The Top 77 Places to Eat Near The Smokaccia Laboratory
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Rank 2. Wagyu Steakhouse
Steakhouse
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Rank 3. Buabok
Thai
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Rank 4. hom
Portuguese
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Rank 5. Jaras
Contemporary Thai
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Rank 6. Five Olives
Neapolitan Pizza
A Neapolitan pizza spot on Phuket that takes its Italian seriousness perhaps more literally than most: the owners fell hard for Italian food culture and built a colonial-style dining room around that conviction. The dough is contemporary with a proper puffy crust, and the menu stretches into pasta and risotto when pizza feels too casual. The cocktail list is more considered than you'd expect. It ranks on 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific and holds a Michelin Guide selection.
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Rank 7. PRU
Thai
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Rank 8. Kin-Kub-Ei
Southern Thai
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Rank 9. Suay (Choeng Thale)
Contemporary Thai
The Portuguese-tiled floor and garden terrace set the tone for a contemporary Thai restaurant that reads smarter than its "sassy, unique, authentic and yummy" acronym suggests. The chef updates traditional dishes with modern techniques and a confident hand with spice, lemongrass lamb chops and crab cakes with mango chutney among the reasons regulars return. Live music on the terrace makes dinner feel like a mild occasion, even on a Tuesday.
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Rank 10. Nitan
Southern Thai
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Rank 11. Talung Thai
Thai
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Rank 12. Krua Baan Platong
Southern Thai
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Rank 13. Acqua
Sardinian
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Rank 14. Thai Library
Southern Thai
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Rank 15. L'Arôme by the Sea
Contemporary French
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Rank 16. Jampa
Vegetarian
Jampa is a vegetarian restaurant inside a wellness community on Phuket, where the kitchen builds its menu around ingredients grown close enough to see from the table. Dishes shift with the seasons, and the natural flavors can get quietly complex. Saturday's lakeside lunch is cooked over a wood fire, which makes it feel more like a ritual than a meal. A calm, considered room where no one is in a hurry, which is either a feature or a warning depending on your lunch plans.
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Rank 17. Krua Praya
Southern Thai
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Rank 19. Ta Khai
Thai
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Rank 20. Khrua Ohm
Southern Thai
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Rank 22. Tambu
Modern Indian
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Rank 23. lob-baan
Southern Thai
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Rank 25. Meesapam Khun Yai Chian
Hokkien Chinese
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Rank 26. Ton Mayom
Southern Thai
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Rank 27. Pathongko Mae Pranee
Street Food Thai
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Rank 29. Sang Ka Si
Thai
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Rank 30. Go Benz
Noodles
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Rank 31. Krua Kao Kuk
Southern Thai
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Rank 32. The Charm Dining Gallery
Southern Thai
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Rank 34. Roti Chaofa
Thai
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Rank 35. Chom Chan
Southern Thai
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Rank 36. One Chun
Southern Thai
A 19th-century shophouse in Phuket old town sets the scene for this Southern Thai restaurant, where the decor runs vintage and the cooking runs in the family, literally across generations. The Michelin Bib Gourmand goes to a menu built on recipes nobody wrote down because nobody needed to. Expect bold, funky flavors and the kind of pork belly that makes you reconsider everything you ordered before it arrived.
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Rank 38. Naam Yoi
Southern Thai
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Rank 40. Chuan Chim
Thai
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Rank 41. Lertrod
Thai
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Rank 43. Peang-Prai
Southern Thai
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Rank 45. Aulis
Thai
Simon Rogan's chef's table inside Iniala Beach House seats you at the counter facing an open kitchen, where a multi-course tasting menu moves through Thai ingredients sourced from local growers. The format is classic Rogan: farm-driven and precise, but transplanted to Phang-Nga. It holds a Michelin star. Call ahead, as it has been known to close temporarily.
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Rank 46. Mor Mu Dong
Southern Thai
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Rank 47. Kruvit Raft (Ban Laem Hin)
Seafood Thai
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The name is an expression of curiosity, which turns out to be a fair preview of what the kitchen is doing: blending Andaman seafood with Australian imports in a way that lands somewhere between a Melbourne café and a Phuket dining room. It's a relaxed contemporary spot with enough style to feel considered. The menu is cooked to order, the flavors run bold without showing off, and the whole thing moves with the energy of a team that's having a good time figuring it out.
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Rank 49. Royd
Southern Thai
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Rank 50. O Cha Rot
Thai Noodles
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Rank 52. Shrimp Noodles Ao Kae
Thai Noodles
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Rank 53. Go Ang Seafood
Southern Thai
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Rank 54. Go La
Hokkien Noodles
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Rank 55. Jadjan
Southern Thai
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Rank 57. La Gaetana
Southern Italian
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Rank 59. Gorjan
Thai
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Rank 60. Bucha
Southern Thai
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A contemporary-style pizza dough with a pronounced crust is the anchor here, but Marni runs a fuller Italian menu than that suggests, covering fresh pasta, gnocchi, local meats, and seafood alongside the pies. It sits in the middle of tourist-heavy Phuket, which makes its consistency quietly impressive. The wine list is short and sensibly priced, and a small gin and tonic selection handles aperitivo duty. It ranked 39th on 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific.
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Rank 62. Tiffin by La Sala
Indian
Dining beside a lagoon under the open sky is the reason to find this Indian restaurant tucked inside a resort at the northern tip of Phuket. The chef hails from Maharashtra and runs a long à la carte of curries, tandoor dishes, and a tiffin chaat platter that earns the name above the door. The naan comes straight from the oven, and the lamb vindaloo is spiced with genuine conviction.
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Rank 63. Samut
Southern Thai
Dark teak wood and Oriental lanterns fill what was once a hotel lobby, now a contemporary Southern Thai restaurant running a single set menu of more than ten courses that traces Phuket's coastline. Seafood comes from local fishermen, and the kitchen leans into island tradition, folding in local fruits and a reworked take on Phuket dim sum. It reads as a love letter to the south, written in a building that already had good bones.
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Rank 64. Mook Manee
Seafood
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Rank 66. Baan Rearn Mai
Seafood
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Rank 68. Thian Leng Bak Kut Teh
Malaysian
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Rank 69. Phi Sao
Southern Thai
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Rank 70. Pitak
Southern Thai
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Rank 72. Khanom Chin Pa Son
Noodles
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Rank 73. Krachang Khao Lak
Seafood Thai
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Rank 74. Tonfon Bistro
Southern Thai
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Rank 75. Mun
Southern Thai
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Rank 76. Roe Dang
Southern Thai
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Rank 77. Khanom Jeen Baan Bang Kan
Thai Noodles