🍜 Food & Drink in Phuket

A craft beer bar and kitchen in Phuket Old Town with an excellent selection of Thai and imported craft beers alongside creative Thai-Western fusion small plates. The beer-braised pork belly with local Phuket herbs and the smoked duck pizza are signatures in a menu that changes seasonally.

📍58/1 Thalang Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand

A two-floor upscale fresh market in Patong Beach with a ground floor of premium fresh seafood, tropical fruits, and imported cheeses, and an upper floor of cooked food stalls serving everything from fresh oysters to pad see ew. Upmarket and clean by Thai market standards.

📍Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

A landmark seafood restaurant on the Chalong Bay waterfront that has served Phuket's freshest seafood since 1977. The grilled whole grouper with fresh herbs, the giant river prawns in garlic butter, and the deep-fried soft-shell crab have been the same exceptional quality for three generations.

📍9/4 Chao Fa Tawan Tok Road, Chalong, Phuket 83130, Thailand

An atmospheric seafood restaurant built over the water at Phuket's Laem Hin fishing village with wooden pier seating, excellent fresh seafood at non-tourist prices, and a local crowd of fishermen, families, and Phuket residents who know where the real food is. The steamed clams with holy basil are extraordinary.

📍Laem Hin, Koh Kaew, Phuket 83000, Thailand

The main night market for tourists staying in Patong with a wide selection of Thai street food, freshly grilled seafood, som tam, and pad thai at a good price-to-quality ratio. Less chaotic than walking Bangla Road, Malin Plaza gives a more accessible taste of Thai market culture on the island's busiest beach.

📍75/1 Ratuthit Road, Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

The largest and most varied weekend market in Phuket, held Saturday and Sunday in the Ratsada area, with an enormous selection of secondhand goods, vintage clothing, electronics, handicrafts, and street food stalls. Genuinely attended by Phuket residents and a fascinating cross-section of the island's diverse population.

📍Wiset Road, Ratsada, Phuket 83000, Thailand

A weekly Sunday evening street market along Thalang Road in Phuket Old Town where the Sino-Portuguese shophouses become a living backdrop for street art, local food stalls, and cultural performances. The traditional Phuket hawker foods - oh tao oyster cake, mee sua noodles, and loh mee - are the highlight.

📍Thalang Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand

The most popular night market in Phuket, held every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday near Central Festival mall, with an enormous selection of Thai street food, live music, fashion stalls, and local handicrafts. The market is a genuine local affair - more attended by Phuket residents than tourists.

📍Chao Fa West Road, Phuket 83000, Thailand

Thailand's most celebrated farm-to-table restaurant with a Michelin star, located at Trisara resort. Chef Jimmy Ophorst sources all ingredients from the resort's private farm and from sustainable Phuket producers - an evolving tasting menu that changes daily with the harvest.

📍Trisara Resort, Srisoonthorn, Thalang, Phuket 83110, Thailand

A simple, legendary restaurant near Surin Beach serving the best roti mataba and Muslim-style seafood in Phuket. The crab roti with curry sauce and the gaeng massaman are outstanding and the prices are what locals pay - a completely authentic southern Thai Muslim dining experience.

📍Surin Beach, Cherngtalay, Phuket 83110, Thailand

A beloved Phuket Old Town restaurant by Chef Noi Tammasak, serving modern Thai cuisine with a focus on southern Thai flavors - crab curry, mussaman with potato, and sea bass with turmeric. The beautiful heritage house setting and exceptional quality at moderate prices make Suay a Phuket institution.

📍50/2 Takua Pa Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand