Lock Tien
Food court · Talat Nuea
A family-run Phuket food shop of old local dishes in Phuket Town; its open-air food court on the corner of Yaowarat and Dibuk roads closed, and the family reopened 600 m south on Bangkok Road with the same cooks and dishes.
Food court
About Lock Tien
For years Lock Tien was the open-air food court on the corner of Yaowarat and Dibuk roads; that corner is now boarded up, and the family cooks the same Phuket Hokkien dishes 600 metres south on Bangkok Road. The room is plainer — no courtyard, no crowd on the pavement — but parking is easy. Each dish hangs on a photo panel labelled in Thai and English — lo ba, satay, o-tao, Phuket fish balls, o-aew, spring rolls, pork rib noodle soup — and you can order by pointing at the awning outside. The old signboard and family photographs came along. Cheap, and open 09:00–19:00.
As the record has it
Good to know
- Cuisine
Old Phuket Hokkien dishes.
- Dishes
Lo ba and fried pork rolls.
Pork and chicken satay.
O-tao and Phuket fish balls.
O-aew and fresh spring rolls.
Noodles in pork rib soup.
- Prices
Cheap.
- Setting
A plain room: a row of photo panels shows each dish with its Thai and English name; the old Lock Tien signboard, framed black-and-white Phuket Town photos and family portraits came with it.
- Facilities
A paid car park opposite the bank (20 THB) and free spaces along the street.
Talat Nuea district
On the map
Stands inTalat Nuea district