Phuket Island seafood: markets and restaurants

Phuket Island is known for its rich culinary traditions. It is here that you will find amazing seafood dishes. The fishing industry is well-developed, and therefore you can buy seafood in any corner of the island. Fish markets, stores, casual cafes, and upscale restaurants abound with Phuket’s delicious seafood specialties. And the prices of all these delicacies are quite low, the cheapest seafood in Thailand are exactly on the island of Phuket.

Fish restaurants in Phuket

Fish restaurants can be found on almost all Phuket Island beaches. Royal shrimp, a variety of fish, crabs, squid and octopus are beautifully laid out on the roadside counters. All of the products are decorated with fresh flowers. All fish restaurants on Phuket Island simply impossible to list. You can go to absolutely any and will be happy with the range. Just choose a dish from the menu and enjoy the freshest seafood. They are priced by weight or availability in a certain season. On average you can spend about 200 baht for a dish. At a restaurant on Patong Beach, when ordering, make a veil of seafood in the presence of the waiter and write down the figures on a piece of paper. That way you won’t be paying triple the price.

Fish restaurant Kan Eang @pier, located on the pier of Chalong Beach

Fish restaurant “Kan Eang @pier” on map

Fish restaurant ‘Kan Eang @pier‘. Phuket

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Come to Phuket in August (“When Best to Go to Thailand?”) if you are a fan of sea delicacies. This is the time when you can have a great time at Seafood Fiesta, the seafood festival. Restaurants in August offer great discounts.

If you want to try seafood prepared by some of the best Thai food masters, you don’t need to go to an expensive restaurant. Phuket’s seafood cafes are as good as they come, and the quality of the food is equally good. Even the Thais themselves prefer to eat in such cafes. What’s more, it’s profitable in baht.

Fish markets in Phuket

You’ll find the freshest seafood in Phuket seafood markets. One popular market is located near Rawai Beach. It is inhabited by sea gypsies, the Chao Le people, who have been fishing for years. The gypsies catch fish from lunch until late at night to put only fresh products on the counters. Seafood caught the same day is covered in ice or flooded with water.

Fish Market at Rawai Beach

Rawai Beach Fish Market on map

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Trading in Thai markets has its own unique characteristics. Here you can bargain (by the way, do you know how to bargain at Thai markets?) and try the goods for freshness. The merchants can clean the fish for you on the spot, so that you can immediately prepare a delicious dish from it when you go to your home or your hotel room. English-speaking salespeople can even show you how to cook a fish in the best culinary traditions of Thailand.

Phuket seafood types

In the fish restaurants along the pier, you’ll get a dish made from produce bought at the market for just 100 baht. Buy Thai beer and relax while waiting for the culinary masterpiece. If you’re lost amid such a sumptuous assortment, we suggest you try the following delicious seafood:

Big shrimp. You can buy them at fish markets. They are gray in color. Cooking them is very easy: boil them and season with sauce.
Crab They can be black or sea crab. Large blue crabs can be boiled and served with sauce.
Young calamari.They are as tasty as the giant ones.
Popper, snapper, barracuda. The choice of fish is varied. Do not buy coral fish, their meat is very peculiar and not much to your liking.
Don’t buy coral fish.
Mussels, shells and scallops. Cheap and very easy to prepare.

When buying seafood in Phuket, keep in mind that they don’t keep long in hot conditions. So check the color of the gills and the smell of the product.