The King's Table on Soi 13

[Evil Penevil]

Posted Today, 08:14 PM

 

The King's Table on Soi 13, about halfway between Beach Road and 2nd Road, is mostly noted for its "big BBQ nights" on Fridays and Saturdays, but also serves "international cuisine" the rest of the week.

 

 

We tried the barbecue buffet last night and for the money, 395 baht, it was a decent meal. Total cost for two, including two SMLs and two bottles of water, was 1,010 baht.

 

The emphasis is on the proteins - beef file, pork, chicken breasts, ribs, sausages, skewered kebabs, tuna steak, mussels and prawns.

 

The BBQ cook steadily grills the more popular items like beef file and prawns so customers aren't kept waiting, but you can have them "grilled to order" if you prefer.

 

The Thai beef was a bit chewy but had a lot of flavor. The other grilled items were all good as well.

 

There are side dishes - mainly salads, as well as a few warm Thai dishes, but the choice is limited. Sliced watermelon and pineapple are the only "dessert items."

 



If you favor a BBQ with decent quality at a modest price and aren't too worried about side dishes, then the King's Table offers good value for money. There are certainly more extensive (and expensive) buffet in Pattaya, but the King's Table BBQ does well in its price range.

Evil

 

[Evil Penevil]

During the "non-BBQ" hours, the King's Table offers the standard "international" farang food found all over Pattaya.  Its mostly European- and U.S.-inspired "comfort food," dishes that will be famiilar to most visitors to Pattaya.  

 

 

A few months ago, I tried one of the daily specials, soup and main dish for a fixed price.  I believe it was 189 baht, but my memory has faded a bit on that point. I wasn't very impressed with that meal and didn't go back until the BBQ last night.  I had cream of mushroom soup and lamb braised in red wine sauce.

 

The mushroom soup had a good consistency and "mouth feel," but not much taste.  The mishrooms had been chopped very finely, more slivers than real pieces.

 

 

 

The sauce covering the lamb had curdled and was kind of gritty, ot good at all.

 

 

The lamb itself was rather tasteless.  If I'd eaten it blindfolded I wouldn't have known what meat it had been on the plate.

 

 

Inconsistency is the hobgoblin of small restaurants in Pattaya, so I may have visited the King's Castle on on an off day for the special.  But I didn't feel inspired to give it another try.  In the future, I'll probably stick to the weekend BBQ if I go back to the King's Castle.

 

Evil

[overseas516]

Always look forward to your restaurant views Evil as they are usually spot on so will definitely check the barbecue night on my next visit. Many thanks for taking the time and effort to post your review.

[PawYai]

I ate there in November and it was excellent cute serving staff and owner a farang and his tasty Thai Mrs who had a bit of a better than thou attitude over the staff which I don't like to see as some folk forget where they came from.

Anyhow food was spot on I had Thai and bro had a steak which he enjoyed... Place was quiet but could see it getting busy high season at night... I'll be back in May/June

[TheMarlon]

Thanks evil penevil for the nice review.

I used to have shrimp cocktail and pepper steak there, always good and tasty, also the waiters are bunch of cuties and good laugh.