Restaurant predictions
These are eventual Michelin movement predictions, not forecasts for the next guide cycle or release batch.
These are eventual Michelin movement predictions, not forecasts for the next guide cycle or release batch.
June 1, 2026Phuket
Thong Smith Phuket Old Town is in Phuket, Thailand, with noodle Shop cooking at the center of the experience.
Our model reads Thong Smith Phuket Old Town as a tentative 1 Star call, not because of one headline metric but because the guide-level and tier-level signals point in the same direction. The model does not see enough guide-level separation for a confident starred call. The question becomes ceiling: the model sees enough strength for a star, but not enough separation to publish a higher-star call. Because this is an upgrade call, the model needs more than general quality; it needs the higher tier to pull away from the alternatives. Because the starred signal sits close to a boundary, we mark the prediction as low confidence.