Main Pavilion district
Wa Ale Island, Myanmar
Home to the Main Pavilion Restaurant & Bar, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Places in Main Pavilion district
- Main Pavilion Restaurant & Bar An ocean-view restaurant serving three meals a day, accommodating up to 28 guests with a healthy blend of Asian and Mediterranean-inspired dishes.
- Chef Ray's evening dinner Chef Ray's Burmese noodle salads, vegetable curries and spicy grilled fish served each evening.
- Main Pavilion Restaurant & Bar sundowner bar Sundowners enjoyed with ocean views before evening dining.
Practical notes for Wa Ale Island
- Best time to visit
- November to April (dry season), for the calmest conditions to explore the Myeik Archipelago's 800 islands by boat.
- Getting around
- Guests typically fly into Kawthaung or Myeik in southern Myanmar, then transfer by boat to Wa Ale Island within the Myeik Archipelago; once on the island, walking paths connect the two restaurants and accommodations, with boats used for exploring the surrounding 800-island archipelago.
- Currency
- Myanmar Kyat (K); the lodge bills in US dollars.
- Language
- Burmese; English is spoken at the lodge.
- Timezone
- MMT (UTC+6:30)
- Current trends
- Wa Ale Island continues to hold its status as the first and among the very few hotels operating in Myanmar's remote 800-island Myeik Archipelago, with its farm-to-table philosophy and Chef Ray's Burmese-noodle-salad evenings anchoring a distinctly local culinary identity that differentiates it from more internationally styled Andaman Sea resorts in neighbouring Thailand.
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