79points · on 9 of 21 lists: Hotels.com Go Guides, Tripadvisor, Phuket 101, Will Fly for Food, Girl Eat World, Joey Santini Photography, BudgetTraveller, Nerd Nomads and Phuket.Net
One Chun is a Southern Thai restaurant run by Napapat "Prang" Chessadawan, who cooks from recipes handed down through three generations from her grandmother. Its 19th-century building is hung with old clocks, transistor radios and black-and-white televisions, collected out of her love of art and antiques. The Michelin Guide gives it a Bib Gourmand and singles out gung makham, deep-fried prawns in tamarind sauce served in a pineapple.
“fresh delicately cooked crab in a bowl of mouthwatering curry”
Very Hungry Nomads
“built its reputation with locals before tourists caught on”
Phuket 101
- Tripadvisor
- 4.5 from 555 reviews
- Award
- Michelin Bib Gourmand
53points · on 8 of 21 lists: Hotels.com Go Guides, Nothing Familiar, Will Fly for Food, Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes, Nerd Nomads, Phuket.Net, Wongnai and YouTrip Singapore
Raya is a family restaurant opened in 1994 by Kularb Jesadawal, known as Madam Rose, who left a job at a bank after her friends and family urged her to cook for the public. Its yellow crab curry, thick with fresh crab meat, coconut milk and turmeric, comes with thin rice noodles and is the dish it is known for. The moo hong, pork cooked with pepper and garlic, takes more than three hours, and Raya held a Michelin Bib Gourmand for six years.
“known far and wide and people come from all over the island to eat here”
Nothing Familiar
“set in a converted two-storey mansion built at the beginning of the 20th century”
Hotels.com Go Guides
- Tripadvisor
- 4.0 from 632 reviews
42points · on 7 of 21 lists: Hotels.com Go Guides, Girl Eat World, The Midnight Blue Elephant, Joey Santini Photography, Nerd Nomads, Phuket.Net and TAGTHAi
Tu Kab Khao is a southern Thai restaurant in a century-old Sino-Portuguese house on Phang Nga Road in Old Phuket Town, easy to spot by the lobster sculpture on its corner. The menu is Phuket home cooking based on the owner's mother's recipes, with crab curry on rice noodles as the best-known dish. It is listed in the Michelin Guide Thailand with a Bib Gourmand, has live music in the evening, and often has a wait at busy times.
“Located in a grand Sino-Portuguese shophouse on Phang Nga Road, Tu Kab Khao is famous for its striking giant lobster decoration on the building's exterior”
Joey Santini Photography
“Every dish was rich in authentic Southern Thai flavors, beautifully presented, and prepared with great attention to detail.”
Tripadvisor review by Chaiyo Jiarachaikul
Google ratings from Google on 3 October 2026. Quotes are from the published lists and reviews named beside each one.
Honorable mentions
Fourth, with 31 points from 4 lists.
“The curry was well-balanced, with just the right amount of spice and sweetness.”
a Google reviewer
Fifth, with 24 points from 4 lists.
“High quality authentic Thai food restaurant.”
a Google reviewer
Named on only one list we found, so it cannot be ranked under the two-list rule.
“This place is huge and has a magical vibe.”
a Google reviewer
The lists we counted
- Hotels.com Go Guides · February 2026
- Very Hungry Nomads · June 2025
- Tripadvisor · September 2026
- Phuket 101 · October 2026
- Nothing Familiar · November 2023
- Will Fly for Food · September 2026
- Girl Eat World · March 2026
- Thaiger · April 2024
- The Midnight Blue Elephant · July 2026
- Joey Santini Photography · September 2026
- BudgetTraveller · October 2026
- Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes · May 2024
- Nerd Nomads · March 2023
- Phuket.Net · March 2022
- SilverKris · March 2026
- 트립스토어 (TripStore) blog · October 2026
- Phuket Insider (Пхукет Инсайдер) · October 2026
- ฐานเศรษฐกิจ (Thansettakij) · December 2025
- Wongnai · March 2024
- TAGTHAi · November 2024
- YouTrip Singapore · December 2022
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We read every independent published best-of list we can find for the question. Each list gives 10 points for first place, 9 for second, down to 1 for tenth, and 5 points to each place on a list with no order. Points are added up. A business must be in the top 10 of at least two lists to be ranked. Rankings are never sold. Full method.
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