Smile Bar & Restaurant

Restaurant · Kamala

A beach bar and grill on the sand at Kamala, which began in 2000 as a drinks kiosk on the beach.

Restaurant

About Smile Bar & Restaurant

A beach bar and grill on the sand at Kamala, which started in 2000 as a drinks kiosk and grew into a full restaurant. The house dish is charcoal-grilled chicken, marinated for most of a day before it goes over the coals; the rest of the menu is Thai and international — Panang curry, fresh seafood, mango sticky rice. Tables stand under the roof of a white beach house or under parasols on the sand. Prices are low.

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Cuisine

Thai and international cooking: Panang curry, fresh seafood and mango sticky rice.

Dishes

Charcoal-grilled chicken, marinated for most of a day: the house dish.

Prices

Cheap.

Setting

A white building open to the beach: tables under the roof or out under parasols on the sand.

Suits

The classic Kamala beach lunch.