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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Phuket from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Phuket, Thailand
Our guide counts 1 Michelin-starred restaurant in Phuket and 1 Michelin star in total. Exceptional wine programs number 7, citywide. PRU in Thalang holds the star, with a tasting menu of modern Thai fine dining and a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Mueang Phuket has the most venues in our guide, with 64. Authentic Southern Thai is the cuisine with the most venues we publish. Tasting menus on the island run from modern Thai and Southern Thai to Italian, French, Indian, and fermentation-led cooking. hom in Kathu serves seasonal tasting menus with natural wine and sommelier-led service. Nitan in Thalang pairs natural wine with modern Southern Thai cooking. The Nai Harn Phuket in Mueang Phuket holds a Star Wine List award and has Press for Champagne buttons on private terraces. Amanpuri Bar and Lounge in Thalang pours classic and craft cocktails and has a wine list.

Wine Spectator awards

Acqua, PRU, and Baan Rim Pa each hold a Wine Spectator award. Acqua holds a Best of Award of Excellence. PRU and Baan Rim Pa hold an Award of Excellence.

  • Acqua

    Acqua in Kathu serves modern Italian fine dining from chef Alessandro Frau, using Sardinian technique and premium Italian imports. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. The wine program is exceptional and extensive, with a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and Star Wine List recognition for 2026. Service covers a tasting menu, à la carte plates, pasta, and wood-fired pizza.

  • PRU

    PRU in Thalang serves modern Thai fine dining and holds a Michelin star for 2026. Chef Jimmy Ophorst works from a 15,000 m² farm on the property, with seasonal produce, fermented preserves, and local seafood in a tasting menu at a Kappo-style counter. The wine program is extensive, with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.

  • Baan Rim Pa

    Baan Rim Pa in Kathu serves Royal Thai cuisine à la carte and as a set menu. Khun Wan's kitchen cooks green, red, massaman, and panang curries. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list and craft cocktails. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026 and Opinionated About Dining recognition for 2026.

Tasting menus with a Michelin Plate

Each restaurant here serves a tasting menu and holds a Michelin Plate.

  • The Smokaccia Laboratory

    The Smokaccia Laboratory in Thalang serves Italian-influenced fine dining from chef Luca Mascolo. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. It holds five radishes from We're Smart World. The format is a tasting menu of local produce, with plant-forward sourcing and zero-waste cooking. The menu opens with champagne. The wine program is extensive.

  • Jampa

    Jampa in Thalang serves modern European farm-to-table cooking from chef Rick Dingen. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. The menu is plant-forward and draws on an on-site garden, with live-fire cooking and a near-zero-waste approach. The format is a tasting menu. The restaurant holds three radishes from We're Smart World for 2025. The wine program has craft cocktails.

  • hom

    hom in Kathu is a fermentation-led restaurant inside the InterContinental Phuket Resort. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. Two seasonal tasting menus use coastal and regional produce. The wine program has natural wine and sommelier-led service. Ancient fermentation techniques and local Phuket ingredients shape the cooking in a minimalist room.

  • Royd

    Royd in Mueang Phuket serves modern Southern Thai fine dining as a tasting menu. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. The menu runs six to eight courses, with herbs, seafood, and heat-forward spice from local sourcing. Low-intervention wines are matched to each course. Torch ginger runs through the meal. The wine program is extensive.

  • Nitan

    Nitan in Thalang serves modern Southern Thai food as a seasonal tasting menu. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. The kitchen pairs local ingredients with contemporary technique. The room is spare and warm, with wooden furniture and an open view into the kitchen. Built on natural wine, with pairings served alongside the menu.

Southern Thai kitchens

These kitchens cook Southern Thai food, in tasting-menu rooms and in a Bib Gourmand restaurant. They sit in Thalang, Mueang Phuket, and Kathu.

  • The Thai Library

    The Thai Library in Thalang serves Southern Thai fine dining, à la carte and as a tasting menu. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. Rare local ingredients shape the menu, with Phang-Nga mud crab and yellow chili among the reference points. The meal begins in a private beach setting and continues in the dining room.

  • Blue Elephant

    Blue Elephant in Mueang Phuket serves refined Southern Thai fine dining with Peranakan influences, à la carte and as a tasting menu. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2025. The restaurant occupies a restored colonial mansion and runs a culinary school beside the dining room. The wine program is extensive. Opinionated About Dining ranked it among Asia's top restaurants in 2024.

