Phuket Songkran Dining Guide
On Songkran in Phuket the area around Patong Beach Road becomes a water-fight zone. The day tends to run as a morning in the water, a meal to cool off in the afternoon and a return at dusk, so this guide groups restaurants close to central Patong by time of day. It introduces 6 Phuket restaurants whose listings state hours and conditions, from midday to late night.
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Afternoon Tea at Sea Salt Lounge & Grill by Diamond Cliff Resort & SpaView dining experience MONKEYTRAVEL DINING GUIDE
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Best forCooling off at a sea-view lounge after a morning in the water, from 11:00
The afternoon tea at Sea Salt Lounge & Grill in Diamond Cliff Resort & Spa is an open-air lounge facing the sea. It opens at 11:00 and runs to 16:00, which slots between a morning of splashing and an afternoon rejoin. The listing says special rates may apply on Songkran.
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Best forCarrying the water-fight mood from day to night on Patong beach
A beachfront restaurant inside Diamond Cliff Resort & Spa serving Mediterranean and fusion surf-and-turf lunch and dinner sets. It is open 11:00 to 24:00 with last order at 22:20, and evenings bring DJ sets and a fire show. The sound is loud, so parents must stay with younger children.
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Best forSitting down to charcoal seafood at dusk once the water fight winds down
The Sea Salt Lounge & Grill dinner set at Diamond Cliff serves charcoal-grilled seafood while the sun sets over the Andaman Sea. The dinner set runs 17:00-23:00 and the dress code is smart casual. Children up to 11 eat with a guardian, and those 12 and over need an extra order on site.
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Best forSettling dinner with a hotel buffet close to the middle of the water-fight zone
The dinner buffet at Bubbles in Grand Mercure Phuket Patong serves seafood BBQ in central Patong. Non-guests can book it and last order is 21:00. If you arrive 15 minutes or more late, a walk-in guest may get the table first, so keep to your time.
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Best forEnjoying the water fight in the morning, then moving to an evening at sea after lunch
A dinner cruise to watch the Andaman sunset off Promthep Cape with a DJ, BBQ and Thai and Indian buffets. Hotel pickups begin at 14:40, sailing runs 16:00-20:15 and you are back at the hotel by 21:15. Pickup from Kamala, Patong, Phuket Town, Karon and Kata hotels is included and a passport copy is required at booking.
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Best forHeading out to Jungceylon in Patong from the hotel and ending with a pool-side moo ka ta
At Vista in Cassia Phuket you eat a moo ka ta buffet with a sea view past the pool and the sunset. A paid shuttle (100 baht per person) runs from the hotel to Jungceylon in Patong every three hours from 11:00 to 21:00 and must be booked in advance with the hotel restaurant.
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After the morning water fight, the first break can be the afternoon tea at the Sea Salt lounge, which opens at 11:00, or FUGA Beach Club, open 11:00-24:00. FUGA runs from a daytime lunch set into a night of DJ and fire show, so you can stay in one place for a long stretch.
At dusk there is Sea Salt's charcoal seafood dinner set (17:00-23:00) and the Bubbles dinner buffet in central Patong (18:00-22:00, last order 21:00). Both restrict slippers, shorts, sportswear and sleeveless tops, so change out of wet clothes first.
After lunch the Melody sunset cruise starts hotel pickups at 14:40, watches the sunset at Promthep Cape and returns at 21:15. Cassia Phuket has a paid shuttle to Jungceylon in Patong, so you can head to the festival zone by day and return for the hotel moo ka ta in the evening.
Special rates may apply on Songkran and many seats are first come. Keep to your booking time and check the rates and conditions on each listing.
The Sea Salt afternoon tea runs 11:00-16:00, FUGA 11:00-24:00, Bubbles 18:00-22:00 and the Melody sunset cruise starts pickups at 14:40. Decide first where in the day a meal fits around the water fight.
Bubbles is in central Patong, while FUGA and Sea Salt sit inside Diamond Cliff on Prabaramee Road in Patong. Cassia Phuket runs a paid shuttle to Jungceylon in Patong a few times a day, handy for heading from the hotel to the festival zone.
The Sea Salt, FUGA, Bubbles and Cassia listings say special rates may apply on Thai holidays including Songkran. Many seats cannot be assigned in advance, so keep to your arrival time.
Bubbles and Sea Salt restrict slippers, shorts, sportswear and sleeveless tops. Leave time to change instead of going straight from the water fight.
DINING ROUTE
Sea Salt afternoon tea runs 11:00-16:00 and FUGA 11:00-24:00.
Sea Salt dinner runs 17:00-23:00 and Bubbles 18:00-22:00.
Pickup from 14:40 and back by 21:15.
A paid shuttle toward Jungceylon runs every three hours, 11:00-21:00.
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