Orion Healing Centre (Ko Phangan)
Address: 15/2 Moo 8, Sri Thanu, Ko Phangan, 84280
Phone Number: 0890480020 / 0898380085
Opening Hours: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM Daily
Website: www.orionhealing.com
Cuisine: Thai, western, raw
As you can probably guess from the name this restaurant is part of a detox, yoga and wellness retreat. They have signs up all round Sri Thanu but it was hard to find and they don’t have a sign at the place where you need to turn off! Here are the directions.
Head town the main road in Sri Thanu away from Haad Yao. When you reach the end, the road will bend to the left. Instead, take the right turn in towards Loyfah bungalows and keep going down and you will see it on the right hand side right down in the bay.
This place is something of a mecca for the raw foodist. They have an array of dishes ranging from raw Pad Thai to raw sandwiches to raw noodles as well as raw juices and you can order creative smoothies with lots of interesting additions to them. They also have raw cheesecakes which looked amazing.
They also have Thai food with the interesting option of quinoa instead of rice, and other healthy western cooked foods such as pasta, burgers, steamed vegetables and more. The raw Pad Thai tasted fantastic I am always in awe of how they can make raw food this good. I noticed they have a raw cooking course as part of their program – I must take one sometime.
The only disappointment is that they offer yoghurt in one of their breakfast items as well as honey and bee pollen products so they are not a vegan restaurant, everything else is otherwise completely dairy (and of course meat) free.
The setting is gorgeous as you are right there in front of the bay and you can sit right out there and enjoy the view.
I was really pleased to find this place on my last day in Sri Thanu. Anyone looking for a raw meal or just a healthy clean meal will love it here.