Phuket: Southern Flavours Food Tour with 15+ Tastings

Savour Thai cuisine with a food tasting tour in Phuket Old Town. Indulge in over 15 tastings from street eats including Hokkien noodles and massaman curry.

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Duration 4.0 hour

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Find out why Phuket is considered one of Thailand's top foodie hotspots on our morning walking tour in the Old Town. Meet your guide outside the bustling Ranong Main Market, to begin our food extravaganza of 15+ different tastings. Without giving away too many secrets, some highlights include flaky roti dipped in massaman curry, and later a bowl of rich Hokkien noodles from a little family-owned joint - said to be the best in town. Discover another local spot famed for its hand-made fresh spring rolls with cured pork, topped with sweet tamarind sauce. Your guide will venture to a hidden little teashop which serves the Burmese community. Here, you'll try Burmese curries, tea leaf salad, crispy samosas, and other delights, accompanied by naans freshly baked on the roof wood-fired oven, all washed down with some local tea. There's a sweet twist as you help yourself to a special Phuketian-style iced dessert in an antique shophouse, to understand the centuries-old history of royal Thai cuisine. Among 5-6 stops over 4 hours, you'll return home with a full belly, having met our food-obsessed local expert, and fun travellers along the way. You'll be ready to take on the street food of Thailand, armed with a whole new understanding of Southern Thai food cultures. Can't make our morning tour? Check out our 'Baba Tastes' evening tour also!

Highlights

15+ tastings included, more than any other Phuket food tour
The highest rated #1 Phuket food tours on TripAdvisor with over 1300 5* reviews
Maximum of 8 exclusive guests on each tour
Visit Old Town Phuket with its beautiful and colorful streets
Led by an experienced local foodie guide

Know before you go

Special Diets: Our tour reflects the local cuisine and street food vendors. Their menus are often signature dishes with limited or no alternatives, therefore we unfortunately cannot cater for every single dietary restriction at every stop. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour, so no-one is disappointed: ✔ OK for mild gluten intolerances, however not advised for celiac guests as there are various dishes with soy sauce. ✘ Vegetarians won't go hungry, but only if the guests are okay with having 2-3 less tastings (out of 15 total) - due to limited alternatives available at some stops. ✘ Unsuitable for severe shellfish and peanut allergies due to risk of traces and cross-contamination. ✔ Come hungry, there's plenty of food to sample en route! *Note that our regular tour runs at 10:00am, sometimes we add one at 12:30pm. Only the 12:30pm tour doesn't go inside the market as it closes (but our earlier tour times do!). Though fear not, the 12:30pm tour will have a replacement dish!*

Includes

15+ food tastings Guide Bottled water and local soft drinks

Reviews from other travelers

Chelsea - Australia

5 /5

(Written on 2024-10-17)

We loved our guide Lucky she was amazing n so knowledgeable about all the different cultures that influence the Thai Food Scene!

GetYourGuide traveler - Ireland

5 /5

(Written on 2024-09-03)

We had a lovely tour with Lucky, who was so knowledgeable about the area and the food. She made everyone feel so welcome and everyone on the tour with us (3 others, 5 total) all got on really well. It (Read More) was nice to see the local and authentic places around the city. Would definitely recommend!

Glen - United States

5 /5

(Written on 2024-09-25)

Walking food tours are always a great way to get to know the local delicacies and culture. Nam did an amazing job balancing informative conversation, curating a variety of local food types, and explai (Read More)ning the history and meaning behind each chosen stop. This was definitely a Five Star tour with a Five Star tour guide.

Jordan - Australia

5 /5

(Written on 2024-11-14)

Tom and Nam were amazing! The restaurants that we went to had some of the best food I’ve ever eaten. Highly recommend!!

Susana - Australia

5 /5

(Written on 2024-11-30)

This tour was an absolute highlight. The tour guide Cat was brilliant, very knowledgeable and great fun as well. She gave us so much information about the food we tried. Highly recommend doing this to (Read More)ur on your first day in Phuket. Cat taught us how to speak common Thai phrases, showed us some Old Phuket town sights and taught us some of the history and culture of Phuket and Thailand. The food places were superbly chosen. Fresh ingredients made from scratch, cooked in front of us and feauturing different types of traditional Thai food. It was so delicious and we were so full. We couldn’t finish all of the meals. Great to try places where the locals eat and that we wouldn’t have chosen ourselves. Can’t recommend this tour enough, must do!

TheTravellingKage - Australia

5 /5

(Written on 2024-11-27)

This is the second tour we have done with this company and it was just as good as the first (in Bangkok)! Highly recommend doing this tour, especially when first reaching Phuket for that amazing varie (Read More)ty of food and culture that makes the island what it is. We got to experience cusines that were a mix of Thai and Myanmar, Chinese and Malaysia. Make no mistake, these are the real deal. You arent sitting in fancy restaurants, you are in mom and pop generational eateries that are all hidden gems and well loved by the locals. For those that might be a little hesitant and worried about ingredients, dont worry! You are given the chance to either 'eat like a thai' or 'eat like a tourist' and only try more interesting ingrediants as you wish. I did so and recommend it! The guide was absolutely amazing. We left happy and VERY FULL. Do NOT eat breakfast before hand and pace yourself!

Angelika - Ireland

5 /5

(Written on 2024-10-26)

The guide Nam was excellent, explaining a lot and all good was great

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