Phuket restaurants serve all kinds of cuisine but finding real Thai food can be a little challenging. The large majority of the restaurants in the touristic areas of the island such as Patong Beach, Kata or Karon have been adjusting their tastes to accommodate first timers. You probably would never see Thai people eating in those places and it’s usually a sign.
Real Thai food is often found in more modest areas of Phuket and we list some great Local Thai Restaurants here. Phuket Seafood is also famous and you should really try the real thing without paying a fortune by checking out our list of Best Local Seafood Restaurants.
Hokkien Noodles in Phuket Town [toc] Mee Ton Poe (Mee Ton Poh) has served some of the best known Hokkien noodles on Phuket island for many years, since 1946 to be precise. It used to be a tiny modest restaurant at the clock circle in Phuket town where locals and
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What to Buy in Phuket for Fun? [toc] Phuket is full of shops selling tourist stuff and chances are you bought yourself a Muay Thai short, a wooden frog and a pointy hat from Chiang Mai (In Phuket!). Good for you... those are fun but they are tourist stuff and
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Phuket Best Radna Khun Jeed's Radna Yod Pak restaurant is an institution in Phuket Town, open as far as I remember, which is more than 20 years now. It became famous with a dish Thai people love called... radna. Radna is a Thai-Chinese noodle dish served with pork, beef, chicken
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Phuket Real Local Restaurants [toc] Beware! This is not the trendy section of Phuket Restaurants! This is all about the food, only the food and nothing but the food! Here are some of the most popular (very) local Thai restaurants in Phuket. They are not fancy and all are cheap:
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Hokkien Noodle Soup [toc] Som Chit Restaurant is famous for its delicious Hokkien Noodle Soup. People from Bangkok who know about would stop for a lunch at Som Chit if they are in the vicinity of Phuket Town. Som Chit (which is pronounced ‘Som Kit’) is easy to find, near
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The Best Ribs in Phuket and Beyond! We went to Naughty Nuri's Phuket Restaurant in Patong Beach the other day and we had a great time. Naughty Nuri's is famous for their Nuri's signature ribs and piglet (Babi Guling a la Nuri's). Officially it's called 'Naughty Nuri’s In The Forest',
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Taokhun Seafood Restaurant [toc] Taokhun Seafood is a hidden restaurant on the east coast of Phuket located somewhere near Phuket International Airport. This seaside restaurant is a great place for a relaxed lunch with views on the Thailand mainland coast across the sea. Taokhun serve a good mix of Thai
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What Are Our Phuket Best Restaurants? [toc] Writing our list of Phuket best restaurants wasn't too difficult this year. 24 years on the island offered us many changes to visit a lot of them, and we try not to fall into routines. Phuket culinary scene has evolved a lot in
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One of Phuket Best Thai Restaurants [toc] Black Ginger is a fabulous Thai restaurant in a very beautiful setting inside the Slate hotel in Nai Yang Beach. Black Ginger cuisine itself is worth the visit, but the setting and enigmatic arrival make you feel very special... like being in a
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Restaurants really on the beach in Phuket [toc] What can be better than eating right on the beach when on holiday on such a beautiful island as Phuket, but such restaurants have become hard to find. Actually there used to be quite a lot of places where it was possible
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Rustic Eatery and Bar Phuket Rustic Eatery Phuket is a very popular restaurant found at the south end of Patong Beach, just before the tall bridge that leads to Amari Phuket Resort. Rustic is small and so discreet from the outside, you would easily miss it as you drive, so
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Ko Yoon Restaurant [toc] Ko Yoon Restaurant is a very small and discreet place serving amazing Hokkien Noodles. If you happen to visit Phuket Town, chances are you walked passed it without noticing it, it looks like any other anonymous local hole-in-the-wall restaurant. But Ko Yoon has prepared those delicious
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Thong Dee The Brasserie [toc] Thong Dee Brasserie is a very popular restaurant in Phuket despite the fact that it is relatively hard to find. Located in the back of a back street of Kathu, which is near Patong Beach, Thong Dee Brasserie strikes by its urban façade in the
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Best Restaurants on the Beach in Phuket [toc] Eating on the beach at one Phuket beach restaurants is a great way to make the best of your tropical holiday. Thai food is great and cheap, the weather is warm all year round, the sea offers a fantastic backdrop and the
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Amazing Seafood Restaurants You Need to Try [toc] The best seafood in Phuket is mostly found in local restaurants, sometimes hard to find and often away from tourist places. Of course the seafood you will find in Patong, Kata, Karon and other popular beaches is good too, but there is
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Popular with Locals: Laem Hin Seafood [toc] Laem Hin Seafood is one of the best known local seafood restaurants in Phuket. Located on the east coast of the island, Laem Hin is huge but still manages to get full for dinner and even more on weekends. The setting above the
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Romantic Thai Dinner at Ta Khai Restaurant [toc] Ta Khai is a beautiful Thai restaurant nestled on the secluded beach of Tri Trang and part of the new luxurious Rosewood resort. Located just a couple of kilometers from Patong Beach, it is a surprise to find such an oasis of peace
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Phuket Most Romantic Restaurants [toc] There are many romantic restaurants in Phuket to celebrate Valentine's Day in style, and to compile the list of the best, we actually had to try a lot more than 15! This is probably the most expensive page we ever wrote but it sure was
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Seaside Dinner at the Beautiful SeaSalt Lounge [toc] SeaSalt Lounge and Grill is a beautiful new restaurant as well as a lounge built on a prime seafront location in Patong Beach. SeaSalt is also part of the well-known Diamond Cliff Resort. If you are a little familiar with Patong beach,
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Great Seafood at Ko Ang Restaurant [toc] Ko Ang Seafood is a very good and very local seafood restaurant found in Phuket Town. Ko Ang Seafood has been around for a very long time and started as a modest shop made of plain concrete with a zinc roof. But good
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