Could you pls recommend some good Thai eating places.On our first trip we enjoyed the Savooey (spl) Also some good bars for a beer and a laugh(with the Missus)Hope to hotel near Kata Beach
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Hi David, Have a look at my link below under Eating Out, theres quite a few restaurants etc. Savoey has gone downhill over the years and way overpriced. Try Banzaan markets near Jungceylon, buy your seafood fresh and take it upstairs to be cooked, huge prawns cost us 350baht per kilo!!

Or go to the Kru Suwit floating restaurant, beautiful fresh seafood and also much cheaper.
Cathy

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thanks Cathy, good stuff
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There are a lot of good eateries in Patong, as long as you don't trust the big touristic restaurants on beach road.

There are, nice small eateries, coming from Bangla road, going towards the north, on the road paralel to beach road.

They are on your left 300 400 meter further. I always go to the same, and have never been disappointed! It is called the cocaonut, almost in the middle. Very nice fishcakes and seafood. As everywhere, first ask for the price. If you think it is too much, then by saying this, the price can go down!

Worth, if you want a more "classic", bit upscale, is the seahag. It is in a small soi, just there where the big Japanese restaurant is on the South of beachroad.

Gay people owning this, it has one of the best green curry's of Patong among other things. It is not horrible expensive, but just a bit fancy, let's say, that a curry would cost around 200-25 baht, instead of 2-3, in a small casual eatery!

My favourite of all places is in Kata! Ratri jazz restaurant is an upscale restaurant up on a hill, near patrak road.
Best food, you can get, in a nice cosy atmosphere, with a view all over the area and beach. Tables, but also seating on couches. A nice bar, cocktails, and a wonderful band playing smooth Jazz. A lovers delight!

The food is not cheap, but i don't know any other place, by western standards where I can have a special evening like this, for the money! To Thai standards it is really not cheap!

review, can be found here:
Ratri Restaurant in Kata Beach

Menu and map here:

Phuket Restaurants & Jazz Music

I want to point out, that I have no connection with the place, but love its atmosphere and food!

Thanks a lot tin tin will copy and paste
Regards

As you proberly will stay in Kata,, try the last restaurant ON the beach to the south.

I think it is called just "Thai kitchen", near the "reggae cocktail bar".

It may not look so fancy, or even clean, service, is not that friendly (depends on your waiter/waitress), but Thai food is tasty here, better, then many other places. It is also nice that you can eat by the beach and have a good view. Thai food is the norm, don't think farang food is interesting. Cheap and good.

If you have a bike, and you come from Kata descending the hill driving into Karon, on the beach-road , not on the beach though, are on you right handside all kind of small eateries one next to the other.

We tried the first, coming from Kata, disgusting food, so we did not tried others fore a while. But on another day, we tried the 3rd last, with Kata behind you. Good thai food,very friendly lady, also farang, but did not tried! The Panaeng curry was to die for! Went back two more times, consistent!

A very special eatery is in Kata Noi, so over the hill (small kata!) On the south of the beach a mama is cooking between the rocks! Special athmosphere and a long wait! Not have red and green curry when I visited, but the yellow curry was very good!

best place for the freshest Thai seafood is Kan Eang I or II
both are located on the water in Ao Chalong and they are great!! been eating theri for over 24 years.

Avoid the seafood restaurants in patong unless you like very overpriced thai food same goes even more so in kata/Karon.

Try the strret food on the third road behind Junk Ceylon.

alsothe Fuji rest in Junk Ceylon juts opened and is good for japanese food.

Great small restaurnats in Patong on the beach and as one poster mentioed Sea hag has spome very good thai food

Looking for a bit of America with some great Mexican food? Try Coytotes on the beach road above starbucks plus a great Filipino banmd that plays nightly form 9 pm.
It aint cheap (average meal will cost ya 300 baht) but great drinks and nightly specials

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thanks Richard