Patong Beach Hotels
Patong Beach - you either love it or you don't. I am not sure what people expect to find in Patong. I quote from a couple of big travel websites : "Patong is the most famous beach resort on Phuket. With its wide variety of activities and nightlife, Patong is an ideal place to party and play." - or "The Patong of today is a seething mass of tourism, squalor and unrestricted development, a mess of hotels, bars, restaurants, travel agents, massage parlours, tailor shops and touts". You can put a spin on Patong beach and make it sound exciting and exotic, or you can speak your mind! Patong is the most developed beach in Phuket, it can be crowded and noisy, you can get pestered by touts, you can hardly see the beach for all the beach chairs. BUT although I might not be a fan (I only go to Patong if I must), plenty of tourists love it, love the nightlife, the endless choice of restaurants, the fact that you are never far from anything you need. You now have the huge Jungceylon shopping mall with cinema right in the middle of Patong, there are bars and girls, nightclubs, any kind of food you want including all the main fast food chains and about 5 branches of Starbucks.... and more importantly, Patong does have some very good hotels.
• Full List of Patong Beach Hotels @ Agoda.com
Jamie's Phuket is a doorway into the other Phuket, so until now Patong Beach has not had much of a mention. Any other beach area is quieter and more relaxing. I work at Karon Beach which has plenty of hotels and restaurants too but is much less developed than Patong and the beach is much nicer. But Patong does have certain advantages in terms of availability of shopping, dining and hotel choices. I already have a page on Jamie's Phuket with recommended hotels, but it's getting a bit big and I figured it was time to split the hotel recommendations into different beaches - starting with Patong beach hotels.
The Amari has been around for a long time, great location right at the south end of Patong away from the crowds, very nice place to relax but you can walk to the middle of Patong in 10 minutes.
• Amari Coral Beach Resort - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Amari Coral Beach Resort - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Amari Coral Beach Resort - Over 400 Reviews @ Agoda.com
La Flora Resort
La Flora is quite a new hotel, opened in 2008 and it's right in the middle of Patong, right on the beach (which not many hotels in Patong can claim). The best rooms have a "right by the sea" view! And you're close to everything.
• La Flora - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• La Flora - Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• La Flora - Over 500 Reviews @ Agoda.com
Yorkshire Hotel and Spa
The Yorkshire - used to be called the Yorkshire Inn, now Hotel (and Spa, you gotta have the "and Spa"!) I know the place well, used to work on the same street, small, friendly, very central for nightlife, shopping, restaurants and so on. And a good price too!
• Yorkshire Hotel - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Yorkshire Hotel - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Yorkshire Hotel - Over 900 Reviews @ Agoda.com
Merlin Beach Resort
Merlin Beach Resort is not actually in Patong. You have to drive a couple of miles, past the Amari, over a headland and you find the Merlin, on its own beach away from the crowds, nice but you can't walk into Patong (well you can, but easier to take a taxi and the taxi drivers know that...).
• Merlin Beach Resort - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Merlin Beach Resort - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Merlin Beach Resort - Over 200 Reviews @ Agoda.com
Burasari Resort
The Burasari is just south of the busy center of Patong, close to the Holiday Inn. A couple of minutes walk to the beach, Burasari has regular rooms and an amazing collection of "Mood Suites" such as Smooth Whisky, Tropical Dream and Blue Breeze.
• Burasari Resort - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Burasari Resort - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Burasari Resort - Over 1,500 Reviews @ Agoda.com
More Patong Beach Hotels
I have featured a few others on this site, don't want to overload one page! Patong is what it is... has a lot going for it, but if you want peace and quiet you should look at any other beach in Phuket! Here's some more recommended Patong beach hotels and links for where to book them or get more information:
• Baan Yin Dee review on Jamie's Phuket
• Graceland Resort review on Jamie's Phuket
• Aspery Resort review on Jamie's Phuket
• Tri Trang Beach Resort review on Jamie's Phuket
• Top 10 Hotels in Phuket
• All Patong Beach Hotels @ Agoda.com
• Full List of Patong Beach Hotels @ Agoda.com
Jamie's Phuket is a doorway into the other Phuket, so until now Patong Beach has not had much of a mention. Any other beach area is quieter and more relaxing. I work at Karon Beach which has plenty of hotels and restaurants too but is much less developed than Patong and the beach is much nicer. But Patong does have certain advantages in terms of availability of shopping, dining and hotel choices. I already have a page on Jamie's Phuket with recommended hotels, but it's getting a bit big and I figured it was time to split the hotel recommendations into different beaches - starting with Patong beach hotels.
