It is chaos but good chaos. It's the party side of holiday in Phuket. Long row of clubs and bars and touts and massage parlors. It's a must visit and no doubt you will pay a lot of money for a party.

Traveling with a Family of 4 with college kids The main reason people come here is obviously: the beach! If you decide to spend the day on the beach, you can rent beach chairs and umbrellas, get a beach massage, try parasailing, or rent a jet ski. The beach is 3 kilometres long and often crowded in the middle part during the high season. The nearby Freedom beach is also one of the most beautiful public beaches in Phuket, and despite being just next to Patong, it has remained relatively untouched because it’s not easy to access. A long floating pontoon provides longtail boats to Freedom Beach during the high season. Beyond the beach and the nightlife, Patong has a surprisingly wide array of things to do for everyone. Patong nightlife rotates around Bangla Walking Street all the way to Rat-U-Thit Road (the second road parallel to the beach). Every evening from 6 pm, this road closes to the traffic and turns into a bustling walking street. There are rooftop bars, live music bars, go go bars, night markets, ziplines, cable skiing, cinemas, bowling and huge shopping malls. Since we took a day trip to Phang Nga Bay, the tour brought us back to port in plenty of time and we spent the last two hours or so to explore Patong Beach and Bangla Road for last minute shopping and free wifi. Plenty of time to look around town and the sites. I really enjoyed just walking around the beach town.

It’s a busy part of Phuket with plenty going on. Depending on what you’re looking for, I’m sure you can find it here. It can get overwhelming so wouldn’t recommend kids. There are some good music bars but mostly go go bars. Drinks can vary in both price and quality - not that many great cocktails around.

This is the main party road in Patong. Firstly, I wouldn’t recommend bringing any children. It gets very busy and loud. There’s a lot of music bars. You do need to be weary but we had a whole night out and it was great. The cocktails are really good.

This is definitely an area in Phuket where kids should rather not visit after dark (my opinion). My 7 year old asked all sorts of questions about the dancing ladies etc and I just think that the ping-pong sellers are a little too in your face. However, I do think its a good night out for adults, visited the New York bar and was blown away by the band - best rendition of Alicia Keys' New York I've ever heard (someone give that lady a music contract). I struggled somewhat with the concept of Western men on the prowl in Bangla road, but each to their own. Shopping great.

Hmm let’s just say that Bangla road is a fun night out. The ping pong show was everything and more than what we were expecting. Besides the cocktails being around $70 AUD each, it was worth the visit. Bangla road is a must if your staying in paying.

It’s a must do, has improved from 10 years ago when it was more seedy. The road is mostly bars and shops with rip off bags, runners, t shirts, sunglasses etc. you will see go go dancers, and drunk tourists, younger kids may not be suited to this environment.. I took my 13 and 17 yo who found it noisy, interesting, good shopping and crass in equal parts. You can go earlier in the afternoon if you want to see the street when it’s quieter- at night it really is busy noisy and more extreme, cannabis is now openly being sold in many shops also.

Great atmosphere. Good shopping but you need to negotiate! Many 'back rooms' for shopping. 👜👛 We smiled and shook our heads when kindly refusing 'ping pong show' 🤣. Great food ! Worth the experience.

Pretty cool to check out but I didn’t find the talent as good as in Bangkok. The side streets and food places didn’t look as good either. Just saying if you try to visit here as well. The rest of Phuket is for relaxing and laying low the beaches are great Jd resorts etc. For me the hour ride here wasn’t worth it. Also got jipped at a local spot called Harem.