Trat is no bastion of nightlife, and most travellers are happy to hang around the old quarter's restaurants exchanging stories over a few beers after dark. Along with solid Thai food and Western selections, the easy-to-find Sea House near the corner of Rhak Muang and Sukhumvit has a small bar and is a popular traveller and expat hangout. For something different, you could head out to Sa Sisiar reservoir to the west of town, where a string of Thai-style barbecue joints serve fiery salads, grilled whole fishes and whiskey with a bucket of ice on terraces overlooking the lake.