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Phuket Restaurants: where and what to eat in Phuket


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 island’s tourist areas, 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 try the real thing without paying a fortune by checking out our Best Local Seafood Restaurants list.


Rock Salt Restaurant at The Nai Harn Resort in Phuket

Rock Salt Restaurant at The Nai Harn

    Rock Salt is an upmarket restaurant built on the rocky end of the beautiful Nai Harn Beach, south of Phuket. The view is fantastic, the Mediterranean cuisine is excellent.

    Tann Terrace Phuket à Karon Beach

    Tann Terrace Phuket

      Tann Terrace Phuket is a beach bar, a restaurant, and a small boutique hotel. Set in a unique location on the beach at the south end of Karon Beach. The restaurant serves Thai, Italian and Western dishes with a wide range of drinks and cocktails.

      Esan Bar Thai Restaurant in Phuket Town

      Esan Bar

        Esan Bar, despite calling itself a bar, is an excellent and affordable Thai restaurant serving Isan food from the northeast of Thailand. The restaurant sits by the busy roadside on the outskirts of Phuket town,

        We Cafe Restaurant in Phuket

        We Cafe Chaofa Restaurant

          We Cafe Chaofa is a large restaurant that serves a vast array of international, western and Thai dishes at a very good price, located not far from Wat Chalong.

          Red Clam Kathu Restaurant in Phuket

          Red Clam Restaurant in Kathu (Hoi Pai Daeng)

            Red Clam in Kathu, or Hoi Pai Daeng in Thai, is a local restaurant serving good and simple Thai food, perfect for sharing with your friends at the end of the day, the way Thai food is best enjoyed.  The restaurant is modest, but the setting is fun, with a vast open-air garden with open tables and those typical bamboo huts so popular in Thai restaurants. In case of rain, there is also a large covered area in the back.

            Crust Cafe & Restaurant - Italian Restaurant in Phuket Town

            Crust Restaurant Phuket

              Crust Restaurant is an excellent Italian venue located on the outskirts of Phuket Town. The food is very well priced and so good that the restaurant was mentioned in the Michelin Guide for Phuket several years in a row. The restaurant is set in a beautiful and colourful Sino-Portuguese shophouse, not far from Central Festival Phuket

              Tasak Seafood Restaurant Phuket

              Tasak Seafood Restaurant

                Tasak Seafood is a modest but excellent local restaurant serving inexpensive seafood in a beautiful seaside location in Paklok.

                Wanlamun Sweet Shop in Phuket Town

                Wanlamun Phuket – Sweet Shop in Phuket Town

                  Wanlamun is the most popular Thai sweets and Thai desserts restaurant in Phuket Town. The restaurant has been open for decades and serves an astonishingly large choice of local sweets you probably didn’t even know existed.

                  Day & Night Of Phuket

                  Day & Night of Phuket

                    Day & Night of Phuket on Dibuk Road has always stood out for its striking design and buzzing atmosphere, but on our most recent visit, it was the food that really impressed.

                    Krua Ohm Restaurant in Kathu, Phuket

                    Khrua Ohm Restaurant Phuket

                      Krua Ohm is a small and modest local Thai restaurant in Kathu with a mention on the famous Michelin Guide for two consecutive years.

                      Suay Restaurant Cherngtalay in Phuket

                      Suay Restaurant Cherngtalay

                        Suay Cherngtalay is a popular and excellent restaurant serving modern Thai cuisine with a creative touch by chef Noi Tammasak.

                        Ta Tuay Michelin Thai Restaurant in Phuket

                        Ta Tuay Restaurant in Phuket

                          Ta Tuay is a little-known local restaurant, hidden not far from the Sarasin Bridge in the very north of Phuket, near Sai Kaew Beach. Ta Tuay serves excellent local food and dishes from Phuket.

                          Coconuts Cafe Phuket

                          Coconuts Café Phuket

                            Coconuts Café is a lovely little bakery and restaurant hidden in a small lane of Chalong, in the south of Phuket Island. The coffee shop is a tiny house on stilts, with a garden surrounded by a vast green natural landscape and immense coconut trees.

                            Siam Supper Club Phuket

                            Siam Supper Club

                              Siam Supper Club is a long-established cosy restaurant near Bang Tao Beach, on the west coast of Phuket. The restaurant is mostly a steakhouse that also serves an excellent choice of European comfort food.

                              Arva Italian Restaurant at Amanpuri Phuket

                              Arva Italian Restaurant at Amanpuri Phuket

                                Arva is an authentic traditional Italian restaurant at the iconic Amanpuri Resort on the private Pansea Beach. The restaurant serves excellent, sustainable Italian cuisine. Arva is the perfect place to treat yourself and your loved one to a unique and unforgettable dinner in Phuket.

                                Pine Beach Club at Intercontinental Hotel Phuket on Kamala Beach

                                Pine Beach Bar

                                  Pine Beach Bar is a beautiful venue on the sand of Kamala Beach and part of the prestigious Intercontinental Phuket Resort. With such a wide strip of soft white sand and a beautiful landscape, the north end of Kamala is an ideal place to spend the afternoon.

                                  Surf and Turf by Soul Kitchen in Phuket Town

                                  Surf & Turf by Soul Kitchen

                                    Surf & Turf by Soul Kitchen is a small Thai-German-owned restaurant on Phang Nga Road in Phuket Town that received a Bib Gourmand from the Michelin Guide. The menu is short but changes monthly, and Chef Tom takes great pride in composing European-Thai dishes, including some vegetarian options.