12 Best Restaurants in Pattaya (2026): Seafood, Beachfront, Fine Dining & Romantic

Pattaya’s food splits by neighbourhood, and knowing the map is half the meal. Naklua, the quieter district north of the city, is the seafood heartland: this is where Pattaya’s boats land squid, prawns, blue crab and sea bass, and where the big open-air halls cook it to order for a fraction of the Beach Road mark-up. South and east, Na Jomtien and Pratamnak Hill are the view districts, with terraces built on the sand and up on the cliffs for sunset dinners over the Gulf of Thailand. Central Pattaya, around Second Road and the Hilton, is where the fine dining and the rooftop rooms sit.

The city also does honest, cheap Thai cooking as well as any beach town in the country, and it has a deep international bench left by decades of visitors: French, Italian, Scandinavian and more within a few streets. Two things are worth saying up front. You will want cash for the seafood halls and the local kitchens, which mostly do not take cards. And you should reserve ahead for the sunset terraces and the fine-dining rooms in high season, because the good tables go first. If it is cheap street eats and night markets you want rather than a sit-down dinner, that is a different trip, and our guide to Pattaya street food and night markets covers it. For a curry-house night, see our Indian restaurants in Pattaya guide. Everything below is about sitting down to a proper meal.

Here is the full list in one view. Typical mains are indicative per-dish prices in baht; a seafood spread or a fine-dining dinner for two with drinks lands higher.

Prices are indicative typical-mains bands in Thai baht (฿33.5 = about US$1) and shift with the season and the day’s catch.

When you want the sea in the picture, Pattaya’s best tables are south and east of the noise: on the sand at Na Jomtien and up on the cliffs of Pratamnak Hill and Na Chom Thian. These three trade a little value for a lot of view, and on the right evening they are the meal you remember.

4. The Glass House

The Glass House is the beachfront flagship, and the one venue every Pattaya food list agrees on. It sits directly on the sand at Na Jomtien, a big open-sided pavilion where the tables spill almost to the waterline and the menu runs Thai and international, heavy on seafood. Come for a whole grilled fish, a seafood platter or a Thai curry with your feet near the sea, and time it for sunset. It is a notch pricier than the seafood halls, with mains around ฿300 to ฿800, and the setting earns it. Book ahead for a front table in high season.

5. The Sky Gallery

The Sky Gallery is the sunset table on Pratamnak Hill, a family-owned terrace built into the slope with a wide, open view over Pattaya Bay and Koh Larn. The kitchen keeps to Thai, Western and fusion done well, with fresh seafood, grilled sea bass, pastas and salads, but the reason to book is the light: arrive an hour before sundown, take a lower terrace table, and watch the bay turn gold. Mains sit around ฿250 to ฿600. It is one of the most photographed views in the city for good reason, so reserve on weekends.

6.Rimpa Lapin

Rimpa Lapin is the cliffside classic at Na Chom Thian, south of Jomtien, where the terraces step down the rock face to the sea and the whole coast opens up in front of you. It has drawn couples and celebration dinners for years on the strength of that setting, with a broad Thai and international menu and, again, seafood front and centre. Go for the view and the sunset over a leisurely dinner rather than a quick bite; mains run about ฿250 to ฿600. Reserve a lower terrace ahead of time, and confirm the evening’s hours before you make the drive.

For an anniversary, a proper date night or a meal that competes with Bangkok, Pattaya has a small, serious top end. These four are the ones to dress up for. Reserve ahead, and expect to pay for the room and the view as much as the plate.

7. Cafe des Amis

Cafe des Amis is Pattaya’s landmark fine-dining room and the special-occasion address locals name without hesitating. It is a French-led kitchen with real ambition, a chef’s tasting-menu approach and a garden-villa setting in central Pattaya that feels a world away from Beach Road. Dishes are precise and beautifully plated, the wine list is deep, and service is the polished kind you book weeks ahead for. This is not a casual dinner. A la carte mains sit around ฿900 to ฿2,500 and the tasting menus climb higher, and for an anniversary or a milestone it is the one to choose.

8. Casa Pascal

Casa Pascal is the more approachable end of Pattaya fine dining, a long-standing European and Asian restaurant on Second Road that has fed the city’s celebration dinners for years. The signature is a salt-baked sea bass carved at the table, alongside classic continental plates and a strong wine and cheese selection. The room is elegant without being stiff, which makes it a safe pick when you want a smart dinner but not a formal one. Mains run about ฿600 to ฿1,500. It is central, reliable and easy to book, and it rarely disappoints a table with mixed tastes.

9. Horizon Rooftop

Horizon is the rooftop night out, on the 34th floor of the Hilton at Central Festival, with a 360-degree view over Pattaya Bay and the city lights. Half of it is an open-air bar and half a proper dining room with an open kitchen, and the menu leans into grills and seafood: a seafood tower, an Australian tomahawk, a slow-cooked lamb shank. The daily sunset happy hour from 5pm to 7pm is the smart way in, drinks first with the sky going pink, dinner after. Expect ฿700 to ฿2,000 for a main, more for the sharing plates. Book a window table for sunset.

