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Indochine gives party people a taste of things to come

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Alasdair Forbes in Events & Attractions, Restaurants & Food

Plenty of smiles in Opiume.

Phuket’s beautiful people were out in force last night (May 5) for the unofficial pre-pre-soft opening of two floors of the restaurant and club section of the Indochine Resort & Villas, above Kalim Beach.

Singaporean group Indochine, which runs resorts, restaurants and clubs in Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, India and Malaysia, recently bought the majority share in what had, up to then, been the occasionally troubled Villa Santi Resort.

In addition to the 24 hotel rooms owned by the resort, Indochine will be able to let out many of the privately-owned villas and condos on the hillside behind.

But last night was not about accommodation. It was about celebration, fuelled by some free booze, always guaranteed to make an opening work. In this case, two floors of the four-floor main building were opened – the Deli Café on the ground floor and Club Opiume on the floor above.

Both are works in progress – flooring and ceilings are not yet complete, giving both venues the glamour of a very chic parking garage.

Not that anyone seemed to notice, especially in Club Opiume, where minds and legs were fully occupied with the music pumping out from the decks of the two deejays, model and fist pumper Nicole Chen and American legend in his own lunchtime Steve Aoki.

Laddawan Somniyam. EAM of Sales and Marketing, says there’s plenty more excitement to come, with deejays from around the world doing guest spots every two weeks, and locally-based deejays keeping the volume high in between.

Look out, too, for the opening parties for the other two floors – the Waterfront Restaurant on the 3rd floor and the Beach Club (no beach, but a swimming pool) on the 4th. Be there or be square.

For more on Indochine in Phuket, go here.

: Plenty of smiles in Opiume.

About the Author: Alasdair Forbes is a Phuket insider, having covered island happenings for 10 years. He is now Managing Partner of Forbes Communications.