A la Carte — Restaurant in Ko Lanta Yai

I wish I could give these guys more stars because they deserve them! The staff here are AMAZING and the food is out of this world!!! OMG this place has some of the best Thai food I’ve ever eaten and I’ve travelled to Thailand countless times. I highly recommend the BBQ options. The father, who mans the BBQ day and night, is a true BBQ master. The chicken thighs are ridiculously delicious and only slightly trumped by the BBQ catfish which is tender and delicious. The catfish salad (aka larb) is fantastic as in their krapow gai and don’t get me started on the mango sticky rice! The papaya salad is sensational as is their Thom Kha Gai and their Green Curry - yummmmm! We ate here four times during our 6 nights on the island and I only wish we were around long enough to work our way through the whole menu! My only very minor knock on this place is that we like our food spicy and they don’t make things Thai-spicy unless you ask them. Very easily solved. PS I’m accounting for a few beers with my price range selection...

Mixed bag. Really good pad Thai but that was the only thing. We asked for our food spicy, the female waitress was very rude and just said no. I asked if we could at least have the spicy dipping sauce then, so she said yes bluntly, but didn’t bother bringing it. The male waiter was much more helpful and friendly.

I ordered a mango sticky rice, I eat one almost everyday and this was the worst of my trip. Didn’t think it was actually possible to get a bad one! There was next to no sauce for it so it was incredibly dry, but the worst part was the mango wasn’t ripe at all and tasted really sour, more like a lemon than a mango. I couldn’t eat it.

Prices are good but most things were a disappointment and we...

Really wanted to love this place, as we are huge fans of authentic Thai food and supporting local businesses. We ordered three dishes: the thick noodles, sliced beef salad, and Thai omelette. Flavor on the beef salad was the best of all three, but not amazing. Worth mentioning as well that we experienced some GI issues about 12 hours later, leading me to believe this meal was the culprit. You’ll notice that many of the meats and seafood are sitting on the grill when you get there, which is why we also opted not to order those as we’ve learned through travels fresh prepared food is usually the safest bet. Not saying don’t try it, but really not sure how it’s gathered so many five...