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What's the nightlife like around Bang Tao beach area...i've read a lot of guides and they are all pretty vague, thanks!

The reason for the vagueness is that nightlife at Bang Tao is not a real feature of the place. You can find quite a few restaurants, and the various hotel properties may have bars with live music, but you won't find a Bangla-Road-Patong-with-poledancing-girls-for-rent or all night go-go bars, discos and the like in Bang Tao.

Most of the upmarket and luxury hotels are located around the Bang Tao creating a more distinct and low key nightlife. The Laguna - a complex of five upmarket hotels linked by a shuttle service, is fully self contained with restaurants, bars, entertainment and leisure activities both day and night. It's all there. If you feel the need to get a more local view, there are a number of bars and small restaurants that despite warnings from the hotels, provide great food at very reasonable prices.

What better way to spend an evening than at a beach-side bar or restaurant with the sound of the sea and the sand between your toes? Alternatively, at the Laguna entrance at Cherng Talay, is a cluster of bars and restaurants that have a faithful following with long term expatriates. From early evening you'll find people heading towards Totos and The Supper Club to catch up on the latest news. The Supper Club with its extensive menu also has a good wine list and good music, or try Tatonka with its interesting "Globetrotter" cuisine. Most bars stay open until late.

spent a week there /not much nightlife to report/more a case of fine dinning than anytine/good resturant on the beach next to the laguna beach resort.

spent a week there /not much nightlife to report/more a case of fine dinning than anytine/good resturant on the beach next to the laguna beach resort.