Banzaan Fresh Market
Banzaan Fresh Market
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6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Monday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Wednesday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Thursday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Saturday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Sunday
6:00 AM - 12:00 AM
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A rainbow of colors bedeck Banzaan Fresh Market's alleyways, thanks to its stalls touting juicy tropical fruits, traditional street food and freshly-harvested seafood. It's a must-see for everyone.
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  • gladys s
    Hong Kong, China28 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fresh seafood at affordable price
    We went to the Banzaan fresh market to buy some fresh seafood for lunch. The prices were competitive but you got to have good bargaining skills. The varieties of seafood ranged from shells, fish , lobster, prawns etc. After buying the seafood , you can go upstairs and there were few eatery shops. You can asked them to cook the seafood for you at additional costs. Their cooking skills are good and made the seafood more tasty. Don't forget to order the freshly squeezed juices.
    Visited November 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written November 28, 2023
  • Snoopy168
    Singapore, Singapore476 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    food court with tourist menu
    Restaurant booths in a food court setting. Chinese speaking staff. friendly. but you're required to bring your own food, no matter how many dishes you ordered. tourist price as it's the same as those by the street side. better eat in the mall, at least have air conditioning
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written April 5, 2024
  • L0la_71
    Perth, Australia78 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fantastic outdoor market
    This place is fantastic, hard to choose what to eat because there are so many choices! During our holiday we had dinner here 4-5 times, the staff can be a little pushy to try and get you to have their food. It's a great place for people watching and the coconut ice cream is the absolute best!
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written April 10, 2024
  • MrsSiew
    Singapore, Singapore525 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Need to bargain hard and be firm
    1st storey is where the fresh seafood and fruits stall are. 2nd level is where the picked and paid seafood is cooked. Need to pay again for the cooking. 1st storey, ridiculously high price of seafood. Asked for my nationality then gave me price. Why is that so? You really need to bargain hard. Be firm! From 3500 bhat reduced to 2000 bhat.🙄 Paid cash. (1 small lobster, some clam, 1 small/medium crab, 3 L mantis shrimp) The seafood stall guy wanted to change to 3M mantis shrimp at 2000 baht , I said ok then I WILL not buy) Next proceed to 2nd storey, you need to choose one stall to cook for you, the style that you want, such as black pepper, steam or grilled, etc etc. they will give the amount on a receipt. Mine was 750 baht including a fried noodle. They did not charge me for 2 bowl of white rice. Then you need to go to a specific counter to pay , then bring this card with the receipt back to the stall THEN they will cook!! Cooking is done, they waved frantically to you and self service to collect your food. Imagine 😆if it get too crowded and one is not seating near to the stall, LOL, your seafood probably ended up in someone's self service/ collection 🤣🤣🤣Same goes for the drink stall, the same whole process. Probably Banzaan Market caters for local and tourists (?) While local buy and go on the 1st storey, 2nd storey mainly cater for tourists. Just my thoughts. Nevertheless, nothing fantastic. One experience is enough. Seafood is fresh but if cooking styles or the stall that you decided on isn't good in cooking, you are screwed. 🙄🙄So personally I feel you can skip. I prefer to head to Malin Plaza for seafood.
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written September 10, 2024
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Tuncay k
Istanbul, Türkiye7 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Couples
1 kilos shrim and 1 kilos squid 1600 baht . Up stairs have teras restaurant is so expensive only to cook I paid 750 baht , they made my shrimp very dry, they don’t know cook. Service is so slowly . This restaurant is the worst restaurant in patong.
Written January 16, 2023
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Andrea F
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
Traveller from South Africa -
Banzaan Market is a must when visiting Phuket!
I would recommend the Mamareed stall.
You select the seafood of your choice and they will cook it for you. The cook really knows what they are doing , flavours is incredible!
We visited twice and I recommend the prawns in the sweet and spicy sauce and the yellow crab curry !

