Rustic-style bar and restaurant The Avenue (www.facebook.com/theavenuephuket) is the latest addition to Central Phuket's drinking and dining scene.

Open from 7am-midnight, it serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Start the day with fuss-free choices like French toast with seasonal fruit (B120) or middle-back bacon, sausage and grilled tomatoes on homemade bread served with two eggs (B160). Lunch spans sandwiches, salads and burgers (from B190). Come dinnertime the menu turns local, offering Thai dishes such as the yum kai yarng (spicy salad with grilled chicken, B120) and  seafood tom yam (B150).

Drinks jump from French press coffee during the day to serious cocktails and a good selection craft beers. Happy hour takes place every Wednesday and Thursday from 5-8pm, with buy-one-get-one on all cocktails.