Eat in Phuket Old Town, Phuket

Royd ★ 4.6

Royd seats twenty on Dibuk Road in Phuket for chef Suwijak Kunghae's six to eight course tour of southern Thai herbs, seafood and torch ginger.

Blue Elephant ★ 4.3

Blue Elephant occupies the restored governor's mansion Phra Pitak Chinpracha, plating chef Nooror's royal southern Thai menu in Old Town Phuket.

Chuan Chim ★ 4.3

Chuan Chim is a Michelin Bib Gourmand shophouse on Montri Road in Phuket Old Town, run by the second generation and wok-firing seafood dishes to order.

SignatureTom yam seafood soup, Deep-fried squid with garlic and pepper, Stir-fried kale with crispy pork

Raya Restaurant ★ 4.1

Raya Restaurant, founded in 1994, cooks Phuket crab curry and southern Thai plates in an old Sino-Portuguese mansion on Dibuk Road in Phuket Old Town.

SignatureCrab meat curry with rice noodles, Steamed pork with pepper and garlic, Fried shrimp with tamarind sauce

Heh ★ 4.3

Heh is a Michelin Selected room on Yaowarat Road in Old Town Phuket, a youthful kitchen pairing fresh Andaman seafood with Australian imports.

SignatureAndaman seafood with Australian imports, Fresh cooked-to-order plates

Royd ★ 4.6

Royd seats twenty on Dibuk Road in Phuket for chef Suwijak Kunghae's six to eight course tour of southern Thai herbs, seafood and torch ginger.

Blue Elephant ★ 4.3

Blue Elephant occupies the restored governor's mansion Phra Pitak Chinpracha, plating chef Nooror's royal southern Thai menu in Old Town Phuket.

Chuan Chim ★ 4.3

Chuan Chim is a Michelin Bib Gourmand shophouse on Montri Road in Phuket Old Town, run by the second generation and wok-firing seafood dishes to order.

OrderOrder the tom yam seafood soup, wok-fired to order by the second-generation chef-owner.

TipGo for lunch before 12:30, this shophouse fills fast with locals on Montri Road.

Phakakrong ★ 4.0

Phakakrong is a Michelin Selected kitchen on Phuket Road in Old Town Phuket, cooking traditional Phuket dishes that are increasingly hard to find elsewhere.

OrderOrder the steamed pickled krill, a hard-to-find dish done with real care here.

TipBooking ahead is advisable, and a complimentary seasonal dessert usually ends the meal.

Surf & Turf by Soul Kitchen ★ 4.2

Surf & Turf by Soul Kitchen is a Michelin Bib Gourmand room on Phangnga Road in Old Town Phuket, where Chef Tom resets his European menu every month.

OrderAsk what changed on the monthly menu, Chef Tom's specials are the reason to book.

TipThe menu turns over every month, so two visits rarely taste the same.

The Charm Dining Gallery ★ 4.3

The Charm Dining Gallery is a Michelin Bib Gourmand room on Dibuk Road in Old Town Phuket, plating chef Buriphat's Southern Thai Peranakan family recipes.

OrderOrder chef Buriphat's stir-fried pork belly with herbs and sweet dark soy sauce.

TipPair the pork belly with the pork rib soup with tofu and salted fish, which the Michelin inspectors single out; it closes on Wednesdays.

Raya Restaurant ★ 4.1

Raya Restaurant, founded in 1994, cooks Phuket crab curry and southern Thai plates in an old Sino-Portuguese mansion on Dibuk Road in Phuket Old Town.

OrderOrder the crab meat yellow curry with rice noodles, the dish Raya is best known for today.

TipFounder Kularb Jesadawal was a bank worker cooking for friends before she opened Raya in 1994; order the crab curry and the moo hong.

O Cha Rot ★ 4.2

O Cha Rot is a Michelin Selected noodle shop on Yaowarat Road in Phuket Old Town, ladling beef ball noodle soup in fragrant bone broth; come early for lunch.

OrderOrder the beef ball noodle soup, with tender beef slices in a fragrant bone broth.

TipGo before 11:00, this 07:00 to 15:00 shop often sells out of noodles by early afternoon.

Kopitiam by Wilai ★ 4.1

Kopitiam by Wilai plates Hokkien noodles and Thai milk coffee in a heritage Thalang Road shophouse full of old photographs, in Phuket Old Town, Phuket.

DrinkThai milk coffee

Kor Ra Kang Cafe ★ 3.7

Kor Ra Kang Cafe fills a Thalang Road shophouse with two million artificial blooms, a photo-driven coffee and dessert stop in Phuket Old Town.

Tera Boulanger ★ 4.5

Tera Boulanger folds French technique into Phuket flavour on Dibuk Road, its Pain Suisse Tao Sor filling a croissant with Peranakan mung bean custard.

Worth the queuePain Suisse Tao Sor, a croissant pastry filled with mung bean and salted egg custard

Campus Coffee Roaster ★ 4.4

Campus Coffee Roaster roasts its own Thai and imported beans for honey espresso and drip coffee in a former pharmacy on Krabi Road, Phuket Old Town.

