On Koh Samui there are tons of people offering you to take you to Koh Phangan, Koh Tao or the Nationalpark at every part of the beach. So if you plan daytrips – you won’t have to organise anything beforehand. There’s an offer at every corner. So you can book one day ahead. The boats also bring you to great snorkeling places, to Phi Phi Island and to Koh Nang Yuan. The offer is huge and for a little money the Thais will bring you anywhere you want.

IMPORTANT: Don’t book in your hotel – book on the streets or in a shop. It will costs a lot more in the hotel!

Our Hotel was in the Tongsai Bay but we walked to Choeng Mon Beach every evening. It’s not so far away – just down the Tongsai Road. On the street you can find a lot of great restaurants, shops, atms and massagesalons. In the following you will find my recommendations. To the letter C – there would also be the Chaweng Beach. Chaweng is similar to Fisherman’s Village – just more trashy. There are more bars and clubs then restaurants and shops. It’s for those searching for the nightlife. Similar to Bangla Road on Phuket. This was too much for us. Fisherman’s Village is more comfy and nicer.

This was our favorite bar. If you remember my Instagram Stories, you can remember us drinking yummy cocktails nearly every evening. Most of them ben. Das waren meistens Cocktails vom Cocktail King. Das Lokal befindet sich direkt auf der Hauptstraße der Tongsai Road. Hier bekommt man leckere, teilweise auch sehr starke ABER spottbillige Getränke serviert. Wer am Abend ab 17 Uhr kommt, bekommt jeden Cocktail um unschlagbare 100 Bath.

In this restaurant thw Wifi is really good. It also works on the other side of the street when you’re in other restaurants. If you want to call home (via Skype or Whatsapp Call) – just stay here for a cocktail. Sending E-Mails was super fast as well! Even better then in a 5-Star-Hotel!

You should definitive plan to visit Fisherman’s Village when on Koh Samui. We really liked it. Much better then Chaweng Beach – the market there was like Phuket and the Bangla Road. At Fisherman’s Village there are a lot of stalls with junk and great souveniers. The food is A-W-E-S-O-M-E as well!

We had such good food there that we would have loved to come every evening. The food is fresh and cheap. Crunchy Chicken Bites costs around 50 Bath, crispy fried Prawns or octopus on a stick costs 60 Bath. Garlic Bread around 40 Bath and yummy juices costs around 20 Bath. We also found a stall where you can buy vegetarian Pad Thai – a big portions only costs 30 Bath! This is around 80 Cent!!!

You can find a lot of ATMs on Koh Samui. It’s the best to get some cash at the airport and then get the rest from ATMs. In front of the Supermarket 7 Eleven there were three ATMs next to each other and across the street there wer another two. So you won’t have to worry about this on Koh Samui.

There are also a lot of exchange offices on the streets – on the way from the hotel to the restaurant we saw 4 exchange offices and the way was less then 2 kilometers long. Which means changing cash is also no problem on the island Koh Samui. Just take your ID with you. You will need it to change some money.

The most beautiful hotel which is located best is the Tongsai Bay for me – you can read my hotelreview here. The bay alone is already so beautiful. Even though it’s so remote you can reach the village very fast and you can eat and shop very cheap. We just took a walk every evening.

At Choeng Mon Beach we’ve seen many big and wonderful hotels. We wanted to get to the beach and didn’t found a street, which is why we walked through some hotel areas. Looking from the beach you can find great Hotels and Bungalows. I can really recommend this part of Koh Samui to you.

You can also eat very well at Krust Thai Chorng Mon on Tongsai Road. The prices are really ok, but you will wait very long at Rush-Hour. The dishes are really good and hot. If you don’t get a seat at Orchid Restaurant (look at “O”), you can come here and have great lunch or dinner. You can also breakfast – but the choice is not that big.

This restaurant ist right next to Cocktail King which is why you’ll have great WIFI. WLAN :-)) But don’t order Cocktails here. They are much cheaper at King next doors. At Krust Thai Chorng Mon we had the best Garlic Bread. It was also cheaper than at Orchid Restaurant.

If you want to get a massage at Choeng Mon Beach, go to the ladies with the orange tshirts. The prices are the best. A 60 Minute Thai Massage costs only 300 Bath. On Koh Yao the same massage cost 450 Bath and in the hotel on Koh Yao it cost 1.300 Bath!! The massages are the cheapest in Thailand.

The massagehuts – beds are at the end of Choeng Mon Beach. The ladies in orangecolored T-Shirts can be seen easily. They will call out to you from far away. The ladies also have a shop on Tongsai Road. When it’s late you can book a massage in the salon.

The cheapest and best food at Choeng Mon Beach can be eaten in the restaurant Orchid. We went there several times and it was really delicious. A little below you can see some pictures of the food that I took, sorry I took some of them with my iPhone – I didn’t want to take my heavy camera with me all the time. A big (I couldn’t even finish ist) Portion of yellow curry costs around 120 Bath at Orchid. In the other restaurants it would cost 140 or 150 Bath, because the prices at the beach are higher.

I had a menu and I chose a fresh fish with garlic sauce (which was not on the menu) and veggie rice with a lot of pineapple – (it was not on the menu) and everythign was prepared wonderfully. The Thais were super friendly and they were happy about the tip.

R is for Roti – the classic Thai-Pancakes. Believe me – there’s not a better thai dessert then the crispy, hot and fatty pancake filled with bananas and a lot of chocolate sauce. We had the best Roti at Choeng Mon Beach. The owner of the stall was on Tongsai Road in front of the supermarket Familiy Mart vis a vis by Orchid Restaurant. You really have to try one with bananas or mango! We love this dessert and we already tried to make it at home. Unfortunately we didn’t found a similar recipe or weren’t able to make it like the Thais. If you have a recipe for me – please tell me!

Additional to Massagesaloons, Restaurants and Exchanging Booths you can also find a lot of supermarkets. We love to visit the Family Market or the classic 7 eleven. In both supermarkets you can reload your Prepaid Card. There are also cheap beverages and snacks in the supermarkets that you can buy for your hotels or the beach. We always bought water and some softdrinks as well as some instant soup *gg* They’re not really healthy, but really practical. Just add boiling water, wait and then enjoy.

After waiting and searching long we found a great contact of a taxidriver/bungalow landlord/ tour supplier/ allrounder. I think in Thailand everybody does everything for little money. His name is Joe and he is really funny. If you need a cab on Koh Samui, CALL HIM! It doesn’t matter where you want to go. He is available until 10pm.

Jokes aside, he is really flexible, casual and very funny – if you sit in the Taxi and he starts talking to you, you will remember my words. From the Tongsai Bay to the Airport (which was quite a long way) we paid 200 Bath. His phonenumber: 0612501501