Patong Beach Restaurants

Being the main centre of tourist activity in Phuket, it's no surprise that Patong has the highest concentration of restaurants to be found on the island. Patong is a cosmopolitan place, attracting visitors from all over the world and the cuisine on offer here reflects this in its diversity.

If you're feeling adventurous there's bound to be something you've never heard of and if you're missing the pleasures of home you're sure to discover a restaurant with some down-home comfort food.

Patong dining establishments run the gamut from hand-wheeled carts selling kebabs and sticky rice all the way to world-class fine dining, with celebrity chefs and award-winning wine lists. There are Thai food courts, where you can join the locals for a delicious and incredibly inexpensive meal, mid-range restaurants with solid and budget-friendly European food and trendy places with nouvelle cuisine and arty décor where the Beautiful People come to see and be seen.

Beach Road Restaurants

The main part of Patong is chock full of dining choices, so many that to name them all would require an entire guide unto itself. Additionally, places appear and disappear like David Copperfield's car keys so keeping an accurate, up-to-date record is nearly impossible. We've done our best to provide you with a good idea of what to expect and what to look for. Along the Beach Road from Sawatdirak Road to Bangla there are dozens of eateries to choose from. The Andaman Bazaar features a selection of different places to nourish yourself. On the beach side of the road there is a large, airy food court with almost two dozen different small stands. (Read more...)

Rat-U-Thit Road Restaurants

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. (Read more...)

Bangla Road Restaurants

Bangla Road itself has a few options for mid-party snacking. La Cantina is located at the back of Soi Eric and you can order a tasty Italian meal from any bar on the soi and the girls will deliver it right to your table. Halfway up the road is Scruffy Murphy's – just the place if you're after pub grub. There are a number of international restaurants on Soi Bangla Square, including Rico's Pizzeria and Steakhouse and The Islander. Las Margaritas at the end of Bangla (farthest from the beach) serves a decent variety of dishes and there is an outlet of The Pizza Company if you've got the urge for a late night pizza. (Read more...)

Patong North

Coming down Patong Hill from Phuket City you will arrive at the north-eastern corner of Patong. From the first intersection at the bottom of the hill you can take a left and travel down Sai Nam Yen Road, where most of Patong's Thai population lives.

Tucked along this quiet street are the inexpensive but wonderful little shacks and stalls where the hotel and restaurant staff members go to eat. When it comes to food you can always trust the Thais to know the best places for cheap eats so cruise this road and look for the places that are packed with locals.

The rest of North Patong is quite similar, if not quite as Thai. Many of the restaurants located here are inexpensive places where locals go to eat. Kaab Gluay (Photo) is an excellent choice if you want a set of extremely tasty Thai dishes with wine for the same price as one plate of food in a five-star hotel.