Mr & Mrs Smith

The Pavilions, Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

Elegant, exclusive and child-free, The Pavilions, Phuket hotel is perfect for a romantic escapade. Ensconce yourselves in the seductive confines of a luxury pool villa where you can eat, sleep and skinny dip in total privacy. Should you decide to come out, there’s a fine restaurant and must-visit bar, plus the thrills of Phuket on your doorstep.

Need to know

• Rooms 48 villas.
• Rates Double rooms from $427.62 (THB13,500), excluding tax at 18.7 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (THB13,500), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates include buffet breakfast at the Plantation Club or breakfast in your villa.
• Facilities Free WiFi throughout, book and DVD library, shop, gardens. In rooms: satellite TV, CD/DVD player, iPod, maxibar and fridge, Lemongrass House toiletries, private spa treatment room.
• Poolside Individual plunge pools are just about long enough for a few strokes, but there's no communal oasis.
• Check-out 12pm, but flexible (later check-outs are charged at half-day rates). Check-in, 2pm.
• Children Kids under 16 aren't allowed, ensuring a calm, child-free zone.
• Also Smoking is allowed outdoors only. For a spa session with a difference, the Pavilions' treatments have been picked for their holistic properties. Relax with the utterly indulgent Yin Yang Symphony, a four-hand massage in the privacy of your villa.

Food and drink at The Pavilions, Phuket

• Hotel restaurant Hong Kong designer Rene Ozorio turned his finely tuned eye to the Plantation Club and created a pared-back, stylish take on Chinoiserie. The elegant dining room, with its ever-so-slightly distressed tables, high-backed chairs and charcoal colour palette, has floor-to-ceiling windows that fold back so you can enjoy the breeze and views. French chef Raphael Miloux's contemporary Thai-French menu boasts culinary treats such as veal shank in massaman, lobster ravioli with green cabbage and shrimp, and slow-braised ox tail in red curry.
• Dress code Come as you are – Liza Bruce kaftans and relaxed linens fit in just nicely around the resort.
• Top table It’s hard to beat eating by your pool, but the best restaurant table is in the middle of the front row for unobstructed sea views.
• Last orders Dinner is served at the Plantation Club 6pm–10.30pm; bar 360º stays open till midnight.
• Room service Full restaurant menu available 6.30am–10.30pm.
• Hotel bar The Pavilions has two bars – there’s the masculine, clubby lounge at the Plantation Club, where you can sink into a comfy armchair as you nurse a brandy, and the fashionable 360 ̊. Perched up a lush path at the very top of a hill, this outdoor bar attracts locals in the know for sunset cocktails and tasty snacks with serenity-boosting views (it's at its busiest 5.30pm–7.30pm). Try the delectable mandarin and lemongrass mojito.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

The Pavilions, Phuket 31/1 Moo 6, Cherngtalay, Thalang, Phuket & Khao Lak, 83110