Raya Restaurant
The century-old building’s original mosaic-tiled floor and walls adorned with ’50s tea and coffee poster girls and pictures of Thai monarchs will take your mind off the somewhat hefty prices. The line-up of traditional Phuket dishes include moo hong—steamed pork with pepper and garlic, B250 ($10)—gaeng nue poo bai cha ploo, a dish of crab meat with curry and coconut […]
Ploenchit
To get into this popular wateringhole, you definitely need to make a reservation on Friday and Saturday nights.
Kopitiam
They serve pocket-friendly traditional dishes like mee Hokkien and bak kut teh.
Tatsu Sushi
Bargain hunters can jump on their sushi deals, available for one or three people, while fond imbibers of sake can head next door to the teppanyaki bar.
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.