Regent Phu Quoc

BLINK Design Group designed Regent Phu Quoc around Vietnamese vernacular forms. Gian Nha, a traditional wooden-truss building style, repeats as a Bovi pattern across the property, and a hand-blown crystal lobby installation, "Charming Deeps," is by glassmaker Lasvit. The resort sits directly on Long Beach, part of an island where more than half the landmass has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2006. Every accommodation category is a suite or a villa; there is no standard room tier. With 302 total keys and roughly 206 pools among them, a private pool is the default, not an upgrade.

- Rice Market: Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese, live kitchens, daily 6:30am–10pm; known for a 16-hour beef pho with Wagyu. - Oku: contemporary Japanese-French, chef Andy Huynh (ex-Nobu); nightly omakase, Tuesday–Sunday, 6pm–10pm. - Ocean Club: Balearic-inspired beachfront venue, Mediterranean/international menu, live DJ after sunset; daily 10am–10pm. - Aqua Bar & Lounge: charcoal-grill and cocktails under a bamboo art installation by Vietnamese artist Trung Nghia; Tuesday and Friday, 6pm–10pm. - Bar Jade: speakeasy themed on early-20th-century train travel; Tuesday–Sunday, 7pm–1am. - Fu Bar: adults-only rooftop sky-pool bar, gin-focused cocktails; daily 11am–11pm. - Lobby Lounge: all-day coffee, tea, and cocktails.

The Spa at Regent Phu Quoc includes a Pedi:Mani:Cure Studio built around podiatrist Bastien Gonzalez's medical pedicure/manicure method, plus a facial suite using Biologique Recherche skincare. Yoga runs from rooftop and indoor-outdoor pavilions with complimentary daily group sessions; the Health Club is open 24 hours.

Regent Kids Club runs daily 9am–6pm with an indoor play structure and mini-theater, plus babysitting on request. A beachfront watersports station operates daily, weather permitting, with kayaking, paddleboarding, and windsurfing. Regent Club access, a Level 10 Sky Wing lounge with its own adults-only rooftop infinity pool, adds scheduled breakfast, all-day bites, afternoon tea, and evening cocktails.

Regent Phu Quoc sits inside the Phu Quoc Marina Integrated Resort Complex, Duong Bao Ward, Duong To, Phu Quoc Special Zone, An Giang Province, on southwest Phu Quoc island, directly on Long Beach. The property is roughly 15–20 minutes by car from Phu Quoc International Airport (PQC). Duong Dong, the island's main town, is a short drive away.

Choose a beach pool villa at Regent Phu Quoc when a private pool on Long Beach is the stay; skip a main-building suite at Regent Phu Quoc if you need a standalone villa. The resort is all-suite and all-villa, with two suite categories and twelve villa configurations across four pool-villa types.

• Open the room guide

Introduction: Answer first: Regent Phu Quoc has no standard hotel room. Its 302 accommodations split into 176 suites and 126 villas across 14 named categories, and roughly 206 pools are distributed among them: a private pool functions as the resort's default unit of measure. The dining program, six restaurants built around Vietnamese cuisine at the center, is designed to match that same all-in commitment.

The decision most resorts don't make: Most large beachfront resorts build a pyramid: a wide base of standard rooms, a narrower band of suites, and a small top tier of villas for guests willing to pay for space and privacy. Regent Phu Quoc, on Vietnam's Long Beach in Phu Quoc, cut the base of that pyramid off entirely, and there is no standard-room category anywhere in its inventory. The property's smallest unit is a suite, the Ocean View Suite, published at 78 sq m with a private balcony and a soaking tub. Everything above that is a villa, running from one bedroom up to a 1,410 sq m, seven-bedroom beachfront villa.

That structural choice carries a real consequence for how a traveler should think about the property: there is no discount entry point here in the way there is at a resort with a standard-room floor. A private pool is built into nearly every category instead, and it is an actual pool rather than a pool view: an infinity pool, a plunge pool, or both, attached to the room. Regent Phu Quoc counts roughly 206 of them scattered across its suites, villas, and shared spaces, including a dedicated adults-only rooftop pool reserved for guests with Regent Club access on the property's Level 10 Sky Wing.

Four villa collections, four different bets: The 126 villas aren't one undifferentiated category: they split into four collections, each built around a different setting and a different kind of stay:

- Beach Pool Villas sit directly on Long Beach with unobstructed sand access, running from a one-bedroom unit up to the seven-bedroom flagship villa. - Sky Pool Villas take a different approach: a vertical, elevated layout with panoramic resort views instead of a ground-level beach position, in one- and two-bedroom configurations. - Lagoon Pool Villas face the resort's internal lagoons, in two-, three-, and four-bedroom sizes, generally the quieter of the four collections. - Terrace Pool Villas are built as multi-story units with furnished outdoor terraces; the two-bedroom version splits into a king bedroom and a twin bedroom, each with its own private plunge pool, which the resort positions specifically for groups traveling with children 12 and older over younger families.

The practical read for a traveler: beachfront access costs the Beach Pool collection its privacy from other guests walking the sand, while the Sky and Lagoon collections trade that beach proximity for a quieter, more enclosed setting. Terrace villas are the multi-generational or multi-couple pick, since the two-bedroom configuration genuinely separates two travel parties, adding more than just a second bed to one room.

