The Top 72 Restaurants Near The Smokaccia Laboratory
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Rank 2. Buabok
Thai
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Rank 3. hom
Portuguese
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Rank 4. Jaras
Contemporary Thai
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Rank 5. PRU
Thai
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Rank 6. Kin-Kub-Ei
Southern Thai
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Rank 7. 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 8. Nitan
Southern Thai
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Rank 9. Talung Thai
Thai
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Rank 10. Krua Baan Platong
Southern Thai
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Rank 11. Acqua
Sardinian
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Rank 12. Thai Library
Southern Thai
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Rank 13. L'Arôme by the Sea
Contemporary French
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Rank 14. 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 15. Krua Praya
Southern Thai
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Rank 17. Ta Khai
Thai
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Rank 18. Khrua Ohm
Southern Thai
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Rank 20. Tambu
Modern Indian
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Rank 21. lob-baan
Southern Thai
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Rank 23. Meesapam Khun Yai Chian
Hokkien Chinese
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Rank 24. Ton Mayom
Southern Thai
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Rank 25. Pathongko Mae Pranee
Street Food Thai
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Rank 27. Sang Ka Si
Thai
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Rank 28. Go Benz
Noodles
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Rank 29. Krua Kao Kuk
Southern Thai
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Rank 30. The Charm Dining Gallery
Southern Thai
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Rank 32. Roti Chaofa
Thai
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Rank 33. Chom Chan
Southern Thai
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Rank 34. 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 36. Naam Yoi
Southern Thai
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Rank 38. Chuan Chim
Thai
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Rank 39. Lertrod
Thai
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Rank 41. Peang-Prai
Southern Thai
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Rank 43. 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 44. Mor Mu Dong
Southern Thai
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Rank 45. 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 47. Royd
Southern Thai
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Rank 48. O Cha Rot
Thai Noodles
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Rank 50. Shrimp Noodles Ao Kae
Thai Noodles
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Rank 51. Go Ang Seafood
Southern Thai
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Rank 52. Go La
Hokkien Noodles
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Rank 53. Jadjan
Southern Thai
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Rank 55. La Gaetana
Southern Italian
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Rank 57. Gorjan
Thai
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Rank 58. Bucha
Southern Thai
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Rank 59. 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 60. 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 63. Thian Leng Bak Kut Teh
Malaysian
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Rank 64. Phi Sao
Southern Thai
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Rank 65. Pitak
Southern Thai
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Rank 67. Khanom Chin Pa Son
Noodles
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Rank 68. Krachang Khao Lak
Seafood Thai
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Rank 69. Tonfon Bistro
Southern Thai
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Rank 70. Mun
Southern Thai
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Rank 71. Roe Dang
Southern Thai
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Rank 72. Khanom Jeen Baan Bang Kan
Thai Noodles