A Guide To Visiting The Ao Nang Night Market - Krabi, Thailand (with prices)

One of my favourite places to eat in Ao Nang was at the Ao Nang Night Market! I ended up going there every day because I loved the choice of food and it was budget friendly. The Ao Nang Landmark Street Market is located opposite Nopparat Thara Beach, around a 20 minute walk from the main Ao Nang Beach. Here’s everything you need to know about visiting!

Ao Nang Night Market

📅Open Every Night
🕓Ao Nang night market opening hours: 4pm – 11pm
🗺️Opposite Nopparat Thara Beach in Ao Nang, Krabi Thailand

Ao Nang Landmark — Nopparat Thara Beach, Ao Nang

Ao Nang Night Market Food

Although the Ao Nang Night Market opens at 4pm, things don’t really kick off until around 6pm. I went early on my first night and only a few stalls were open and most food was still being heated up.

Street food in Ao Nang — Ao Nang Street Food

There is a wide range of food to choose from including: Thai, Japanese, Korean, desserts, drinks and more. You could buy full meals, but I preferred to go to several different stalls to create my own.

Here’s a look at some of the prices of food and drink I bought during my visit (correct at the time of writing):

Grilled potato with garlic butter – ฿60
Twist potato with garlic butter – ฿60 (just salt for ฿50)
Pork and chicken skewers x5 – ฿100
Chicken spring roll – ฿20 each
Buttered corn on the cob – ฿40
Fruit smoothie buffet – ฿70
Passion fruit smoothie – ฿55
Coconut smoothie – ฿60
Fresh orange juice (small bottle) – ฿40
Soft drink from the bar area (such as cola) – ฿30
Mochi – ฿20 each
Traditional Thai dessert – ฿20 each
Rolled ice cream – ฿100

My favourites

The grilled potato stall was my favourite. As I often ate rice or noodles for breakfast and lunch, I liked having potato for something different in the evening. The potatoes with garlic butter have ruined all jacket potatoes for me from now on, they were amazing. They had lots of seasoning and then the butter was melted with a blow torch.

Ao Nang Night Market Grilled Potato with garlic butter (60baht)

I also loved the butter corn on the cob. There was one particular stall I always went to called ‘Butter Corn’. Not only was it cheaper than some of the others, I was talking to the owner and he said that they were the only stall at the night market that cooked the corn on charcoal. The others just use grills.

Butter is brushed onto the corn while it’s heating, and then it’s sprinkled with salt before serving, so yummy!

Ao Nang night market butter corn — Ao Nang Night Market butter corn (40baht)

Meat

When it comes to meat, I try to be very careful when I travel, as I don’t want to get sick. In all honesty I avoid seafood completely. I’m not really a fan anyway but when reading reviews of restaurants in Thailand, it always seemed to be the seafood dishes that cause the most problems. (In general, not at the night market specifically).

Octopus skewers at ao nang street market — Octopus skewers at the Ao Nang Street Market

Often food is cooked in advance or put on display. (Sometimes there were flies and obviously Thailand is hot and the meat is not always refrigerated. Use your own judgement).

The night I did chance eating meat, I opted for mixed skewers. They had been cooked in advance and then reheated again on a grill, before being served. I doubled checked they were completely cooked through before eating and I was fine. (I preferred the chicken over the pork).

Ao Nang street food mixed skewers: chicken x2, pork x3 (100baht)

Seating

Most things are served in a way that you can take them away, but it can be tricky if you visit several different stalls. I would often buy and eat things in stages rather than all at once.

There were two undercover seating areas. A small one near the food market and then a large central one near the bars and stage.

Ao Nang Night Market seating — Ao Nang Landmark Night Market seating area

You do have to be careful where you sit though. I sat on a table one day (I was one of the only people there) but was then told if I wanted to sit there then I had to order a drink from the bar as it was the ‘beer zone’.

There’s also a ‘Muslim zone’, ‘halal zone’ and ‘free zone’. You are expected to sit in the ‘correct’ zone. Signs are displayed on the individual tables. If you just have food or purchased a smoothie from the market rather than the bar, it’s best to aim for a ‘free zone’.

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Shopping

As well as the food market, there are a few areas with souvenir and clothing stalls. Most sell similar items to the other shops you’ll find in Ao Nang, such as elephant pants and passport covers. Although there are a few more unique craft type sellers too.

Ao Nang Night Market souvenir stalls — Souvenir stall at Ao Nang Night Market

Entertainment

For kids, there is an inflatable slide, a small fairground ride and a few ‘sideshow’ games.

Most of the entertainment starts later in the evening, around 9pm. From live music, to fire shows and Muy Thai fighting at the Ao Nang Landmark Stadium. (You can’t miss the announcements for the May Thai. There are trucks that drive around town with loud speakers saying which nights have fighting on.)

There are also public toilets and regular shops and restaurants in the surrounding area. You’ll find a 7/11 and if you want some better quality clothes, that aren’t elephant pants, there’s a Quiksilver surf shop.

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Ao Nang Beach Walk Market

🕓9am – 11.30pm

The best night market in Ao Nang is the Ao Nang Landmark Night Market, however, there is a second market in Ao Nang. The Ao Nang Beach Walk Market is located between Ao Nang Beach and Nopparat Thara Beach. This one has some stalls that are open all day and night, starting from around 9am.

The market is smaller than the Ao Nang Landmark Night Market, with just a handful of food stalls and then a selection of souvenir and clothing shops. (I bought a bracelet for ฿150) There’s also not really anywhere to sit if you buy food or drinks, it’s more takeaway style.

I had a Thai Roti Pancake for ฿60 which had real coconut fruit and Nutella in. It is VERY messy trying to eat while walking along, but it tastes really good!

Then on a different day I bought dragonfruit and pineapple rolled ice cream for ฿100. It comes in a cup and is much easier to eat! It’s also a bit of a theatre show the way it’s made, especially at the night market, you’ll hear the ingredient mashing all over the market!

Ao Nang rolled ice cream — Rolled Ice Cream in Ao Nang Thailand

Final Words

The Ao Nang Night Market isn’t the biggest market in the area. I saw many taxi drivers offering trips to the Krabi Night Market if you wanted to head somewhere a little larger.

The Ao Nang market does the job though, if you want something more substantial there are more than enough restaurants and cafes in Ao Nang for a sit down/table service meal and drinks.

A Guide To Visiting The Ao Nang Night Market – Krabi, Thailand (with prices)