Good morning Dragons,

My name is StuckinPhuket and today I'm here to ask for advice on the best Cafés in the South of Phuket Island with wifi which are located near or preferably right on the beach, in return for my thanks and gratitude.

My plan is simple. I wish to get some work done in a nice quiet location, preferably somewhere I can put my feet on the sand. I need a place with decent WIFI and where I won't be charged the earth. I live in Rawai so anywhere in the Rawai, Nairharn area or up towards Kata would be excellent.

I'm aware of the places down on Rawai beach itself, but what I'm really after is ones which may be a little hidden from public view, or certainly not separated from the beach by a road.

With your advice and knowledge I will put it into practice and visit these places, checking them out and seeing if they're a good place to get some work done on my laptop. In return I will forever be grateful for your help. I'm afraid I can give no equity stake away in my business.

Thank you in advance and I now welcome your answers and any questions you may have.

Coconut Rawai Beach might reach across the road.

Then maybe Nikita? Do they have wifi? Although your feet won't be on the sand there, but you'll be waterfront.

Maybe you can pinch an unsecured feed from somewhere at the Boathouse end of Kata Beach?

Another idea might be to use AIS, they offer a flat rate for one week for lousy 69 Baht. If your mobile/tablet allows you to set up a hotspot (tethering), you might get away with that. Just go to the beach, open up your own WiFi for your notebook, and the world is yours for 10 Baht a day. Should be better deal than buying drinks at the cafe to get access to their hotspot. Battery life might be an issue.

I'm more of a Snake than a Dragon.

Paradies Beach Bar, Nakitas, both have wifi

I wish we could have a functional, working definition of the word 'café'...it seems to mean something different everywhere I go. In Haad Yai, it's a nightclub. In the States (US) its a cheap restaurant. Now, in this thread, it seems to be something like 'beachside bar'. I know it is a French word, but I don't even have a clear idea of what it means there. (I would be grateful for enlightenment in this regard). I hope it has something to do with coffee.

However you define the word, I think the idea of working beachside on a laptop fails to live up to all the hype, especially when real deadlines loom.