Rat-U-Thit Road (or 'Rat-U-Thit 200 Pee Road' in full) is the second most prolific road in Patong and runs parallel to the Beach Road for over two kilometres. Rat-U-Thit Road features a dizzying variety of businesses ventures from night entertainments to hotels, banks, malls and many good dining venues. It is slowly gaining a reputation as a culinary destination with a truly international selection of quality eating establishments.
 Aroonsom Patong Food Park
Open until late, Aroonsom Food Park is one of
the most popular open-air dining setups in Patong. Most stands start readying
themselves at about 15:00 and are serving food as early as 16:30. The food park offers various choices of Thai,
Asian, and international cuisine plus seafood. This is a far cry from luxury
dining (think plastic chairs and not-so-solid tables) but the food is usually
very good and quite reasonably priced.
Style: Food Court, Thai and Seafood
Location: Opposite Siam Commercial Bank
Jean-Pierre is the signature restaurant of BYD Lofts and it features gourmet European cuisine as well as outside grills. Enjoy their Friday night parties with top-name DJ’s. Prices above average. Reservations recommended. (Read the editor's review...).
Style: European/International
Location: Off Rat-U-Thit Road, on Aroonsom Plaza next to the Andaman Beach Suite Resort.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 343024
 Briley (Khao Man Kai) Restaurant
You can find kao man kai (boiled chicken and rice) everywhere in Patong especially on the side street
restaurants but Briley probably serves the best in town.
Kao man kai is a one-plate meal consisting of chicken-flavoured rice with
boiled chicken. The ingredients used in kao man kai include ginger, garlic, bean sauce, vinegar and chili (optional)
which results in a very tasty and incredibly cheap lunch – Thailand's
answer to fish and chips.
Style: Chicken Rice
Opens late in the morning and closes about 14:00
or when the food runs out.
Location: Next to the Friendly Dental Clinic opposite Siam Commercial
Bank.
A must-visit for those who care about high-quality food with
extraordinary views of Patong Bay. The sliding floor-to-ceiling glass windows make the 9th floor the highest open-air restaurant in Phuket. The restaurant has a good menu
of international food with more than 180 different wines and a large Cuban cigar
selection. Open daily from 16:00 until late. Booking is necessary and prices
are quite high. (Read Editor's Review)
Style: Western
Location: Ninth floor of Patong Condotel.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 344 311
 Joy’s Cafe
Joy’s Café is a popular restaurant with expats and tourists alike. It features
a wide range of homemade food from Thai dishes to steaks, pizzas and pastas. Open daily from 07:00 to 02:00. Prices are reasonable.
Style: Thai, International
Location: Right across from the Club Andaman Resort main gates. Tel: +66 (0) 76 344 770
Dubai Restaurant
If you feel like Indian and Arabic food, try Dubai Restaurant. On
top of good food, you can enjoy a relaxing waterpipe (aka a sheeshah or hookah) with flavored tobacco. This unique waterpipe has been used for
centuries in the Middle East.
Style: Indian and Arabic
Location: Next door to Parles Fish n' Chip
shop, very close to Club Andaman Resort
This unique
restaurant and theatre has New York-style
cabaret shows at 20:30 and then again at 22:00 nightly except Sundays. They have successfully
converted five shop-houses into a good looking restaurant with an up-market
environment and an outside beer garden. The Playhouse has a good menu
with affordable prices. They also run a cooking school by the name of Manathai. (Read more...)
Style: Thai, International
Location: Diagonally opposite the Paradise Complex.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 341500
Rat-U-Thit Road (Middle Part)
Rat-U-Thit’s middle part houses many good
entertainment spots including a few of the hottest bars and nightclubs
on the island. At the same time, it is also the home of many famous and
well-run restaurants; K-Hotel Restaurant, Two Black Sheep, Euro Deli and the Royal
Kitchen to name but a few. The variety of food served here ranges from Thai,
seafood to all kinds of world dishes. The great thing is that with all these
choices, diners have a chance to taste anything they feel like each and every
day.
Family Mansion
The restaurant at the Family Mansion is located on its ground floor.
This big eatery looks busy all the time, especially during lunchtime. Prices
are reasonable.
Style: Thai and western
Location: Next to the entrance of Patong Sub Inn
Subway
If you need something simple and fast, try the sandwich shop Subway. It
is a part of the Subway brand from the US which has more than 20,000 stores worldwide.
They also have a 24-hour delivery service.
Style: Sandwiches
Location: Opposite the Baan Sainamyen Municipality School
Tel: +86 (0) 76 349009
 Tiger Inn Restaurant
Tiger Restaurant is part of Tiger Inn and is another busy place. The
restaurant has an interesting exterior and interior with a jungle theme. There
is a pool table on the second floor.
Location: Opposite Royal Royal Paradise Hotel.
Style: Thai and Seafood
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340877
 Patong Seafood Food Court
This food court is a must for all seafood lovers. The dozen or
so excellent seafood restaurants (among of them are 99 Seafood, No 64, Red Boat
and Yoyo) make it the biggest open-air seafood dining complex in town. Simply
make your choice of seafood and they will instantly prepare it for you. The
food court starts getting busy in the late afternoon and stays open till late. Diners
like this place because of its easy going atmosphere and the friendly waiters
with reasonable English. Menus usually have photographs of the dishes available
and prices are reasonable. Many people start their evening there before
crossing the road to the Paradise bazaar for shopping.
Style: Food Court, Seafood
Location: Opposite the Royal Paradise Hotel
K-Hotel Restaurant
K-Hotel Restaurant is a beer garden type of restaurant and is
attached to the eponymous hotel. Set in a lush tropical garden, the restaurant
offers an extensive and generously proportioned range of Austrian, Thai and international
dishes. They also have a large aquarium from which you can select lobsters and other
seafood.
