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Karon roadside seafood restaurants

North Karon Roadside Restaurants

    Just before reaching the hill that leads to Kata Beach, visitors can see a line of small seafood restaurants. The fresh seafood is kept on ice in front of the restaurants and you can pick what you want them to cook, or choose and Thai dish directly from their menu. It’s quite cheap and has a fun local feel to it.

    Karon Lake Seafood Restaurants

    Seafood Restaurants By The Lake – Karon Beach

      For seafood or Thai food, you can choose one of the many small restaurants in front of the stadium or those by the lake. They are relatively cheap, and while they are not serving haute cuisine, they have a unique exotic charm and a beach view.

      Kata Rock Clubhouse in Kata Beach Phuket

      Kata Rocks Clubhouse

        Kata Rocks has only one restaurant serving Mediterranean and seafood cuisine, but with rooms so well designed for in-house dining, you won’t need more. Tables are along with the iconic infinity pool, so make sure you come a bit before sunset to enjoy some of Kata Rocks’ famous cocktails (they even have their signature gin). As the sun disappears, the pool lights turn on, and the atmosphere becomes even more romantic, the perfect setting to enjoy the superb cuisine.

        Palai Seafood

        Palai Seafood

          Palai Seafood is one of the best-known seafood restaurants in Phuket. The restaurant is near Chalong, past the zoo and before Mor Mu Dong. There are quite a few seafood restaurants in this area. While Palai Seafood serves quite a decent seafood, the clientele is primarily expats and Chinese tourists. Locals tend to go to Laem Hin or Mor Mu Dong. Service is known to be a little slow, but it’s still an excellent place to stop for seafood if you are around this area.

          Restaurant and Bars at JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa

          Andaman Grill

            Andaman Grill was our choice for the first night and was without a doubt the best decision. JW Marriott Phuket Resort feature a lot of restaurants (too many to try them all on a single weekend), but enjoying fresh seafood and Thai food in an open-air restaurant near the sea is hard to beat! The place is beautiful and spacious, the food excellent, and the team attentive and friendly. It was a treat (we paid for our stay, in case you wondered.

            The Dome BBQ Restaurant in Patong Beach, Phuket

            The Dome BBQ Restaurant

              The Dome BBQ Restaurant is an exciting spot in Patong, offering two types of food service: a grilled buffet and a seafood experience packed with authentic Thai flavours.

              huket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach

              Big Fish Restaurant & Bar

                Nestled on the golden sands of Nai Yang Beach, overlooking the Andaman Sea, Big Fish Restaurant & Bar at Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach is the perfect place to unwind and enjoy the stunning scenery.

                Salaloy Seafood Restaurant in Phuket

                Salaloy Seafood

                  Salaloy Seafood Restaurant in Phuket is located on Rawai Beach, in the very south of Phuket. Divided into two parts on each side of the busy beachfront road, the kitchen and main dining room are on one side and a sidewalk by the ocean and under the tall trees.

                  Thanoon Seafood Phuket

                  Thanoon Seafood Restaurant Phuket

                    Thanoon Seafood Restaurant is perfect for spending a half-day in a unique location, a breezy place right on the beach of a stunning bay in the very north of Phuket Island. Thanoon Seafood has found itself a little golden spot no one had thought about before: next to the Sarasin Bridge connecting Phuket to the mainland. This small bay benefits from a gentle breeze with amazing views of both the open sea and the new bridge on the other side.

                    Best Thai Restaurants in Phuket

                    55 Great Local Thai Restaurants in Phuket

                      Our list of the best local Thai restaurants in Phuket keeps growing because local food in Phuket is great, especially if you step away from Patong Beach! We chose not to list any places and no trendy venues here; our blog is about local food and only local food! These restaurants are not fancy, and all are cheap: they don’t care about the decor, and they sometimes forget to smile; it’s all about efficiency and great taste.

                      Samut Phuket is one of Phuket's best restaurants, located on the Nai Harn Lake.

                      Samut Phuket

                        Located at Chivitr Hotel in Nai Harn, Samut is a trendy restaurant serving modern Thai cuisine focusing on local seafood prepared with local ingredients and spices.

                        Ko Ang Seafood Phuket

                        Ko Ang Seafood in Phuket Town

                          Ko Ang Seafood is a local restaurant serving excellent seafood on the east side of Phuket Town. Ko Ang has been around for a long time and started as a modest shop with no decoration and a zinc roof. But seafood lovers always find the right places (and maybe we recommended it a lot too), and Ko Ang Seafood is now a bright restaurant and even added Chinese decoration.

                          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.

                            Aek Seafood restaurant in Rawai, Phuket

                            Aek Rawai Seafood Restaurant

                              Aek Rawai Seafood Restaurant is one of the few local seafood restaurants peppering the roadside of Rawai Beach. This small restaurant doesn’t have any particular sign and it doesn’t attract a mass of hungry tourists, but this is where we love to go for a real seafood lunch or dinner.