Hua Hin Restaurants and Dining in Hua Hin

Dining in Hua Hin :

There are plenty of eating options around Hua Hin. Those close to the beach and atop Khao Takiap are touristy, while some good local options can be found on Phetkasem Rd along the way to Khao Takiap. Hua Hin is famed for its delightful fresh seafood which can be found in abundance at the Night Market, restaurants and hotel restaurants. Naresdamri Road is a fine place for great inexpensive restaurants while serving up romantic sea-views. Some hotels offer buffets consisting of open cooking stations, including a Seafood BBQ, and also offer live entertainment like traditional Thai music and dancing.

This area is the site of the Hua Hin Fishing Harbour and in the early morning, fresh-out-of-the-water seafood can be snapped up.

Moreover, there are numerous dining spots serving Western, Indian and Japanese food.

For cheap eats, check out the night market. Budget tourists having problems with the local fare will be happy to know that at the Tesco in the posh Market Village mall, there's street-style Thai food with modern fast food hygeine: 25-45B, and real coffee for 10B.

• Baan Monta Restaurant 51 Dechanuchit Road (Thai Food and Sedfood)
• Ban Isara 7 Naeb Khehat Raod, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3253 0574, 0 3251 1673, 0 3251 4517 (Seafood Mon-Fri 10.00 a.m.–10.00 p.m. Sat-Sun 11.30 a.m.–10.00 p.m.)
• Ban Luk Sao Phetkasem Road, Tel: 0 3251 2366
• Ban Nong Kae Petchkassem Road (Thai Food)
• Ban Pu Pen 33/4 Tambon Nong Kae, Tel: 0 3251 3751, 0 1332 1491 (Thai food open 09.00 a.m.–9.00 p.m.)
• Brasserie de Paris 3 Naresdamri Road (French Food)
• Chao Le 15 Naret Damri Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 3436-7 Fax: 0 3253 0610 (Thai food open 10.00 a.m.–10.00 p.m.)
• Charoen Photchana Naret Damri Road, Tel: 0 3251 2168 (Thai food)
• Chon Ngoen 59/2 Phetkasem Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3252 0341, 0 3252 0143 (Thai food open 9.00 a.m.–10.00 p.m.)
• Hagi Japanese Restaurant 1 Damnernkasem Road (Japanese Food)
• Hai Piang 6/7 Phetkasem Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 1072, 0 3251 2070 Fax: 0 3251 3236 (open 9.00 a.m.–9.30 p.m.)
• Jay Khiao 42 Ta Kiap Road, Tambon Nong Kae, Tel: 0 3251 2233, 0 3253 6899, 0 3253 6900 Fax: 0 3251 4302 (Seafood open 10.00 a.m.–10.00 p.m.)
• Ketsarin Restaurant 17/1 Naresdamri Road (International Food and Sedfood)
• Khao Suai (Opposite to Golden Place Hua Hin) Phetkasem Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 1863 9481 (Thai food)
• Khao Niao Mamuang Pa Jeua 118 Naret Damri Road, Tel: 0 3251 1704 (Mangoes with sticky rice open 7.30 a.m.–7.00 p.m.)
• Khao Niao Mamuang Mee Chai 57 Phetkasem Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 1035 (Mangoes with sticky rice open 7.00 a.m.–9.00 p.m.)
• Korawik 4/7 Naeb Khehat Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 4516 Fax: 0 3251 4517 (Noodle, Thai Food open 10.00 a.m.–12.00 p.m.)
• Ko Thi 61/1 Phetkasem Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 1252 (Seafood open 11.00 a.m.–4.30 p.m. and 6.00 p.m.-10.00 p.m )
• La Mer (On Khao Takiap), Tambon Nong Kae, Tel: 0 3253 6205 (Seafood open 10.00 a.m.-10.00 p.m.)
• Let's Sea 83/155 Soi Tha-le, Khao Takiap-Hua Hin Road, Tambon Nong Kae, Tel: 0 3253 6022 (Thai Food and Seafood, Sun-Thu 11.00 a.m.–11.00 p.m. Fri-Sat 11.00 a.m.–12.00 p.m.)
• Maharaja 25 Naresdamri Road (Northern Indian food open 11:00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m.)
• Mi Karuna 26 Naret Damri Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 1932, 0 1880 7522 Fax: 0 3253 0103 (Thai Food open 11.00 a.m.-11.00 p.m.)
• Nern Chalet, 144/7 Nongkae-Takiab Rd., Hua-Hin, Prachuab Khiri Khan, Thailand 77110, Phone: +66(0)32-511-288 Fax:: +66(0)32-536-050 (Thai and Western Cuisine)Open 7.00 am - 10.00 pm or special requested can be arranged.
• Orchids French & Thai Restaurant 110/1 Naresdamri Road (French and Thai Food)
• Saeng Thai Naret Damri Road, Tambon Hua Hin, Tel: 0 3251 2144, 0 3251 2867 (Seafood open 9.00 a.m.-10.00 p.m.)
• Sailom (in Sailom Hotel) 29 Phetkasem Road, Tel: 0 3251 1890-1 Fax: 0 3251 2047 (open 7.00 a.m.-10.30 p.m.)
• Sasi 83/159 Tambon Nong Kae, Tel: 0 3251 2488, 0 1693 2096 Fax 0 3251 2488 www.sasi-restaurant.com (Thai food, Seafood open 11.00 a.m.–10.00 p.m.) Thai Classical Dance Show on *Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays at 7.00 p.m.
• Supatra by the Sea 122/63 Soi.Mubaan Khao Ta Kiap, Tambon Nong Kae, Tel: 0 3253 6561-2 Fax:: 0 3253 6560 www.supatrabythesea.com, E-mail: info@supatrabythesea.com (Seafood Thai food open 11.00 a.m.–11.00 p.m.)
• Taj Mahal 31/1 Naresdamri Road (International Food and Seafood)

