Ko Lanta Yai Restaurants

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Just a couple of kilometers south of Saladan on the beach side of the main road you will find the Thai Orchid Restaurant. If you are looking for delicious Thai food at great prices then this is the place to go. The staff here are also very helpful and love to have a chat with you.

Once again we totally over ordered here, we thought we would share a few dishes but really could have done with half of what we ordered. Our waiter recommended I have the deep fried whole fried fish with lemongrass and it was one of the best fish dishes I have ever tasted. Actually everything we ordered here was mouth watering and great value.

Tod Mum Pla
Deep fried fish cakes with spicy chili sauce - 80baht

Pla Rad Sace Tekral
Deep fried whole fish with lemongrass 250baht

Fried rice & vegetables 80baht 

Satay Prawns 20baht each
The prawns were served with a traditional rich Thai peanut & cucumber relish.
Best satay prawns I have ever had!

Yam Neauyang
Spicy grilled beef salad 100baht
Lightly grilled beef with cucumber, onions, spring onions tossed in a lime & hot chili dressing.
Perfect!!!

Thai Orchid restaurant is definitely one of our favorite place for dinner in Koh Lanta and we are looking forward to many more meals there.

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About six kilometers from Saladan Town heading south to Long beach you will see the Opium Bar on your left. We had been looking forward to going here after reading so many good reviews on the place. So we decided to have a few drinks and stay for dinner.

It is a nice looking place with salas to sit in out the front. Gary ordered a beer and I went for my very first bucket of vodkas and coke, they were having a special on buckets for 240baht.
We also ordered a few dishes to share and the prices were:

Garlic bread - 50baht
Chicken satays - 60baht
Chicken with garlic & pepper 70baht
Pad Thai - 70baht.

The food was ok but very small serves. Now we have finished dinner and Gary is still trying to order another beer, it was virtually impossible as the 3 staff had their backs to us watching the soccer on TV, they did not turn around once. There was only one other couple besides us and they left quite quickly!

By now Gary is helping me drink my bucket, when we had finished that we had to go to the bar and ask for our bill.

We were very disappointed in the service at the Opium Bar as we had intended having a few drinks, not to worry we left and went somewhere else!

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We have really enjoyed our times at the Corner Bar in Koh Lanta. It is such a pretty place with lots of flowering plants, greenery, shells and wind chimes. There are also a few very friendly cats and dogs.
We loved sitting there with a beautiful big black cat on the table, we felt like we were back home! They did come to move the cat from our table but we told them he was ok and could stay there with us.

The Corner Bar is not actually on a corner but it is on the street leading down to the passenger ferry. So if your head for Saladan Town, it is the second to last street on your right before you get to the end of the road.

The food is good, portions sizes are bigger than average and reasonable prices, they also make a mean Black Russian for 150baht, it is very strong and I had to turn it into two drinks!
Our meals below are Kaeng Pha Naeng Gai - chicken in curry peanut sauce 130baht - delicious!!
Si Khrong Mu Thot - deep fried pork spare ribs - 130 baht
Kaeng Masa Man Neva - beef mussaman curry - 130baht

We highly recommend calling into the Corner Bar for a drink or meal.

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We have had a few lunches and dinner in the restaurant at Ancient Realm Resort & Spa. It was lovely sitting there so close to the beach and the food is pretty good here. Gary said the hamburger he had one day for lunch was the best one he had had in Thailand, it even had beetroot in it, must be because the owner is an Aussie.

One night Gary ordered the Beef hotplate and asked for it to be very spicy, well it came out with chicken instead of beef, it was not spicy but it was still delicious. The tempura onions are perfect, the batter is so light.

I ordered Ausssie fish and chips, the fish was delicious but I was not fussed on the frozen chips that were served.

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Nong Sabai German Bakery is on the main road of Koh Lanta in the Klong Dao beach area. It is owned by a German couple who bake all their own breads, pastries and cakes. All the smallgoods such as salami's, sausage etc are sourced in Phuket.

We called in for a quick lunch one day and I ordered a chocolate milkshake which was perfect as it had heaps of extra ice-cream in it. My cheese, salami and salad on a freshly baked German roll was good.

I was not going to have cake but when the owner said I could have a piece of their cake half price due to the chocolate setting to hard, well how could I resist! It was such a big slice but of course I managed to eat it all!

Gary ordered dark bread and German sausage which cold and did not come with any mustards etc.

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Papa restaurant is in Saladan town and is built on stilts overlooking the water. We did not realize that this is a Swiss influenced restaurant and first impressions were good. It looks lovely here with lots of flowering plants, fans to cool you down and friendly staff.

The Swedish cook suggested we order the salted king prawns with dill sauce for 150baht and garlic bread so we ordered a few serves between the four of us and a couple of pizzas.

All I can say is the prawns were shocking, it was like they had 20 ton of salt poured over them, none of us could eat them. They looked nice enough but were just way to salty, this would be the first time ever I have not eaten a prawn dish. The garlic bread was also very dry and crunchy. I did not take photos of the pizzas but they were also very average.

So we were very disappointed with our meals at Papa restaurant.

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Well I was craving a good roast dinner with lots of fresh vegetables so we decided on the Lanta Tavern which is located on the main road heading south from Saladan opposite the Long Beach area.

The restaurant is small but has a nice feeling to it, very cozy and the staff are excellent.

The hardest part was trying to choose from their extensive menu as everything looked so good. We started off with garlic and cheese bread for 70bht. We shared this entree as the serves are very big at Lanta tavern.

Soon we would realize just how big the portions were!

For my main I ordered the chicken with fried potatoes, pepper sauce and vegetables. It was only 220baht and the meal was massive, I could not eat all of it. It is making me hungry just thinking of this meal as it was so good, the vegetables were cooked perfectly, still a bit crunchy and the chicken was mouth watering.

Gary ordered the half rack of ribs which also came with a quarter piece of chicken, corn on the cob, chips for 380baht. He also really enjoyed his meal so there is no doubt we will go back to Lanta Tavern and recommend the place to friends and family.

The Lanta Tavern also does a traditional English breakfast so we are looking forward to trying that next trip!

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Prapakarn restaurant is on the main road through Koh Lanta opposite Klong Dao beach.

This restaurant is very cute with an upstairs seating area as well. It is run by a lovely Thai family and the menu has a huge selection of Thai , seafood and Western meals.

The meals above are Spicy Thai beef salad which was delicious and cost 110baht, Beef in garlic and pepper 110 baht, this was pretty chewy and very average, Chicken strips in a spicy peanut sauce and Chicken mussaman curry 100baht which were both very tasty.

Service was also very friendly and quick at Prapakarn Restaurant.