One of Thailand’s most immersive fine dining experiences is hiding in Phuket

Founded by Chef Luca Mascolo and Brigitta Haukamp, The Smokaccia Laboratory offers one of Phuket’s most immersive fine dining experiences. Exceptional cuisine, thoughtful hospitality and playful storytelling create a memorable culinary journey that begins in an elegant Champagne lounge with refined welcome bites before unfolding in the intimate dining room.

Every dish celebrates exceptional local ingredients and tells its own story through visually striking presentation. Chef Luca transforms familiar flavours using modern culinary techniques to create not just dishes, but works of art on a plate. While every presentation is imaginative and visually captivating, the flavours remain balanced, familiar and deeply satisfying.

Guests can choose between nine- and eighteen-course tasting menus, including vegetarian and vegan experiences. The team also accommodates almost every allergy and dietary requirement without compromising the experience, making fine dining accessible to more guests.

Each tasting menu is complemented by carefully curated wine pairings and acclaimed homemade alcohol-free pairings by sommelier Massimo Zoz, recognised ‘alcohol free pairing of the year’ by Thailand’s favourite restaurants guide. 

The restaurant takes its name from Chef Luca’s award-winning invention, the Smokaccia – not a focaccia – but an entirely new and complex style of naturally 50 hours fermented sourdough bread that earned him the Culinary Scientist Award. 

Today, guests enjoy it as the opening course, ‘How It All Began,’ before the journey continues through the restaurant’s signature fine dining tasting menu.

This commitment to innovation has also earned The Smokaccia Laboratory international recognition, becoming the first restaurant in Thailand to receive Five Radishes from the global We’re Smart® Green Guide, the organisation’s highest distinction for sustainability, vegetable gastronomy and exceptional taste.