Best Restaurants & Food in Pattaya

Relaxed Thai restaurant on Pattaya's Na Kluea Road serving seafood-forward dishes alongside Belgian beers and imported wines.

An open-air food hall of small kiosks off Soi Buakhao, where you can order from three stalls at once.

Come an hour before sunset for the two-for-one drinks, and book ahead or you'll get the leftover tables.

Big waterfront seafood hall where the prawns justify the premium, if you time it for sunset.

Fresh seafood cooked with real skill, but the queue can run past an hour at peak times.

A big air-conditioned mall on Beach Road where the food court does the heavy lifting.

A bar-restaurant on Pattaya Beach Road serving pizzas, burgers, and cocktails in a cool, air-conditioned setting removed from the street noise.

Authentic family-style Thai restaurant on Pattaya Sai 2, earning loyal crowds with genuine flavours and mid-range prices.

Evening street food gathering along Jomtien Beach road, mixing local Thai stalls with Western and international food options.

Beachfront bar and Japanese-inspired restaurant on Beach Road, open nightly until 2 AM with live music.

Vintage-style rooftop restaurant near Jomtien Beach serving local food and draft beer with sea views.

Pick your lobster from the tank, ask for it grilled with Thai seafood sauce, and skip the fancy sauces.

A Thai-crowd food and music complex where the mookata runs till dawn and the bands play most nights.

Relaxed food court inside Pattaya Avenue mall with diverse vendors, fresh cooked-to-order food, and no card system required.

A 24-hour supermarket with a proper café out front, and a butcher counter people actually go out of their way for.

Clifftop coffee over Cozy Beach from 8am, when every other view café nearby is still shut.

An open-air food court off Soi Buakhao that's more about the noise and the choice than the cooking.

A bustling multi-vendor food court on Pattaya Tai serving traditional Thai dishes at wallet-friendly prices.

Rooftop bar and diner on Walking Street offering Gulf of Thailand views and a quieter escape from the street below.

Upscale French restaurant in Pattaya housed in a striking cast iron and glass building.

Big open-air seafood barn across from Jomtien Beach, and the blue crab in yellow curry is the reason to come.

Evening seafood and steak dining in Pattaya, open daily from 4 PM until 1 AM.

Tables on the sand under the trees, sunset over the water, and a menu that takes a while to get through.

Proper Thai seafood off the tourist strip, with parking, fair prices and squid in black ink worth ordering twice.