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Beach cocktails and casual Walking Street bars in Koh Lipe
One mixed guide covers elevated drinks at Serendipity, resort beach terraces, a DJ-led cocktail room and simple pubs behind the sand. Koh Lipe's bars are compact and seasonal; choose a venue for its setting and programme as much as its closing time.
Rainforest Bar
Rainforest mixes cocktails in an art-filled Walking Street room with a resident DJ and a changing weekly programme. The official schedule separates quieter early-week evenings, Wednesday cinema and louder Friday-Saturday dancing, so the night chosen changes the experience.
On The Rocks
On The Rocks serves Thai dishes, seafood and international cooking on Serendipity's hillside above the southern end of Sunrise Beach. The elevated deck and drinks menu make it a comfortable splurge, with stairs separating the restaurant from the sand below.
Castaway Restaurant Koh Lipe
Castaway serves Thai and European food from a wooden deck facing Sunrise Beach, with low tables and cushions beside the sand. Cocktails have a daily buy-one-get-one offer; the kitchen takes its last orders at 21:00 even though the bar stays open later.
Elephant
Elephant serves homemade bread, brunch plates, burgers, falafel and Thai-inspired dishes on Walking Street, with substantial vegan and gluten-free choices. Its longtail-boat bar also pours Thai-flavoured cocktails and craft beer, and live music gives the room a second life after dinner.
Zodiac See Sun Beach Bar Koh Lipe
Zodiac serves cocktails and Thai food on the sand at the northern end of Sunrise Beach. Low beachfront seating faces the channel towards Adang; it is a busier, more staged beach-bar setting than a quiet drink in a small village room.
Corner Bar Koh Lipe
Corner Bar pours beers and mixed drinks from an open-sided Walking Street room. The compact, casual pub setting is built around meeting other travellers and lingering over a drink, with a later finish than most island restaurant-bars.
OMG! Sports Bar & Restaurant
OMG screens international sport and serves beers, cocktails and pub food behind Sunrise Beach. Billiards and television matches give the room a clear purpose for groups; it is an inland sports bar, with no need to pay for a sea view.
Art Bliss Bar Ananya Lipe
Art Bliss serves beach drinks at Ananya on Pattaya Beach, with a broad terrace, loungers and seating on the sand. The resort frontage is lively and conspicuous, giving a more polished beach-club evening than the smaller Walking Street pubs.