11 Best Local Thai Restaurants 🦀 in Phuket
Local Thai restaurants in Phuket with sea view
For those who are craving delicious Thai food, here is the list of the best local Thai restaurants with sea view in Phuket. For local Thai restaurants I mean the authentic Thai cuisine with varying levels of spiciness, from mild to extremely spicy! These popular Thai local restaurants offer fantastic sea views. Some are located close to the sea whilst others are a little further away whilst still having superb views towards the sea.
What makes them popular is definitely the local Thai food, which is excellent. These local Thai restaurants are very simple and all are affordable price. Most of the time the restaurants don’t care so much about the décor. Wobbly chairs and plastic plates, bamboo huts and dangling lights, toilet paper as napkin and ice cubes in metal glasses. It’s seems a joke but it’s all about Thai style.
In Phuket local Thai restaurants are located from north to south and from east to the west. There are more of local Thai restaurants to review in Phuket, so this list might evolve during the year. I also built a map at the end of each restaurant to help you locate these great places.
Where to eat local Thai food in Phuket
1-Rom Sai
Rom Sai is a little hidden local Thai restaurant with a spectacular view of the Andaman Sea. It is built on a rocky cliff alongside the seaboard between Patong Beach and Kamala Beach, facing out towards the hidden and beautiful Thavorn beach. This restaurant serves great Isaan food a local food at low price. Thai food is truly good and the atmosphere by the sea is superb.
Location: Between Kamala – Patong
Address: 110 Kamala – Patong Road, Kamala, Kathu District, Phuket 83120
Open: 10 am – 8.30 pm
Phone: 088 752 1349
Price: Low
Speciality: Local Thai Food
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2-Kalim Rim Lay
Kalim Rim Lay is a great local Thai restaurant by the sea serving excellent local food and seafood at a reasonable price. Thai food and seafood at Rim Lay is genuinely Thai, and some dishes can be spicy, sour or sweet. The menu is surprisingly long, decently illustrated and in English. It is located in the northern part of Patong Bay after Kalim beach far away from the crowd.
It’s very well-known for locals and residents to enjoy for a lunch or dinner with amazing views towards the sea. This local restaurant has a unique setting with bamboo huts under the trees. Those bamboo huts by the sea have been part for long time ago making a romantic atmosphere especially during the sunsets.
Location: Kalim beach
Address: 324 Phrabaramee Road, Patong, Phuket
Open: 10 am – 8.30 pm
Phone: +(66) 081 539 8873
Price: Low
Speciality: Local Thai Food and Seafood
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3-Rimpan Seafood
Rimpan Seafood is one of the best local Thai restaurant known mostly by Thai locals located few steps aways from the Sarasin bridge in the very north of Phuket. The restaurant by the sea serves real Thai food at affordable price. The menu is extensive and part of it is even in Thai language. Enjoying real Thai food by the sea is very pleasant especially in these bamboo huts.
Location: Very north Phuket
Address: At the side of Sarasin Bridge
Open: 10 am – 9 pm
Phone: +(66) 083 647 1147
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food and Seafood
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4-Jun Joaw Restaurant & Camping
Jun-Joaw Restaurant & Camping is a local Thai restaurant hidden in a fantastic location, high above the Patong hill. The restaurant surrounded by nature has a modest terrace with an unbeatable view towards the entire Patong Bay. When you will dine you almost forget about the spicy and chili tastes of Thai food because you will be distracted by the spectacular view. It’s hard to reach but the food is truly delicious, so it’s worth.
Location: Hidden on Patong Hill
Address: Patong
Open: 5 pm – 11.30 pm
Phone: +(66) 089 730 0159
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food
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5-Chill Rim Lay
Chill Rim Lay is a wonderful local Thai restaurant surrounded by nature, located superbly by the sea in Khao Khad area in Phuket. The sea view is absolutely fantastic! It serves real local Thai food and some dishes are so local that they are hard to recognize for foreigners. Just pick one of the tables under the trees listening the cicadas sounds and enjoy the breeze and even the sunset if you come for dinner.
