What to Do at Night in Kata Beach?
Kata Beach offers a laid-back but lively nightlife scene, with a mix of beachfront bars, hilltop venues, and casual beer bars. The famous Ska Bar, set on the rocks at the southern end of the beach, is a great place to enjoy a drink with reggae vibes. For a more scenic experience, several panoramic bars above Kata Noi Beach offer stunning sunset views. After dinner, the Kata Beach Night Market is a fun spot to explore, with street food, shopping, and live music. In Kata Centre, a small street lined with old-fashioned beer bars attracts those looking for a classic nightlife experience. Cannabis shops are also becoming a common sight, adding another option for visitors exploring the area after dark.
The Sundeck Phuket
| Type: Rooftop Bar & Restaurant – Cuisine: Mediterranean – Price: $$$ High |
The Sundeck is a rooftop bar and restaurant high above Kata Noi Beach, not far from the famous Karon Viewpoint. The location is on the roadside between Kata Beach and Nai Harn Beach, and almost everyone drives past this stunning viewpoint at least once. You can stop at any time of the day for just a drink with a view, making it a perfect break during your exploration of South Phuket.
The Sundeck serves Mediterranean-inspired cuisine and great sangria, with DJ music and comfortable sofas setting the mood. Being a trendy lounge, it is naturally more expensive than the neighbouring local restaurants, but travellers come here for the atmosphere, the music and those cocktails you won’t find next door.
Location: above Kata Noi Beach
Address: 228 Pasak Road, Tambon Karon, Amphoe Mueang, Chang Wat Phuket 83000
Phone: 064 142 5496
Hours: 11 am – 10 pm
Fira Beach Club
| Type: Beach Club & Restaurant – Cuisine: Mediterranean – Price: $$$ High |
Fira Beach Club is an immense rooftop bar and restaurant with luxurious beach club vibes and a Mediterranean atmosphere, located high above Kata Noi Beach. The club offers stunning panoramic views, making it a great spot for relaxation, special events, or just a sunset drink. Fira features luxurious daybeds designed for 2 to 8 guests, with VIP cabanas and private rooms available for larger groups.
The second-floor restaurant, KIPO, is led by Chef Ramon Verano, who combines coastal Mediterranean flavours with local ingredients. Above that, DOXA sky bar is renowned for its sunset views and mixology. Note that the prices are quite high, and if you drive, parking can be a bit challenging.
Location: above Kata Noi Beach
Address: 228 6-7 Khok Tanod Road, Karon, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83100
Phone: 092 958 8621
Hours: 11 am – 10 pm
Website: firaphuket.com
Ska Bar Kata Beach & Kata Seafood Restaurant
| Type: Beach Bar & Restaurant – Cuisine: Thai & Seafood – Price: $ Affordable |
Ska Bar is a small but iconic reggae bar built in the shade of an immense tree, right on the beach in Kata. This unique setting makes it a perfect spot to end your day on the beach, even if you are not a reggae fan. The atmosphere is relaxing, the view of the bay beautiful, and while you can’t really see the sunset from the bar itself, you can admire the sky colours reflecting on the wet sand.
Ska Bar is part of the Kata Seafood restaurant, which is also right on the beach. The Thai food served is not exceptional, but it’s a convenient place to have breakfast, lunch or dinner without having to go back to the back road of Kata Beach. Reaching Ska Bar is a bit tricky as there is only a very narrow alley leading to it from the back street.
Location: Kata Beach (south end)
Address: 186/12 Patak Rd., Ban Kata, Phuket 83100
Phone: 081 797 0559
Hours: 8 am – 10.30 pm
Kata Night Market
| Type: Night Market – Cuisine: Street Food – Price: $ Cheap |
Kata Night Market is not a very well-known market, as it is rather hidden between a maze of buildings and small hotels in the middle of Kata Beach, roughly behind the Club Med hotel. Despite its hidden location, it has become popular for its variety of cheap food and dishes sold in numerous small stalls. The market operates in a food court way, allowing visitors to browse the many shacks until they find what they want, order, pay, pick up their food, and sit at any of the many tables located in the middle of the market.
Location: Kata Beach
Address: Muang Patak Rd, Tambon Karon, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83100
Hours: 2 pm – 11 pm
GoodBar Bar & Cafe
| Type: Bar & Cafe – Cuisine: Thai – Price: $ Affordable |
GoodBar Bar & Cafe is a casual spot in the heart of Kata Beach, known for serving authentic Thai food, including their signature Som Tum, a spicy green papaya salad. Open late until 2 am, it’s one of the few places in Kata where you can grab a drink and a bite well into the night.
Location: Kata Beach
Address: 108/9 Old, Soi Pakbang, Karon, Phuket 83100
Phone: 061 298 2830
Hours: 11 am – 2 am
Tree Bay Clubhouse Phuket
| Type: Restaurant & Bar – Cuisine: Thai & International – Price: $$$ High |
Tree Bay Clubhouse is built on a hillside below the renowned Karon Viewpoint, a two-storey restaurant offering breathtaking views of three famous bays: Kata Noi Beach right below, then Kata Beach, and Karon Beach in the distance.
