Phuket Restaurant Directory, Dining and After Dinner Entertainment Guide

21 years since it first opened, Baan Rim Pa has won more fine dining awards than any other. In its cliffside teak house, impeccably prepared Royal Thai Cuisine is just part of a fine dining experience.

Panoramic views over Patong Bay are complemented by surf crashing onto the rocky beach below, which mingles with Tommy Doyle’s magical sounds – jazz, blues and Broadway standards – wafting through from the piano bar. Then there’s the cellar with its 300 bottles of the finest wines from all corners of the globe, winner of Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence every year since 2002.

Baan Rim Pa’s latest innovation, a private dining room, comfortably seats 30 for dinner or 50 for cocktail parties. Whether it’s a romantic dinner for two, hosting visitors or a special party, it’s no surprise that they call Baan Rim Pa “simply the finest in the Kingdom”.

Next door, Joe’s Downstairs is a different world. Crisp white décor, long terrazzo bar and outdoor dining decks just feet away from the ocean are part of what make Joe’s unique.

Award-winning Chef Aaron Hooper’s distinctive menu combines New World cuisine with Asian and Western style tapas. Enjoy tapas as a snack, a meal or a prelude to your à la carte dinner, which could include Alaskan Crab, Live Maine Lobster or the finest imported steaks – all, as you’d expect, accompanied by your choice from Joe’s Wine Spectator Award-winning cellar.

A favourite haunt of celebrities – and the island choice for weddings and birthday parties with a touch of class – Joe’s is unbeatable, whether for a light lunch, sunset cocktails or a fine dinner.

17 years and many awards on, Da Maurizio Bar Ristorante (next door to Joe’s) continues to offer discerning island diners the finest in contemporary Italian cuisine. Practically sitting on the rocks, this is one of the most stunning restaurant settings on Phuket – its spectacular backdrop a favourite for wedding parties up to 100.

Chef/owner, Maurizio Laureri, brings in different chefs to help develop exciting new menus. Current Executive Chef, Paolo Fadda, winner of the Dubai Culinary Award of Excellence, and known for his wine dinners with their stimulating menus, changes the restaurant menu every month. Choose from an assortment of live local fish, crab, lobster and other shell fish, homemade pastas, exotic salads and imported delicacies such as black and white truffle. And, of course, the Wine Spectator Award-winning cellar.