Patong's Beach Road is about two kilometers long and home to a large number of international dining choices. There are countless high-end restaurants and good old yummy street food stands on this busy throughway facing the Andaman Sea. The bazaar-like atmosphere is fun for those who like a healthy dose of pizzazz with their holidays and for those seeking a little peace and quiet over their meal the back alleys (sois) accommodate well.
Da Maurizio
Da Maurizio is quite simply one of Phuket’s best Italian restaurants. It serves innovative modern Italian cuisine in a beautiful granite-rock beach setting and has an extensive and award-winning wine cellar. Next door to it are two other well-known and award-winning restaurants operated by the same team; Baan Rim Pa Royal Thai restaurant and Joe’s Downstairs which serves Asian-style tapas & seafood. Expect excellence but also expect to pay more than average. (Read a Review of Da Maurizio)
Style: Italian/Thai Royal Cuisine and Asian modern fusion.
Location: Kalim Beach, opposite Novotel Patong Resort.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 344079
Roadside Food Vendors
The ubiquitous and basic setup of simple plastic chairs and tables with a constantly changing view of passers by is a popular choice for many visitors. The vendors start their operation in the late morning and prepare food sometimes until the early hours, others only open late afternoon onwards but you'll always find a place to eat roadside if you look around. Although there are many roadside food vendors in Patong the dishes served are pretty similar, including the well-known spicy papaya salad (som tam) and grilled chicken plus many more Thai/seafood BBQ dishes as well as noodles. Roadside food vendors present a perfect opportunity to try out Thai cuisine at very little cost.
Style: Grilled seafood/chicken, papaya salad, noodles.
Location: Along the sidewalks to the north of, and opposite Loma Park.
 Club Lime
Club Lime is a three-in-one venue; a restaurant, bar and club. With a very modern design (big spacey sofas with lots of pillows), neon-green lighting and open-air seating plus a great eye for the details that count make Club Lime stand out from the usual nighttime entertainment venues. The club brings in many well-known DJ's from all over the place and offers two bars, a dance-floor and three lounges. Club Lime is believed to have one of the best sound systems in town and stays to 'real' music as opposed to most other discos that are thinly disguised pickup joints.
Style: Thai cuisine and European food
Location: Opposite Loma Park near Club Andaman Resort
Tel: +66 (0) 85 798 1850
Patong Municipality Food Court
This food court has been under renovation. It is another good place to sample a lot of different types of Thai fare at low cost.
Style: Thai-street food, seafood and western food.
Location: On the beach side at the intersection of Sawatdirak Road and Beach Road (Loma Park).
 Tantra
Tantra is a nice looking and well fitted out Indian restaurant in a London pub setting; a good venue to relax and sip a few cool drinks after spending the day at the beach. Enjoy traditional and genuine tandoor cooking prepared with authentic Indian ingredients.
Open: Daily from 11:00 – 24.00.
Style: Indian Food
Location: Opposite Patong Municipality Food Court
Tel: +66 (0) 76 296 016
 Finnegan’s Wake
A fun Irish pub along the Beach Road, easy to spot with its green exterior. It serves up great pub food and has a long drinks list.
Style: Western food
Location: Opposite Loma Park, near the Patong Patong Municipality Food Court
Chez Bernard
Not many Patong dining venues can claim that they serve food on the beach (with your feet in the sand) but Chez Bernard can. Chez Bernard is sometimes known as ‘Restaurant No 6’ and is one of the few original and longtime beachfront restaurants in Patong. With simple decoration, mainly from driftwood, and wooden tables and chairs, Chez Bernard offers delicious Thai and western food at a reasonable price from breakfast to dinner. One repeat customer says it has the best French breakfast on the island.
In the same area, right next to Chez Bernard, there are a few more similar types of restaurants including the Beachfront, Sabai Beach and Loma Restaurant. In the back of these, you will find a few bars and another good-looking restaurant called Boat Café. Though they are not right on the beach you can still feel the sea breezes.
Location: Next to Patong Municipality Food Court, near Impiana Phuket Cabana Resort.
