Phuket Restaurants - Thai food

Image from บะหมี่แป๊ะเถว - Pae Teaw Noodle House 

Abdul's Roti 
After Beach Bar 
Baan Had Rawai 
Baan Ra Tree 
Baan Sattabun 
Beach Bar 
Big Chicken 
Cha Jada 
Chaiyo Seafood  (ไชโยซฟด)

China Inn 

Glass House  (ลาว|ญวน)

Gluay Nam Wa 

Green Forest 
Guey Teo Tom Yan 

Im Aroi 

Kaewjai 

Kan Eang 2@pier 

Keng-Tin 

Khao Rang Breeze 
Khun Jeed Yod Pak Restaurant 

Kopi De Phuket (โกปี๊ เดอ ภูเก็ต)

Kopitiam 

Laem Hin Seafood 

Laem Hin Seafood - floating 
Laem Panwa 

Leelawadee 

Lung Dum 
Mee Ton Poe 1 

Mellow Yellow 

Monkey Pod 

Mor Mu Dong 

Natural (Thamachat) 

Nikita's 

Nong Sow 

One Chun (ร้านวันจันทร์)

Palai Seafood   

Panwa House 

Panwa Roti 

Peang Prai 

Phuket Muslim 

Phuket Tea Station 

Raya (ระย้า)

RimTang 

Rim Tang - Chalong 

Sawasdee 

Siangkaen 

Somtam Banthoeng (ส้มตำบันเทิง)

Thanoon Seafood (านอาหารท่านุ่นซีฟู๊ด)

The Beach Bar 

The Chalet 

Treetops 

Tung Ka Cafe (ทุ่งคา กาแฟ)

Xin Xin (ซิน ซิน)

Zaab 
เฮือนภูคำ   

ก๋วยจั๊บป้าไหม สวนหลวง 

ซินซิน บะหมี่เบตง 

ตำเว้ยเฮ้ย สามกอง 

บ้านขนมไทย (ชาววัง) 

ร้านนายเหมือง 

รานสมตำเมองคอน สะพานหน 

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After living in Phuket for 16 years we moved to Bangkok 
- here is a list of restaurants that we visited whilst we were in Phuket.

Natural - Thamachat

Natural is also referred to as Thamachat and has certainly got a history in Phuket - lovely to see that they now have a website. It is certainly an interesting place to visit - just have a look at their gallery on their website - it certainly is interesting! 

So what happens to all the old television sets, irons, masks, trowels, puppets, computer screens, wooden animals and so much more.

Then they have taken time to add plants all around. There are 3 or 4 levels to the restaurant and the staff usually guide you to the appropriate floor - the ground floor is usually the most busy - but there is a small pond there with some big fish in there...

I love their fresh fruit juices made as an iced smoothie - I will usually have two! The food is cooked quickly and there is also a large number of dishes to choose from. 

Not sure why there are frog's legs on the menu but there is also a selection of Western dishes.

So what was fabulous - Yam Ma Muang - Spicy green mango salad - fresh and wonderful.

Happy to see that it is still popular with the local Thai people - this is always a good indication of their Thai food. Not all of my visits were great so I was glad that this last visit certainly was an improvement to my last one - back to the old school?

      

Previous Visits
 1) May 2013
 2) July 2012 
 3) August 2011 
 4) December 2010
 5) October 2009 

Website: http://www.naturalrestaurantphuket.com/index.html 
Phone Number: 076 214 037

Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: 62/5 Soi Phutorn, Phuket Town, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000
Hours: 10:30 - 22:30

Gotum - coffee (closed)

This coffee shopped seemed to be there in almost a month - but I suppose looking at the half plastered wall...

There does seem to be a trend at the moment to keep the old style and if it isn't there them reinvent it!

Gotum seems also to serve Thai food but I was not here for that.

I smiled when I sat adjacent to a table which was actually a sewing table previously and I immediately thought of Natural Restaurant in Phuket Old Town - is this a trend or is there a great amount of these tables somewhere?

