Moom Aroi is a seafood restaurant in Pattaya that sits right on the water in Naklua, the quieter north end of town. My wife and I drove over from our hotel for a late lunch on Sunday 23 August 2026. It was our first visit and we paid ฿850 for two in an air-conditioned room facing the sea. This post covers how to find it, where to sit, what we ate and the one dish I would add to the order.

Finding This Seafood Restaurant In Pattaya

Moom Aroi is at 83/4 Soi Naklua 4 and opens daily from 10.30am to 11pm. The name means delicious corner, which some listings spell Mum Aroi. Look for the green Thai lettering on a pink triangle above the gate.

The Moom Aroi name in green Thai script on a pink and purple triangle above a steel-framed gate, under a grey sky.
The gate sign reads Moom Aroi in Thai: มุมอร่อย.

We were staying at the Pullman Pattaya Hotel G on Wong Amat Beach and drove over, although a taxi would do the job as well. Parking is free and the car park is huge.

The white two-storey entrance building at Moom Aroi with a dark timber porch, cartoon statues and menu boards beside the door.
The entrance on Soi Naklua 4.

Live Tanks And Prices By The Kilo

Tiled tanks hold the live seafood, with boards that price it by the fish or by the kilo. On our visit sea bass was ฿480 a fish, blue swimming crab ฿1,200 a kilo and Phuket lobster ฿3,900 a kilo. A poster offered live grouper at ฿899 a fish, cooked any way you like.

A tiled tank of live prawns with air bubbling through the water beside a blue plastic tub.
Live prawns in one of the tanks.

Open Hall Or Air-Conditioned Room

The main dining room is a huge open-sided hall under a steel roof, with fans, rows of tables and the sea along one side. It was busy at 2.43pm on a Sunday, yet we did not have to wait, because there are so many tables. As it was not packed, the staff let us choose where to sit. We took one of the glass-fronted VIP rooms, which have air conditioning, at no extra charge.

Glass-fronted VIP dining rooms at Moom Aroi with red V.I.P. 6 lettering on the window and a booking sign on the door.
The VIP rooms are air-conditioned and face the hall through glass.

For dinner I would book ahead. The sign on the VIP room door gives 062 835 9455, by phone or LINE, for tables and VIP rooms.

What We Ate

We ordered tom yum with seafood, stir-fried morning glory and rice. All of it was terrific. Order the tom yum as we did: it arrives in a steel hot pot and it is a proper Thai tom yum with a mix of seafood in it.

A steel hot pot of orange tom yum soup with pieces of squid and fish, coriander leaves and a ladle.
Tom yum with seafood, served in a hot pot.
Stir-fried morning glory with garlic cloves and red chillies in a light brown sauce on a white oval plate.
Stir-fried morning glory with garlic and chillies.

The bill for two came to ฿850, which I thought was fair. A notice on one of the pillars asks you to tell the manager if a dish tastes off, so that the kitchen can change it at once.

The dish I would add is goong chae nam pla, raw prawns marinated in fish sauce, which the menu lists at ฿360. It is one of my favourite Thai dishes: it can look scary, but it is amazing to eat. The heat is medium, so be warned.

The Sea View And The Small Beach

The terrace looks straight out to sea, with fishing boats at anchor and the far shore of the bay on the horizon. Below it is a very small beach. You can walk down to it, as one family had done with their children while we were there.

The seafront terrace at Moom Aroi with wooden benches under a deep roof, a narrow strip of sand and two timber rafts moored offshore under grey cloud.
The small beach beside the terrace, where a family was playing on the sand.
Small fishing boats at anchor on a grey sea under heavy cloud, with a distant shoreline on the horizon.
Fishing boats off Naklua on 23 August 2026.

This was our first meal at Moom Aroi and we will be back. For more on the town, read our guide to Pattaya, which is about two hours by car from Bangkok. We will add more places to eat as we review them.