72points · on 9 of 15 lists: Hotels.com (Go Guides, Expedia Group), Joey Santini Photography, Will Fly for Food, Tatler Asia, Family Destinations Guide, Clever Thai, Home In Phuket, Phuket Insider (Пхукет Инсайдер) and Time Out Shanghai
One Chun cooks Southern Thai recipes handed down in the family, in a 19th century Old Town building that the owner, who came from fashion design, has fitted out in vintage tones. The crab meat in yellow curry with noodles comes thick with crab, and the Phuket-style braised pork belly, mu hong, is another house specialty. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, the guide's mark for good cooking at moderate prices.
“The fish is skin-crispy, the curry very tasty (spicy, but not super spicy).”
a Google reviewer
“Thai fish cakes - amazingly balanced with a dipping sauce”
a Google reviewer
- Tripadvisor
- 4.3 from 645 reviews
- Award
- Michelin Bib Gourmand
48points · on 7 of 15 lists: Hotels.com (Go Guides, Expedia Group), Will Fly for Food, Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes, Nothing Familiar, Family Destinations Guide, Time Out and Time Out Shanghai
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
- 4.2 from 635 reviews
29points · on 4 of 15 lists: Tripadvisor, Thaiger, Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes and Clever Thai
Blue Elephant occupies Phra Pitak Chinpracha, a restored Sino-Portuguese mansion from the early 1900s that was once a governor's residence, set in its own grounds in Phuket Town. The kitchen cooks Southern Thai and heritage Phuketian recipes, from a fragrant tom yum to a tamarind foie gras first created 25 years ago. Its cooking school starts with a guided walk through a fresh market, then students cook four Thai dishes and eat them in the restaurant.
“the Mango Cheesecake, fresh and perfectly balanced, and the Pistachio Cake, which was simply superb”
a Google reviewer
“The Royal Eggplant with organic chicken, eggplant and scallops was absolutely delicious”
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
Eighth, with 16 points from 2 lists.
“excellent seafood, perfectly cooked fish, prawns and squid, plus great veggie dishes too.”
a Google reviewer
Sixth, with 20 points from 3 lists.
“Fish was flaky and well seasoned.”
a Google reviewer
Named on only one list we found, so it cannot be ranked under the two-list rule.
“Their Hokkien noodles were the best we ate in Phuket”
a Google reviewer
The lists we counted
- Hotels.com (Go Guides, Expedia Group)
- Phuket 101 (Phuket One Co., Ltd.) · August 2026
- Tripadvisor · 2026
- Joey Santini Photography · September 2026
- Will Fly for Food · September 2026
- Thaiger · April 2024
- Tatler Asia · August 2023
- Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes · May 2024
- Nothing Familiar · November 2023
- Family Destinations Guide · June 2023
- Clever Thai · November 2024
- Home In Phuket · August 2022
- Time Out · February 2025
- Phuket Insider (Пхукет Инсайдер) · February 2026
- Time Out Shanghai · April 2023
How the points work
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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