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.
Gallery Cafe
At this expat haunt, they serve everything from full English breakfasts to fast dinner options like pasta.
Phuket 346
This 100-year-old two-story building is not only a gallery showcasing playful contemporary works, but a funky guesthouse with cafe and bar.
Mac-chiato House
This charming cafe serves homemade coffee and cakes. It’s set in the type of long and narrow old shophouse (some 20-30 meters deep), with a garden out the back, that’s particularly typical of Phuket Town.
Wua Art Gallery & Studio
This place was founded by Mr. Zen, an advertising executive who quit his job to pursue his passion for art.
Pirrera Cafe Bar
Housed in an old building on the corner of Dibuk, this cute cafe retains all of its original charm.