Sala Bua in the Impiana Cabana Resort offers fantastic food such as sashimi of red snapper, rock lobster salad, tea-smoked Norwegian salmon with a warm cherry tomato and cucumber salad prepared by one of Phuket's top chefs. The restaurant has a good and well-deserved reputation for outstanding service. Prices are on the high side. Also in the Impiana are, 3 Spices (plenty of delicious creative foods of eastern and western ingredients) and La Salsa (an elegant cantina and cigar bar). (Read a Review of Sala Bua)
Style: International
Location: In the Impiana Cabana Resort on the Beach Road, 200 metres north of Soi Bangla.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340138
été Ice Cream
A small but lovely place to enjoy various types of été ice cream and dairy products.
Style: Ice cream
Location: Next to La Flora Patong, opposite TMB Bank
Tantawan
Tantawan Seafood Restaurant is part of Thara Patong Resort. Open for dinner, the restaurant starts setting up about 16:00. It is a very interesting operation to observe as many types of seafood are laid out on big ice display boat-shaped 'trays' in front of the restaurant. Tantawan also has ‘take away’ cocktails/drinks in plastic cups from 16:00 onward. Most cocktails cost about 100 baht. Next to Tantawan is an Italian restaurant that is also part of the resort.
Style: Seafood/Thai
Location: Thara Patong Resort, opposite Impiana Phuket Cabana Resort
Grillhutte
Long-established Grillhuette restaurant offers plenty of delicious German and Austrian food; pork sausage with fried potatoes and sauerkraut, beef roulade, sauerbraten, pork knuckles and escallops, Vienna style. Prices are reasonable. A clean place with a friendly atmosphere in quiet surroundings.
Style: German and Austrian
Location: Soi Foodland, look for the opticians called ‘Eye Lab’ at the entrance of the soi
Tel: +66 (0) 76 341 456
Swiss Tavern
Another old timer restaurant in Patong, Swiss Tavern serves Swiss, European and Thai dishes. It has a personable and inviting atmosphere, even though it's located right in the centre of things in this busy beach town.
Style: Swiss and Thai
Location: opposite Grillhuette in Soi Foodland
Tel: +66 (0) 76 341 234
Offers Italian fare with a competent and reasonably priced 40-label list of wines including Italian, French and Australian. Dishes come in large portions and prices are on the expensive side. Read more. (Read a Review of La Casa)
Style: Italian
Location: Patong Bay Garden, at the junction of the Beach Road and at the western end of Soi Bangla
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340297
Savoey is one of the biggest seafood restaurants in Patong and has been operating for more than 20 years. The choice of seafood on the photo menu is wide with lobster, crab, fish, king prawns, mussel and squid all served deep-fried, grilled, or steamed. Its sister restaurant is Savory on the Beach, located across the road by the sea. It’s smaller but with a more agreeable white colour scheme. Prices for the seafood differ with size and weight and it can be quite expensive for some items. (Read a Review of Savoey Seafood)
Style: Seafood and Thai
Location: Safari Beach Hotel, Opposite Siam Commercial Bank near Soi Bangla
Tel: +66 (0) 76 398056
Concaved
Concaved is another good-looking restaurant on the beach. It serves mainly French cuisine, Thai and fresh seafood. Prices can be expensive for some items.
Style: French, Thai, seafood
Open: Daily from 09:00 – 24:00
Location: On the beach, at Safari Beach Hotel, across the road from Savoey Seafood Restaurant.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 341 171
Beach Way
Beach Way is a rather small air-conditioned place, selling sandwiches and ice cream. A good people-watching spot.
Style: Sandwiches and ice cream
Location: Next to entrance of Concaved Restaurant
 Patong Seafood
Established in 1979, this is probably the most well-known seafood joint in town. They do seafood Patong style by displaying their wares out on ice at the front of the restaurant. It can be expensive for some items, depending on size and weight.
Style: Seafood and Thai
Location: Near the corner of Soi Bangla on the Beach Road
Pizaro Bar
An open restaurant and bar serving homemade pizza with a large pasta selection.
Style: Italian
Open: Daily from 11:00 till 23:00
Location: entrance of Patong Beach Resort
 Baitong Seafood
Open since 1983, Baitong is part of Patong Beach Resort. Select your own seafood from the displays at the front of this busy place. Seafood sells by weight and some items can be pricey but most are affordable. Live music nightly, this is most definitely not an intimate place. Next door is its sister Thai restaurant, Papaya.