BeansThailand

BrewsEspresso, Filter

RUSH Coffee Rommani ★ 4.2

RUSH Coffee Rommani roasts northern Thai Arabica in a restored Sino-Portuguese shophouse on Soi Rommani, a specialty coffee bar in Phuket Old Town.

BeansThailand

BrewsEspresso, Filter, Cold brew

The Fool Speakeasy ★ 4.5

The Fool Speakeasy fills a renovated three-storey building in Phuket Old Town, a candlelit tarot-themed bar where guests draw a card to choose the cocktail.

DrinkTarot-themed cocktails drawn by card

Shhh. Phuket ★ 4.4

Shhh. Phuket hides behind what looks like a working key-cutting shop on Thalang Road, an underground speakeasy of theatrical cocktails in Old Town.

DrinkN.013 (vodka, chambord, sake, kombucha, jackfruit)

Dibuk House ★ 4.3

Dibuk House is owner-bartender Wynn Chaokitiwut's cocktail bar on Dibuk Road in Old Town Phuket, its big windows facing a muralled building next door.

DrinkLast Living to Survive (Beefeater gin, white creme de cacao, Thai tea)

Zimplex Mixology Laboratory ★ 4.2

Zimplex Mixology Laboratory in Old Town treats each cocktail as a small theatrical build, part bar and part science lab, made and filmed at the counter.

DrinkTrip (pink gin, cream liqueur, syrup)

So What Bar Phuket Town ★ 3.9

So What Bar Phuket Town is a graffiti-walled courtyard off a small Old Town lane, a beer-garden dive where blues jam sessions turn strangers into friends.

DrinkHouse cocktails at Thai prices

Bebop Live Music Bar ★ 4.2

Bebop Live Music Bar on VELA's second floor at Yaowarat and Phang Nga is Old Town Phuket's best-known jazz room, a piano and house band playing most nights.

DrinkBar drinks alongside live jazz, soul and blues

Estrela Rooftop Bar & Restaurant ★ 4.2

Estrela Rooftop Bar & Restaurant crowns the Novotel Phuket City Phokeethra above Phuket Town, pouring wine and cocktails with sweeping town views.

DrinkLove Story

TipHappy hour runs 16:30 to 18:00 with buy-one-get-one on selected drinks; the back of the rooftop looks over the sea to Koh Sirey and its temple.

A Pong Mae Sunee ★ 4.4

A Pong Mae Sunee fries charcoal coconut crepes down Soi Soon Uthit off Yaowarat Road in Phuket, a Bib Gourmand stall famous for its khanom a pong.

TryKhanom a pong (coconut rice crepes)

TipArrive early, as the Michelin inspectors advise: the crepes are cooked in mini woks over charcoal, crisp outside and soft in the centre.

Khao Tom Dibuk ★ 4.0

Khao Tom Dibuk ladles aromatic khao tom congee and a secret-recipe Chinese brown soup on Phang Nga Road in Phuket, a family Bib Gourmand with kaya sandwiches.

TryKhao tom (rice congee) with Chinese herbal brown soup

TipGo early; weekend specials add braised pork ribs and chicken with fermented soybeans to the congee menu.

Chit Hole Phuket Brewery ★ 4.5

Chit Hole Phuket Brewery in Old Town pours its own Chit Beer alongside Thai craft IPAs, wheat beers and stouts in a wood-toned taproom off Takuapa Road.

Sunday Walking Street ★ 4.4

Sunday Walking Street, locally Lard Yai, closes Thalang Road in Phuket Old Town every Sunday evening for food stalls, crafts and street performers.

Southern Flavors Phuket Food Tour ★ 4.6

A Chef's Tour's lunchtime Phuket food walk starts at the Central Market on Ranong Road and runs 15+ tastings, from Burmese curries with wood-fired naan to Southern Thai stalls.

TipBook the 10:00 or 10:30 departure: the 12:30 extra slot skips the inside of the market. Groups are capped at eight guests.

Baba Tastes Phuket Food Tour ★ 4.5

Baba Tastes is A Chef's Tour's later Phuket food walk, a four-hour, 15-tasting route through the Old Town's Baba and Peranakan kitchens that starts outside Jui Tui Shrine.

TipIt suits a late lunch and early dinner; the tour is not suitable for vegetarians, vegans or the gluten intolerant, so flag any allergy before booking.

Old Town Phuket Food Tour with Jane ★ 4.2

Jane's Old Town Phuket food tour meets at Downtown Market on Ranong Road for a small-group morning of rice noodles, moo hong braised pork belly and bak kut teh herb soup.

TipMeet at 10:15 for the 10:30 start; there is no hotel pickup, and groups stop at eight people.

Old Town Secret Food Tour ★ 4.3

Secret Food Tours runs a Southern Thai morning walk from Downtown Khao Keang cafe through Phuket Old Town markets, with 10+ tastings and dessert-making at a fourth-generation family bakery.

