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Kata Corner you'll find clusters of restaurants, bars, and small
cafes on the roads leading from Kata Corner. Nightlife is low key
compared to Patong, but there are a few music bars and some excellent
places to eat.
Try the Blue Fin Tavern - a local favourite with excellent (and
inexpensive) Tex-Mex (excellent burritos, special nachos) where
you can watch the world go by.... or The Buffalo steakhouse serving
Scandinavian favourites like Swedish meatballs in rich gravy and
loganberry sauce.
Along the main street, you'll find a great selection of local restaurants.
Some with stylish decor and others selling simple seafood - Thai
or international style.
La Luna Piena has an excellent range of home-style Italian cuisine,
this open-air restaurant is a local favourite. Good food; good wine;
good prices. Open lunch and dinner.
Kata North End (near Karon Beach)
Don't ignore the hotel restaurants which offer good value and a
choice of dining alfresco or in air-conditioned comfort.
Still on the Italian flavour, San Marino at Phuket Arcadia Hotel,
Beach Road, Karon Beach has some of the freshest, tastiest and most
unusual combinations of seafood on the island. Portions are generous
and beautifully presented in a Coliseum-like setting...
On the Rock - (Marina Cottage) as the name suggests, serves excellent
Thai and seafood specialities on the rocky headland accessed by
wooden walkways. Superb view of Karon Beach in the distance. Tel
330 625.
Heart of the Culture, also in Marina Cottage offers dinner inside
a traditional Thai style house, accompanied by traditional Thai
music and dance. Simple and elegant setting, friendly service and
a creative Thai menu. Open daily 8am-11pm.
Kata - South end.
Catch the sunset at Nero's (Kata Beach Resort) which offers Italian
food in a great setting overlooking the pool and the beach.
For relaxed gourmet dining, the Boathouse Wine and Grill offers
a tantalizing combination of Thai and Western tastes served in an
elegant atmosphere overlooking the beach. A boutique hotel, it has
also acquired a reputation for its extensive wine cellar and superb
food. Live jazz at 9pm every Saturday. Tel 330 015. Bookings strongly
suggested for dinner.
Gung Seafood, its sister restaurant next door, offers a more informal
alternative to the Boathouse while maintaining the same high standards.
The Thai cuisine features traditional recipes with a contemporary
twist. Seafood specialties are prominent as the name Gung (meaning
prawn in Thai) suggests. Both are located at the southern end of
Kata Beach. Flamingo, opposite the Boathouse, offers great pizza,
thin-crust and straight from a wood-fired oven, plus an extensive
selection of other Italian dishes. Open all day.
Mom Tri's Kitchen - just up on the hill towards Kata Noi, has great
pasta and salads set in a Thai style house, designed and built by
M.L. Tri Devakul, architect and owner - who also designed Gungs
and the Boathouse.
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