Big Bad Thai

El Nido


At this popular upstairs place on El Nido's main drag, dishes like pad krapow (stir-fried minced meat) and crab curry emerge from the kitchen on attractive wooden plates. The Thai chef pulls no punches with the spice if you ask for it hot – you've been warned.


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Nearby El Nido attractions

2. Cadlao Island

2.34 MILES

Cadlao Island is like a mini–Tahiti miraculously relocated to the Bacuit Archipelago. In addition to being a wonderful piece of eye candy for those…

3. Maremegmeg Beach

2.42 MILES

Often called Las Cabanas Beach after a local resort, this is the closest nice beach to El Nido and has a rockin' sunset bar scene centred around Beach…

4. Lio Beach

2.59 MILES

The wealthy Ayala conglomerate, in conjunction with Ten Knots Travel, are developing this wide white-sand beach 7km north of El Nido proper into a swanky…

5. Miniloc Island

5.67 MILES

Miniloc Island is perhaps the most interesting of the archipelago's islands. The main attractions are Big Lagoon, Small Lagoon and Secret Lagoon, three of…

6. Nagkalit-kalit Waterfalls

6.16 MILES

From a signpost on the National Hwy 3km south of the Nacpan Beach turn-off, it’s a 40-minute walk through several rivers to these gentle falls, with a…

7. Matinloc Island

7.34 MILES

Like the back of a half-submerged stegosaurus, Matinloc Island snakes some 8km along the western edge of the Bacuit Archipelago. Along with neighbouring…

8. Nacpan Beach

9.25 MILES

For an easy day trip out of El Nido, head north by tricycle or motorbike to this incredible, golden-hued, 3km-long beach. Development has arrived in…