Open daily 11:00-23:00. Prices are affordable.
Location: K-Hotel, Opposite Bangkok Bank.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340832-3
 Orient Palace
Orient Palace is another good Arabic restaurant which also serves Thai
and seafood dishes.
Style: Arabic, Thai and Seafood
Location: Next to the fruit stands, opposite Royal Paradise Hotel.
Royal Kitchen is a well-known Chinese Restaurant inside the Royal
Paradise Hotel. They serve Cantonese cuisine with many famous dishes (and some
hard-to-find dishes) including 'Monk Jumps over a Wall' soup. (Read Editor's Review)
Style: Cantonese/Chinese Cuisine
Lunch: 11:00 to 14:00. Dinner: 18:00 to 23:00
Location: on 25th Floor at the Royal Paradise Hotel.
Tel: +66
(0)76 340 666
 Two Black Sheep
Two Black Sheep Aussie Restaurant & Bar serves good Aussie steaks
and pies. It is a famous hangout for local expats as well as for tourists. Maybe
the nightly live music from 22:00 onward and UBC sports channel has something
to do with it.
Style: Aussie
Location: Opposite the Royal Paradise Hotel.
Tel: +66 (0) 89
8722 645
Euro Deli
Euro Deli Restaurant is a modern Thai-European restaurant, part
of the Sand Inn. It also serves Russian cuisine. Food is reasonably priced and
it's a good place to people watch.
Style: Thai-European
Open: 24 hours.
Location: At the corner of Bangla Road
junction.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340275
Now you're really talking choices. At the last count, Jungceylon was home to fifteen trillion restaurants, cafés,
bars and pubs, ice cream parlours and coffee shops. All the major players are here, spread
throughout the multilayered five shopping zones and there's a fresh food market
out back with its own restaurants and food stalls. (Read more about Jungceylon...).
Location: Diagonally opposite Soi Bangla
Food Court at Banzaan Fresh
Market
Many tourists will enjoy exploring the Banzaan Fresh Market. It is basically a modern-looking Thai market (meaning cleaner and
less smelly). Their goods are separated into sections, each for meat, seafood,
vegetables, flowers and Thai sweets. Here, it's fun to browse through and try
out some of the weird-looking but wonderfully tasting tropical fruit.
There is
a big food court on the second floor which is opens from 09:00 to 19:00 but
sometimes the food is all finished an hour before that. You can even buy fresh
seafood from the first floor then go upstairs and have it cooked for you on the
spot for very little money. On the ground floor outside the market is a stand-alone
restaurant worth visiting. It is called Hemingway’s and their menu
covers steaks, pastas, spaghetti and (real) Thai food.
Location: Behind Jungceylon
Pum’s Restaurant & Bar is in a
bright orange-coloured shop-house, and also operates as a cooking school .
It has an open space to one side which is used as a dining area and a small
open-bar at one end. Thai food. (Read more...)
Style: Thai Food
Location: Near Jungceylon
Tel: +66 (0) 76 346 269
Rat-U-Thit Road (Southern Part)
There are restaurants of all kinds in the
southern part of Rat-U-Thit Road; Thai, Japanese, English,
Mexican, Russian, Scandinavian, German, Austrian, and Italian. This area use to be the less active area on the
Road. Just over a few years, there are a lot of businesses opening up as well
as many good restaurants. One can’t help but noticed that among the new
restaurants opening lately, many are Arabic and Indian restaurants. These
really make Rat-U-Thit Road the street of world
cuisines.
Alibaba
Alibaba Restaurant offers Indian and Arabic food
on separate menus as well as seafood. They have an air-con room for dining and
al fresco dining where customers can enjoy smoking a hookah. Appetizers start
from 60 baht.
Style: Indian and Arabic food
Location: Opposite Top Charoen Opticians
Coffee Re Gelato
Coffee Re Gelato offers homemade Italian dishes include pasta and pizza. Prices are
affordable.
Style: Italian
Location: Near Christin Massage
SKAL
SKAL Restaurant serves Scandinavian and Thai dishes at very
reasonable prices. They also do Russian and Mediterranean fare.
Style: Scandinavian and Thai
Location: Near Christin Massage.
Tel:
+66 (0) 76 340583
 Cairo
Cairo Restaurant is a place where people not only go for Halal food but for a smoke on a waterpipe. Cairo has an
amazing 12 different flavors to choose from such as grape and apple – all
imported from Egypt. Here's where to chill in a nice ambience with Arabic music
in the background – in fact all it really misses is a belly dancer. The
menu features Thai, Arabic and Indian dishes as well as mint tea and Arabic
coffee to accompany your hookah experience.
Style: Thai, Arabic and Indian
Open from noon to 02:00 daily.
Location: Near Holiday Inn Phuket Resort.
Tel: 086- 9466143
 Dubai Sheeshah
Dubai Sheeshah Restaurant offers
Indian, Arabic and seafood. They also have waterpipes.
Style: Indian, Arabic and seafood
Location: Next to Tony Resort
BBQ Hut
BBQ Hut is very popular with expats for its
good value, delicious Mexican food and barbeque dishes. A burger served with
salad and chips here is extremely reasonably priced for Patong. Try their
famous sweet potato pie (ask for vanilla ice-cream on the side).
Style: Tex-Mex barbeque
Open from 08:00
to 23:00.
Location: South end of Rat-U-Thit Road, before the last turn to the Beach Road. Look
for the sign saying 'Where the locals eat'.
Tel: +66 (0) 76 340 278
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Royal Kitchen Chinese Restaurant
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