Kruvit Raft
Floating restaurant · Ko Kaeo
A floating seafood restaurant of wooden rafts moored between Laem Hin and Ko Maphrao, reached by a short free longtail ride; the only raft in the MICHELIN Guide.
Floating restaurant
About Kruvit Raft
A cluster of wooden rafts under thatched roofs, anchored in the channel between Laem Hin and Coconut Island, and the only floating restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide. A boatman at Laem Hin pier takes you across for free in about five minutes. Fish, crabs, prawns, lobsters and oysters live in nets beneath the decking until someone orders them, so the seafood could not be fresher; the grouper soup with Chinese soybean paste and the black tiger prawns with salt and chilli are the Guide's picks. Most dishes are priced by weight. Open daily 10:00–22:00; sunset is the best time.
Also known as Kruvit Raft (Ban Laem Hin), Khru Vit Seafood Raft, Kru Suwit
As the record has it
Good to know
- Cuisine
Southern and central Thai seafood, much of it kept alive in nets under the deck until ordered.
- Dishes
Grouper soup with Chinese soybean paste.
Stir-fried black tiger prawns with salt and chilli.
Blue crabs from the nets, steamed or stir-fried with curry powder or black pepper.
- Prices
Most seafood is sold by weight: ask the price before ordering.
- Setting
Several large wooden rafts under thatched roofs, with fish, crabs, prawns, lobsters and oysters in nets between the decks.
- Getting there
A five-minute free longtail from Laem Hin pier: look for the Kruvit Raft sign; there is no road to the raft.
- Best time
Sunset, when the light falls on the bay and the air cools.
Sapam · Ko Kaeo district
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