Go Benz
Bib Gourmand 2026

🔄 Last checked 2 Jul 2026 · details and hours can change — check the venue before you go

If you're talking about late-night eats in Phuket Old Town, the first name locals will give you is "Go Benz," a khao tom haeng (Phuket-style dry rice porridge) shop on Krabi Road that's been open for over 20 years and is regarded as one of the very first legends of khao tom haeng on the island. What makes this restaurant remarkable is that it's held a Bib Gourmand from the MICHELIN Guide continuously since the very first Phuket edition in 2019, all the way through to the 2026 edition, without ever dropping off the list. For a street-side rice porridge shop selling plates in the tens to low hundreds of baht, that's proof that its flavor and consistency are no accident. A Wongnai review from late 2025 confirms the same thing — the taste today is still just as steady. There's only one branch, so if you spot a similar name elsewhere, the real one is only on Krabi Road in Phuket Old Town.

The star of the show is "khao tom haeng," Phuket-style, which differs from ordinary rice porridge in that the rice comes tossed together with the toppings in a rich, dry style, with the soup served separately in its own bowl to sip alongside each spoonful of rice. Go Benz packs its version with minced pork, crispy pork, and offal, topped with fragrant fried garlic whose aroma reaches you before the plate even hits the table. The dish you have to order is the crispy pork khao tom haeng, where the crispy pork keeps its crunch even after being tossed with the rice. Follow it with the clear pork blood kao-lao soup that warms your stomach just right, and the tender stewed pork ribs that many diners order to share around the table. Plates run about 60–120 THB, with a full meal costing no more than 250 THB per person — barely believable for a restaurant that's been in the red guide for eight editions running.

Another part of its charm is the restaurant's timing. Go Benz opens in the evening around 5:30pm and runs until midnight, making it a meeting point for Phuket locals after work and for tourists who've worked up an appetite strolling the Sino-Portuguese shophouse district. Phuket is a city where Hokkien Chinese food culture has run deep since the tin-mining era, and this kind of late-night rice porridge is part of the traditional way people here eat — Go Benz is one of the restaurants keeping that tradition alive most vividly. A long queue outside in the evening is completely normal, but trust that the moment a hot plate of khao tom haeng lands in front of you, you'll understand immediately why Phuket locals have been happy to wait every night for twenty years.