Phuket Travel Guide and Blog
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.
[toc] Roxane Cafe and Restaurant is a new cafe and restaurant on the beachfront road of Patong Beach in Phuket. The location is convenient, and the food is really good, especially considering the large selection of breakfasts! The decor is modern, and the floor to ceiling glass windows make the restaurant unique and welcoming. The best part was enjoying our late breakfast from the third floor with a panoramic view
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[gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="large" ids="50900,50904,50903,50906,50907,50905,50902,50901,50908"] Papazula Info Location: Phuket Town Address: 15 Phuket Rd, Tambon Talat Yai, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83000 Hours: 12 pm - 12 am Phone: 076 390 799 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/papazula Papazula Map
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Sugar and Spice Cooking Class [toc] Khun Ohn offers free Thai cooking classes each Saturday morning at 11:30 am at her restaurant Sugar and Spice on Kata Beach. To boost customers' return after Covid, she started these free classes with the slogan, “You buy the meal, we show you how it’s made.” In other words, you pay for what you make and eat, but the lesson is free. Dishes are
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Kanom Jeen in Phuket Town [toc] Pa Mai Kanom Jeen is a modest local Thai restaurant located at the intersection of Dibuk Road and Satun Road, just next to the famous Blue Elephant Restaurant, in Old Phuket Town. Pa Mai has been a popular local place for decades and if you haven't yet tried Kanom Jeen, this might be your chance to try a true and delicious breakfast. Kanom Jeen
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Phuket Real Local Restaurants [toc] The list of local restaurants in Phuket keeps growing, and it is truly amazing how great local food can be here. No tourist places and no trendy venues here; it's all about local food and only local food! Here are some of the most popular (very) local Thai restaurants in Phuket. They are not fancy, and all are cheap: they don't care about the decor,
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Kaeng Liang Restaurant [toc] Kaeng Liang Restaurant is a small place in a beautifully decorated old shophouse hidden on Krabi Road in the old Phuket Town. The name Kaeng Liang is the name of a traditional spicy shrimp paste soup from central Thailand. The food is good (we had some Hokkien noodles), and the owner is very friendly, plus she speaks a bit of English. The decor is a beautiful
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The Beach Cuisine [toc] The Beach Cuisine is a seaside restaurant hard to find on Bang Tao Beach, open for lunch and dinner and serving excellent western and Thai food. The French chef proposes some unique specialities. The setting by the sea is amazing, and when the weather gets stormy as it was on the day we visited, it somehow felt like being in Brittany. What to order The menu
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Where to eat in Patong Beach? [toc] There are so many restaurants in Patong Beach; you would think that finding great Thai food would be easy. But if you know Thailand, you soon will realise that too many of them serve a toned-down version of Thai cuisine or something very far from local food. We understand and respect that many travellers are new to Thai food and might lack the
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Pub and Live Band in Patong [toc] Molly's Tavern is a well-known Irish Pub on the beachfront road of Patong Beach. Just 350 m from Bangla Walking Street, the bright red facade is an unmissable beacon for some good comfort food and great live music in a wide choice of international and local beers, ales, wines and spirits. Molly's Tavern serves international draught, bottled beer & cider selection from Irish
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A beach bar on Bangtao Beach [toc] Beach Pig Phuket is a cool beach bar on Bang Tao Beach serving tacos, nachos, Thai food and cocktails, a perfect spot to end your beach day with a sunset over the Andaman Sea. The bar is right on the sand, just in front of the SAii Laguna Resort and is entirely made of wood with thatched roofs and bamboo. The decoration is
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A hidden restaurant on Naithon Beach [toc] Inthanin Naithon is a delightful tiny restaurant hidden on the soft sands of the beautiful Naithon Beach, near Phuket International Airport. The place is hard to find, but it is worth the effort: first, the location right on the beach of the understated Naithon Beach is unique and enjoyable, and secondly, it is near the very popular Naithon staircase that has become so
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A local restaurant near Kathu Waterfalls [toc] Krua Pai Lin Restaurant (Sapphire) is a good and real local restaurant just before reaching the Kathu Waterfalls in Kathu, a great spot to stop over for a fun lunch after your little exploration. Krua Pai Lin is a typically local Thai restaurant, great to try something different and good, just the way Thai people like it. It was nothing fancy, just great
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A great beach club on Bangtao Beach [toc] Carpe Diem on Bangtao Beach is the latest Beach Club in Phuket, serving an appetizing Mediterranean and Italian cuisine with creative cocktails and a long list of fine wines. Because the beach in front of the club is not very wide, people come here for drinks, dinner and to enjoy great music at the end of their day. Carpe Diem is at
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What Are Phuket Best Restaurants? [toc] The list of the Best Restaurants in Phuket list is growing fast, especially since the Michelin Guide has arrived on the island. Phuket's culinary scene has evolved a lot in recent years, and the choice of restaurants has grown tremendously. Having excellent restaurants in Phuket happened naturally for a few reasons: Thailand is naturally blessed with fantastic cuisine, able to offer something great for
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A modern Thai restaurant in Nai Harn [toc] Samut is a trendy restaurant that just opened in Nai Harn, serving modern Thai cuisine focusing on local seafood prepared with local ingredients and spices. 'Samut', meaning 'Ocean' in Thai, is perfect for a special occasion and while it appears like a high-end restaurant, it brings a new fresh and unique touch to Phuket island. Chef Chatchawan 'Banky' Varahajeerakul brings a new
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Where to Celebrate Valentine's Day in Phuket? [toc] There are many romantic restaurants in Phuket to celebrate a special day and to compile this list of the best ones, we had to try a lot! Those restaurants were among the best dining experiences we had in Phuket. To enter this list, the restaurants must have great views or great atmosphere, good service and of course, excellent food. We know there are
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Cocktails and grill on Bangtao Beach [toc] Benny's Cocktail and Grill is an understated gem hidden by the roadside in Bangtao Beach, opened in 2015 and specialising in meats, but with many excellent other options, including Thai food. We heard of it for a while and even drove by a couple of times, but it took us too long to stop and give it a try. So we paid them
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Khaotom Thanon Dibuk [toc] Khao Tom Thanon Dibuk is a local restaurant famous for its morning rice porridge and noodle soup, located on Phang Nga Road in the back of Phuket Town, and only open from 6 in the morning to 12 pm. The restaurant got listed three years in a row in the Michelin Guide for Thailand. The shop is a a little far from the city center, and
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Hugo Hub Phuket is a beachfront cafe, bar, restaurant and beach-working space concept. The cooking stalls are distributed around the restaurant, serving breakfast, food and drinks in a relaxed and easy-going atmosphere by the ocean, and the prices are very reasonable. [gallery type="rectangular" size="large" link="file" ids="49068,49070,49071,49072,49073,49074,49075,49076"] [the_ad id="30528"] Hugo Hub Phuket Info Location: Bangtao Beach Address: Had Soi Hat Surin 8, Choeng Thale, Thalang District, Phuket 83110 Hours: 8 am
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A great pizzeria in the old Phuket Town [toc] Pizzeria Da Moreno @ Town is an excellent Italian restaurant located on Yaowarat Road, in the heart of the old Phuket Town. Da Moreno @ Town is the fourth and latest branch of the very popular Da Moreno family of restaurants. The original one was in Patong, the second in Kathu and the third one in Koh Kaew. We already reviewed
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