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Cafés in Phuket Town

Dim sum houses, shrines and markets beyond the old streets, from Khao Rang to Saphan Hin.

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Phuket Town is the provincial capital, on the island's south-east coast. The city municipality counted 71,284 residents in 2024, and about 430,000 people live in the wider metro area; it was raised to city (thesaban nakhon) status in 2004.1 George Town in Penang is one of its two sister cities, Las Vegas the other.1

The Old Town is the historic core, but most of the town lies beyond it, out to the hill at Khao Rang and the Saphan Hin waterfront. Cafés are spread out rather than clustered, from Bangkok Road near the fresh market to Mae Luan and Thepsrisin roads further out.

Local tip: Eat siew boi at Boonrat 1, behind the fresh market off Bangkok Road, before 08:00, then walk to Slumberland Brunch n Beans on Bangkok Road Soi 3 for coffee.4

At a glance

252Cafés listed
20With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Nac3 Café, from 06:30 (Daily 06:30–18:00).
  • Closes latest: สวีทเดวิลคาเฟ่, until 00:00 (Daily 12:00–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: ถนน เยาวราช (5), ถนน วิชิตสงคราม (4), ถนน ภูเก็ต (3).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (6%), bakery café (2%), specialty (2%).

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Getting into town

Phuket International Airport is about 36 km north-west of the Old Town.1 The municipal airport bus cost 100฿ as of October 2025; it runs hourly from 08:30 to 18:30 and takes 1–1.5 hours.3 Blue songthaews (สองแถว, open-sided pickup buses) connect town with the beach resorts, and those for Patong leave about every 30 minutes from 07:00 to 18:00.12

Around town, electric buses serve the Old Town, and a shuttle links Bus Terminals 1 and 2.12

Dim sum before 08:00

Phuket-style dim sum, siew boi, is a breakfast, best between 06:00 and 08:00. Juanhiang on Chana Charoen Road and Boonrat 1, off Bangkok Road behind the fresh market, each claim to be the oldest, at around 100 years.4 It runs sweet, with plenty of fried snacks, and locals reach for chili sauce rather than soy; staff bring tea and a platter of small dishes, and you raise a hand for more.4

Keng Tin, a Chinese bakery since 1942, sells tao sor pia and pung pia pastries from its shop at the Bang Niew intersection, opposite Robinson's.4 For coffee afterward, Slumberland Brunch n Beans, at 21 Soi 3, Bangkok Road, opens at 07:00.

Shrines and the Vegetarian Festival

Jia Chai, the Vegetarian Festival, is the Hokkien community's nine-day rite, from the first to the ninth night of the waxing moon in the ninth Chinese month, which in 2026 fell on 10–18 October; more than 40 shrines joined the night procession through the city on 11 October.8 Observers avoid animal products, alcohol and sex, wear white for purity and keep separate utensils for vegetarian cooking, and vegan stalls line the streets.7

Jui Tui Shrine and Bang Neow (Bang Liao) Shrine both send street processions through town, and on the last night the Nine Emperor Gods are seen off toward Saphan Hin, with crowds along Thalang Road, Phuket Road and Surin Circle.78

Khao Rang, Suan Luang and Saphan Hin

Khao Rang (Rang Hill) is a low hill with a viewpoint over the town and the sea; three panoramic restaurants sit near the top, among them Tunk Ka Cafe with its own sunset platform.5 Monkeys live on the hill and can be unpredictable, so don't feed them.5

Suan Luang Rama IX Park has a shaded outer loop of about 4 km on a red running track, with free Zumba and aerobics at 18:00, and the Saphan Hin waterfront adds about 3 km of flat, open path.6 Saphan Hin's Tin Mining Monument was built in 1969 for the 60th anniversary of tin dredging, which the Australian captain Edward Thomas Miles brought to Phuket in 1909.2

Cafés across town

Asterisk is run by a fourth-generation roaster who earlier hosted cupping events as Osmosis Coffee, and it opens daily 07:00–19:00.9 Nac3 Café on Thepsrisin Road starts at 06:30, Eat me bakery and cafe at 122 Mae Luan Road never closes, and Ang Mor Lao Sim Chan, a bakery café at 33 Wichit Songkhram Road, keeps 08:00–18:00. About a third of the town's cafés close by 18:00, while สวีทเดวิลคาเฟ่ (Sweet Devil Café) stays open until midnight.

Sources

  1. Phuket (city), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Phuket Town, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  3. Phuket, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  4. Phuket Street Food: Where to Eat in Phuket Town (updated October 2025), Grantourismo (Lara Dunston), accessed October 2026
  5. Rang Hill (Khao Rang) Viewpoint, Phuket 101 (Willy Thuan), accessed October 2026
  6. Where to Run in Phuket: Parks, Tracks and Low Tide Beaches (updated October 2026), Phuket 101 (Willy Thuan), accessed October 2026
  7. Phuket's Vegetarian Festival 2026 (9 October 2026), Time Out Phuket, accessed October 2026
  8. Phuket Vegetarian Festival brings Hokkien traditions to life from October 10 to 18 (7 October 2026), Pattaya Mail, citing TAT, accessed October 2026
  9. 5 Best Coffee Roasters in Phuket (March 2021), Expique, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Phuket Town cafés: questions

When should you go for dim sum in Phuket Town?

Between 06:00 and 08:00. Phuket-style dim sum, called siew boi, is a breakfast food: sweet, with plenty of fried snacks, eaten with chili sauce and tea. Juanhiang on Chana Charoen Road and Boonrat 1, off Bangkok Road behind the fresh market, each claim to be the oldest, at around 100 years.

How do you get from Phuket airport to Phuket Town?

Phuket International Airport is about 36 km north-west of the Old Town. The municipal airport bus cost 100 baht as of October 2025; it runs hourly between 08:30 and 18:30 and takes 1–1.5 hours. In town, electric buses serve the Old Town, and blue songthaews run out to the beach resorts.

When is the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Town?

The Vegetarian Festival, Jia Chai, lasts nine days from the first night of the waxing moon in the ninth Chinese month; in 2026 it ran from 10 to 18 October, and more than 40 shrines joined the night procession. Observers wear white and avoid animal products, and vegan stalls line the streets.

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