Whitening Restaurant

5 Matt ETG - 7 months ago

Such a great all round place to dine. Everything we tried was so tasty, well presented and priced. Great service, nice vibe and right on the beach. Lots of different drinks options with extensive wine list. Book ahead if you want a table near the front. Would definitely go back! Such a great spot.

5 Duyen Tran (Tỏi) - 7 months ago

How the beach view makes you feel so chilling. This restaurant is decorated with white tone and such so match with the beach. Recommended when you go to Koh Tao. They also becomes a little pub at night. It definitely makes many best shoots

4 Cecily Reeves-Jones - 3 months ago

Great! We visited Whitening after reading about it in a guidebook and walking past and seeing the beautiful setting. The restaurant is very trendy, mostly white and wooden, with a beautiful view over the sea.

There’s a huge range of spirits and a well stocked bar, we made the most of 160 baht Aperol spritz during happy hour (4-7pm).

It was tricky to decide on food as everything looked very appealing. We started with local oysters, which sadly were a little disappointing, we live by the sea at home and have lots of fresh oysters. I wouldn’t want to say they weren’t fresh, but they were very cold and hard, as if they could have been frozen.

The other food was tasty, we had a salmon crostini to start, and Vongole and king mackerel fillet for mains. The clams were cooked well in the pasta, and it was lovely and garlicky, the sauce maybe could’ve been cooked off for a bit longer as it tasted quite wine-y. The mackerel fillet was delicious, super crispy, we added the wasabi aioli, which I really recommend.

We had a slight issue with our pudding, the banana split was super disappointing. Just a sliced banana, which was cold, 4 dots of chocolate sauce and one scoop of ice cream. I understand it was supposed to be more refined than a regular banana split, but it didn’t really match the description on the menu, or our expectations. Staff were super good as resolving our issues though!

Overall, it was very pleasant, despite the couple of errors. It is one of the more expensive restaurants on the front, so we would’ve hoped for a perfect dinner experience.

4 Kritika Bulsook - 3 weeks ago

It's our second time here. We love the atmosphere. The view is great. We especually like the large selection of alcoholic beverages. The food is tasty. However this last time, my friend got a bit of food poisoning, maybe from clam. I'm pk though.

4 Shirin Samara - a month ago

Very nice place, good service.
The beef salad and the yum som are perfection.
What sucks is that the whole restaurant is full of smoke and smell from the kitchen :( but there are also tables on the beach..

5 Chris Couchman - 7 months ago

Always have a great meal here. Sunsets are great here. Nice staff and amazing calamari. Can’t go wrong with any dish.

5 William Mitchell - 6 months ago

Great Thai and Western dishes at Whitening in Koh Tao. The beachside restaurant has the classic white paint beach house vibe. Great oysters, vongole, and laarb salmon. Enjoy!