The coffee itself was Traditional Thai Coffee - very pleasant but was a little bitter for my tastes - but this was immediately rectified by some sugar. It was very quiet - was I too early again?

The decor was clearly well thought out but there did were no other customers whilst I was there. It was only until later that I realised that you were able to rent a room above - not sure what that is like though - book here.

One website described it as a Bohemian Art House - not quite sure about that?

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China Inn

When I revisit a restaurant I see things that I did not see previously. I found an introduction to the 'China Inn' in the front of the menu.

The history of 'China Inn' or rather 'The House on 20 Thalang Road' dates back to the early 1900.

Chinese settlers built the house in a distinctive style that they brought from 'Malacca' known as 'Sino-Portuguese'. The house front door is testimony to this style, much like the 'Five Feet' way.

Central to this style is the joining of the row houses of Thalang Road.

The position of the water well and the open garden also confirms to the fundamental principles of Feng Shui.

The house was not always like this  - it was restored whilst relying on the local art aficionado and her companion. It took 2 and a half years for them to restore the natural beauty in the way that it was - opening on October 14 2004.

The location was great and the ambiance was exquisite - the food was served to perfection but there was not the perfection that we had experienced previously.

The pomelo salad was very good and was clearly fresh but the other two dishes - which I do not recollect were quite ordinary. Maybe I was expecting too much?

For visitors to Phuket I would certainly advise coming here for lunch - I can only hope that it stays at the same high quality that I now expect.

     

Previous Posts
 1) May 2012

Website: n/a

Email: n/a

Phone Number: 076 356 239

Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: 20 Thalang Road, T.Talad Yai, A.Muang, Phuket 83000

Hours: Monday - Wednesday 11:00 - 18:00 

          Thursday - Saturday 11:00 - 23:00

          Closed on Sunday 

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Natural

We have visited here a number of times and loved it every time.  This is a popular restaurant with a vast menu of Thai food and Western food.

There is a great collection of fruit drinks and the restaurant is scattered with a plethora of different things to look at - vinyl records, old irons, tables which were sewing machines the list is endless.

We visited here when it was quite subdued and I was taking my wife to work - really quite lovely.

The food though was a disaster - the scallops were not cooked through, the shredded mango was clearly not fresh, the squid was luke warm and also not fresh...

Not sure that we will be visiting here again quickly... BUT I do think that it might have been a bad day or they were using product which was 'on it's last legs'?

       

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Previous Visits
 1) July 2012 
 2) August 2011 
 3) December 2010
 4) Oct 2009 

Website: n/a

Email: n/a

Phone Number: 076 214 037

Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: 62/5 Soi Phutorn, Phuket Town, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000

Hours: 10:30 - 22:30

Natural another visit

Had another visit this week to Natural restaurant in Phuket Town.


Delicious - well my dish was but I was not sure about my wife's...

Not so sure about Natural now?

  

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Website: n/a

Email: n/a

Phone Number: 076 214 037

Approximate price: $$$$$ 

Address: 62/5 Soi Phutorn, Phuket Town, Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000

Hours: 10:30 - 22:30

Natural OR Thamachad (5th visit)

Jemma and I chose to go here again because of the variety of decorations (scary masks personally) but Jemma thought that it was great.  The staff are wonderful and the food was good (and they have ice cream).

Natural OR Tamachad (3rd review)

My daughter loves coming here - and the food's good.


Give it a try.

        

Natural restaurant in Phuket Town

We walked through the market and the backstreets of Phuket and came to Thamachad (Natural) – a quite exquisite restaurant serving authentic Thai food.

The surroundings are a delight and the food matches it - a delight for everyone. Not only is the food special but so are it’s surroundings – the tables have Sewing Machine legs, there is a PC with a fish tank in it, there are some 45’s on the wall and more.

The menu is extensive with both Thai and some Western dishes but I have to admit to always choosing the Thai. BUT they have an extensive ice cream menu for afterwards so make sure that you leave some room!

Click here for a look inside Natural.