smoked chicken breast, asparagus and bacon in a spicy tomato sauce and the Szechuan duck with sea scallops.
Opening Hours: 18:30 – late
Location: Pavilion Samui Boutique Resort, Main Road, Lamai
Tel: 077 424 030
Cuisine: Italian/Thai
Price Range: Pricey for locals
Will Wait
An offspring from Chaweng's Will Wait restaurants, Lamai's version offers pretty much the same menu. There are freshly baked goodies, Thai and western standards, a good salad choice and the same quasi-backpacker ambience enhanced by TV's showing English-language sports and DVD's of the latest and classic movies.
Opening Hours: 07:00 – 23:00
Location: Main Street
Tel: 077 424 263
Cuisine: Thai and western food
Price Range: Budget
Nearby Lamai
Beach Republic
An ambitious beachside location, Beach Republic incorporates lazy, poolside dining, chilled-out music, very modern design and pioneering tapas and mains menus. With a good wine list, impressive 'mocktails' and a chic, urbane feel to the place, beachside dining doesn't come much better than this. Try the Republic masaman lamb shank or the raw diced tuna steak and hang around on the huge outdoors sofas till the attractive and enjoy one of the best sea views around. Don't miss the famous Sunday Sessions Ultimate Sunday Brunch Club Buffet!
Opening Hours: 08:00 – 23:00
Location: Beach Republic The Residences - North of Lamai Beach off the Ring Road – look for the signs
Tel: 077 458 100
Cuisine: Modern international cuisine
Price Range: Pricey
Dr Frogs
In spite of the almost comical name, Dr Frogs takes its cuisine very seriously and has won several awards. Modern Italian food is served at this cliff-side, sea-view location. Dishes like spaghetti tom yam seafood, pan-fried Atlantic salmon with a honey soya reduction, and choices of traditional Thai and Italian choices have proven popular with local expats and discerning visitors. With an olive-green décor and sweeping marine vistas, Dr Frogs is a trendy place to be and complements its agreeable atmosphere with DJ's and live music. Free WiFi.
Opening Hours: 12:00 – 02:00
Location: Route 4169 Ring Road between Chaweng Noi and Lamai
Tel: 077 413 797
Cuisine: Modern Italian with a Thai menu
Price Range: Pricey
Rocky's
Reputedly the most beautiful restaurant on Samui, Rocky's subtle lighting arrangements are due to silk hanging lanterns that provide a uniform touch throughout the restaurant. Located just south of the Grandmother and Grandfather rocks, the 60-seater restaurant is open sided and flanks a free-form swimming pool and overlooks a rocky beach in a stunning setting. Rocky's Thai chef has had extensive international experience and the result is a fine choice of Thai and worldwide cuisine. There's plenty of entertainment in the form of a Filipino singer and Thai traditional shows.
Opening Hours: 19:00 – 24:00 kitchen closes at 22:30
Location: Just south of Hin Ta Hin Yai Rocks – look for the sign
Tel: 077 418 367
Cuisine: Fine dining
Price Range: Luxurious
The Cliff
The Cliff's hillside location between Chaweng and Lamai affords it some of the best sea views on the island. Split into separate restaurant and bar areas, this award-winning restaurant serves excellent Mediterranean cuisine. Dishes like Portuguese piri piri chicken, clams in white wine Sauce) and Goan curried prawns come in large hearty portions and are a perfect match for one of the many reasonably priced New World Wines on offer. Musically, there's decent chill out tunes in the bar, with occasional guest DJ's, and more traditional Latino grooves in the restaurant. Overall, a great place to spend a lazy, sunny, afternoon.
Opening Hours: 18:00 – 23:00
Location: Route 4169 between Chaweng Noi and Lamai
Tel: 077 414 266
Cuisine: Upmarket international dining
Price Range: Pricey
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