La Gritta

This spectacularly positioned, smart Italian restaurant serves generous portions of deliciously creamy pasta, gourmet pizza and meat and seafood mains such as Australian beef and fried lemon-and-wine snapper. It's idyllic for sunset Chalong Bay Rum mojitos, with comfy booths, gorgeous beach views and a deck just above the boulder-strewn shore at the south end of Hat Patong.