Originally Posted by Kacee

The Westin Siray Bay is an odd choice. It doesn't get very good reviews and it's not really a beach location. The good beaches on Phuket are on the Andaman side.

For Bangkok, 7 nights is a long time to spend in Sukhumvit. I would suggest splitting time between Sukhumvit and riverside, especially for a first stay.

Originally Posted by rbAA

Yes. Definitely better places to eat in or near Krabi. We have a couple places we liked near Mai Khao, but such bland offerings in Phuket downtown. My Thai GF is from Isaan so we eat spicy.

Kacee's right. Try the river area for few nights. Avani, Anantara, even a decent Hilton, though we have done some staycations at the ROSheraton when we lived in Bangkok.

Originally Posted by pdxerinsaarland

That’s just sad to hear. Although both provinces share some common dishes, each also has its own food specialty things that are worth trying. Fortunately, I’ve only ever been taken to places friends and relatives go to in Phuket, so I’ve yet to have a bad meal there. Food is incredible in both provinces though (also along the way in Phang Nga), so you can’t really go wrong with either. Besides food, another reason to visit Phuket old town once is the Sino-Portuguese architecture, but you’ll have seen similar style buildings in Singapore as well.

Since OP has a week in this region, an option could be to arrive into HKT and fly out of KBV (or go further into Hat Yai (HDY), Nakhon …(NST), or down to Trang (TST)). Either by sea over Phang Nga Bay or overland via route 4 is also beautiful, but a long drive (better to have a driver for this). The latter is worthwhile if you also want to get off the beaten path and end up in Patthalung.