Eat in Kathu, Phuket

Omemo ★ 4.3

Omemo is chef Yannick Hollenstein's Swiss dining room in the Vibes of Nature complex in Kathu, Phuket, serving rosti, house sausages and a tasting menu.

Khrua Ohm ★ 3.9

Khrua Ohm is a Michelin Selected kitchen on Wichit Songkhram Road in Kathu, Phuket, where Somphop cooks southern Thai dishes from the daily market.

SignatureBraised fish in salted soybean sauce, Wok-fried pork armpit cut

Omemo ★ 4.3

Omemo is chef Yannick Hollenstein's Swiss dining room in the Vibes of Nature complex in Kathu, Phuket, serving rosti, house sausages and a tasting menu.

Jongjit Kitchen ★ 3.9

Jongjit Kitchen is a Michelin Selected family restaurant in Kathu, Phuket, cooking affordable southern Thai dishes including stir-fried pork rump with salt.

OrderOrder the stir-fried pork rump with salt, the kitchen's signature dish.

TipArrive by early evening, the kitchen closes around 19:00 and locals fill it fast at lunch.

Drop Espresso ★ 4.3

Drop Espresso brews local and imported specialty beans as espresso or V60 on Phra Baramee Road, a laptop-friendly Kathu cafe with a green veranda, Phuket.

Passion Bakery and Restaurant ★ 3.9

Passion Bakery and Restaurant has made custom wedding and birthday cakes on Wichitsongkram Road in Kathu since 2010, alongside a Thai and Western menu.

Worth the queueCustom-designed birthday cake

Phuket Thai Cooking Academy ★ 4.4

Phuket Thai Cooking Academy runs 3.5-hour classes by a lake near Kathu Waterfall: a local market visit, then four Thai dishes you choose from 16, cooked at your own station.

TipPickup is free from Patong, Phuket Town and Kathu; one or two guests elsewhere pay ฿400 each for the round trip.

Pum Thai Cooking School ★ 4.0

Pum Thai Cooking School has reopened in Kathu, Phuket, with new cooking stations and classes from a single 30-minute dish to a six-dish, five-hour session.

TipThe three-dish, three-hour class at ฿1,900 is the usual first booking, and it already includes Pum's first recipe book.