Micky Monkey Beach Bar & Restaurant
Restaurant · Mai Khao
A family-run beach bar and restaurant on Mai Khao Beach, in a gap between the big resorts, open to anyone.
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About Micky Monkey Beach Bar & Restaurant
A family-run beach shack on Mai Khao, the island's longest and emptiest beach, in a gap between the big resorts where anyone can walk in. Tables are a mix of timber and plastic under casuarina trees, the best ones out on the sand; chickens wander between them. The cooking is plain Thai with a seafood lean at local prices. The reason to come is the sunset straight into open sea, often with planes passing low on their way into the airport.
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- Cuisine
Straightforward Thai cooking with a seafood lean, a few Western snacks, cocktails and cold beer.
- Dishes
Pad thai, chicken with cashew nuts, pork with holy basil, pineapple fried rice, som tam, fried chicken wings.
- Prices
Cheap: a plate and a drink for a few hundred baht a head (phuket101, 2026).
- Setting
Mismatched timber and plastic tables under casuarinas; low tables on the sand about thirty metres from the water; chickens between the tables.
- Booking
Phone ahead for a group or a particular dish: the short menu shrinks in the quiet months.
- Best time
Sunset into open sea (between about 18:10 and 18:50 by the month): come an hour before; planes on final approach pass overhead.
- Suits
Sunset drinks and an inexpensive Thai meal on the beach.
- Not for
Anyone expecting resort polish.
Mai Khao Beach · Mai Khao district
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