Krua Baan Platong is a southern thai budget eat in Thalang, Phuket.
Editorially verified September 27, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 4 hours
Savour Thai cuisine with a food tasting tour in Phuket Old Town. Indulge in over 15 tastings from street eats including Hokkien noodles and massaman curry.
Day trip · 5 hours
Join a guided culinary journey of southern Thailand on an evening quest. Taste authentic Thai dishes and visit the Kio Thian Keng Saphan Hin Shrine, Khao Rang Hill, Ph...
Guided tour · 3.5 hours
Explore Phuket’s Old Town with a local foodie guide! Sample 10+ iconic Southern Thai dishes, make traditional desserts, visit markets, and taste Michelin guide flavors.
Address: 167/1 Mu 5, Thepkrasattri Road, Si Sunthon, Thalang, Phuket 83110
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.
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.