Bon Island Restaurant

Restaurant · Rawai

A beach restaurant on Ko Bon, a small island just south of Rawai reached by long-tail boat, on the island's second beach (the first was the landing of the closed Evason resort): thatched roofs and wooden salas by a small white-sand beach.

Restaurant

About Bon Island Restaurant

A castaway lunch spot on Ko Bon, a short long-tail ride from Rawai Beach: thatched salas on a small white-sand beach, quiet again once the day's speedboats move on. Garlic or tamarind prawns cost 280 baht and tamarind fish 370; boats wait on Rawai Beach for about 1,300 baht a round trip, paid on the way back, and bad weather can close the crossing.

Also known as Bon Island, Koh Bon restaurant

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Cuisine

Thai dishes and seafood.

Dishes

Garlic or pepper prawns and tamarind prawns (280 THB), tamarind fish (370 THB), pineapple fried rice with prawns (240 THB), som tam (120 THB).

Setting

After the lunchtime speedboats leave, the beach is quiet: snorkelling, kayaking, a cold beer or a coconut while the yachts pass.

Booking

Long-tail boats wait on Rawai Beach: about 1,300 THB a boat for the round trip, paid on the way back. In the low season, check that the restaurant is open: bad weather can stop the boats. Never swim across the channel.