  • Samut

    Samut in Mueang Phuket serves modern Southern Thai seafood as a tasting menu. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. The restaurant sits in a restored Thai-Chinese building, and the set menu runs to more than ten dishes, sourced from local fishermen. The cooking reinterprets Southern Thai technique, including Phuket-style dim sum.

  • Talung Thai

    Talung Thai in Kathu serves Southern and Central Thai cooking, à la carte and as a tasting menu. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. It is served from the clifftop terrace of Paresa Resort, above the Andaman Sea. The menu runs from mixed Thai canapés to stir-fried Phuket lobster, with Thai-styled desserts. The drinks include craft cocktails.

  • Toh Daeng

    Toh Daeng in Thalang serves Southern Thai heritage cooking à la carte. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026. The restaurant occupies a renovated manor house surrounded by working farmland, and the kitchen uses produce grown on site, including mulberry, coconut, and rambutan. Dishes follow a sweet, sour, salty, and spicy balance.

Hotels with dining or a wine award

These hotels name a dining room, a wine award, or both. Michelin Keys on this list are hotel awards.

  • Amanpuri

    Amanpuri in Thalang holds Michelin 3 Keys for 2026. The hotel places 40 pavilions and exclusive villas on a former coconut plantation, in an Ayutthaya-inspired design by Ed Tuttle. Multiple fine dining venues overlook the Andaman Sea. Tatler names it Best Resort, and La Liste includes the hotel.

  • Trisara

    Trisara in Thalang holds Michelin 2 Keys for 2026. The resort is a set of private pool villas with a secluded beach for guests. Its dining program is anchored by two Michelin-recognized restaurants. La Liste includes the hotel, and Conde Nast names it on the Gold List.

  • InterContinental Phuket Resort

    InterContinental Phuket Resort in Kathu holds Michelin 2 Keys for 2026. The resort has seven dining outlets, from teppanyaki to upmarket Thai. The building uses a temple-like central pavilion and jungle-backed grounds. Virtuoso lists it as a Luxury Hotel Partner.

  • The Nai Harn Phuket

    The Nai Harn Phuket in Mueang Phuket holds Michelin 1 Key for 2026 and a Star Wine List award for the same year. Private terraces have Press for Champagne buttons, and the hotel offers beachside butlers. It is a Leading Hotels of the World member. Travel + Leisure places it on a favorites list.

  • The Slate

    The Slate in Thalang holds Michelin 1 Key for 2026. Bill Bensley's design uses the site of a former tin mine, with exposed beams, blackened metals, and polished concrete. The hotel includes a floating restaurant and cocoon-like spa treatment rooms. La Liste includes the property, and it is a Design Hotels member.

Planning FAQ

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Phuket?

Our guide counts 1 Michelin-starred restaurant in Phuket and 1 Michelin star in total. Both figures are citywide. PRU in Thalang is that restaurant and holds a Michelin star for 2026. PRU serves modern Thai fine dining as a tasting menu, from a farm on the property and a Kappo-style counter.

How many Wine Spectator awards are in Phuket?

Our guide counts 3 Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence awards and 4 Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence in Phuket. Both figures are citywide and cover the restaurants we publish for the city. Acqua in Kathu holds a Best of Award of Excellence. PRU in Thalang and Baan Rim Pa in Kathu hold an Award of Excellence.

Which neighborhood has the most venues in Phuket?

Mueang Phuket has the most venues in our guide to Phuket, with 64 across the venue types we publish. Thalang has 63 venues in our guide, including restaurants, bars, and hotels.

Which neighborhood has the most restaurants on the tasting-menu list?

Kathu has the most restaurants on our tasting-menu list, with six. They are Acqua, L'Arôme by the Sea, Tambu, Jaras, Talung Thai, and hom. Each serves a tasting menu and holds a Michelin Plate for 2026.

What wine styles do published lists in Phuket name?

Natural wine, low-intervention wine, and champagne are the styles named in our guide. hom in Kathu and Nitan in Thalang pour natural wine. Royd in Mueang Phuket matches low-intervention wines to each course of the tasting menu. The Smokaccia Laboratory in Thalang opens its tasting menu with champagne.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Where to eat in Phuket

Selected entries from the current guide for Phuket.

