Should I book my hotel in Kata Beach?
Kata is the second most popular beach in Phuket.
It usually offers the right balance between too crowded and too quiet, but the beach can get really busy during the high season. You can easily find cheap to mid-range restaurants serving all kinds of food, including decent Thai food. However, don’t expect to enjoy much real, local Thai food as far as we know, it is a tourist town. The north end has a nice set of small beach restaurants where you can eat on the sand.
Who is Kata Beach for?
Kata Beach is good for those who want to have everything nearby but find Patong too busy and overwhelming.
Ideal if you want to stay at a remote beach because you have no transportation.
Everything is more or less within walking distance (unless you booked your hotel on the back road!).
What’s Good?
Superb beach with beach chairs with umbrellas, drinks, food and massage available
Good for first-timers
Amazing sunsets
Kata has a lot of restaurants, shops and hotels
Easy to go around without a car or motorbike
Lots of hotels in the cheap to mid-price range
What’s not?
It can get hectic during the high season.
Narrow streets and permanent traffic makes it pedestrian-unfriendly
Lack of parking
Only two hotels with beach views
How are the hotels in Kata Beach?
There are only 2 hotels by the beach: Kata Beach Resort and “The Boathouse’. You will find an extensive choice of cheap to mid-range hotels at good prices in the back streets. If you are in the middle part of Kata, it can mean a bit of a walk to reach the beach. Kata Beach is a trendy area, so don’t wait until the last minute to book a hotel in high season; you might have to pay a lot more or even get no room.