TipTours start at 10:00 outside Khao Keang cafe; look for the guide under the orange umbrella by the grand colonial house.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival ★ 4.8

The Phuket Vegetarian Festival fills Ranong Road with yellow-flagged jay stalls for nine days: no meat, dairy, eggs, garlic or onion, served beside dawn shrine processions.

TipStreet stalls near Jui Tui Shrine open from about 06:30; many Old Town family kitchens close or go jay-only for the week.

Phuket Old Town Chinese New Year Festival ★ 4.5

Phuket City Municipality's Lunar New Year festival closes Old Town streets for three evenings of parades and a City of Gastronomy zone of more than 400 food and drink stalls.

TipThe 2026 edition ran 18:00-23:00 each night; the municipality confirms dates a few weeks ahead, so treat the next edition's days as expected.

Blue Elephant Phuket Cooking School ★ 4.5

Blue Elephant's Phuket cooking school teaches four or five Thai recipes per half day inside a restored Sino-Portuguese mansion on Krabi Road, with a market tour on morning classes.

TipChoose the morning session for the market walk; students eat what they cook in the Blue Elephant restaurant afterwards.

Chom Chan ★ 4.3

Chom Chan serves Phuket-style Southern Thai recipes in a Sino-Portuguese house on Yaowarat Road, its curry soup with barramundi belly a local favourite.

TryPhuket-style Southern Thai family recipes

TipOrder the tangy orange curry soup with barramundi belly and share a few plates; the bill stays easy on the wallet.

Sang Ka Si ★ 4.0

Sang Ka Si serves generous individual and sharing plates from a red zinc-roofed shop on Yaowarat Road in Phuket, its fresh squid with herbs drawing a wait.

TryFresh squid with herbs and sharing plates

TipExpect a short wait for a table; order the fresh squid with herbs and a shared plate to split.

Sang Ka Si ★ 4.1

Why locals goSang Ka Si trades from a plain red zinc roof on Yaowarat Road, its humble guise hiding a following so loyal that a table often means a short wait.

TipExpect a short wait for a table; order the fresh squid with herbs and a shared plate to split.

The Neighbours Cafe ★ 4.3

The Neighbours Cafe plates Mushroom Eggs Benedict inside a hostel cafe on Phangnga Road, a small-table brunch stop in Phuket Old Town, Phuket.

OrderMushroom Eggs Benedict with king oyster mushrooms and hollandaise, ฿250.

Cafe Delight ★ 4.4

Cafe Delight serves a Thai-American family's California breakfast menu on Ratsada Road in Phuket Old Town, from smoked salmon eggs Benedict to waffles.

OrderSmoked Salmon Eggs Benedict with homemade hollandaise on a croissant, ฿375.

Coolies Club ★ 4.4

Coolies Club pours bubbles with its Sparkling Dim Sum Brunch every Sunday on Soi Romanee, a Bill Bensley-designed bar and restaurant in Old Town, Phuket.

OrderSparkling Dim Sum Brunch, a mix of dim sum and bubbles, 1,050 baht per person.

TipCoolies Club is Bill Bensley's Chinese Baroque shophouse on Soi Romanee.

Go Benz ★ 4.4

Go Benz on Krabi Road in Phuket serves dry rice porridge with crispy pork until 1.30am, and has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2019.

TryKhao tom haeng, dry boiled rice with crispy pork and pork offal

TipIt opens at 17:00 and runs to 01:30, closed Mondays; the short menu is cash only and dishes can sell out early.

Bebop Live Music Bar ★ 4.2

Bebop Live Music Bar on VELA's second floor is Old Town's best-known jazz room, a grand piano and house band playing jazz, soul and blues from around 9pm.

TipBook ahead for a table near the stage on Friday or Saturday; there is no cover but tips for the band are expected.

So What Bar Phuket Town ★ 3.9

So What Bar is a graffiti-walled courtyard hangout off a small Old Town lane, where blues jam sessions turn a quiet beer garden into a singalong.

TipLive music is not scheduled every night; check their social media for the jam-session calendar before making the trip.

The Fool Speakeasy ★ 4.5

The Fool Speakeasy fills a renovated three-storey building in Phuket Old Town, a candlelit tarot-themed bar where guests draw a card to choose the cocktail.

TipCheck the bar's calendar for DJs and guest shifts from other Asian bars; the kitchen also serves pan-Asian small plates to go with the drinks.

Shhh. Phuket ★ 4.4

Shhh. Phuket hides behind what looks like a working key-cutting shop on Thalang Road, an underground room of theatrical, technique-driven cocktails.

TipLook for the door covered in keys; walk through the shop front and head upstairs to find the bar.

Zimplex Mixology Laboratory ★ 4.2

Zimplex Mixology Laboratory in Phuket treats each cocktail as a small theatrical build, part bar and part science lab, mixed and filmed before you drink it.

TipClosed on Mondays; take a seat at the bar, where the bartender builds the drink inside your glass and guests film it before drinking.