Phuket Travel Guide and Blog
The Latest and Best Club in Phuket [toc] Suzy Wong’s 3 is the latest, most trendy and most luxurious Club in Patong, replacing the Exotica Club. This new club is inspired by the original Suzy Wong’s which is just a little down the street. Suzy Wong's has become a famous name in Phuket, known for its fun party atmosphere and amazing nights. Suzy Wong’s 3 Club is a lot bigger,
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Sizzle Rooftop Restaurant at Avista Hideaway [toc] Sizzle Rooftop restaurant is a romantic dining place at the top of the new Avista Hideaway in the south of Patong Beach. Just to set the tone, you need to know that this hotel is part of the MGallery by Sofitel, an award-winning luxury resort. The resort sits on a hill and from this unique vantage point, you can admire two bays: Freedom
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Millennium Resort Patong Review [toc] Millennium Resort Patong is a massive resort with a unique location if you prefer to stay in the heart of Patong Beach for your holiday. While it doesn't have a beachfront location (not many hotels in Patong can afford to have one), it comes with many strategical values. The resort Millennium Resort Patong consists of two wings: Lakeside with 197 rooms and Beachside with 227
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Zenmaya Phuket Review [toc] Zenmaya Phuket is a charming seafront boutique hotel located halfway between Patong and Kamala Beach. This resort is modest in size but quickly became popular because of its attractive infinity swimming pool and the rooms facing the ocean. Overall the hotel is quite well priced considering the size of the room and the amazing sea views. Zeascape Restaurant Zenmaya Phuket only has one restaurant called Zeascape.
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Number 6 Restaurant 'Up The Hill' [toc] Number 6 Restaurant 'Up The Hill' is one of the most popular places in Patong Beach, we all know that. But did you know that there are two Number 6? The original and best known No.6 Restaurant is on Rat-U-Thit Road, not far from Bangla road, and it's surprisingly crowded if you consider that food is quite average. (Sorry if it hurts but
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What is Harem Lounge? [toc] Harem Lounge is the most luxurious bar in the whole Phuket. With plush red velvet sofas and curtains all around, two main stages with four smaller platforms on each side, the place feels cosy and intimate, and the ladies are beautiful. Just like this wasn't enough to make you want to visit, Harem is now the most extensive bar of its kind on the whole
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Impiana Resort Patong Review [toc] Impiana Resort Patong Phuket is a relatively small hotel blessed with a unique location in Patong Beach, right between the best part of the beach and the end of Bangla Walking Street, well known to be the main shopping and party zone. So if you are here to stay out late and party a bit at night, then relax on the beach and have some
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Hard Rock Cafe Phuket [toc] Hard Rock Cafe Phuket doesn’t need to be introduced anymore, but it was a big deal when it arrived in Patong Beach a few years back. If you came here, you already know that Phuket doesn’t lack live bands. Not all live bands in Phuket bars are good, but people don’t seem to be so picky after a few beers anyway. However, there are a
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Seafood dining in Patong Beach [toc] Savoey Seafood Restaurant might not be the best seafood restaurant in Phuket, but if you don't want to or can't drive outside Patong beach and don't feel like dining in a food court, it's a good place for a seafood dinner. We usually don't write much about tourist places, but many readers asked 'Where can we eat seafood within Patong'. Savoey seafood is still
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A small club off Bangla Road [toc] White Room Nightclub is one of the most popular nightclubs in Phuket, located on Soi Gonzo just off Bangla Road in Patong Beach. It's not as big as some other nearby nightclubs, but the sounds and light systems are exceptionally well designed, creating an atmosphere that attracts a trendy crowd every night. It feels friendly, fun and more intimate than other gigantic darker clubs.
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Where is Bangla Boxing Stadium? [toc] Bangla Boxing Stadium is one of the two (or three?) Muay Thai Stadiums in Patong Beach, one of the many ways you can entertain yourself after dinner. Muay Thai is a very well-known martial sport and while it’s definitely not to everyone’s taste, it is part of most Thai boys early years. The fights are held every Wednesday, Friday, Sunday starting at 9 pm.
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A market open every night in Patong [toc] OTOP Market official name is OTOP Shopping Paradise and was initially designed as a local market to promote the handicrafts and original products of each province of Thailand. The unusual word 'OTOP' serves as an acronym for ‘One Tambon One Product’ (which means 'One District One Product'). The location of this market is convenient, on the second road of Patong beach, just
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What is a Go Go Bar? [toc] The concept of Go-Go Bars in Patong Beach varies a little from bar to bar but mostly rotates around a few standard features, so what really happens in there? Go Go Bars (also called agogo bars) always feature a central elevated stage or two, surrounded by seats and accessorised with a few stainless poles. You will find sofas with small tables and flashing
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Thong Dee The Brasserie [toc] Thong Dee The Kathu Brasserie is one of the most successful restaurants in Phuket, even though it is hard to find. Located in the back of a back street of Kathu, a small town near Patong Beach, Thong Dee Brasserie strikes by its urban European façade in the middle of a small Thai village (don’t go imagining a countryside village though, it’s more of an
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Suzy Wong's 2 on Bangla Walking Street [toc] Devil's Playground is brought to you by the owner of the famous Suzy Wong's in the same Seadragon street. Devil's Playground, now also known as Suzy Wong's 2, 'raised the bar' of Go Go clubs to a new level. Right from the outside you can tell that this is not just the usual boring dark room with a central stage and few
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Swissôtel Resort Phuket Review [toc] Swissôtel Resort Phuket Patong Beach is a great hotel in a great location if you can’t afford a hotel on the beach. This rather large resort is only 200 metres from the beach and at a comfortable walking distance to the Bangla Walking Street. It has a lot to offer travellers who want the best of everything without spending a fortune and driving! The Location
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Street Food after Party at Bangla Street Food Bangla Street Food is the latest opening in Bangla road, the heart of Patong nightlife. A Street food is a smart move in this part of town. People love street food: it’s easy, cheap most of the time, and it’s cool to post on your Facebook and pretend you are a foodie. Bangla Street Food is still partially under construction and you can
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A rooftop bar over the beach in Patong [toc] The Surface rooftop bar at La Flora hotel in Patong is one of the few rooftops in Phuket, but as beach clubs did, the number seems to be growing. Just like in Bangkok, people seem to be irresistibly attracted to rooftops and I can't blame them, everything looks so much better from up there and the photos are so beautiful. The
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Soi Freedom on Bangla Road (Soi Eric) [toc] Soi Freedom is a neat and relatively large alley lined with dozen colorful bars and a good live band at he end of it. Located in the middle of Bangla Road in Patong Beach Soi Freedom was long ago better known as the iconic Soi Eric. Soi Eric was once popular because it was the only street in Soi Bangla playing one
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Diablo A Go Go Diablo A Go Go is one of the well known A Go Go in Soi Seadragon, the hottest lane of Patong Beach, in the hottest street of the hottest town of Phuket. Competition between Go Go bars is fierce (but friendly) to convince you to step in and "Have a look, Sir!" At the end of the lane, Diablo uses this strategy extensively to grab you
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