Baboon Phuket ★ 4.6
Baboon Phuket roasts Chiang Mai and Doi Chang Arabica in its own glasshouse cafe behind Three Monkeys, a jungle roastery and bakery near Chalong, Phuket.
40 mid-range places in Phuket, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Phuket, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Phuket food.
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.
OrderMu hong, Boiled shrimp with shrimp paste
Jaras ★ 4.5
Jaras is a Michelin Selected room at the InterContinental in Kamala, Phuket, sourcing organic farms for a sustainable southern Thai tasting menu.
OrderTaste of Jaras tasting menu, Zero-waste Kanom Jean
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.
Jaras ★ 4.5
Jaras is a Michelin Selected room at the InterContinental in Kamala, Phuket, sourcing organic farms for a sustainable southern Thai tasting menu.
OrderRequest the Taste of Jaras tasting menu with wine pairing, book a day ahead.
TipNamed for the owner's grandmother, the kitchen grows its own microgreens on site.
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.
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.
Mor Mu Dong ★ 4.5
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.
OrderSouthern 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.
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.
OrderMu 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.
Five Olives ★ 4.4
Five Olives is a Michelin Selected pizzeria in Cherngtalay, Phuket, where a Thai chef-owner fires Neapolitan pies in a wood oven and makes pasta in house.
OrderOrder a Canotto pizza with its puffy, char-flecked rim from the wood-fired oven.
TipChoose the cool air-conditioned room or the leafy terrace, and add the light braised seabass with clams to a Canotto pizza for the table.
Mor Mu Dong ★ 4.4
Mor Mu Dong is a Michelin Bib Gourmand mangrove kitchen in Chalong, Phuket, cooking live-tank seafood in rustic pavilions above the Mu Dong canal.
OrderPick seafood from the live tanks in the open kitchen and order three or four southern Thai dishes to share.
TipOrder three or four dishes to share, the tide changes the view from the pavilions.
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.
Hern Coffee and Bistro ★ 4.4
Hern Coffee and Bistro serves coffee, brunch and upmarket Thai dinners on Patong's beach road in front of Baan Laimai Beach Resort, open daily until 23:00.
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.
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.
OrderSouthern 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.
Poached Breakfast Cafe ★ 4.4
Poached Breakfast Cafe serves pulled-pork eggs Benedict and Australian-size breakfasts on Chao Fa Tawan Tok Road, a Melbourne-style cafe in Chalong, Phuket.
OrderPulled pork eggs Benedict, a house twist on the classic brunch dish.
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.
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.
OrderTom yam seafood soup, Deep-fried squid with garlic and pepper, Stir-fried kale with crispy pork
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.
OrderGrouper soup with soybean paste, Stir-fried black tiger prawns with salt and chilli
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.
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.
Suay ★ 4.3
Suay in Cherngtalay, Phuket, is chef Tammasak's modern Thai room, plating spiced lamb chops and crab cakes across an indoor bar and garden terrace.
OrderOrder the grilled lemongrass lamb chops with papaya salsa, the signature plate.
TipGarden tables with live music suit a relaxed evening; the airy tiled dining room indoors is the quieter choice.
Cannelle Kata - Bakery & Co. ★ 4.3
Cannelle Kata bakes sourdough loaves, laminated brioche and open sandwiches on a hillside terrace over Kata Beach, a French bakery and cafe in Phuket.
Mor Mu Dong ★ 4.3
TipOrder three or four dishes to share and ask for a table with a canal view at high tide.
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.
OrderPhuket-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.
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.
OrderSteamed crab with tangy seafood dip, Fried mantis shrimp with garlic, Southern Thai spicy sour soup with seabass
Bucha ★ 4.2
Bucha is a Michelin Selected gallery restaurant in Chalong, Phuket, where chef Wina cooks house-made Southern Thai curry pastes learned from her mother.
OrderYellow curry, Crisp local fish with budu sauce
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.
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.
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.
BAKE Cherngtalay ★ 4.2
BAKE Cherngtalay bakes French-style pastries and daily bread and roasts its coffee beans on site, a patisserie and coffee shop near Laguna, Phuket.
BARTELS Bang Tao ★ 4.2
BARTELS Bang Tao ferments sourdough for 24 to 48 hours with no commercial yeast, its Lagoon Road sandwiches and juices a Cherngtalay stop in Phuket.
Summore Day Cafe ★ 4.2
Summore Day Cafe pours V60 and cold brew on a hilltop garden terrace near Promthep Cape in Rawai, Phuket, looking over Ya Nui and Nai Harn beaches.
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.
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.
Kanin Cafe ★ 4.2
Kanin Cafe serves an all-day brunch of shakshuka and acai bowls near Boat Avenue in Cherng Talay, Phuket, with an air-conditioned room and outdoor seats.
OrderKanin Shakshuka, baked eggs in a spiced tomato sauce, or one of the acai and smoothie bowls.
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.
OrderCrab meat curry with rice noodles, Steamed pork with pepper and garlic, Fried shrimp with tamarind sauce
Toh Daeng at Baan Ar Jor ★ 4.1
Toh Daeng at Baan Ar Jor is a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen in a restored manor house in Mai Khao, Phuket, amid farmland, known for its rambutan red curry.
OrderRambutan red curry with grilled pork neck
Krua Praya ★ 4.1
Krua Praya is a Michelin Bib Gourmand garden kitchen in Si Sunthon, Phuket, cooking bold Southern Thai pork belly and stews to order under open air.
OrderOrder the fried pork belly with curry paste and young coconut shoots.
TipDishes are cooked to order, so build in extra time before your next stop.
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