Top 10 Best and Most Popular Phuket Nightlife Venues

Regarding holiday nightlife options, only few places can match Thailand, especially Phuket Island. Visitors can spend the night partying, drinking, enjoying live music, and watching a movie, and there is so much more to do 🏅

The immense amount of Phuket nightlife options to complement your Thai vacation are jaw-dropping. However, a night out in Phuket is more than nightclubs and discotheques. It's about the Thai experience to enjoy and make a memory here while spending holidays 🏆

Here are the top 10 most popular Phuket nightlife venues for your holiday pleasures 🧔

#10 Suzy Wong’s Go-Go Bar

Suzy Wong is an iconic Go-Go bar in Phuket's nightlife. It has a Chinese theme with lots of decoration and a beautiful facade 🧔 Despite its small size; it gathers a lot of visitors who are couples and adults. It is famous for the party atmosphere which goes on till late at night and beautiful girls dance to music played by a DJ. You can enjoy your favorite drinks and the atmosphere alone or with a friend. It is a great way to spend a night partying at one of the most unique nightlife venues in Phuket 🥇

#9 Freedom Bar Rawai

If you are looking for a unique and tranquil Phuket nightlife option, 🧔 the Freedom bar is a cozy little getaway pub nestled alongside Rawai beach, where people meet up for drinks and good times. With two pool tables, a big-screen TV, and regular live music on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, the Freedom Bar is a perfect way to meet new people 🏅 There is also a Thai and international menu on offer for anybody who is feeling peckish, and the food is excellent value for money. 

#8 Angus O’Tools Irish Pub at Karon Beach

O’Tools is situated in Karon and is the first Irish Bar in the area. Equipped with two projector screens and two televisions, you can watch a multitude of sporting events simultaneously without missing a heartbeat 🧔 With Guinness and Kilkenny on draught alongside a range of beer, cider, spirits, and cocktails, O’Tools has become a firm favorite with expats and tourists alike.  The food is definitely worth sampling, with the daily specials and the highly recommended ‘Big Bhoyo All Day Breakfast’ guaranteed to fill you up 🏅 The friendly staff speak very good English and are always good for a laugh or two.

#7 Scruffy Murphy’s Irish Pub at Patong Beach

Scruffy Murphy’s is one of Patong’s most celebrated Irish pubs and is frequented by a vast majority of tourists. It offers many brands of draught beers along with Guinness in air-conditioned surroundings and typical wooden interiors 🧔 You can view all the major sporting events, live music every night of the week, and an extensive menu comprising British cuisine. I recommend you try out the Beef and Guinness pie or the gigantic all-day breakfast. Scruffy can be located on Bangla Road and is a great place to sit outside and people-watch at the start of an evening before the Soi kicks into full swing 🥇 Inside can be found a healthy mix of families, young people and old, so everybody fits into Scruffy Murphy’s very easily. 

#6 SFX Coliseum Cinema at Central Festival Phuket

On the 3rd floor of Central Festival, a shopping mall can be found, which is billed as ‘Phuket’s 1st world-class cinema’. SFX is a multiple-screen cinema showcasing movies such as Hollywood blockbusters, Thai releases, and Bollywood action films 🧔 SFX is reasonably new and equipped with the latest technology in modern digital sound with VIP seat areas in every section. There is also an extraordinary 1st class theatre with extra large and comfortable single and double seats. Popcorn, drinks, and snacks are on offer to enhance the movie-watching experience. Central Festival is located 10 minutes from Patong and five minutes from Phuket City. 

The SFX Coliseum has to be the sixth-best nightlife venue 🏅 on my list because spending a night watching your favorite movies in comfy sofa chairs is the best thing ever. You can also take your family there for a movie night.

#5 Simon Cabaret Ladyboy Show

Simon Cabaret is Phuket’s world-famous ladyboy cabaret extravaganza, featuring some of the most beautiful cross-gender performers in the world. You will definitely have to look twice and be astounded by the realness of the ladyboys on show 🧔 Simon Cabaret is a great experience worth a visit; you can book tickets and taxi transfers from any tourist booth/agency. Situated on the southern fringe of Patong, Simon Cabaret is easily accessed from most tourist regions in Phuket and is dubbed the mother of all cabarets 🏅 Three one-hour shows are performed daily at 6 pm, 7 pm, and 9 pm, and advanced bookings are recommended. If you need to find one of the unique Phuket nightlife options that offers something completely different, the Simon Cabaret Show is on another level. 

#4 The Green Man Pub Phuket

The Green Man in Chalong carries on past traditions with its old English style Inn, serving authentic ‘Pub Grub’ 🧔 alongside an up-market Carte Blanche Gourmet Restaurant. The Green Man’s Main bar area supplies a host of draught beers, cocktails, extensive choice of Red/White Wines and Champagne. Also boasting a cigar room, sports lounge, function room, wine cellar, live music, garden area, children’s playground, and a host of other activities, The Green Man is an establishment you would be proud to call ‘my local’ - a real family favorite. 

#3 Dino Park Mini Golf in Phuket

Suppose you are in Phuket with your family and kids. In that case, there is no other way of spending your evening filled with fun and adventure 🧔 than in Dino Park Minigolf. Located between Karon and Kata beach on the beach road, this place has an 18 hole golf course with a prehistoric theme, a  bar, and a restaurant with the famous cartoon Flintstone theme. In addition, the golf course has life-size dinosaur models and a volcano that explodes every 30 minutes to thrill the visitors, especially kids.

The bar and restaurant serve drinks, fast food, and other items on the menu. It's a fun place for children as they can enjoy the prehistoric outlook of the restaurant from their favorite cartoon, and even the servers wear Fred and Wilma dresses. The most excellent time to visit this place is in the evening or nighttime when the weather is cooler.

Spending quality time with your family and children in this park takes the third spot 🥇 as a unique nightlife venue in Phuket.

#2 New York Bar in Phuket

New York Bar in Phuket is located on Bangla Road and is one of the most popular nightlife venues. It may be small in size but has a significant impression 🧔 due to its lively atmosphere and live music. You can enjoy various music genres from talented musicians and dancers. And what could be more fun than joining the band on stage and performing with them? You can also request your favorite song if you can't get on stage. The service around this bar is good. You can enjoy your favorite cocktails and beers while listening to live music performances until late at night.

The New York Bar takes the second spot 🏅 because of its good service, reasonably priced drinks, and lots of live music to enjoy a night out with friends.

#1 Taipan Nightclub Phuket

Tai-Pan has been one of Patong’s busiest nightclubs since 1999 🧔. It's a favorite late-night hangout for many tourists and Thais who work in the bars on Bangla road. Its position on Rat-u-Thit road at the end of Bangla ensures Tai Pan is guaranteed to be complete after 1 AM in the low and high season months. At 9 pm every night, you can enjoy live music, and when 11 pm arrives, Tai Pan becomes a nightclub where the DJ spins the biggest and best party tunes to make you jive the night away. Tai-Pan Organizers special party nights with a lucky draw where you can win prizes such as a motorbike, TVs, and mobile phones. You receive a ticket for the prize draw every time you order a drink. 

Taipan has to be the number one 🏆 nightlife venue in Phuket because it is one of the oldest and most popular nightclubs.

So, when it comes to Phuket nightlife or island getaway to Koh Phi Phi 🥇, there is so much more to the island than partying, nightclubs, and beer bars. Although places such as Bangla Road Patong Beach are the epicenter for nightlife in Phuket, there are many things to do in the evening. Whether you are singles on the pull, or are with your better half, or are traveling to Phuket with your family, then there is literally something for everyone 🧔