Thai Food

Explore Thai food in Phuket with guides to local restaurants, street food, and authentic dishes. Discover where to eat classic and regional Thai cuisine on the island.

Palai Seafood

Palai Seafood has been around for a long time — one of those names that come up when people talk about where to eat seafood near Chalong. It’s not hidden or secret; in fact, it’s right by the sea on the road that leads to Mor Mu Dong.

Brake Taek

Brake Taek serves a delicious and renowned ‘Tom Yam Noodle Soup’. However, getting a table for lunch can also be difficult, and you might have to wait quite a bit. So, while waiting, order their excellent meatball skewers to keep you busy; you won’t regret it.

Mee Jirayuwat

This local restaurant appeared in a famous Korean Magazine, and many customers are now Korean. Their speciality is a Seafood Hokkien noodle soup. Order two; you won’t regret it. Choose between ‘Hokkien Mee’, a fat round yellow noodle, or ‘Ba Mee’, a thin egg noodle. The noodles can be served dry or ‘Hang’ (soup on the side). They are located on Phang Nga Road in Phuket Town.

Siang Khaen

Siang Khaeng is as big and basic as a warehouse but always full for dinner! The best dishes we know are Som Tam (Papaya Salad), Laab Het (Mushroom spicy hot salad), Kai, Namtok Nua (Beef Salad) and Pladook Foo (Grilled Cat Fish). But the list is extensive. Therefore, this place serves Esarn Food, which can be quite spicy (in northern Thailand). They are located on On Mae Luan Road, almost opposite the Mitsubishi Showroom.

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.

Restaurant Pita Beach

Restaurant Pita Beach is a charming and somewhat hidden spot on the shores of Sirey Island. Despite being called an island, it is connected to the main island of Phuket by a very short bridge. The location near a local village is quite relaxing and scenic.

Junkyard Theatre Phuket

Junkyard Theatre Phuket, rated #1 on TripAdvisor Phuket, is the only experience where dinner time turns into showtime in the craziest way in Asia! Forget boring dinners; here, you eat a scrumpteous 3-course meal while dancers leap, spin, and twist to cool tunes.

Cue Bar Rooftop Bar and restaurant in Phuket Town

Cue Bar in Phuket Town

Cue Bar is a friendly place to enjoy live music and pool in the Phuket Old Town area on Phang Nga Road. The bar is split into two sections, with its main bar, pool table and stage found on the air-conditioned ground floor space with a sports bar vibe, and an open-air rooftop bar.

EEST Restaurant

EEST Restaurant at Westin Siray Bay Resort on Koh Sirey offers a blend of exotic elegance and authentic Thai flavors, creating a dining experience that is both memorable and distinctive.

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.

Mama’s Kitchen

Mama’s Kitchen is a cosy beachside restaurant in Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach, set in a converted shipping container, offering a relaxed, inviting atmosphere.

The Andaman Kitchen

The Andaman Kitchen at Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Nai Yang Beach, serves Thai and international cuisine for a complete all-day dining experience of your favourite delights.

Sugar Shack @ Kata Beach

Sugar Shack is a popular local restaurant in the heart of Kata Beach, known for its relaxed atmosphere and excellent Thai and Western cuisine.

Sanook Restaurant

Experience the enchantment of Sanook, an interactive all-day dining experience and the resort’s primary breakfast venue. Sanook is modeled after an indoor market.

Krua Talad Yai at Courtyard by Marriott Phuket Town

Krua Talad Yai, the main restaurant, is located on the third floor of the Courtyard by Marriott Phuket Town and serves Thai and international food all day long, with a buffet and a la carte.

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.

Plearn Rooftop Restaurant

Plearn rooftop restaurant is an impressive rooftop bar and restaurant located on the hills above Hilltop Wellness Resort, with panoramic views overlooking Phuket Town.

Takieng Thai Restaurant

Takieng serves classic Thai and Phuket’s favourite dishes; each dish is crafted to pay tribute to the authenticity of Thai flavours. The extensive menu highlights the freshest and finest local ingredients from both the sea and the farm, including Sarasin prawns and Mole crabs.

Tukta Food & Drink

Tukta Food & Drink is one of the two restaurants still operating in Surin Beach. It may have to do with the fact that the restaurant is built on the rocks at the very south of the beach, just below the not directly on the sand.

OK Somtum

OK Somtum is a cosy and vibrant Thai restaurant located on Nanai Road in Patong, offering a delightful fusion of traditional Thai flavours with a modern twist.

Khum Kathu Mookata in Kathu

Khum Kathu is a popular mookata restaurant with a unique location by a small lake. In addition to the relaxing view, the open air allows a cool breeze to flow through the dining area.

HEH Restaurant

HEH is a restaurant on the outskirts of Phuket Town run by a young team and passionate and creative Thai Chef. The restaurant is not too big, well-designed with high windows, unpretentious, and welcoming. There is even a tree growing right in the middle of it.

Krua Kao Kuk

Krua Kao Kuk is a hidden gem on the outskirts of Phuket Town, praised for its simple and delicious southern Thai cuisine. Founded by a Peranakan family in 1995, it’s a favourite among locals for fresh seafood dishes, vegetables with ginger, and classic Thai comfort food like omelettes and pork belly.

