The 5 Best Places for Digital Nomads Phuket

Blessed with endless stretches of powder puff sands and balmy weather all year, Phuket is popular with tourists and digital nomads alike. While not exactly one of the cheap digital nomad destinations, the kingdom’s largest island has become a hotspot for remote workers, and prices vary.

From cafes tucked away in the jungle to coworking spaces on beach roads, Phuket marries the joys of traveling with the amenities of a livable resort. Whether you like coffee shops and coworking spaces or hotels and off-hour hangouts – here’s TAGTHAi’s pick of the five best places for digital nomads in Phuket.

1. Sist.ers Cafe, Cherngtalay

While people have started to use Phuket’s coffee shops as an office, one that most have not discovered yet is the two-storied Sist.ers Cafe.

Overlooking a meadow where cows and skinny buffalos graze, Sist.ers Cafe is a reasonably priced coffee shop in Cherngtalay’s middle of nowhere, offering free wifi, coffee, tea, and homemade orange cakes.

White, green, and bright, Sist.ers Cafe provides an indoor space and outdoor seating on the terrace. The two sisters have given everything a personal touch, from the indoor plants making the cafe feel homey to the night table lamps and books on the wood tables.

The owners are pretty relaxed about remote workers using the free wifi and power sockets for a while, as long as they don’t order only one coffee and stay for several hours. Closed on Wednesday, Sist.ers Cafe is open from 9 am to 6.30 pm.

2. Let’s Work Coworking Space, Rawai Beach

With over 150 five-star reviews on Google to show people, Let’s Work coworking space Rawai delivers on its promise – let’s work! With a no-talking zone and meeting room on the second floor and weekly board game nights, the “Let’s Work” coworking space on Phuket’s Rawai Beachfront Road is an excellent place to get work done and make friends in the bargain. 

Digital nomads in Phuket rave about the community aspect of it. Aside from the board game nights, there are various events like wake surfing, the DJ boat kind, island-hopping, and relaxing on the beach – a cool mix of work and pleasure. Some community members say the ground floor’s living room atmosphere helps them be super creative. People come to grab a coffee, catch up with friends, or rent screens and computers to create content.

Do you need to hide away to make a private phone call? No sweat. Let’s Work has many phone boots. Harry, the owner, also offers ring lights. Above all, the coffee tastes so nice. In short, it’s one of the best coworking spaces in Phuket to add to your workcation itinerary.

3. Mor Mu Dong Restaurant, Phuket Town

Named after the owner Mor and the Mu Dong Canal, where this restaurant in Phuket for digital nomads is situated, Mor Mu Dong is a casual Chalong eatery, a 15-minute drive south of Phuket Town. Framed by a mangrove swamp, it’s not just popular with digital nomads who come for the laid-back vibe but also with Thai tourists. That’s hardly surprising, given that Mor Mu Dong was featured in every Thai media publication under the sun and received Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand, which stands for good (food) quality at moderate prices.

So what’s it like to eat here? If you want to go local, sit on the floor around a low table in a sala, a Nipa palm-roofed, wooden pavilion without walls. If you can stomach an adventurous Thai meal, go for Pla Too Yat Sai. The spicy signature dish consists of a stuffed mackerel head. The bones have been removed, and the deep-fried fish skin is stuffed with spongy fish cake, red curry paste, and kaffir lime leaves. Slowly enjoy the taste and soak up the jungly atmosphere, with crabs roaming the mud at low tide and crow pheasants piping up from hidden trees.

4. Metadee Concept Hotel, Kata Beach

One of the digital nomad hotels in Phuket, Metadee Concept Hotel is conveniently located in the Kata Beach area. Ideal for a workcation or a weekend getaway to refresh your mind for Monday morning, Metadee is a quiet resort. Laptop down and work on your tan as you soak up the breeze on a recliner. Two pools meander through the hotel’s premises, mimicking the ocean’s mood in water passages shaded beige, blue, white, and gold.

You can head to the romantic Moon Terrace when twilight falls, the hotel’s rooftop lounge with a 360-degree outdoor deck. Once the sun dips below the horizon, you can enjoy Mediterranean-inspired dishes like Napolitana Pasta with tomato sauce, topped with fresh Italian basil and a sprinkle of parmesan.

Complete with two lounges, a gym to run off a few pounds, and a spa to mellow out, Metadee Concept Hotel is a great workation hotel. And, of course, the Internet works at lightning speed.

5. Saphan Hin Park, Saphan Hin

Three kilometers southeast of Phuket Town, Saphan Hin is a seaside park with many faces. Arrive in the morning when the park is the most peaceful, and Saphan Hin is deserted. Whether you sit on the empty copper benches or at a shade-giving pavilion backdropped by fragrant pines, the views of Koh Sire are amazing.

Once the park is bathed in the late afternoon light, people show up in droves to grab a spot on the lawn near Kio Thian Keng Shrine, where Phuket’s annual Vegetarian Festival ends. Both locals and foreigners roll out their mats to enjoy picnics or just the warm evening breeze.

And as a rule of thumb, wherever there are people in Thailand, there’s food. You’ll catch the scent of smoky barbecue chicken from food carts. Kids fly kites, and runners are everywhere. If you want to burn a few calories, Saphan Hin’s exercise park isn’t far. For a truly unique experience, join the woodball players on the track.

Above all, it’s the seaside walk that epitomizes the environment perfect for a workcation in Phuket. 

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countless attractions for an affordable flat fee. Or perhaps you need some trip ideas across the kingdom.

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