The dining program backs the same bet: A resort this heavily weighted toward private, self-contained accommodation could easily let its restaurants become an afterthought: something guests use once or twice before defaulting to in-villa dining. Regent Phu Quoc's six-restaurant program reads like it was built to prevent exactly that. Rice Market, the all-day anchor, doesn't hedge toward an international buffet; it's a Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant built around live kitchens, running a beef pho simmered 16 hours with Wagyu beef alongside Ca Mau crab cakes and a rotating slate of five themed dinners, from a Mekong Delta family-style night to a rock lobster event. It's open early, 6:30am to 10pm, functioning as the resort's daytime default as much as its dinner option.

Oku, the second anchor, runs the opposite register: a contemporary Japanese-French restaurant led by chef Andy Huynh, who trained across several Nobu kitchens before joining the property, serving a nightly omakase menu and a wagyu-and-fish-focused Salon de Boeuf. Between those two poles sit four bar-and-lounge concepts, each with a distinct evening identity rather than an interchangeable resort-bar format: Ocean Club's Balearic beachfront scene with a live DJ after sunset; Aqua Bar & Lounge's charcoal-grill pop-up, staged twice a week beneath a bamboo art installation shaped like a sea-snail shell; Bar Jade's speakeasy, built around a luxury-train-travel theme and a ten-cocktail "Spirit of Gemstones" list; and Fu Bar, an adults-only rooftop gin bar with sunset views over the sky pool.

What this means for booking: If the appeal of Phu Quoc is a genuinely private beachfront stay (pool included, no shared amenity deck required), Regent Phu Quoc's all-suite-and-villa structure is close to a direct answer to that brief, and the size range (one bedroom to seven) means it scales from a couple's trip to a full family or friend-group booking without changing property. The trade-off is real: there's no lower-cost standard room to fall back on if the budget needs to flex, and the villa-scale footprint means this reads as a resort built for a multi-night stay rather than a one-night stopover. For travelers weighing that trade-off against a more traditional room-tier resort elsewhere on Long Beach, the clearest tell is the dining program. A resort this committed to a Vietnamese-led, six-restaurant lineup is building for guests who plan to eat on property most nights, the kind of guest less likely to treat the hotel as a base for exploring restaurants elsewhere on the island.

Practical notes: Regent Phu Quoc sits inside the Phu Quoc Marina Integrated Resort Complex on the island's southwest coast, about a 15-to-20-minute drive from Phu Quoc International Airport (PQC), short enough that the transfer itself isn't a planning obstacle the way it can be at more remote island resorts. The property was designed by BLINK Design Group around Vietnamese vernacular forms, with a repeating wooden-truss motif drawn from traditional Gian Nha architecture running through the outdoor structures, rather than an imported resort aesthetic. That's worth knowing before arrival if the expectation is a generic tropical-resort look.

Does Regent Phu Quoc have any standard hotel rooms?

No. All 302 accommodations are suites or villas — 176 suites and 126 villas across 14 named categories — with no standard-room tier.

How many pools does the resort have?

Roughly 206 pools distributed across its suites, villas, and shared spaces, including a dedicated adults-only rooftop pool on the Sky Wing reserved for Regent Club guests.

What is the difference between the four villa collections?

Beach Pool Villas sit directly on Long Beach; Sky Pool Villas are vertically elevated with panoramic views instead of beach access; Lagoon Pool Villas face the resort's internal lagoons and are generally quieter; Terrace Pool Villas are multi-story units built for groups, with the two-bedroom version giving each bedroom its own private plunge pool.

How far is the resort from the airport?

About a 15-to-20-minute drive from Phu Quoc International Airport (PQC).

Overview: Oku, led by Chef de Cuisine Andy Huynh, is an omakase counter open Tue-Sun 6-10pm, with complimentary island-wide chauffeur service for Oku guests. Rice Market is open 6:30am-10pm, with beef broth simmered 16 hours and Đắk Nông robusta coffee. Ocean Club is open 10am-10pm, with recurring themed nights (Sunday Mediterranean, Saturday rosé, Mon/Thu steak). The seasonal pop-up "Aqua Bar and Lounge" has been closed since June 1, 2026, so it is not included here as a standing venue. The "Taste Studio" private destination-dining format is available on request.

Booking this: Read VIAIVE's full Regent Phu Quoc review before you choose a specific venue. It covers the property overall and links to a live booking page. To verify availability for your dates or ask an advisor which venue is the right choice for your stay, use VIAIVE's advisory correspondence rather than booking blind.

How many restaurants and bars does Regent Phu Quoc have?

Three restaurants — Oku, Rice Market, and Ocean Club — plus two standing bars, Bar Jade and Fu Bar.

What are Oku's hours, and is transport included?

Oku is open Tuesday through Sunday, 6-10pm, and includes complimentary island-wide chauffeur service for guests dining there.

Is the Aqua Bar and Lounge still open?

No. It has been closed since June 1, 2026, and is not included as a standing venue in this guide.

What is Ocean Club's themed-night schedule?

Ocean Club runs recurring themed nights: Mediterranean on Sunday, rosé on Saturday, and steak on Monday and Thursday.

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