Hidden gemNaklua
Lan Pho Na Kluea Market
Buy your seafood at the market, then pay someone at the back to cook it.
- Google rating
- 4.4 out of 5 from 16,245 ratings
- Hours today
- 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
All week
- Monday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Location
- Lan Pho, Na Kluea, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri 20150Open in Google Maps
- Price range
- $$
- Best time to go
- Weekday daytime, when you may have the place close to yourself.
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Why we recommend it
The most direct route to good seafood in Pattaya, and one of the few genuinely local experiences left within twenty minutes of Beach Road.
Our review
Rows of stalls selling prawns, crab, squid, shellfish and whatever came in that morning, then a run of small kitchens at the far end that will cook whatever you have just bought for a fee. Prices are quoted to tourists, so compare a few stalls and hold out rather than taking the first number. Dipping sauces are sold separately. It closes in the early evening, so this is a lunch or late-afternoon plan, not a dinner one, and parking is genuinely difficult in anything larger than a small car.
Highlights
- Buy raw, pay a kitchen to cook it
- Compare stalls before buying
- Sauces sold separately
- Closes early evening
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