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Best Restaurants in the Phi Phi Islands
Phi Phi’s food scene includes inexpensive Tonsai kitchens, Turkish grills and mango-led Thai desserts, with a more formal Thai dining room above Loh Ba Gao. Village meals are walkable; a northern resort dinner requires a workable boat plan.
The Mango Garden
The Mango Garden builds Thai desserts around fresh mango, black sticky rice, sago and coconut pudding, alongside a brunch menu. The cafe offers a more focused sweet stop than the village’s broad international menus, with morning opening useful for early boat departures.
Efe Mediterranean Cuisine Restaurant
Efe serves Turkish kebabs, salads and baklava in a central Tonsai dining room. Vegetarian choices broaden the menu beyond grilled meat. This is the main Mediterranean restaurant at 125/22 Moo 7; the separate shawarma branch has closed.
Anna's Restaurant
Anna’s serves home-cooked Thai and European food in Tonsai, including curries and khao soi. The mixed menu suits a group with different appetites without turning every order into a resort-priced meal, and the kitchen has operated here since 2009.
Papaya Restaurant
Papaya cooks Thai curries alongside Indian dishes in the centre of Tonsai. Vegetarian and vegan options make the wide menu useful for mixed groups, while simple seating and inexpensive plates keep the emphasis on a substantial meal.
Ruan Thai Restaurant
Ruan Thai serves pomelo salad with grilled prawns, crab in curry-powder gravy and other Thai dishes in a traditional house-style room above Loh Ba Gao. The twenty-seat setting feels more intimate than the resort’s larger restaurants; reserve and arrange your return boat.