What Timber Hut Is
Timber Hut has held 118/1 Yaowarat Road since 1991, which makes it the longest running live music room in Phuket Town by a wide margin.
Thai bands open at 10pm with Thai and international covers; a DJ takes the handover around 11.30pm and drives the room to its 2am close, per Phuket.com's nightlife guide.
This is where Phuket Town actually goes out. Patong is for the tourists; the locals are here.
Reading the Room
A two storey red brick hall with the stage commanding the ground floor and a balcony rail for watching the crowd below.
Cityseeker describes a chalet style interior of dark timber that has soaked up three decades of noise.
It gets loud, close, and warm. That is the product.
The Menu, Edited
Inside Timber Hut
Who Shows Up, and When
Thai locals, expats, and the occasional celebrity sighting, per Window on Phuket. Tourists who find it tend to file it as the trip's best night.
Before 10pm you can talk. After 10pm you dance or you leave.
Weekends pack both floors.
What Regulars Say
- Tripadvisor reviewers call it the best night out in Phuket Town, three decades running.
- Petit Futé lists it as the town's reference live music address.
- Window on Phuket credits it as the anchor of Phuket City nightlife since the nineties.
- The recurring tip: arrive by 9.30pm for a table; after the first set you stand.
Who It Is For
- Anyone in Phuket who wants a local night instead of a beach bar replay.
- Live music people. Two sets and a DJ every single night since 1991.
- Avoid if you need quiet or space before midnight. Neither exists here.
Before You Go
Yaowarat Road sits at the north edge of Old Town, ten minutes on foot from the Thalang Road shophouses.
Warm up with cocktails in Old Town and check our Phuket live music guide for the rest of the week.
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