Lamai and Chaweng Grills in Koh Samui ละไมเฉวง
Lamai and Chaweng are known for night grills a few kilometres apart. Chaweng fish is often 200 to 400 THB if you price it. Lamai is the smaller market if that is your sand.
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Thaiปลาเผา · pla phao
Price200 to 400 THB a priced Chaweng fish
RoomChaweng or Lamai
ClockChaweng 17:00 to midnight
What it tastes like
- Charcoal seafood and a night-market noodle. Ask the weight price on the fish.
How to order it
- Thai name: pla phao (ปลาเผา).
- Say: Khor pla phao, kilo la thao rai, khrap/kha.
- One beach a night. The west coast thins after 22:00.
Typical price
- 2026 cash: 200 to 400 THB a priced Chaweng fish.
Where to try it
- Chaweng walking street or Lamai night market, Chaweng and Lamai, Koh Samui. Chaweng grills 17:00 to midnight. 200 to 400 THB if you price the fish. USM snacks after a slow bag belt are often 80 to 150 THB, and they are not dinner.
Spice level and diet
- Heat: The dip is hot. The fish is mild.
- Diet: Seafood and noodles. Ask about pork in the noodle soup.
Next plates
- Back to the Koh Samui food hub for the neighbourhood rows.
- Use the Chaweng page if you want the walk, not a second dish.
- Bophut Friday Walking Street is the nearby order if this plate is done.
- Maenam And Bang Po Lunch is the nearby order if this plate is done.
- Ang Thong Boat Lunch is the nearby order if this plate is done.
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- Which strip on night one?
- The one your hotel is on. Do not cross the island twice.
- Airport food?
- Terminal snacks are often 80 to 150 THB. Eat a real plate after you clear the belt.