Eat in Phuket Town, Phuket

One Chun ★ 4.5

One Chun is a Michelin Bib Gourmand fixture in a vintage-styled 19th century building in Phuket Town, cooking family recipes passed down the generations.

SignatureMu hong, Boiled shrimp with shrimp paste

Go Ang Seafood ★ 4.2

Go Ang Seafood is a Michelin Selected room in Phuket Town, where chef-owner Go Ang cooks a full southern Thai seafood menu sourced from five daily markets.

SignatureSteamed crab with tangy seafood dip, Fried mantis shrimp with garlic, Southern Thai spicy sour soup with seabass

Jadjan ★ 4.0

Jadjan is a Michelin Selected room on Sakdidet Road in Phuket, where a former hotel chef cooks southern Thai crab curry and sour fish curry with pineapple.

SignatureCrab meat curry with betel leaves, Southern Thai sour curry with fish and pineapple

Kruvit Raft ★ 4.3

Kruvit Raft is a Michelin Selected floating restaurant off Laem Hin Pier in Phuket, reached by longtail boat for grouper soup and stir-fried prawns.

SignatureGrouper soup with soybean paste, Stir-fried black tiger prawns with salt and chilli

One Chun ★ 4.5

One Chun is a Michelin Bib Gourmand fixture in a vintage-styled 19th century building in Phuket Town, cooking family recipes passed down the generations.

OrderOrder mu hong, the soft braised pork belly that made the kitchen's name.

TipOrder the crab curry with betel leaves over rice noodles alongside the mu hong, and bring cash: One Chun does not take cards.

Naam Yoi ★ 4.2

Naam Yoi is a Michelin Bib Gourmand lunch room in Ratsada, Phuket, with a handful of tables, cooking fierce southern Thai curries from produce bought at dawn.

OrderAsk what curry came from the morning market, spice levels are toned down on request.

TipNo English menu, but the queue of local regulars is the best sign you are in the right place.

Go Ang Seafood ★ 4.2

Go Ang Seafood is a Michelin Selected room in Phuket Town, where chef-owner Go Ang cooks a full southern Thai seafood menu sourced from five daily markets.

OrderOrder the steamed crab with tangy seafood dip, sourced daily from five markets.

TipStarted as a zinc-roofed shop, it now has a comfortable Chinese-decor dining room.

Lob Baan ★ 4.4

Lob Baan is a twelve seat Michelin Selected room in Ko Kaew, Phuket, where chef Natdanai plates southern Thai home cooking with house-made ferments.

OrderBook ahead and order the eiam tor budu and the pork rib moo hong.

TipOnly twelve seats and two dinner services, at 17:00 and 19:30, and booking in advance is required.

Bake The Story ★ 3.9

Bake The Story is a custom-cake studio and cafe at 222 Yaowarat Road in Phuket's Samkong area, where its founder bakes birthday and wedding cakes to order.

Michel Angelo's Bar, Lounge and Diner ★ 4.0

Michel Angelo's Bar, Lounge and Diner on Takuapa Road runs live music nightly, a Phuket Town bar pairing cocktails with a different genre each night.

DrinkCocktails and mocktails

Roti Chaofa ★ 4.3

Roti Chaofa fries crisp Thai-Muslim roti on Chaofa Road in Phuket, a long-running Bib Gourmand breakfast stop known for its beef massaman curry.

TryRoti and Thai-style chicken biryani

TipClosed Mondays; order the beef massaman curry with a crisp roti for the classic combination.

Roti Taew Nam ★ 3.7

Roti Taew Nam griddles charcoal-pan roti on Thep Krasattri Road in Phuket, a long-running halal breakfast stall serving beef and chicken curry sides.

TryRoti with beef or chicken curry

TipArrive well before noon, when the stall closes; try the sweet roti with banana and egg alongside the curry.

Shrimp Noodles Ao Kae ★ 3.8

Shrimp Noodles Ao Kae on Phoonphol Road in Phuket serves shrimp broth over Hokkien or egg noodles, tom yum or original, wet or dry, with pork wontons.

TryShrimp noodles in tom yum or original shrimp broth, wet or dry

TipOrder the dry tom yum noodles with pork wontons, the pick of the short menu.

O Tao Bang Niao ★ 4.5

O Tao Bang Niao has charcoal-fried O Tao, a taro and seafood dish unique to Phuket, on Phuket Road since 1982, its smoky batter crisp and gooey.

TryO tao (taro and seafood fritter)

TipIt opens at 16:00; order the charcoal-fried o tao and add the crispy seafood omelette, the other dish the Michelin inspectors recommend.

Loba Bang Niao ★ 3.9

Loba Bang Niao fries Hokkien-style pork offal fritters on Mae Luan Road in Phuket, a Michelin Selected stall that also serves herbal pork rib soup.

TryLoba (Hokkien-style pork offal fritters)

TipPair the loba with the herbal pork rib soup; the stall closes at 17:00.

Meesapam Khun Yai Chian ★ 4.4

Meesapam Khun Yai Chian, opened by Grandma Chian in 1952, stir-fries mee sapam Hokkien noodles with seafood to her recipes on Thep Krasattri Road.

TryMee sapam (Hokkien-style stir-fried noodles with seafood)

TipOrder the stir-fried oysters with crispy egg roll alongside the signature mee sapam noodles.

