Best Breakfast in Fisherman's Village
Start your day with exceptional breakfast dining at GREENLIGHT Café, Koh Samui
Breakfast in Fisherman's Village, Served All Day
GREENLIGHT Café sits inside the old shophouse block of Fisherman's Village, about 20 metres back from Bophut Beach. The kitchen opens at 7:00 AM, breakfast service runs to 10:30 AM, and the All Day Breakfast section then stays on the menu right through to close at 10:00 PM. If your flight landed at two in the afternoon and what you want is shakshuka, that is a normal order here.
The cooking leans organic and plant-forward without being preachy about it. There is a proper fry-up on the menu, there is salmon on toast, and there is a whole page of things built out of coconut, quinoa, tofu and fruit. Nothing on the breakfast list is over THB 320.
- ✓Thirteen dishes on the All Day Breakfast list, THB 240 to 320
- ✓Gluten-free banana pancakes and gluten-free wraps as standard
- ✓Five plant-based breakfasts plus five vegan smoothie bowls
- ✓Almond, soy, oat and coconut milk on the coffee bar
- ✓A minute's walk from the beach and the Walking Street
What Is Actually on the Breakfast Menu
Prices below are the current café prices in Thai baht. The full list, including lunch and dinner, is on our restaurant menu page.
Eggs and the fry-up
- Tinglish Breakfast — 280. Eggs, bacon or ham, grilled tomato, mushrooms, toast, jam and butter. The full-English equivalent, cooked Thai-side.
- Red Shakshuka — 290. Eggs poached in tomatoes and vegetables.
- Green Shakshuka — 290. Eggs poached in a green-vegetable sauce. The one people come back for.
- Eggs on Toast — 260. Two-egg omelette or scrambled.
- Croissant — 260. Ham and cheese, or scrambled eggs with bacon.
Sweet, grains and fruit
- Banana Pancakes & Fruit — 240. Gluten-free, with seasonal fruit and coconut caramel.
- Coconut Granola Bowl — 290. House-baked coconut granola and fruit.
- Coconut Oatmeal — 240. Whole-grain oats in creamy coconut milk.
- Breakfast Quinoa — 290. Quinoa porridge, coconut milk, caramelised banana.
Toast plates
- Avocado Toast — 280. Fresh herb chutney, sliced avocado.
- Tofu Scramble on Toast — 260. Sautéed spinach, mushrooms, sweet chilli.
- Mushrooms on Toast — 260. Mushrooms in a creamy coconut sauce.
- Marinated Salmon — 320. Herb chutney and miso-tahini sauce on toast.
Superfood smoothie bowls — 280
Each comes with three toppings; extra toppings are 50 baht. Choose from coconut granola, mixed nuts, goji berries, almond butter, peanut butter, yoghurt, mixed seeds, chia, cacao nibs, dates, mango, banana, papaya and pineapple.
- Chocolate Maca. Banana, maca, cacao, coconut water, vegan protein, dates.
- Super Green. Pineapple, spirulina, celery, spinach, mango.
- Matcha Love. Pineapple, matcha, passion fruit.
- Blueberry Field and Strawberry Chia.
The Coffee and What Goes With It
Espresso is 50 baht, americano 70, flat white 70, cappuccino and latte 80, mocha 100. Beyond the standards there is a matcha latte at 120, a butterfly pea and ginger latte at 120, a superfood coffee at 120, an iced citrus coffee at 130 and a coconut frappuccino at 130. Almond, soy, oat and coconut milk are all available.
If coffee is not the plan, there are eleven fresh juices at 160, fifteen smoothies at 190, hot tea by the pot at 100 — lemongrass and ginger, goji turmeric, butterfly pea and lime, green, English breakfast — and kombucha at 100 in six flavours.
Gluten-Free and Vegan Breakfast in Fisherman's Village
This is the question we get asked most, so here it is in plain terms rather than as a footnote. The banana pancakes are gluten-free as they come. So are the shakshukas, the breakfast quinoa and the smoothie bowls if you skip the granola topping. Later in the day, the entire wrap section of the menu is built on gluten-free wraps.
On the plant-based side: tofu scramble on toast, avocado toast, mushrooms on toast, coconut oatmeal, breakfast quinoa and all five superfood smoothie bowls are vegan, and the coffee bar carries four plant milks. Guests staying with us can take the vegan or gluten-free version of the breakfast add-on at the same price as the rest.
Say what you need when you order. The kitchen is small enough that the person cooking your food hears it directly.
Where We Are, and When to Come
We are at 3/28 Moo 1, Bo Put, inside the Fisherman's Village block and roughly 20 metres back from Bophut Beach — under a minute on foot, which we would rather say than call ourselves beachfront. Bophut faces northwest and the water is calm year-round, so the beach in the morning is quiet and swimmable before the day heats up.
In high season the tables between 8:30 and 10:00 AM fill up. Before 8:30 you will usually walk straight in. On Friday mornings the village is at its calmest, because the whole street is being set up for the evening Walking Street market — worth knowing if you want photographs of the shophouses without a crowd in them.
Parking is available on site at 40 baht per hour; on Friday afternoons the village parking fills from around 4:30 PM, so morning is the easy time to drive in. New to the area? Our guide to Fisherman's Village covers the market, the beach and getting here.
Breakfast Questions We Get Asked
What time is breakfast served in Fisherman's Village?
Our kitchen opens at 7:00 AM and breakfast service runs to 10:30 AM. The All Day Breakfast section stays on the menu until closing at 10:00 PM, so eggs at four in the afternoon are not a problem.
Is there a gluten-free breakfast in Fisherman's Village?
Yes. The banana pancakes with seasonal fruit and coconut caramel (THB 240) are gluten-free as standard, as are the shakshukas, the breakfast quinoa and the superfood smoothie bowls when ordered without the granola topping. Later in the day our entire wrap section is built on gluten-free wraps. Tell the kitchen when you order and they will adjust.
Do you serve a vegan breakfast?
Yes. The tofu scramble on toast (THB 260), avocado toast with herb chutney (THB 280), coconut oatmeal (THB 240), breakfast quinoa (THB 290), mushrooms on toast in creamy coconut sauce (THB 260) and all five superfood smoothie bowls (THB 280) are plant-based. Almond, soy, oat and coconut milk are available for coffee.
Do you need to book breakfast?
No reservation is needed for breakfast. In high season the tables between 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM fill up, so arrive before 8:30 AM if you want a quiet one.
Is breakfast included if I stay at GREENLIGHT?
Breakfast is an optional add-on at THB 680 per person rather than being bundled into the room rate, and it covers Tinglish, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and Asian versions. Rooms can also be booked without it.
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Come for Breakfast
No reservation needed. Walk in from the beach or from the street — we are open from 7:00 AM, every day.