Royd Restaurant

Royd is an upmarket restaurant found on Dibuk Road in Phuket Town, a short distance from the popular Thalang Road where the Sunday Walking Street Market is held every week.

Bucha Gallery and Restaurant in Chalong, Phuket

Bucha Gallery & Restaurant

Bucha Gallery & Restaurant is a superb venue in Chalong where guests can enjoy Thai antiques and authentic southern cuisine, run by the talented Chef Wina, who learned home cooking from her mother Kae Ying as she ran a shop on the market in Pak-Phanang Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Kha Moo Boran

Kha Mu Boran is a very discreet and modest restaurant at a busy intersection of Kathu. It is easily missed as you drive by and not easy to park, but when you know the place, it is worth it for a delicious casual lunch.

The Farmer and The Fisherman

The Farmer and The Fisherman is an excellent restaurant at the popular Porto de Phuket shopping village in Bang Tao Beach, just next to Boat Avenue. We stopped for a casual dinner and were pleased with how good the food was, as well as the servicw.

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.

Tantitium Restaurant

Tantitium is an attractive Thai restaurant on Dibuk Road, part of the historical centre of Phuket Town. The unusual name and the location at the very end of Dibuk Street make Tantitium a little difficult to locate, but if you walk by, your eyes won’t miss it.

Thai Mueang Restaurant Phuket

Thai Mueang Restaurant is set in an ancient house that is more than 100 years old and has been renovated to make it new and beautiful just next to the Chinpracha House Museum.

Nanork Seafood restaurant in Kamala Beach, Phuket

Nanork Seafood in Kamala Beach

Nanork Seafood is a long-established local Thai restaurant facing the ocean, right on the beach of Kamala. The restaurant has been open for many decades and hasn’t changed much over the years.

TohFaeng Resturant at Baan Ar Jor on Mai Khao Beach, Phuket

Toh Daeng Restaurant

Toh Daeng (which means Red Table) is a beautifully decorated Thai restaurant at Baan Ar Jor House Museum on Mai Khao Beach. The place intelligently combines two rooms in one, allowing families and friends to sit together at very long tables.

Spice by Sugar and Spice Restaurant

Spice by Sugar and Spice is Khun Ohn’s second restaurant in Kata Beach. It’s 800 meters south of the first Sugar and Spice.

Yen Ta Fo Noodle Soup

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Royal Thai Cuisine

Lots of restaurants are pitching for their “Royal Thai Cuisine” these days with the design, staff outfit, food presentation and menu. Many of them are just another tourist trap.

Phuket Food and Restaurants

Phuket’s food scene is a delight for food lovers, offering diverse and exciting options of Thai food, southern cuisine and even Phuket specialities. There is now a list of great local restaurants listed in the Michelin Guide for Thailand.

Daeng Restaurant on Karon Beach

Daeng Restaurant is a beachfront local venue located right on the sand of Karon Beach, next to Centara Grand Beach Resort Karon, which is a rare setting in this area.

Thai Restaurants in Phuket Town

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Chopol's Plantation, near Kata Noi Beach in Phuket

Chopol’s Plantation Bar and Restaurant

Chopol’s Plantation is a fantastic bar and Thai restaurant hidden high above the beautiful Kata Noi Beach. The place is hard to find because you have to spot a tiny road on the side of the main road that leads to the popular Karon View Point.

Meg Khram The Sunshine Restaurant

Meg Khram The Sunshine Restaurant is an upmarket Thai restaurant located at the north end of Patong Beach, where the original Baan Rim Pa restaurant used to be, just at the feet of Novotel Phuket Resort.

10 Seaside Local Restaurants in Phuket with a View

The local Thai restaurants located right by the ocean on Phuket Island offer an authentic dining experience to try the best local Thai cuisine and fresh seafood. These restaurants use locally sourced ingredients, including daily catches from local fishermen, to create flavorful and delicious dishes.

Natural Restaurant Airport

Natural Restaurant Airport is an excellent place serving excellent local Thai cuisine in a good atmosphere. As the name indicates, the restaurant is located just before reaching Phuket International Airport (2.4km to be precise), making it a perfect place for lunch, dinner or any meal at any time of the day if you have to be around there for any reason.

Piset Restaurant Phuket

Piset Restaurant is a fun place on Yaowarat Road in the old Phuket town that has been very popular with the young local crowd for serving creative Thai food for many years. The restaurant is run by Khun Praew, a famous local influencer and a member of one of the longest-established families in Phuket.

Green Heart Garden Kata Beach

Green Heart Garden is a superb hidden restaurant perched high on the hills above Kata Beach and blessed with incredible panoramic views of the Andaman Sea.

Jaras Restaurant at Intercontinental Phuket

Jaras Restaurant Phuket

Jaras is an exclusive restaurant serving superbly presented modern Thai Cuisine near the beach at the Intercontinental Phuket Resort in Kamala Beach. The restaurant is listed in the Michelin Guide, and our dining experience confirmed that the listing is fully justified.