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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.

The Cove Phuket

The Cove Phuket

    The Cove Phuket is a lovely little hideaway nestled in Ao Yon Beach near Panwa, a beautiful part of Phuket where very few tourists set foot. This small open-air restaurant and bungalow resort is blessed with a beautiful seaside view

    Kin-Kub-Ei Restaurant Phuketket

    Kin-Kub-Ei Restaurant

      Kin-Kub-Ei Restaurant is a hidden gem serving delicious southern dishes cooked by Khun Tubtim (the lady in the photos) with her family recipes and served in a beautiful garden hidden from the main road on the way to Bangtao Beach.

      The Charm Dining Gallery in Phuket Town, Dibuk Road

      The Charm Dining Gallery Phuket Town

        The Charm Dining Gallery opened in a century-old Thai house in Phuket Town. The location on Dibuk Road is the perfect way to end your exploration if you spend a day wandering the old streets.

        Hong Khao Tom Pla Restaurant in Phuket Town

        Hong Khao Tom Pla Restaurant

          Hong Khao Tom Pla is a discreet and long-established restaurant in Phuket Town, named after its famous fish rice porridge speciality. Behind this modest appearance is a little gem, so good that the Michelin Guide awarded them a ‘Bib Gourmand’, which is a sign of good quality and good value cooking.

          Baan 109 Bar and Restaurant in Phuket Town

          Baan 109 Bar and Restaurant in Phuket Town

            Baan 109 is a fun vintage looking restaurant as well as a casual bar on the popular Thalang Road, the historical street of Old Phuket Town where the famous Sunday Walking Street Market is held every weekend. The name ‘Baan’ means house and the number 109 is the street number.

            Nakkerd Seaview Cafe, just before reaching the Big Buddha Phuket

            Nak-Kerd Seaview Cafe near Phuket Big Buddha

              Nak-Kerd Seaview Cafe is a small restaurant with a superb panoramic view of Karon Beach. The place is simple, partly made of thatched roofs and bamboo tables, which adds a lot of charm to a simple lunch or dinner after you visit the Big Buddha of Phuket. Nak-Kerd is the name of the immense hill where the Buddha is built.

              Ketho Dim Sum Restaurant in Kathu, Phuket

              Ketho Coffee & Kitchen Dim Sum Restaurant

                Ketho Coffee & Kitchen is a dim sum restaurant very popular with locals for their breakfast, mostly for their dim sums but also for their soups and rice porridge.

                Noodle Soup in Phuket

                Noodle Soup in Phuket (Kuey Tiaow)

                  Noodle soup is everywhere in Phuket (‘Kuey Tiaow’ in Thai), and while it’s not precisely Thai food, it is entirely part of everyday life in Thailand. Small restaurants and carts will serve it on almost every street at any time of the day and night, not only for lunch, dinner and even breakfast.

                  Café Ma Doo Bua à Phuket

                  Ma Doo Bua

                    Ma Doo Bua is a cafe and restaurant whose sole purpose is to provide an irresistible background to the new generation of selfie lovers. The main catch is an artificial lake covered with those unusual giant circular floating leaves called Victoria Amazonica

                    Thai restaurant in a heritage house in Phuket Town

                    93 Best Restaurants in Phuket Town

                      Enjoying local Thai food in the old Phuket town after a day of exploration is an experience no one should miss. Fortunately, there are plenty of restaurants in Phuket Town to choose from; some are fancy, some are cheap, and some are in amazingly beautiful heritage houses.

                      Chom Chan by One Chun Phuket Town

                      Chom Chan by One Chun Restaurant

                        Chom Chan by One Chun is an excellent Thai restaurant that serves a great selection of Phuket dishes and local specialities. It’s a cos,y small house with a garden almost hidden on the outskirts of Phuket Town and can easily be missed when driving by.

                        Nom Jeen Phuket

                        Nom Jeen Phuket

                          Nom Jeen Phuket is a beautiful and relaxing new local restaurant serving kanom jeen on the outskirt of Phuket Town. There are quite a few kanom jeen shops around the island but this one feels very relaxed and trendy in a casual young fashion, and yet, it’s not expensive!

                          Phuket Best Restaurants

                          23 Best Restaurants in Phuket

                            The list of the Best Restaurants in Phuket 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.

                            Baan Mae Taan Restaurant in Phuket Town

                            Mae Tan’s House

                              Mae Tan’s House is an excellent local Thai restaurant in Phuket Town. It is slightly away from the old streets of historical Phuket, where the tourist crowd always go for their selfies and therefore addresses more to a local clientele, and that is a good sign!

                              Boon's Local Thai Restaurant in Phuket Town

                              Krua Maikhao Restaurant

                                Krua Maikhao is one of the most underrated local Thai restaurants in Phuket. It’s not fancy, the menu is not long, and lunch at Boon only costs a few baht, but the taste is unique. The restaurant is tiny, hard to spot, and so modest; we probably wouldn’t bother explaining to anyone how to go there.

                                Mookata Buffet in Phuket

                                Moo Kata Restaurants in Phuket

                                  Mook Kata is an extremely popular and cheap buffet found in Phuket and all around Thailand. Here, you pick and cook yourself some raw ingredients displayed on a buffet-style at a low fixed price.

                                  Three Monkeys Restaurant in Phuket

                                  Three Monkeys Restaurant

                                    Three Monkeys restaurant is set in the Jungle somewhere between Phuket Town and Chalong, part of the popular Hanuman World Zipline attraction.

                                    Black Ginger at The Slate Phuket

                                    Black Ginger Restaurant

                                      Black Ginger is a fabulous Thai restaurant in a lovely setting inside the Slate hotel in Nai Yang Beach. The cuisine itself is worth the visit, but the design and enigmatic arrival make you feel exceptional, like being in a traditional Thai movie.