Best Restaurants in Phuket

PRU ★ 4.9

PRU at Trisara holds One Michelin Star and a Green Star, serving a seasonal tasting menu of Thai produce at a kappo-style counter by the open kitchen.

Jampa ★ 4.5

Jampa is a Michelin Selected, Green Star farm-to-table room at Tri Vananda in Thalang, cooking garden vegetables and island fishermen's catch over fire.

Acqua ★ 4.6

Acqua brings Sardinian technique to Kalim Bay above Patong, Phuket, where chef Alessandro Frau cooks pasta, wood-fired pizza and an Italian tasting menu.

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.

Tambu ★ 4.4

Tambu is a Mughal-inspired rooftop at Avista Hideaway in Patong, Phuket, where chef Saurabh Sachdeva cooks a modern Indian tasting menu over the bay.

Thai Library ★ 4.4

Thai Library at Trisara in Phuket plates a refined southern Thai menu of local recipes, including mud crab sauteed with yellow chilli, over sunset views.

Omemo ★ 4.3

Omemo is chef Yannick Hollenstein's Swiss dining room in the Vibes of Nature complex in Kathu, Phuket, serving rosti, house sausages and a tasting menu.

Black Ginger ★ 4.5

Black Ginger floats on a lagoon at The Slate near Nai Yang, Phuket, reached by raft, where chef Piak cooks southern Thai classics like panaeng curry.

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.

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

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

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.

SignatureTaste of Jaras tasting menu, Zero-waste Kanom Jean

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

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

Ta Khai ★ 4.2

Ta Khai at Rosewood Phuket means fishing net, letting diners choose live seafood from a pond before Chef Nun and Chef Yai cook it to order in Patong.

SignatureDeep-fried white snapper with fish sauce, Live seafood from the restaurant's pond

Talung Thai ★ 4.2

Talung Thai is Paresa Resort's clifftop room above Kamala, Phuket, plating southern and central Thai dishes over sunset views of the Andaman Sea.

SignatureSoft shell crab miang, Stir-fried Phuket lobster

Wagyu Steakhouse ★ 4.1

Wagyu Steakhouse spans two floors of the Twinpalms hotel in Cherngtalay, Phuket, letting diners pick their cut from an open beef display case.

SignatureDry-aged wagyu tenderloin, Choose-your-cut beef showcase

La Gritta ★ 4.1

La Gritta at Amari Phuket has served Italian classics above Patong Bay since the early 2000s, pairing pizzas and homemade pasta with sea views.

SignaturePizza, Homemade pasta

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.

SignatureYellow curry, Crisp local fish with budu sauce

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

Khrua Ohm ★ 3.9

Khrua Ohm is a Michelin Selected kitchen on Wichit Songkhram Road in Kathu, Phuket, where Somphop cooks southern Thai dishes from the daily market.

SignatureBraised fish in salted soybean sauce, Wok-fried pork armpit cut

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

Mook Manee ★ 4.0

Mook Manee is a Michelin Selected seafood restaurant on Wiset Road in Rawai, Phuket, where diners choose live crab, prawns and lobster from the tanks.

SignatureStir-fried clams with chilli paste, Live Phuket rainbow lobster

Peang-Prai ★ 3.8

Peang-Prai is a Michelin Selected pair of wooden pavilions by Bang Pae waterfall in Phuket, a family kitchen cooking southern Thai food facing a lagoon.

SignatureStir-fried seasonal clams with chilli paste

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.

SignatureRambutan red curry with grilled pork neck