Lhong Khao

Restaurant · Talat Yai

A family-run Thai-Chinese restaurant on Phuket Road in Phuket Old Town; the name means "rice warehouse", after the island's old trading houses.

Restaurant

About Lhong Khao

A family-run restaurant on Phuket Road in the Old Town whose name — "rice warehouse" — recalls the trading houses that once lined these streets. The kitchen cooks its own take on Phuket's Thai-Chinese food: braised pork ribs in a clear herbal broth, crab curry in a yellow coconut sauce over fresh rice noodles, greens with dried shrimp. Count on 350–880 baht a head; there is free parking.

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Cuisine

"Lhong Khao style" Thai-Chinese cooking with Hokkien roots.

Dishes

Braised pork ribs in a clear herbal broth; crab curry with rice vermicelli in a yellow coconut sauce; greens stir-fried with dried shrimp.

Prices

350–880 THB a person.

Facilities

Free parking.