Posts tagged: Phuket Bar

Da Maurizio Bar Ristorante (Kalim)

Da Maurizio Bar Ristorante – romantic, elegant, yet comfortably casual. Excellent contemporary and traditional Italian cuisine is why it’s won many awards including Thailand Tatler’s Phuket top restaurant in 2008 and 2009. Executive Chef Jared Hucks uses the best local and imported ingredients. A sublime setting with tables just above the sand at Kalim Beach; [...]

JOES Downstairs (Kalim)

The location alone brings guests to Joe’s for its cocktails, beer or wine. But, once there you’ll have to sample the excellent New World cuisine and Asian-style tapas by multiple award-winning Executive Chef Aaron Hooper. The stunning white interior and decking across the rocks almost to the water’s edge is simply unique. Winner of the [...]

Baan Rim Pa (Kalim)

Baan Rim Pa regularly wins awards. In 2009 it was the only restaurant in Phuket listed in the Asian Miele Restaurant Guide and has been awarded the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence consecutively since 2002. Baan Rim Pa has hosted royalty, movie stars and dignitaries. The Royal Thai cuisine, fabulous seafront views and a full [...]

Tung Ka Café – Phuket Town

Phuket has a fair number of sunset viewing points and one in particular – Promthep Cape – which everyone has heard of. West Coast viewpoints can get pretty crowded at about 18:30, when the sun slips into the golden horizon but there is one spot on the island that offers sensational views in relative solitude [...]

Toto Italian Restaurant – Bangtao Beach

Who needs another Italian restaurant? It seems that everywhere you go you’ll see the ubiquitous red-green-and-white tricolore next to over-excited signage hyperbole claiming the ‘Best pizza in town’. To some, a pizza is merely a romanticized sandwich, to others it’s a blank sheet of crusty culinary A4 on which to create an artistic blend of flavours and [...]

Long Beach Thavorn Palm Beach

Also located at the front of Thavorn palm Beach is the Long Beach Terrace, a three in one deal offering the choice of three kitchens providing a selection of il Pirata Italian Restaurant, King Prawn Seafood Restaurant or the Palm View Steak Grill. All are located under the same roof in an open air environment [...]

Old Siam Thavorn Beach Village

The Old Siam also has a restaurant located at the Thavorn Beach Village located at Nakalay Bay. The menu and service is basically the same but with a different setting. The Old Siam at Beach village offers a choice of indoor or outdoor dining, surrounded by tropical gardens with a view of the beachside and [...]

Old Siam Thavorn Palm Beach

Renowned as one of the best Thai restaurants in Phuket, the Old Siam at Thavorn Palm Beach really is one of the premier places to dine out on the island. Old Siam provides authentic Thai cuisine of the highest standard surrounded by a background of traditional Thai style and culture. The restaurant is situated on [...]

Thai Food Etiquette Dos and Don'ts

While not involving tightly buttoned collars and arcane cutlery, there are a few unique things about Thai table manners that you should be aware of. Most of the manners of Thai eating come from the fact that most Thai meals are taken communally rather than in small groups or couples. That means that you probably [...]

Street Food/Hawker Stalls

One of the most exciting ways to eat in Phuket Day or night, you will see them everywhere. Along the beach front, the roadside, the markets and at any major event. The Hawker stalls (some permanent, some temporary) sell an incredible range of food from fruit to spicy salads. These vendor stalls may be treated [...]