Since the rooftop is open from noon, this is a great spot to stop over during your exploration of South Phuket. The beautifully designed building is a massive circular platform with a curved roof made of bamboo and leaves, something unique in Phuket nowadays. The terrace offers a scenic dining experience with gourmet cuisine, served with cocktails prepared by skilled bartenders in the centre of the terrace.
Location: between Kata Beach and Nai Harn Beach
Address: 111/999 Moo 1, Muang Phuket, Rawai, Muang, Phuket 83100
Phone: 090 997 5888
Hours: 12 noon – 11 pm
Website: tree-bay.com
Canopy Tree Bar
| Type: Poolside Bar – Cuisine: Cocktails & Light Bites – Price: $$ Mid-range |
Canopy Tree Bar is the poolside bar at the Novotel Phuket Kata Avista Resort & Spa, up on the hill above Kata Beach. It’s a good spot for a drink if you’re not staying at the hotel. The pool area is open and breezy, and the cocktails are good.
Location: Kata Beach (hillside)
Address: 4/1, 4 Leam Sai Road, Karon, District, Phuket 83100
Phone: 095 832 6052
Hours: 7 am – 11 pm
Black Pearl Art & Bar
| Type: Bar – Cuisine: Drinks – Price: $ Affordable |
Black Pearl Art & Bar is one of those places you wouldn’t find unless someone told you about it. It sits on the inland side of the scenic road above Kata Noi Beach, the same road where people stop for sunset drinks at After Beach Bar, Baan Chom View, or The Sundeck. It’s a small bamboo and wood bar with handmade furniture, a patch of fake grass, colourful Thai mats, and sea-facing platforms where you can just sit, sip a beer, and chill.
It feels like Phuket 20 years ago, before big beach clubs and rooftop bars took over. Reggae music plays in the background, and the bartender, with his huge dreadlocks and calm smile, gives the place its soul.
Location: above Kata Noi Beach
Address: R852+PW2, Karon, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83100
Hours: 10 am – 12 am
Dino Park Mini Golf Phuket
| Type: Mini Golf & Bar – Price: 490 baht adults / 390 baht children |
Dino Park in Kata Beach has been open for many years and is still a favourite spot for families and friends for some casual fun and competition after dinner. The golf course is a mix of Jurassic Park and Flintstones designs and was an instant hit from day one. Enter a lush jungle, and soon you encounter full-scale dinosaurs, while a massive volcano blasts clouds of smoke in the background.
Some challenges include water, obstacles made of bones, and even a hole played inside a hot volcano. After the game, you can enjoy ‘Dino Bar’, a restaurant serving Dino Burgers in a prehistoric cave garden, along with cocktails and iced coffees.
Location: Kata Beach
Address: Patak Soi 7, Karon, Muang, Phuket 83100
Phone: 076 330 625
Hours: 12 pm – 11 pm
Baan Chom View Restaurant Phuket
| Type: Restaurant – Cuisine: Thai & Western – Price: $ Affordable |
Baan Chom View is one of the popular Thai restaurants hanging high above the beautiful beach of Kata Noi, serving a vast choice of Thai food and a few Western dishes. This restaurant, built on stilts, has always been very popular for its unique location with a panoramic view of the Andaman Sea from an immense wooden terrace.
It is on the busy roadside connecting Kata Beach to Nai Harn Beach, and with such a location, it quickly became popular at sunset. Baan Chom View is the second venue when you drive up from Kata Beach, the first being the trendy ‘The Sundeck’. Just like its neighbours, it is not what you would call a sophisticated restaurant, but it is a great escape to end the day in a memorable way.
Location: above Kata Noi Beach
Address: 69/15 Kata Noi Road, Kata Noi Beach, Phuket 83100
Phone: 095 352 5836
Hours: 9 am – 11 pm
After Beach Bar
| Type: Bar & Restaurant – Cuisine: Thai – Price: $ Affordable |
After Beach Bar is a very popular Thai restaurant perched high on a cliffside above Kata Noi Beach, on the way to Nai Harn Beach. From the outside, the restaurant looks modest, with low thatched roofs and an old-fashioned reggae atmosphere. As you walk through from the roadside, you discover the beautiful panorama of the turquoise bay of Kata Noi Beach. After Beach and its neighbours feature wooden terraces built on stilts.
When sunset time approaches, you will forget everything and sit there in awe, like everyone else. After Beach is also a shop selling an eclectic collection of reggae accessories. This cluster of restaurants has been there for more than two decades and has always been a popular stopover between Nai Harn and Kata Beach.
Location: above Kata Noi Beach
Address: 44 Thanon Kata, Tambon Karon, Phuket 83100
Phone: 084 745 9365
Hours: 9 am – 10 pm
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