Krua Kao Kuk restaurant in Phuket

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Krua Kao Kuk

Krua Kao Kuk in Phuket serves authentic Southern Thai home-style cooking with a focus on fresh Phuket seafood. Must-try dishes include boiled rice with fish, omelette with crabmeat, and the family-recipe deep-fried meatballs. The restaurant delivers bold, well-balanced flavors, spicy, sour, salty and sweet, in generous portions at budget-friendly prices. A Michelin Plate (2020) recognition confirms the kitchen’s quality and regional authenticity. Expect an open cooking station, concrete tables, and the direct warmth of a Peranakan family kitchen where the day’s catch and house sauces define each bite.

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One Chun restaurant in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

One Chun

One Chun in Phuket delivers Southern Thai and Phuketian cuisine in a 19th-century Sino-Portuguese setting. Signature dishes include Mu Hong (slow-braised pork belly), kaeng som (sour-spicy fish curry) and crab curry with coconut milk. The menu follows family recipes passed down through generations and emphasizes bold, balanced flavors with fresh local seafood and spices. A Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand recognition highlights its consistent quality and value. Expect a warm, vintage atmosphere filled with 1950s memorabilia, and plates that pair punchy heat, tangy sourness and mellow coconut richness for a memorable, authentic Phuket dining experience.

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The Charm Dining Gallery restaurant in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

The Charm Dining Gallery

A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in both 2024 and 2025, The Charm Dining Gallery on Dibuk Road serves an honest interpretation of Southern Thai-Peranakan cuisine rooted in family recipes passed through generations. The stir-fried pork belly with herbs and sweet dark soy sauce and the pork rib soup with tofu and salted fish are the dishes that define the kitchen's character. At the ฿฿ price tier, it occupies a rare position: Michelin-recognised cooking at genuinely accessible prices.

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L'Arôme by the Sea restaurant in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

L'Arôme by the Sea

Among Phuket's small tier of fine-dining restaurants that hold both Michelin recognition and a serious wine program, L'Arôme by the Sea occupies a specific position: French contemporary technique applied to local and seasonal produce, set across a rooftop and ocean-view dining room on Phrabaramee Road in Patong. A Star Wine List White Star and consecutive Michelin Plates (2024, 2025) place it alongside rather than below the island's starred competition. The price bracket is ฿฿฿฿.

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Where to stay in Phuket

Selected entries from the current guide for Phuket.

Amanpuri hotel in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

Amanpuri

Aman's founding property on Phuket's west coast, Amanpuri occupies a former coconut plantation on a sheltered headland above Pansea Beach. Architect Ed Tuttle's Ayutthaya-inspired design across 40 pavilions and 44 villas set the template for a brand that now spans four continents. Recognised with Michelin's 3 Keys award in 2024 and Tatler Asia's Best Resort in both 2024 and 2025, it remains the benchmark against which Phuket's ultra-luxury tier is measured.

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Twinpalms Tented Camp Phuket hotel in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

Twinpalms Tented Camp Phuket

On Phuket's Bangtao beach, Twinpalms Tented Camp occupies a stretch of tropical garden where canvas structures replace concrete walls and the boundary between accommodation and landscape deliberately blurs. The property splits between beachside positions and lagoon-facing settings, placing guests inside the environment rather than beside it. For travellers who find conventional resort formats too contained, this is a considered alternative on one of Thailand's better-serviced coastlines.

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Avista Grande Phuket Karon – MGallery Collection hotel in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

Avista Grande Phuket Karon – MGallery Collection

Avista Grande Phuket Karon sits within the MGallery Collection on Karon's quieter southern stretch, having earned recognition as a Regional Winner for Luxury Design Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury Boutique Resort. The property occupies a design-led tier that positions it alongside Phuket's smaller, architecture-conscious retreats rather than the island's large-footprint resort chains. For travellers who prioritise considered aesthetics and a lower-key Karon address over beachfront volume, it represents a credible alternative.

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Grand Mercure Phuket Patong Resort & Villas hotel in Phuket

Phuket, Thailand

Grand Mercure Phuket Patong Resort & Villas

Grand Mercure Phuket Patong Resort & Villas holds three award categories simultaneously: Regional Winner for Luxury Spa Hotel, Country Winner for Luxury Family Hotel, and Continent Winner for Luxury Conference and Event Hotel. That breadth of recognition places it in an unusual position within Patong, serving leisure families, spa guests, and corporate groups across a single integrated property in one of Thailand's most competitive resort corridors.

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Which wineries to visit in Phuket

Selected entries from the current guide for Phuket.

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