staying on koh chang for a week and looking for restaurant recommondations - can be any where on the island as i will have a car - thanks for any ideas

Have a look at the I am Koh Chang Website or the Koh Chang guide which both have a number of recommendations.

Sea Food - JE Seafood in Klong Prao and Ruan Thai in Bang Bao are good. You could also driver over to Salek Phet, where there is the Seafood restaurant over looking the sea. All pretty good places in my opinion.

In Whitesands, if you want cheap Thai food, Nong Bua Seafood has a good range on their menu, it's always busy as well.

If you want traditional Western food, you can try Paddy's Palms or 15 Palms, both have a decent Western menu. The Sunday roast in Paddy's is good. Monkeys, also offers some good dishes.

Had Kai Mook - You have the Hungary Elephant if you want Western food and there is also Saffron on the sea.

Lonely Beach has a good Thai / Issan food place on the left hand side in the middle going up towards Bang Bao - cant recall the name now, but it is a two story building (very easy to find). There is also a Mexican there.

Pizza - Joe and Marco's in Chai Chet - V.J Plaza do very good Pizza's and there is Ciao in Kae Bae also offering reasonable priced Italoian food. For German food there is Paul's in Whitesands opposite Paddy's Palms.

Bai Lan has the Happy Turtle, good Thai and Western food and also does cooking classes.

That should be a start.

Have a look at the I am Koh Chang Website or the Koh Chang guide which both have a number of recommendations.

Sea Food - JE Seafood in Klong Prao and Ruan Thai in Bang Bao are good. You could also driver over to Salek Phet, where there is the Seafood restaurant over looking the sea. All pretty good places in my opinion.

In Whitesands, if you want cheap Thai food, Nong Bua Seafood has a good range on their menu, it's always busy as well.

If you want traditional Western food, you can try Paddy's Palms or 15 Palms, both have a decent Western menu. The Sunday roast in Paddy's is good. Monkeys, also offers some good dishes.

Had Kai Mook - You have the Hungary Elephant if you want Western food and there is also Saffron on the sea.

Lonely Beach has a good Thai / Issan food place on the left hand side in the middle going up towards Bang Bao - cant recall the name now, but it is a two story building (very easy to find). There is also a Mexican there.

Pizza - Joe and Marco's in Chai Chet - V.J Plaza do very good Pizza's and there is Ciao in Kae Bae also offering reasonable priced Italoian food. For German food there is Paul's in Whitesands opposite Paddy's Palms.

Bai Lan has the Happy Turtle, good Thai and Western food and also does cooking classes.

That should be a start.

Dont forget Budha view in Bang bao, excellent Western/Thai kitchen, nice place over the sea [but a bit pricy]

And the Issan restaurant in Lonely beach is called Sign nam, deff. a great place to eat, but in low season closed for longer period of time due to family visit.

Thanks, that's the place. Buddha VIew is as you mention a nice spot. Sometimes they have service problems, but I had a meal there last week and it was good and service was fine.

There's a place coming from White Sand to ChaiChet on that road but before you hit ChaiChet. Past that random 2/3 beer bars by the side of the road and kind of diagonally opposite a gas station IIRC that is nice. Just do good, cheap Thai food. Have a Thai menu outside which is pretty varied actually. Nothing special to sit in, the old stone bench seats but nice to take food back to your balcony with a beer