Written September 5, 2023
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Jordy Borg
San Gwann, Malta112 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019 • Couples
We happened to stay closeby so we visited the place for dinner. There are a lot of stalls so look a bit around before settling on a place. All of them have fresh seafood on display, we ordered tiger prawns which were very large! Vendors are also open to negotiate prices so haggle away!
Written January 5, 2020
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MrsSiew
Singapore, Singapore525 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2024 • Family
1st storey is where the fresh seafood and fruits stall are. 2nd level is where the picked and paid seafood is cooked. Need to pay again for the cooking.

1st storey, ridiculously high price of seafood. Asked for my nationality then gave me price. Why is that so? You really need to bargain hard. Be firm! From 3500 bhat reduced to 2000 bhat.🙄 Paid cash. (1 small lobster, some clam, 1 small/medium crab, 3 L mantis shrimp) The seafood stall guy wanted to change to 3M mantis shrimp at 2000 baht , I said ok then I WILL not buy)

Next proceed to 2nd storey, you need to choose one stall to cook for you, the style that you want, such as black pepper, steam or grilled, etc etc.
they will give the amount on a receipt. Mine was 750 baht including a fried noodle. They did not charge me for 2 bowl of white rice. Then you need to go to a specific counter to pay , then bring this card with the receipt back to the stall THEN they will cook!! Cooking is done, they waved frantically to you and self service to collect your food. Imagine 😆if it get too crowded and one is not seating near to the stall, LOL, your seafood probably ended up in someone's self service/ collection 🤣🤣🤣Same goes for the drink stall, the same whole process.

Probably Banzaan Market caters for local and tourists (?) While local buy and go on the 1st storey, 2nd storey mainly cater for tourists. Just my thoughts.

Nevertheless, nothing fantastic. One experience is enough. Seafood is fresh but if cooking styles or the stall that you decided on isn't good in cooking, you are screwed. 🙄🙄So personally I feel you can skip. I prefer to head to Malin Plaza for seafood.
Written September 11, 2024
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.

gladys s
Hong Kong, China28 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Couples
We went to the Banzaan fresh market to buy some fresh seafood for lunch. The prices were competitive but you got to have good bargaining skills. The varieties of seafood ranged from shells, fish , lobster, prawns etc. After buying the seafood , you can go upstairs and there were few eatery shops. You can asked them to cook the seafood for you at additional costs. Their cooking skills are good and made the seafood more tasty. Don't forget to order the freshly squeezed juices.
Written November 29, 2023
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Alan T
12 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Friends
Avoid Rachachok Seafood stall. Tourists trap ! Its located in front of Baanzan Market where there are few seafood stalls which set up in the evening. Mediocore taste and keep on pushing us dishes we didn't order and insisted that we ordered and forcing us to pay. Ended up paying THB20k for a group of 15 ! Never even ordered lobsters or crabs !
Written March 29, 2024
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Dabec70
Newtown, Australia1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Couples
The market looks interesting with great seafood. Picked up a lobster for dinner but it came all chopped up in small cubes deep fried served in a lobster shell. It looked nice but tasted cold, like it was cooked an hour ago and was obviously something wrong with it. I ate it as I was hungry and didn’t want to argue, big mistake as I ended up in hospital emergency in few hours with severe allergic reaction. After searching it is clear I was served fake lobster. Avoid the place, or if you buy, cook at home.
Written January 26, 2024
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Snoopy168
Singapore, Singapore476 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Friends
Restaurant booths in a food court setting. Chinese speaking staff. friendly. but you're required to bring your own food, no matter how many dishes you ordered. tourist price as it's the same as those by the street side. better eat in the mall, at least have air conditioning
Written April 5, 2024
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L0la_71
Perth, Australia78 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Couples
This place is fantastic, hard to choose what to eat because there are so many choices!
During our holiday we had dinner here 4-5 times, the staff can be a little pushy to try and get you to have their food.
It's a great place for people watching and the coconut ice cream is the absolute best!
Written April 11, 2024
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Irene Mikaela
Jakarta, Indonesia152 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Couples
I went here the first day i got to Phuket. I was so excited. It was so crowded that it’s even hard to walk. Beside seafood, it also got many Thai snack and food stalls. They basically sell almost the same things as any other night markets. I didn’t find this place so special or whatsoever. It’s also not that much to see. I bought a 50baht mango sticky rice. It tasted not good at all. The rice was so dry.
Written January 21, 2020
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