Casa Blanca

This boutique hotel has three grades of rooms (superior, deluxe and family suite), a pool, vegetarian restaurant Jardin as well as a charming cafe with an array of cakes.

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Mee Ton Poh

A popular haunt for those who can’t get enough of signature dishes like pad mee Hokkien, which costs B35-40 ($1.40-1.60).

Tatsu Teppanyaki

Situated right beside the original Tatsu Sushi bar, this teppanyaki arm overs over lunch and dinner sets, as well as over 100 choices sake and shochu.

Ji Pien

Try their version of o-tao (stir fried oysters with eggs and crispy pork skin), a traditional Phuket dish, which they have been selling this famous dish for nearly 40 years. Don’t forget to sample their yummy kanom jeen (spaghetti-like rice noodles topped with curry), too.

Phuket Thai Hua Museum

This restored Sino-Portuguese building features a two-story exhibition detailing the island’s Chinese ancestry, Phuket Town’s growth to prosperity and the former tin mining industry.

Kopi de Phuket

This place has a Chinese tavern-feel on the ground floor and resembles a Chinese teahouse on the second. There’s also a smaller outlet at the On On Hotel, the oldest hotel in town.

Ko Benz

Head here for the best known tom luerd moo (pig’s blood in clear soup) in town.

Art Room

This gallery-plus-school sells contemporary and traditional art by students at affordable prices.