This is the nightlife hub of Phuket. It is a heaving mass of bars, restaurants, go-gos and discos. Bangla Road is the center of the girly bar activity but also has plenty of other nightlife venues.

If you walk up Bangla Road from the beach road then on the right hand side is a line of open-faced beer bars. Most of them have girls working but because they are on the street they do not have the feel of the full on girly bars. They are great bars for watching the comings and goings on Bangla Road.

On the other side of the road is Scruffy Murphy's Irish Bar. It is a nice Irish style pub with live music in the evenings.

The sois (side streets) along the left hand side of Bangla Road are mostly beer bar complexes. Everyone is welcome but they are very much involved in the sex tourism industry.

There a few normal bars on the road front along the left hand side of Bangla Road such as the popular Aussie Bar between Soi Easy and Soi Gonzo.

A narrow soi known as Piadina contains some fresh seafood stalls. There is nothing fancy about these restaurants but you can get some authentic Thai food at better prices than the plusher tourist restaurants.

Soi Patong Resort and Soi Viking contain a selection of restaurants and bars.

Along the top half of Bangla Road are a number of restaurants, bars and a couple of pool halls.

Soi Seadragon contains some go-gos and sex shows but also some normal bars with live music.

Before the top of Bangla road on the left are two popular discos. First there is Seduction. Then there is the Tiger Complex which upstairs has the very popular Tiger Disco.

At the top of Soi Bangla on the right hand corner is Margarita Bar. A nice bar with live music in the evenings. It is a good spot for watching sport events as it has several large TV screens.


Across Rat-U-Thit Road is the ever-popular Tai Pan disco. They have a good live band playing rock classics. When the band is not on stage, they have a DJ. Just along from Tai Pan is VIP - a disco style bar with a DJ.

Along Soi Sansabai and Soi Sunset are a number of late opening bars.