Hua Hin Markets & Shops :

Hua Hin has many local markets, the most popular one being the night market in the center of town. It opens daily from around 6pm till late and offers all sort of food, clothing, and wooden carving for tourists. This market is visited by many tourists and therefore prices are a bit higher that other local markets.

Chat Chai day market is just along from the night market and is mostly undercover. Here you can buy fruit, vegetables, fish, and meat at local prices. It is fun to stroll around the dim aisles that make up the market complex.

The weekend market at the Grand Hotel runs from Thursday to Sunday and offers something different again. Here you can shop for clothes, books, plants, toys, pets and tropical fish. This is another evening market starting at around 6pm.

Possibly the best and the largest market in Hua hin is at Pae Mai on Tuesdays (across the railway next to the driving range). This one gets very busy and is extremely popular with the locals, here you can get anything; fresh produce, clothing, motorcycle accessories, electrical appliances, tools, household items and much more. It is well worth a visit.

In the Khao Takiab area there is sea food market open daily early in the morning. You can buy here fresh or ready cooked food.

Take a stroll down to the fishing pier to watch the boats coming in with their daily catch, you can also sample some of this fine seafood at some of the local restaurants in the area. This area is the old fishing village that Hua hin once was, a must for photographers.

There is one big shopping malls at Hua Hin Market village. In the mall are located Tesco, HomePro, over 20 branded smaller shops and many restaurants.

In the centre of Hua Hin most of the shops are small and privately owned. Many of these are located along the roads near the Sofitel and Melia hotels.

For local handicrafts, the Hua Hin Bazaar, about 100 meters west of the beach, should be your first stop.There are hundreds of items in the shops with everything from shells and wood carvings to dried fish.

All along Naresdamri Road up to Chomsin Road there are shops and tailors and restaurants. There are several silver shops on Chomsin Rd.

There are many tailor shops in Hua Hin offering very competitive prices on western suits and dresses made from a wide variety of cloths. Suits can be made in 24 hours and the prices are very competitive.

The recently opened Rashnee Silk Village on Naebkehard road is worth a visit. The place re-creates the ambience of a traditional Thai silk weaving rural village, there is a history of silk display, silk making processes and a general effort to increase awareness about Thai silk and its origins.

On the way back to Bangkok it is worth to stop at one of factory outlets near Cha Am or Phetchaburi. You can buy there mainly cloths produced on export to Europe at discount prices.