Location: Khao Khad, Panwa area
Address: Soi Ao-Yon Khaokhad, Phuket 83000
Open: 12.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Phone: +(66) 095 628 9826
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food
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6-Green Heart Garden Kata
Green Heart Garden Kata is a very hidden restaurant set amongst trees and has it’s own kitchen garden. It is perched high on the tropical Kata hills and blessed with outstanding views of the ocean. The Thai owner grows vegetables and fruit and rears poultry directly on his farm. The restaurant serves great Thai food prepared with their fresh ingredients. In fact, you can feel the freshness of the Thai food as soon as you taste it.
Location: Kata Beach
Address: 13 Patak Road, Karon, Phuket 83100
Open: 10.00 am – 7.00 pm
Phone: +(66) 087 627 3849
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Fresh Thai food
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7-Chaiyo Seafood
Chaiyo Seafood is one of the best local Thai restaurant in Phuket. Open for more than 2 decades, the location of the restaurant beside Mudong canal is simply breathtaking. On the other side of the canal, the richness of the mangrove is still evident with a wide variety of green and yellow contrasts. Nicely built in a comfortable setting, the restaurant is well-known mostly by locals for its excellent seafood. The seafood is truly excellent because Chaiyo Seafood keeps its seafood alive directly in the water tubs stream. Seafood can’t get much fresher than this. It’s a must try!
Location: Phuket Town outskirts
Address: 25/2 Moo 6, Soi Muangthong-Borrae, Sakdidech Road
Open: 10.30 am – 10.30 pm
Phone: +(66) 076 393 142
Price: Affordable
Specialitiy: Seafood
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8-The Bonkuan View Restaurant and Coffee
The Bonkuan View Restaurant is a great local Thai restaurant hidden high above Kamala hill. Opened more than a decade this local restaurant is known mostly by Thai locals and some expats. Perched on the green hills of Kamala is blessed with a stunning views of the entire Kamala beach. It serves real Thai food keeping the real local flavors and the right spiciness. Enjoy the Thai food, a drink or even a coffee on their wooden terrace admiring the spectacular sea view. You will love it!
Location: Kamala hill
Address: Soi Naka, Kamala, Phuket 83100
Open: 10.00 am – 7.00 pm
Phone: +(66) 080 885 2743
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food
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9-Chopol’s Plantation
Chopol’s Plantation is a superb local Thai restaurant blessed in a green garden high above of Kata Noi hill. Surrounded by nature this restaurant serves great Thai food and seafood at affordable prices. Tables are set in the garden with wonderful views towards Kata Noi beach in Phuket. Enjoy the relaxing tropical garden and the breeze and even the sunset if you come for dinner.
Location: Kata Noi hill
Address: 256 Karon, Phuket 83100
Open: 10.00 am – 8.00 pm
Phone: +(66) 098 307 6359
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food and Seafood
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10-Patong Seaview Lop Mum
Patong Seaview Lop Mum is a great local restaurant, located on the hill of Patong. Perched strategically high above Patong beach, it offers a panoramic views to the entire Patong Bay. It serves very local Thai food and Seafood at convenient prices. It is a simple but rustic restaurant with bamboo huts. Read more HERE…
Location: Patong
Address: Hasippee Road, Patong, Phuket 83120
Open: 12.00 pm – midnight
Phone: +(66) 081 797 4600
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food and Seafood
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11-Pha Chom Tawan
Pha Chom Tawan is a hidden, local Thai restaurant located just above to The Naka Resort on Phuket east coast. The restaurant features a large concrete terrace that overlooks the Andaman Sea. From the terrace you can enjoy views of Patong beach in the distance. The menu is pretty illustrated with great, typical local Thai food with a good choice of Seafood at reasonable prices.
Location: Between Patong and Kamala
Address: Layi Nakalay Road, Kamala, Phuket 83150
Open: 12.00 pm – midnight
Phone: +(66) 087 418 7104
Price: Affordable
Speciality: Local Thai food and Seafood
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