Recommended Patong Beach Hotels
Amari Coral Beach ResortThe Amari has been around for a long time, great location right at the south end of Patong away from the crowds, very nice place to relax but you can walk to the middle of Patong in 10 minutes.
• Amari Coral Beach Resort - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Amari Coral Beach Resort - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Amari Coral Beach Resort - Over 400 Reviews @ Agoda.com
La Flora Resort
La Flora is quite a new hotel, opened in 2008 and it's right in the middle of Patong, right on the beach (which not many hotels in Patong can claim). The best rooms have a "right by the sea" view! And you're close to everything.
• La Flora - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• La Flora - Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• La Flora - Over 500 Reviews @ Agoda.com
Yorkshire Hotel and Spa
The Yorkshire - used to be called the Yorkshire Inn, now Hotel (and Spa, you gotta have the "and Spa"!) I know the place well, used to work on the same street, small, friendly, very central for nightlife, shopping, restaurants and so on. And a good price too!
• Yorkshire Hotel - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Yorkshire Hotel - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Yorkshire Hotel - Over 900 Reviews @ Agoda.com
Merlin Beach Resort
Merlin Beach Resort is not actually in Patong. You have to drive a couple of miles, past the Amari, over a headland and you find the Merlin, on its own beach away from the crowds, nice but you can't walk into Patong (well you can, but easier to take a taxi and the taxi drivers know that...).
• Merlin Beach Resort - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Merlin Beach Resort - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Merlin Beach Resort - Over 200 Reviews @ Agoda.com
Burasari Resort
The Burasari is just south of the busy center of Patong, close to the Holiday Inn. A couple of minutes walk to the beach, Burasari has regular rooms and an amazing collection of "Mood Suites" such as Smooth Whisky, Tropical Dream and Blue Breeze.
• Burasari Resort - Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Burasari Resort - Check Rates and Availability @ Agoda.com
• Burasari Resort - Over 1,500 Reviews @ Agoda.com
More Patong Beach Hotels
I have featured a few others on this site, don't want to overload one page! Patong is what it is... has a lot going for it, but if you want peace and quiet you should look at any other beach in Phuket! Here's some more recommended Patong beach hotels and links for where to book them or get more information:
• Baan Yin Dee review on Jamie's Phuket
• Graceland Resort review on Jamie's Phuket
• Aspery Resort review on Jamie's Phuket
• Tri Trang Beach Resort review on Jamie's Phuket
• Top 10 Hotels in Phuket
• All Patong Beach Hotels @ Agoda.com
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The list of hotels that I've tried in patong is getting to be quite long by now, i.e. the big names The Holiday Inn, The Millenium, The Banthai, Impiana, and the smaller names Sawadee and Baipho, Absolute Patong, The Aspery, The Album and many more...
What I really would like to say though, that for value for your money I chansed upon a really nice, different small hotel at the northern end of Patong beach, on a small side road next to the Novotel. It's called the Atchara, and is a stunning little hotel in a colonial style building complete with a nice pool area, and cheap! An oasis away from the maddening crowd, yet withing walking distance to Bangla (if you don't mind walking along the beach for 15 minutes. You'll find it here:
http://www.mapjack.com/?ERowTwotWc4C
...and I must say it is one of my best hotel discoveries in Patong. Super friendly staff, nice vibe around the pool in the evenings. Not for the party crowd, though.
/Chris
Hi,
I really prefer Patong, but your recom hotel is out of my budget lol..
Any recom hotel for 3 star?
Thanks,
Hi Yeannie,
Best place to look is Agoda - lots of Patong Beach Hotels. You can see the star ratings and there are lots of reviews too.
Thanks Jamie.
Do u think we should rent a bike to travel around? even if staying at Patong Beach, is quite a long Patong beach, not sure is it conveninet to visit those tourist spot.
c'mon Jamie, no mention of The Expat Hotel in Patong? It's a hiden gem with a great bar and staff. Not to mwntion great owner's; Paul and Gim. I stay there at least twice a year...!
Hi Anonymous, Well there are maybe 200 hotels in Patong, so I can't mention them all... but yeh, Expat has been a landmark for a long time, so might be worth a mention, can be booked online here:Expat Hotel Patong Beach.
Good Post...
Hi, jut so you know, I walked all the way from Patong to paradise beach, Nov 2012, and now they charge an entrance fee of 100 baht, to include deckchair etc, must be recent as I saw a few people turned away as they are not aware of this.
Must be recent, but we've not been to Paradise beach for ages.... normally go to Cape Panwa if we want some sea and sand :)