Where is the best Seafood in Phuket?
The best seafood in Phuket is mostly in local restaurants, sometimes hard to find and often away from tourist places. Of course the seafood you will find in Patong, Kata, Karon and other famous beaches are good too, but there is a little something more in local restaurants. It’s more authentic, fresher, not to mention often cheaper. We are happy to share our Best Local Seafood Restaurants in Phuket with you! We decided to stick as much as possible to the concept of really local seafood.
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Note: We did not list any of the touristy places displaying their fishes on ice by the street, they are probably OK, but we want the real thing only.
1. Laem Hin Seafood
Laem Hin Seafood is a huge and famous seafood restaurant at the pier leading to Coconut Island and the ‘Floating Restaurant‘. The terrace above the water (or mud depending on the tide) adds a good local touch to their excellent seafood. Prices are affordable. Read more
Location: 90/11 Soi Baan Laem Hin, Thepkasattri Road
Open: 10 am – 10 pm
Phone: 076 239 357
2. Kru Suwit Floating Restaurant
Unusual and fun, but a bit more pricey than other local seafood venues as it includes a very short boat trip. A longtail will take you for a nice five minutes ride from the pier on the east coast and drop you on one of these giant rafts keeping their livestock in nets. A fun afternoon! Read more
Location: Front of Maphrao Island, Koh Kaew
Open: 10 am – 10 pm
Phone: 086 687 0892
3. Mor Mu Dong
One of the most local and talked about, hard to find a seafood restaurant in the eastern mangrove of Phuket island. It’s excellent, fun and you get a full blast of the real local life. By now, everyone knows that Andrew Zimmern from ‘Bizarre Food’ tried it and so should you. Read more
Location: 32/9 Soi Mu Dong, Chao Fah East, Chalong (past the zoo), Phuket
Open: 10:00 am – 9:30 pm
Phone: 088 766 1634
Price: Affordable
4. Kan Eang 2
Kan Eang 2 is one of the oldest but newly renovated seafood seafront restaurants in Chalong, also on the east coast. The setting is simple with plenty of trees and shade, making it very relaxing. Seafood is as fresh and excellent as it gets. Otherwise, it wouldn’t even be listed here! Read more
Location: 9/3 Moo 9 Chao Fah Tawan Aok Road, Ao Chalong, Phuket 83130
Open: 10 am – 10 pm
Phone: 076 381 323
5. Bang Pae Seafood
Bang Pae Seafood is another of our weekend favourite. Bang Pae serves a large choice of delicious and local dishes. Sit in a perfect natural setting made of huge mangrove trees growing right into the sea. Read more
Location: Soi Bang Toei, near Bang Pae waterfall
Open: 10 am – 8.30 pm
Phone: 087 887 5785
6. Ko Ang Seafood
Ko Ang is a real local seafood restaurant located in the middle of Phuket town. No frills and no fancy decoration, but a lot of great specialities including some unusual dishes such as razor clams, horseshoe crab salad. Read more
Location: Phuket Rd, Phuket Town (on the way to Sapan Hin)
Open: 6 pm – 12 am
Phone: 076 221 460
7. Rimpan Seafood
Rimpan Seafood is a small but excellent local restaurant hidden in plain sight in the north of Phuket Island, near the bridge that connects the island to the mainland. Just like the Sri Sunthorn reclining Buddha, thousand people drive past Rimpan without noticing such a great place sits right here. Read more
Location: Rimpan Seafood (ริมพาน ซีฟู้ด) Below Sarasin Bridge
Open: 9 am – 10 pm
Tel: 083 647 1147
8. Laem Sai Seafood
Laem Sai Seafood is a local restaurant hidden far away in the east coast of Phuket. The restaurant mostly consists of a vast wooden terrace over the sea or the mud, depending on the tide. From there, you can see Coconut Island (Koh Maphrao) just in front of you and the mainland in the far. It’s a very relaxing view to enjoy a slow lunch, especially when you look at rain clouds crossing the ocean as we did. Read more
Location: 330 Thepkrasatti Road, Amphoe Thalang, Chang Wat Phuket 83110
Open: 10:30 am – 8:30 pm
Phone: 088 169 4780
9. Chaiyo Seafood
A great seafood place on the banks of Phuket town river. Beautiful and peaceful setting with a view on the mangrove vegetation. They keep their livestock in nets right in front of the restaurant. Read more
Location: 25/2 Moo 6, Soi Muangthong-Borrae, Sakdidech Road
Open: 10.30 am – 10.30 pm
Phone: 076 393 142
10. 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 mostly 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.
Location: 32 Palai Beach, Chalong, Phuket 83000
Open: 9 am – 10 pm
Phone: 076 282 174
11. Rawai Seafood Market
Rawai Seafood Market started as a modest local fisherman village where you would buy some local catch to take home. The place was known as the Sea Gypsy Village and was a bit of an attraction. Year after year the small market grew and a restaurant offered to cook the fish you just bought across the street. Read more
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Open: 11 am – 9 pm
12. Thanoon Seafood
Right at the feet of Sarasin Bridge and therefore a bit far, Thanoon is just a bit more ‘sophisticated’ than most restaurants listed here. The beach setting is fabulous: you sit on the mainland with a view on Phuket Island! Lots of specialities, including some unusual dishes you can try. Read more
Location: 13, Khok Kloi, Takua Thung District, Phang-nga 82140 (at Sarasin bridge)
Open: 11 am – 10 pm
Phone: 076 452 052
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