51points · on 6 of 12 lists: The Thaiger, The Land of Wanderlust, Phuket 101, Ideal Magazine, Home In Phuket and Hotels.com Go Guides (th.hotels.com)
Mor Mu Dong is a southern Thai seafood restaurant that Mor and his wife opened about 23 years ago on family land beside the Mu Dong canal, starting with two tables and food cooked to order. The menu includes pla tu yad sai, a deboned mackerel filled with curry paste and fried, and squid in lime, garlic and chili. The Michelin Guide gives it a Bib Gourmand, its award for good cooking at a fair price, and Andrew Zimmern featured it on Bizarre Foods.
“Nestled in a mangrove forest, it is housed in a set of rustic pavilions”
Michelin Guide inspectors
“a true local gem that even Thai celebrities recommend”
The Land of Wanderlust
- Tripadvisor
- 4.5 from 191 reviews
- Award
- Michelin Bib Gourmand
43points · on 6 of 12 lists: The Thaiger, The Land of Wanderlust, Phuket 101, Ideal Magazine, E-Table Asia's and Visit Thailand Today
Laem Hin Seafood is a restaurant on a broad wooden terrace raised on stilts over the water, looking out to Coconut Island. Local fishermen bring in the fish, crabs and prawns, which wait alive in big tanks by the kitchen, and most of it is sold by the 100 grams so each table picks its own portion. The cooking is southern Thai, with dishes such as hor mok talay, a seafood curry steamed in banana leaves, and gaeng som pla, a sour and spicy fish curry.
“This rustic overwater restaurant is always buzzing with locals.”
The Land of Wanderlust
“Really, everything we ate was good.”
a Google reviewer
- Tripadvisor
- 4.0 from 403 reviews
- Price
- Moderate
36points · on 6 of 12 lists: The Thaiger, The Land of Wanderlust, Phuket 101, Home In Phuket, Hotels.com Go Guides (th.hotels.com) and Visit Thailand Today
One family has run Bang Pae Seafood for decades from an open-sided pavilion on the edge of the mangroves, and at high tide the water of Phang Nga Bay rises right up to the restaurant. Blue crab is the house specialty, and one longtime Phuket food writer calls it the best on the island. Alongside the crab, the kitchen makes southern soups such as poh tae and a coconut broth with prawns and pak miang leaves.
“Tom kha gai (chicken meat with coconut milk) is the best anywhere I have eaten thai food.”
a Google reviewer
“I’ve never enjoyed al fresco dining as much as I do at Bang Pae”
a Google reviewer
Google ratings from Google on 3 October 2026. Quotes are from the published lists and reviews named beside each one.
Honorable mentions
Fourth, with 35 points from 4 lists.
“both indoor and outdoor dining areas with uninterrupted views of the marina”
The Thaiger
Sixth, with 19 points from 2 lists.
“We ordered their signature crab curry, and it was absolutely incredible.”
a Google reviewer
Named on only one list we found, so it cannot be ranked under the two-list rule.
“Our favourites of the night were the crab bisque, the buratta, and the chilean sea bass.”
a Google reviewer
The lists we counted
- Tripadvisor · 2026
- The Thaiger · April 2024
- The Land of Wanderlust · August 2025
- Will Fly for Food · September 2026
- Phuket 101 · July 2026
- Ideal Magazine · May 2024
- E-Table Asia's · November 2021
- Home In Phuket · March 2022
- Hotels.com Go Guides (th.hotels.com)
- Visit Thailand Today
- Phuket Expat Guide
- Wongnai · November 2023
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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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