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 sHong Kong, China28 contributionsFresh seafood at affordable priceWe 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 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten November 28, 2023
- Snoopy168Singapore, Singapore476 contributionsfood court with tourist menuRestaurant 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 conditioningVisited March 2024Traveled with friendsWritten April 5, 2024
- L0la_71Perth, Australia78 contributionsFantastic outdoor marketThis 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 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten April 10, 2024
- MrsSiewSingapore, Singapore525 contributionsNeed to bargain hard and be firm1st 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 2024Traveled with familyWritten September 10, 2024
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Tuncay k
Istanbul, Türkiye7 contributions
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
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 !
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
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
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.
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
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gladys s
Hong Kong, China28 contributions
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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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Mak cik kiah bought 3 kg of fish and 2 kg of vegetables for RM15 . Madam Lee bought 2kg of fish and 4kg of vegetables for RM14 .Find the prize for : a) 1kg of fish b) 1kg of vegetables .
Written April 28, 2020
Hi. Any idea what time does the food court on the second floor closes?
Written November 9, 2019
hello travelers. how much do they charge for cooking purchased seafood @ the market. thanks
Written October 12, 2018
You can expect an average of 250 baht per dish. We had five seafood items and we ordered some rice and a plate of vegetables and ended up paying 1500 baht in total
Written October 13, 2018
merhaba kaya. biz de sadece lobster yemek için gitçez ancak aldığım yer pişirmiyor mu? onu anlamadım. lobster ın fiyatı ne ortalama bu arada
Written August 6, 2018
Hat der Markt Neujahr geöffnet?
Written January 1, 2018
liliyakatysheva
Gelendzhiksky District, Russia
Подскадите как заказать приготовление купленных морепродуктов на втором этаже рынка? Я правильно поняла, выбираю в меню способ приготовления, мне называют цену всего приготовленного, я иду оплачиваю в кассе отдаю чек и жду пока мне приготовит ?
Written October 9, 2017
Почему сейчас такие дорогие фрукты?? Приезжали в Таиланд пол года назад на Кату, манго стоил 50-70бат за кг, сейчас на Патонге 150-200бат 🙀
Written September 14, 2017
juli3212017
Melbourne, Australia
Can you buy thai spices ? If yes...how much would it cost?
Written May 22, 2017
Yes, they have local spices,but I'm not sure which prices are, but they are certainly not expensive.
Written May 23, 2017
All prices are quoted per 100 grams . I paid 650 baht for 150grams of pippis,a whole calamari,2 blueswimmers crabs, 6 tiger prawns,we then took our purchases outside to a rather spacious resturant bar that backs on to the market that charged another 200 baht to cook it. The menu was extensive and all cooked to perfection, cant beat live seafood.This was lunch for 2 people.
Written August 31, 2015
Hi! Until what time is this place open? Thanks!
Written May 12, 2015
As in all markets all over the world, it opens early in the morning and by late morning, most of the 'market' stall will be closed however the fresh seafood, fruits and some food stall will still be open until late evening. Hope this helps.
Written August 31, 2015
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