Blue Elephant Phuket

Blue Elephant brought its royal Thai cuisine brand to Phuket by restoring one of the town's grandest Sino-Portuguese buildings, the former governor's residence…Blue Elephant brought its royal Thai cuisine brand to Phuket by restoring one of the town's grandest Sino-Portuguese buildings, the former governor's residence on the edge of the old quarter. The restaurant works refined versions of palace-tradition dishes, and the attached cooking school runs half-day classes that pass the same recipes across the counter.

The brand operates internationally with its flagship in Bangkok, and the Phuket house stands in its own grounds rather than a shophouse row.