Style: Seafood, Thai and international
Open: Daily from 11:00 till 23:00
Location: Near Banana Disco
Patong Beach Road (Southern Part)
If you check out the southern part of Patong Beach Road, you'll discover a lot more intimate restaurants with affordable prices. Many people are unaware that the sois off the Beach Road are full of food choices, from Thai to world cuisine. These sois include Soi Patong Tower, Soi Post Office and Soi Wattana Clinic.
 Molly Malone's
The most famous Irish pub on the beachfront and sister to Bangla Road's Scruffy Murphy's, it is a lively place to hang out and enjoy the wholesome food (old-fashioned home-style pub food i.e. burgers, pies, fish & chips) & drinks both indoors and outdoors. Molly's has live music nightly from 22:00 onward except Sundays. Prices are affordable.
Style: Western food
Open: from 10:00 to 02:00 but food is served only from 10:00 till 23:00.
Location: next to McDonald’s.
Pizza Company
Thai-owned pizza joint. Offers free delivery service.
Style: Pizza and pasta
Location: Next to Molly Malone's
Tel: 1112
Soi Post Office
Roma Restaurant, open since 1985, offers steaks, pizzas and all things Italian, as does Napoli. Aroi serves Thai/Western food while Marco Polo has a variety of pizzas and Thai food. Sabai Sabai Restaurant serves excellent Thai and Western dishes at very affordable prices.
S&G has long been famous for good Thai food at reasonable prices since 1985. [Read a full review...]
Location: Soi Post Office, off the Beach Road by MacDonald’s
Tel: 076-340151
This long established family restaurant offers a good inexpensive meal in a friendly atmosphere.
Style: Thai, seafood and international [Read a full review]
Location: Look for the Post Office and Krung Thai Bank’s exchange box at the entrance of the soi and walk all the way to the end.
Soi Patong Tower
This soi houses so many good restaurants starting from Karlsson’s Restaurant (Tel: +66 (0) 76 345035) located end of the soi that cooks up juicy steaks in nice surroundings. Harry’s (Tel: +66 (0) 76 340418) is more Swedish than anything else and the Old Dutch Restaurant is busy with customers all day long. Maharaja is a place to stop for Indian and Thai cuisine. Mama Mia Grill & Restaurant has steaks, BBQ's and Thai food. The Sweet has excellent Thai food cooked by locals and has been open since 1991. It is a place to go to for good food at affordable prices. Breakpoint Restaurant offers Thai and International food in a modern décor and atmosphere and claims to sell the cheapest beer in town.
Style: Thai, seafood and international
Location: Near Bank of Ayudhya. Look for a ‘Subway’ at the entrance of the soi.
 Coyote Margarita Bar
Coyote offers Mexican dishes and Southwest American cuisine. Its drinks menu comprises more than 75 margaritas including exotic concoctions such as the Mint Chocolate Margarita, the Butterscotch Margarita, the chili-infused Cajun Margarita and the Black Forest Margarita.
Open: Daily from 11:00 until 01:00 (happy hour from 11:00 – 17:00)
Style: Mexican and Southwestern US Cuisine
Location: Above Watson’s
Tel: +66 (0) 76 344366
 Haagen-Dazs
Haagen-Dazs ice cream and cakes are for people with a sweet tooth. Prices are higher than in Phuket Town.
Open: Daily from 11:00 – 24:00
Location: Next to The Port Restaurant, in front of Banthai Beach Resort
Starbucks
On a very hot day, Starbucks offers a nice air-conditioned indoor sitting area and you can sit outside as well. A good place for people watching as well as for escaping the heat, just a few steps away from the beach.
Style: Coffee & cookies
Open: Daily from 08:00 until 24:00
Location: Next to Watson’s
 The Port
The Port’s outdoor patio is a place to enjoy live music (pop/soft rock and hits) nightly by two bands. It is very popular with tourists and has a mixed Asian and Western crowd. Booking recommended during high season.
