Guide to the Best Eats in PhetchaburiLooking for the best place to eat in Thailand? You must visit Phetchaburi! From authentic Thai dishes to sweet and savory local treats, Phetchaburi is a top stop for food-lovers. It’s the perfect place in Thailand to explore markets, meet food vendors, and enjoy traditional Thai dishes.AuthorsSteller
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Best Restaurants in Phetchaburi

Rabieng Rimnam
Opened over 30 years ago and set on the Petchaburi River in an old teak house, Rabieng Rimnam turns out rustic Phetchaburi classics. Try the wing bean or banana flower salads and crispy roast pork curry. Come for the jungle curry, stay for canal views.
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Baba Beach Bar & Restaurant, Hua Hin
Baba Beach Club is one of the Sri Panwa family’s bold luxury beach club properties, and Baba Beach Bar & Restaurant is their on-site seaside restaurant. They offer an incredible menu, including grilled steaks, local seafood, and delicious cocktails with beachfront seating. Order the green curry chicken and Jungle Pork “Thai Spicy,” and don’t skip the lycheetini! This isn’t a bar, it is a proper scene with a great vibe.
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Baba Soul Food, Hua Hin
Also at Baba Beach Club, Baba Soul Food blends modern Eastern dishes with succulent Thai flavors. Breakfast is served from 7 to 10:30 a.m., and lunch features noodles like boat noodles with Kurobuta pork, Australian striploin, or wagyu. Dinner brings Southern Thai home-style favorites to the table, giving you a true taste of Thailand.
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Chom Talay Restaurant
Locals flock to Chom Talay for the snapper—think whole fish grilled or mixed with sour curry. The open-air deck looks out onto rolling waves, and the kitchen keeps things simple with fresh prawns, fried squid, and flavors loud enough to drown out beach chatter.
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Payunh - Thai Restaurant Phetchaburi
Payunh feels like a friend’s secret garden hideout. Southern Thai flavors come alive here, with staff ready to point out daily specialties and local sweets to take the edge off the spice. The pork belly fried in chili fish sauce is a very popular dish you must try.
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Neem Trees
Beachside, breezy and casual, Neem Trees wins regulars with its coconut cake and daily pomelo salad. Get ready for a delicious meal of deep-fried fish with herbs or soft-shell crab. Sweet tooth? Hit the cakes before sunset, they vanish fast.
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Rurin Boutique & Bistro
Rurin Boutique & Bistro is a local secret with boutique flair. They take familiar Thai flavors and turn them into unexpected combinations. Try the tom yum pasta, which fuses the classic sour-spicy Thai soup with Italian-style noodles, or the beef salad, which adds inventive twists to a traditional dish. Pair either with a cold Singha and watch the town drift by.
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Bor-Boon Cafe
Serving a modern take on Thai street-food classics, Bor-Boon wins the working crowd with strong iced coffees. If you’re looking for a bite to eat, try the roti with dips. Join in with the locals mid-morning for coconut pandan cake or try their rice bowl with grilled pork.
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Sand Beach Club
Sand Beach Club grew out of the demand for stylish, social beachfront venues. Patrons appreciate the sound of surf, sand underfoot, and drinks that go down dangerously easy—you’ll rave about their crispy fish and mango salad, all while a live DJ spins the night away.
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กราแฟร์ Grafair
Phetchaburi’s answer to café cool, Grafair is the spot for moody cold brews, house-blend espresso, and thick toast. The best local orders are salted-caramel coffee or banana waffles. This is not the place to rush—the baristas talk beans and regulars love to linger.
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Soulful Coffee Roasters
Soulful is where coffee nuts geek out. It's where single-origin brews and bracing dark cappuccinos anchor conversations. Take note: croissants and cinnamon rolls sell out by noon. For breakfast, get a flat white and pork toast at a table outside with the regulars.
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Best Food Markets in Phetchaburi

Pa Nich Charoen Night Market
Pa Nich Charoen Night Market has long served as a social and culinary crossroads in Phetchaburi, running since early development as a place for farmers and cooks to mingle after dark. Pa Nich teems with local life. Go for moo ping skewers hot off the grill, fluffy kanom krok, and chili crab. The coconut ice cream draws whole families. Find a rustic table and dig in.
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Cha-am Wednesday Night Market
Born out of weekly tradition, the Cha-am Wednesday Night Market has stitched together street vendors from across the region for decades, evolving with the local food scene. Wednesday’s market is a patchwork of food carts—try the “local sour sausage” and spicy grilled squid. Vendors gossip over curry noodles while visitors load up fried chicken and mango sticky rice. Don’t miss the grilled corn, salty-sweet and smoked to perfection.
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Tours

Plough to Plate: Be A Rice Farmer in Phetchaburi from Hua Hin
Step into the life of a Thai rice farmer in Phetchaburi with this hands-on half-day experience. Plant, harvest, dehusk, and cook rice just like the locals do, then taste sweets, rice wine, and a hearty farmer’s lunch served on lotus leaves. It’s a truly immersive way to see how rice has been grown for generations.
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Full Day Original Flavors Food Tour in Phetchaburi from Hua Hin
Discover salty-sweet street bites at the Old Town Morning Market, visit revered Wat Mahathat, taste palm sugar at a local orchard, and feast on rare noodle soups. This half-day (about eight hours including travel) adventure digs deep into Phetchaburi’s culinary roots, stopping at over five locations and sampling more than 15 local dishes, ending with an authentic lunch.
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The Real Jing Jing Thai Food Tour in Hua Hin
For experienced palates craving authentic Thai harmony, this 3.5-hour tour takes you by songthaew through the streets of Hua Hin. You’ll savor Ayutthaya boat noodles, Southern spice hits like turmeric pork curry, Esaan’s fiery salads, and stop at hidden local gems picked by your guide. Along the way, enjoy snacks, desserts, and drinks while learning a bit about each dish and the neighborhoods you pass through.
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Eat Like a Local Food Tour in Hua Hin
Get off the tourist trail and dive deep into the beating heart of Hua Hin’s food scene on this 3.5-hour tour. Enjoy 10-15 tastings, from family-run noodle shops serving soul-warming broth to vibrant street stalls bustling with energy, as you uncover authentic Thai dishes spanning the North, Esaan, and Central regions. Your local guide brings unmatched passion, sharing family recipes and kitchen stories while ensuring every bite is a journey into Thailand’s rich culinary heritage. Expect dishes crafted with care, bold flavors balanced to your palate, and the rare chance to eat exactly where locals eat.
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