Eat well in Phuket without overpaying: the locals'-budget edition.
Eat well in Phuket for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
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.
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 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 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.
Mor Mu Dong serves Southern Thai seafood from rustic pavilions over the Mu Dong Canal in Chalong, Phuket, its live seafood tanks proving the daily catch.
TrySouthern Thai seafood, live tanks to table
TipOrder three or four dishes to share and ask for a table with a canal view at high tide.
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 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 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.
Krua Baan Platong cooks intensely flavoured Southern Thai dishes down a small Thalang alley in Phuket, its budu-dipped steamed pork belly a highlight.
TrySteamed pork belly with budu dipping sauce
TipBook and order ahead; the alley location and small dining room mean tables go quickly.
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.
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