Style: Seafood, Thai and international
Location: Near Starbucks, in front of Banthai Beach Resort.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340850-4
Zen
Zen affords good choices of sushi and Japanese food. Prices are reasonable but some items are on the high side (one meal here can buy you a week's worth of food from roadside vendors.)
Style: Japanese
Location: At the beginning of Soi Perpong III (aka Soi Wattana Clinic)
Soi Permpong III (aka Soi Wattana Clinic)
The next soi down is easily spotted by the presence of Zen. Grottino serves authentic Italian cuisine, including pizza from a wood-fired oven. Orchid has a varied menu of Thai and European staples. Ruen Thai serves Thai cuisine… look for its nice design which looks very much like a Thai original house ('Ruen Thai' means Thai house). Orchids Restaurant offers a Thai/European menu. Tasty Restaurant is another Thai Restaurant opened in 1986. The Viva Mexico provides authentic Mexican cuisine at reasonable rates with an interesting margarita drinks lists.
Open from 14:00 - 23:00.
A legend in its own lifetime already, Sea Hag is not only the flagship gay restaurant in Patong, but it stands on its own as a culinary landmark after 15 years on the scene.
Owner Khun Kenya, has shown impeccable taste in décor and atmosphere and with this combination of good food and discernment it’s hard to find a better intimate dining location in his part of Patong – albeit gay or straight. [Read a full review...]
Open: Lunch from 12:00 to 16:00, Diner 18:00 to midnight
Location: 78/5 Permpong Soi III (Soi Wattana Clinic)
Tel: 076-341111
 Lai Mai Restaurant at Baan Lamai
Lai Mai Restaurant is quite popular among tourists as they have good Thai/western/seafood and good entertainment at night. Live (pop) music runs from 20:00 – 01:00 with a few short breaks in between. Prices are affordable.
Style: Thai/western/seafood
Location: Baan Lamai, near Soi Watana
Tel: +66 (0) 76 292 950.
Burger King
Operating 24 hours and easy to find on the Beach Road.
Location: Next to Lai Mai Restaurant not far from Holiday Inn.
 The Palm Seafood
The Palm is part of The Palm Resort and offers fresh seafood with a Thai menu.
Location: Near Burger King
Baluchi specializes in north Indian dishes, which are served in traditional copperware. Prices are slightly elevated but this is genuine Indian cuisine. (Read a Review of Baluchi)
Open: 11:00 – 24:00
Style: Indian, Thai & Continental
Location: Inside Horizon Beach Resort, use the Beach Road entrance near Holiday Inn Resort.
Tel: +66 90) 76 292 526
On the grounds of Holiday Inn, this steakhouse has a striking design and offers almost 90 wines from their famous cellar. It's a good place for that special night out, although it's certainly not cheap. (Link). Other food outlets in the Holiday Inn are Sea Breeze (Coffee Shop), The Busakorn (Thai, Seafood & International) and the Terrazzo (Italian food) (Read a Review of Sam's Steakhouse)
Open: Daily from 18:00 - 22:00
Location: Inside Holiday Inn Resort
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340608
This famous restaurant was set up by the well known British TV personality Keith Floyd. Prices are on the high side. Read the editor’s review on Floyd’s. (Read a Review)
Style: International
Location: Burasari Resort on Ruamjai Rd (turn left at the Holiday Inn corner).
Tel: +66 (0) 76 292 929
La Gritta is one of the most established and well-respected Italian fine-dining restaurants in Patong. For many years now its name has been synonymous with expert cuisine, great food presentation, tasteful décor and stunning views over Patong Bay. The restaurant is notable for achieving a fine balance between contemporary and traditional Italian cuisine – in opulent and tasteful surroundings. [Read a full review]
Location: La Gritta in Amari Coral Beach Resort – south Patong Beach.
Tel: 076-340106-14
Open from 11:00 to 24:00. Seven days a week
With a view to die for, in a location that
only the privileged could dream about, and an
execution of service that rivals the best, Baan
Yin Dee, a 21-room boutique hotel with a
tastefully fitted-out restaurant, fits into
a welcome slot in the island’s culinary
kaleidoscope. [Read a full review]
Location: Baan Yin Dee Resort, 7/5 Muean Ngern Rd. Patong
Tel:
076-294104.
Email: info@baanyindee.com
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