Lamai night market, Koh Samui

Is there a night market in Lamai?

Yes. Lamai Night Market, the permanent one, is at 139 Maret in the middle of town and opens every day from 5pm to midnight, with street food, drinks, live music and a family-friendly crowd.

It's the easy dinner stop on any evening: Thai street food, cocktails and a band.

Ask Tanner for the table near the band.

When is the Lamai walking street?

The Lamai Sunday night market is a walking street: every Sunday, Had Lamai Road closes to traffic from about 5pm to 10pm and fills with food stalls, crafts, clothes and live music, and entry is free.

• Day: Sunday only
• Hours: from about 5pm until 10pm
• Where: Had Lamai Road and the streets beside it
• Cost: free; you pay for what you eat and buy

Street entertainers and live music play along the road, and Thai families come from across the island, so it's busiest after dark; get there by 5pm.

Your driver drops you at the top of the road at 5pm. Tanner has the timing.

Which market, which day

The Lamai market to go to depends on the day. Here's how the two compare.

My pick: on a Sunday, walk the Walking Street from 5pm and finish with a drink at the night market. Any other evening, the night market is dinner.

Where can you watch Muay Thai in Lamai?

Lamai Muay Thai night is Saturday: the fights at the boxing stadium, near the night market on Had Lamai Road, start from about 9pm, and the card includes women's fights as well as men's.

The stadium is a short walk from the market, so dinner and the fights fit in one evening.

Buy tickets at the stadium itself, not from people selling them on the street.

For a group, Saturday is the fight and Sunday is the walking street: two easy evenings in one town. Ask Tanner to get ringside seats.

Lamai after dark

Lamai nightlife is smaller and quieter than Chaweng's: the night market, beach bars along the sand, live music and the Saturday fights, rather than big clubs. It suits a group that wants dinner, a few drinks and an early-ish finish.

Licensed entertainment venues in Koh Samui district and licensed venues inside hotels may open until 4am, TAT confirms (15 December 2023; checked November 2026); ordinary bars and restaurants close earlier, usually by 2am. So the late part of the night is a short drive away in Chaweng. Ask Tanner to have the car ready.

Lamai or Chaweng after dark?

Chaweng is better for clubs and a late beach party; Lamai is better for a market dinner, live music and the Saturday fights. Most groups based in Lamai spend one evening in Chaweng, so pick yours and Tanner has the driver waiting.

What is the best evening to go?

Sunday from about 5pm is best, for the walking street, or Saturday from about 8pm, for dinner at the night market before the 9pm fights. On other evenings, the night market from 5pm is the easy plan.

For the season, Samui is driest from February to April and wettest from October to December, worst in November, on the Thai Meteorological Department's normals, so pack a light rain jacket for a November Sunday. Pick your weekend, and Tanner holds the car.

Getting there

Lamai is on Koh Samui's east coast, south of Chaweng, a short drive from the airport and the north-coast villas. The night market, the Sunday walking street and the boxing stadium are all within walking distance in the middle of town.

Taxis on Samui have no meters, so agree the fare first or keep a driver for the evening.

Your driver waits all evening, so nobody haggles at 1am.

What to eat at the night market

Go hungry and graze. The stalls do Thai street food in small plates, so the group can share a dozen dishes.

Start with grilled seafood and satay skewers, then pad thai cooked in front of you, and finish with mango sticky rice.

Grab a table near the band and send two people for the drinks. It's the quickest way to feed eight people in Lamai.

Bring small notes: the stalls are cash, and change runs short on a busy Sunday.

Lamai Beach by day

Lamai is Samui's second most popular beach after Chaweng, with the same kind of sand and a slower pace.

Spend the day on the sand, then walk up to the market as the stalls light up.

For snorkelling, Silver Beach and Coral Cove are just north of town. Our Koh Samui beaches guide has the full list.

Ask Tanner for a villa that walks to the beach.

Lamai night market in short

• Lamai Night Market is at 139 Maret in the middle of town, open every day from 5pm to midnight.

• The Sunday Walking Street closes Had Lamai Road from about 5pm to 10pm.
• Muay Thai fights run at Lamai's boxing stadium every Saturday from about 9pm.
• Entry to both markets is free; the stalls take cash.
• Lamai is on the east coast, south of Chaweng, which has the island's clubs.
• Fisherman's Village in Bophut holds its walking street on Fridays.

Checked November 2026.

Our plan for your group in Lamai

A Saturday: dinner at Lamai Night Market from 7pm, the Muay Thai at 9pm, then the car to Chaweng for the clubs. A Sunday: the Walking Street from 5pm and a drink at the night market. Your driver waits all evening.

See the whole island in our Koh Samui nightlife guide, and Bophut's Friday market in our Fisherman's Village guide.

Plan it with Tanner.