Patong Beach Restaurant Reviews
Phuket Restaurants & Dining
Patong’s not just about bawdy nightlife. It has the distinction of being southern Thailand’s culinary epicentre and hosts hundreds of restaurants, from high-end, award-winning eateries to laughably cheap street stalls. As befitting an international holiday destination, you will find almost every nationality’s cooking represented here from the obvious – Thai and Italian – to the not so obvious – Russian and Turkish – and plenty more in between.
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Kalim Beach, just north of Patong, is turning into something of a gastronomic hot spot. The village nowadays boasts at least seven top-of-the-line restaurants. One newcomer to the Kalim scene is Acqua, a modern Italian restaurant that is the labour of love of Sardinian-born chef, Alessandro Frau. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
Happily enough, Phuket has its share of fine-dining restaurants. Quality is not an issue here if you’re willing to pay for it. But for a special night out, a real dining experience there’s pretty much only one restaurant that covers all the bases and that’s Baan Rim Pa. Price Range: $$$$ Read More...
Baan Yin Dee is a gem. With a view to die for, in a location that only the privileged could dream about, and an execution of service that rivals the best, Baan Yin Dee, a 21-room boutique hotel with a tastefully fitted-out restaurant, fits into a welcome slot in the island’s culinary kaleidoscope. Price Range: $$ Read More...
Indian food is extremely popular all around the world but like any speciality cooking there are those who succeed and those who don't quite make the grade. One successful Indian restaurant is Baluchi in Patong. Price Range: $$ Read More...
This is Brush, a restaurant featuring artwork and zany colourful creations, the brainchild of locally-based Australian designer and decorator John Underwood. Brush is a hotbed of artistic inventiveness yet its culinary creations are no less resourceful than its visual oeuvres. Price Range: $$$. Read More...
A good example of single-minded dedication is Casablanca Indian and Arabian restaurant in the Royal Paradise Hotel. Casablanca serves up certified Halal food and meets the standards set by the Halal Standard Institute of Thailand and it does so with panache. Price Range: $$ Read More...
Phuket’s award-winning Da Maurizio may be expensive by local standards but on the international stage, and more specifically the Southeast Asian stage, it really is one of the best bargains for lovers of fine dining, wine and excellent service. Price Range: $$$$ Read More...
It’s not often that you get to sit down in a boutique hotel restaurant that is buzzing with anticipation; a place with an atmosphere somewhat akin to a classical orchestra tuning up at a concert. Over there, there’s the violin section tuning to a top ‘E’, when in reality it’s the waiters laying the tables… Price Range: $$$ Read More...
IndoChine restaurant in Kalim, just north of Patong, is a very swank looking affair with ultramodern lines and design, a groovy musical backdrop and impressive views out over Patong bay. With a pan-Asian menu and a decent wine selection it covers a lot of bases. Price Range: $$$. Read More...
There are three types of newly-opened restaurants in Phuket. The first type is timid in nature; it watches its budget closely. The second is brash, boastful and promises the earth and also charges too much. The third is a well-thought out project that aims for the long run. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
It’s a humble-sounding name, for sure, but in point of fact Joe’s Downstairs is one of Phuket’s leading restaurants. The ideal place for sunset cocktails, Joe’s is a regular watering hole for the young and affluent Phuket set. Price Range: $$$$ Read More...
I bet you’re wondering what Kaab Gluay means. Well, it means “banana trunk”. And if you’re further into entomology, the word Patong, (where the restaurant itself is located) means “banana grove.” So now you know. Still, Kaab Gluay is a restaurant that has more to do with seafood than bananas. Price Range: $ Read More...
Italian restaurants abound in Phuket – and nowhere more so than in Patong. One or two are astounding in their innovatory skills. La Casa Pizzeria e Ristorante, part of Patong Bay Garden Resort, is smack-bang in the heart of Patong’s action and is a popular tourist eating spot. Price Range: $$ Read More...
For beachside chic in the heart of Patong it would be hard to beat La Flora Resort & Spa. The spanking-new resort is a lesson in clean lines, clever use of space and modern thinking. Its two food outlets, the Surface Bar and the somewhat oddly named Current of the Sea handle guests and passers by with aplomb. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
La Gritta is one of the most established and well-respected Italian fine-dining restaurants in Patong. For many years now its name has been synonymous with expert cuisine, great food presentation, tasteful décor and stunning views over Patong Bay. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
Patong's side streets are a world of their own and teem with interesting little bars, cafes and restaurants. Soi Dr. Wattana, off Beach Road, is a good example of Patong's diversity and right at the end of this cul de sac is a busy restaurant called Lair Lay Tong (pronounce 'lay-lee-tong). Price range: $ Read More...
A few years ago on the island there was a small and select band of restaurants that hardly advertised and yet each was famous amongst the smart-dining set and well-informed visitors. One restaurant that figured prominently on this elite list is Lim's in Kalim and it's not hard to see why it has this distinction. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
The 9th Floor restaurant here in Phuket is yet another example of the Swiss talent for getting it right; this time in culinary terms. It’s a chic high-rise restaurant in the Sky Inn Condotel, off Rat-U-Thit Road in Patong and is owned and run by Zurich-born Thomas Brack. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
Sala Bua roughly translates as ‘Lotus Pavillion’ in English and indeed, the flower is the leitmotif running through Impiana Cabana Resort in Patong, home of Sala Bua. You’ll find lotuses placed discretely in the lobby, rooms and restaurants at the resort. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
Well known on the island, Salvatore has that rare combination of talent and humility that adds up to an extremely likeable personality and a good host. Salvatore’s Patong is certainly one of the best Italian restaurants in town. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
Sam’s is a byword for great steaks in Phuket and many an expatriate is to be seen there chomping down a top-quality cut and enjoying a good bottle of wine with it. Sam’s had a complete makeover three years back and the décor nowadays is slicker than olive oil on aluminum foil. Price Range: $$$$ Read More...
Patong's Beach Road is a mad maelstrom of activity and a veritable vortex of comings and goings. Many restaurants in this area have a 'the more the merrier' attitude and don't exactly aim for quality, preferring quantity instead. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
There’s something intrinsically different about family run restaurants. Could it be a heightened sense of unity among staff members or a fluidity of service that a “normal” business lacks? Whatever it may be, S&G in Patong possesses this mysterious quality, perhaps without even knowing it. Price Range: $ Read More...
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. Price Range: $$ Read More...
Much of the pleasure of living or visiting Phuket is choosing from the wonderful selection of restaurants whose international executive chefs present foods that are hard to find anywhere else in the world. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
If you enjoy dining amid the breezy hustle and bustle of beach life while watching the world go by then Terrazzo in Patong is just for you. The restaurant is lively, busy and interesting and serves up unpretentious Italian dishes; in short, it's the ideal post-beach eatery. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
A good part of the Patong Beach Road runs adjacent to parking places and pavement. But at the junction of Bangla Road the beachfront restaurants and hotels begin and stretch on until Loma Park. It takes a brave entrepreneur to operate a restaurant on this extremely competitive patch. One such restaurant is The Beach. Read More...
The Royal Kitchen, a Chinese restaurant at the top of the Royal Paradise hotel, has a much sought-after 180-degree view out over Patong and the Andaman and looking down from this lofty perch, Patong below looks like a toy town. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
Restaurants that offer actual beachside dining along Phuket’s west coast belong to an exclusive and select group. After all, there are so few of them. One such establishment is White Box, on Kalim Beach. Price Range: $$$ Read More...
