Where to Eat Late in Bang Tao and Cherngtalay: The Latest Kitchens and All-Night Options

Eating late in Bang Tao and Cherngtalay takes a little planning, because most west-coast kitchens stop taking orders near 10 to 11 PM. As of June 2026, the room that holds its hours latest for a full sit-down French dinner is Bisou, a modern French restaurant and cocktail bar at No.4 Bandon-Cherngtalay Road in Choeng Thale, with the kitchen running late into the night and the bar open to 1 AM. After the kitchens close, your genuinely all-night options narrow to the 24-hour convenience stores along the main road, a thin line of street stalls near Boat Avenue, and hotel room service inside Laguna.

This guide maps the realistic late-night picture: who is still cooking after 11 PM, what counts as a last food order, and where to go when dinner runs long. The honest summary is that Cherngtalay is a dinner-and-early-night area by default, so knowing the few kitchens that hold their hours saves you a wasted drive.

The short answer: where to get a late dinner

The short answer is that a full sit-down dinner late in the evening is rare on this stretch of the west coast, and Bisou is the clearest option. The kitchen runs later than the 10 to 11 PM close most Cherngtalay and Bang Tao Beach restaurants keep, with last food orders taken around 11 PM, and the cocktail bar stays open to 1 AM.

Bisou sits a short drive inland from Bang Tao Beach, Laguna and Boat Avenue, so it is reachable from the beach clubs and the Laguna hotels in under ten minutes by car or scooter. The room is modern French, plated to share, founded in 2025 by chef Antoine Darquin and sommelier Théo Lavergne, with head chef Manon Bares in the kitchen and Louis Chartier looking after the room.

The signatures hold up for a later table because they are built to share across two or four people: truffle French toast to start, a house beef Wellington carved at the table, a whole seabass baked in salt crust and flambéed in the room, and a black truffle pasta. See the full share-style French menu for the current lineup and prices.

When kitchens actually close in Cherngtalay and Bang Tao

The practical rule is that most Cherngtalay and Bang Tao Beach kitchens stop taking food orders between 10 and 11 PM, even when the bar stays open later. Beach-club restaurants near Bang Tao tend to run dinner service until around 10 PM, then shift to drinks and music. Hotel restaurants inside Laguna Phuket follow similar dinner windows, with room service the only in-property food once the outlets close.

This matters most if you land late at Phuket International Airport, which is about a 25 to 30 minute drive north of Cherngtalay, or if you are coming off a long beach-club afternoon and want a proper sit-down dinner at 10 or 11 PM. In those cases, calling ahead or booking a kitchen with confirmed late hours is the difference between a real meal and a convenience-store sandwich.

Phuket's dining scene has grown sharply in profile. The MICHELIN Guide first covered Phuket in 2019, alongside Phang-nga, the first year its Thailand selection reached beyond Bangkok, according to the MICHELIN Guide. That attention has lifted the daytime and prime-evening offer across the island, but late-night sit-down dining on the quieter west coast remains limited.

Late-night options ranked by how late they serve

Ranked by how late the food actually comes out, the order is clear: 24-hour stores and the latest street stalls run all night, a full-service French kitchen serves latest among proper restaurants, and hotel room service fills the gap inside the resorts. Each meets a different need.

For genuinely all-night food, the 24-hour convenience stores on the main Bandon-Cherngtalay Road are the only guaranteed option, with the street stalls and noodle carts near Boat Avenue trading later than most restaurants, though hours shift by night and vendor.

For a proper sit-down dinner that runs later than the local norm, Bisou is the practical choice, with last food orders around 11 PM and a cocktail bar open to 1 AM. If you want the drinks-led side of the same room rather than a dinner table, read the Cherngtalay cocktail bar guide.

For guests staying inside Laguna, in-room dining is the simplest late option, since the property restaurants close their kitchens earlier in the evening.

For a wider read on dinner before the late hours, the Bang Tao restaurant guide covers the prime-time tables that close at the usual hour.

Late-night dining in Bang Tao and Cherngtalay, compared

This table sorts the realistic options by what they serve and how late, as of June 2026. Bisou is listed first because it is the latest full sit-down French dinner on this stretch.

Book a late table at Bisou

If you want a real dinner after most of Cherngtalay closes its kitchen, Bisou is the room built for it, with dinner nightly from 6 PM, last food orders around 11 PM, and the bar open to 1 AM. Browse the share-style French menu, then reserve a later seating at book.bistrochat.com/bisou-phuket. For larger groups and buyouts, see our private events page.

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