Chillva Market ★ 4.0

Chillva Market fills stacked shipping containers with shops and rooftop bars on Yaowarat Road in Phuket, its evenings mixing street food and live music.

Phuket Night Food Tour ★ 4.1

Bangkok Food Tours runs a private Phuket night food tour by minivan: sunset over Phuket Town, Saphan Hin street food, a plate of O-Tao and Thalang Road lit up after dark.

TipIt is private only, 16:00 to 22:00 with hotel pickup; the per-person price falls from ฿6,500 for one guest as the group grows.

Por Tor Festival ★ 4.3

Por Tor is Phuket's Hungry Ghost month, when Hokkien shrines in Phuket Town pile tables with roast duck, fruit and hundreds of red ang ku turtle cakes for the returning dead.

TipEach shrine holds its day separately; the main worship day is the 15th of the lunar month, and the fresh market hosts two days of offerings.

PHOODIE Phuket Food Festival ★ 4.0

PHOODIE is the Phuket Hotels Association's first island-wide food festival: a week of one-off menus at 50 restaurants and bars, a Limelight Mall market day and an awards night.

TipEach venue sets its own prices and booking rules; a Road Map dinner earns a passport worth a bite or a drink at the 28 November market.

Gorjan ★ 3.7

Gorjan is a simple family-run kitchen near Gorjan Bridge on Kra Road in Phuket, where the owner cooks rich-flavoured house recipes to order for each table.

TryHome-style Thai dishes cooked to order

TipAsk the owner what to order; many dishes are the family's own recipes and each is cooked to order.

Go Ang Seafood ★ 4.4

Go Ang Seafood grew from a zinc-roofed shop into a Phuket institution on Phuket Road, its blue crab and mantis shrimp sourced from five markets daily.

TrySouthern Thai seafood, blue crab and mantis shrimp

TipOrder the steamed crab with tangy dip and the fried mantis shrimp with garlic; the kitchen opens at 17:00 and runs to 23:30.

Hong Khao Tom Pla ★ 3.9

Hong Khao Tom Pla draws a nightly queue on Kra Road in Phuket for its whiteboard daily catch, the fresh prawns and seafood mainstay of a small owner-run shop.

TryWhiteboard daily-catch seafood and prawns

TipCheck the whiteboard for the daily catch and expect a queue after 18:00 most evenings.

Ton Mayom ★ 3.8

Ton Mayom cooks Phuket town classics under an old mayom tree in Ratsada, its deep-fried local fish topped with fragrant curry paste a house favourite.

TryDeep-fried local fish with curry paste

TipAsk for the deep-fried local fish with curry paste; the short menu suits small groups well.

Krua Kao Kuk ★ 3.9

Krua Kao Kuk carries on a roadside-stall legacy on Phatthana Road in Phuket, its khao tom pla and deep-fried meatballs cooked to the family recipe.

TryKhao tom pla and deep-fried meatballs

TipOrder the boiled rice with fish and the deep-fried meatballs; the granddaughter still runs the kitchen.

One Chun ★ 4.5

One Chun is a Michelin Bib Gourmand fixture in a vintage-styled 19th century building in Phuket Town, cooking family recipes passed down the generations.

TryMu hong (braised pork belly) and family Southern Thai dishes

TipTry the spicy shrimp and shrimp-paste salad alongside the mu hong, and bring cash: the Michelin Guide lists One Chun as cash only.

Go La ★ 4.0

Why locals goGo La is a third-generation family noodle shop on Kra Road in Phuket Town, frying Hokkien-style noodles over charcoal, a local lunch stop outside the Old Town's main streets.

TipGo for lunch and order the yellow Hokkien noodles with an extra egg for a creamier texture.

Meesapam Khun Yai Chian ★ 4.5

Why locals goMeesapam Khun Yai Chian, opened by Grandma Chian in 1952, sits on Thep Krasattri Road in Ko Kaeo, north of Phuket Town, where her descendants still cook her recipes.

TipOrder the stir-fried oysters with crispy egg roll alongside the signature mee sapam noodles.

O Tao Bang Niao ★ 4.6

Why locals goO Tao Bang Niao has charcoal-fried o tao, the taro and seafood dish found only in Phuket, since 1982, from a family shop on a stretch of Phuket Road away from the Old Town.

TipIt opens at 16:00; order the charcoal-fried o tao and add the crispy seafood omelette, the other dish the Michelin inspectors recommend.

Ton Mayom ★ 3.7

Why locals goTon Mayom is a humble roadside kitchen under an old mayom tree on the road out of Phuket Town, cooking a short menu of town classics with care.

TipAsk for the deep-fried local fish with curry paste; the short menu suits small groups well.

LUME Bistro ★ 3.8

LUME Bistro serves breakfast-style Sunday brunch sets over the water at Royal Phuket Marina, a slower, quieter marina brunch stop in Koh Kaew, Phuket.

OrderSweet brunch set of croissants and pancakes, or the savoury set with eggs and bacon.

Michel Angelo's Bar, Lounge and Diner ★ 4.0

Michel Angelo's Bar, Lounge and Diner runs a different live set every night in Phuket Town, from a Monday jam and Tuesday jazz to a Sunday open mic.

TipSets run 20:30 to midnight; check the week's genre schedule on their Facebook page before you go.