10. Radius, Cape Dara

Radius is the sea-view all-day dining room at the Cape Dara Resort on the quieter north headland, and it is the pick for a relaxed celebration that centres on a view and a spread rather than a tasting menu. The kitchen runs Asian and European across an a la carte menu and generous buffets, with live carving and pizza stations and a wide terrace over Pattaya Bay. It suits families and groups who want range and a sunset without the formality of the fine-dining rooms. Reckon on ฿500 to ฿1,200 a head a la carte, more for the buffet nights. Reserve a terrace table for the view.

Between the seafood feasts and the fine-dining nights, this is where you eat the everyday food Pattaya runs on, cooked properly and priced for locals. Both of these sit-down kitchens are central and easy, and they are the ones to book when you want real Thai flavours without hunting down a lake hall.

11. Ruen Thai

Ruen Thai is the traditional Thai house in central Pattaya, a teak-pavilion restaurant that pairs the full canon of Thai classics with evening classical dance in high season. It is aimed at visitors who want the whole experience, the massaman, the green curry, the tom yum goong and the pomelo salad done to a proper standard in a handsome setting. Portions are generous and the flavours are not dialled down. Mains sit around ฿180 to ฿450, which for the room and the show is fair. It is a good first-night Thai dinner that eases you into the city.

12. Nara Thai

Nara Thai is the reliable, modern Thai option, a well-run kitchen you will find in the central malls that cooks the classics cleanly in a comfortable, air-conditioned room. It is the antidote to a hot day: a proper boat-noodle, a rich massaman, a plate of pad kaprao and a Thai iced tea, all cooked consistently and served without fuss. Prices are fair for the setting, roughly ฿180 to ฿450 a dish, and it is an easy, cards-accepted lunch between the beach and the shops. Not a hidden find, and it does not need to be.

A few more worth knowing if your first choice is full: Nang Nual on Walking Street does seafood and steak with a beachfront terrace, Leng Kee is the long-running Chinese-Thai kitchen open late, and Cabbages & Condoms serves solid Thai in a garden with all proceeds going to a health charity. None of them will let you down.

Pattaya rewards matching the neighbourhood to the meal. Naklua for the seafood, Na Jomtien and Pratamnak for the views, and Central Pattaya for the fine dining and rooftops. Here is the map, and what a meal actually costs in 2026.

•  Naklua (north): the seafood district. Mum Aroi and the open-air halls. Best value fresh catch in the city.
• Na Jomtien and Pratamnak Hill (south and east): the view districts. Beachfront and clifftop terraces (Glass House, Pupen, Sky Gallery, Rimpa Lapin) for sunset dinners.
• Central Pattaya (Second Road and the Hilton): fine dining and rooftops (Cafe des Amis, Casa Pascal, Horizon, Ruen Thai, Nara Thai).
• Bang Saray (further south): the seafood day trip. Preecha and the fishing-village pier.

On price, here is what to expect. A local Thai meal runs ฿180 to ฿450 a main, so a full dinner for two lands around ฿500 to ฿900. A shared seafood dinner for two at a Naklua or Na Jomtien hall is roughly ฿800 to ฿1,500. A beachfront or clifftop table with drinks runs ฿1,500 to ฿2,500 for two. And a fine-dining or rooftop dinner with wine is ฿2,000 to ฿5,000 for two, more at the tasting-menu end. Carry cash for the seafood halls and the local kitchens, which mostly do not take cards; the resorts, rooftops and fine-dining rooms do.

Pattaya gives you three genuinely different dinners, and the right one depends on your evening. This table sorts it out.

Prices for two with drinks, indicative for 2026 (฿33.5 = about US$1).

With three nights in Pattaya, do one of each. A Naklua seafood feast, a sunset on Pratamnak or the Na Jomtien sand, and one dressed-up dinner in the centre cover everything the city does well.

A simple route that lets you eat the best of Pattaya in one day, cheap and local early, the view and the splurge saved for the evening.

• Start with a local Thai lunch. A plate at Nara Thai or a mall kitchen keeps it to ฿180 to ฿300 and saves your appetite for dinner.
• Spend the afternoon on Jomtien Beach, quieter and longer than the main Pattaya strand. Carry small cash and stay in the shade.
• Watch the sunset with a drink up high. Take a terrace table at The Sky Gallery on Pratamnak, or head to Horizon on the Hilton’s 34th floor for the sunset happy hour from 5 to 7pm.
• Move to Naklua for the seafood dinner. Ride up to Mum Aroi and order the catch for the table, most dishes ฿250 to ฿500.
• Or eat on the sand instead. If you would rather not move, The Glass House at Na Jomtien does grilled fish and seafood with the sea a few steps away.
• Save one night to dress up. Book Cafe des Amis or Casa Pascal for a proper fine-dining dinner, and reserve a few days ahead in high season.

Pattaya eats far better than its reputation once you know the map: seafood in Naklua, sunsets in Na Jomtien and on Pratamnak, and one dressed-up dinner in the centre. Skip the generic Beach Road tables, follow the catch, and save an evening for the view. When you are ready to build the beach days and the meals into one trip, our Thailand tour packages can fold Pattaya into a wider Thailand holiday, and the Pattaya travel guide covers where to stay and what to do between meals. For the bigger picture, start from our Thailand travel guide.