Rawai Seafood Market in Phuket ตลาดอาหารทะเลราไวย์
Rawai Seafood Market is known for buying the catch by weight and carrying it to a restaurant to cook. It fits a south-coast dinner from 09:00 to 21:00.
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Thaiปลาเผา · pla phao
PriceFish 300 to 500 THB; cooking about 100 THB a kilo
RoomRawai seafront, Wiset Road
Clock09:00 to 21:00
What it tastes like
- Charcoal fish, steamed snapper, or prawns with garlic. You choose the fish and the method.
How to order it
- Thai name: pla phao (ปลาเผา).
- Say: Khor pla phao, kilo la thao rai, khrap/kha.
- Agree the stall price, then agree the cooking fee. They are two bills.
Typical price
- 2026 cash: Fish 300 to 500 THB; cooking about 100 THB a kilo.
Where to try it
- Rawai Seafood Market, Wiset Rd, Rawai, Mueang Phuket 83130. 09:00 to 21:00. Fish often 300 to 500 THB; cook about 100 THB a kilo. Two adults often spend 800 to 1,200 THB with the cooking fee and drinks. The market side wants cash.
Spice level and diet
- Heat: The seafood sauce is the heat.
- Diet: Seafood. The market side is the place to see what you are buying.
Next plates
- Back to the Phuket food hub for the neighbourhood rows.
- Use the Phuket Old Town food page if you want the walk, not a second dish.
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- Nai Harn And Rawai Dinner is the nearby order if this plate is done.
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- One bill or two?
- Two. Pay the stall for the seafood, then pay the restaurant about 100 THB a kilo to cook it.
- Best hour?
- The fish is freshest late morning. The tables are busiest after 17:00. Stalls run to 21:00.