Under 300 Baht ... And Good! (updated for 2024)

[striderman]

Great thread.

I also enjoy the restaurant on the corner of soi Buakao and the soi to Pattaya New Plaza. Orange decor with white tables. Reasonable food at excellent prices and charming service. Sad, but I have never noticed the name.

here u go

 

[eanto]

Toast is for whimps

[localguy]

Great thread, Evil. The thread title sounds like a Trip Report to Bush Mountain.

[Alex the Hedonist]

If the rain holds off, Im on my way to try Calle tonight (opposite Papagayo)...will let you know how it goes and post a pic of my order.

 

Review looked great, cheers, Alex

[Worldmonger]

Great thread, it's a gold mine for people who want to avoid hotel food at all cost.

[Dermestid]

Thanks Evil for the great thread and honest helpful reviews.

[Bollicky40]

It's on Soi Bukhao, not far from LK Metro.

 

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 The Songkran water-tossing madness will put a crimp in my restaurant visits over the next five or six days, but here's a reminder of the kind of specials you'll find at many restaurants that serve farang food.  I/ve never eaten at IRovers, so I can't comment on its food, but the price is reasonable, although cheaper can be found.

 

 

Evil

 

Please do NOT go to iRovers i went in with my friend who ordered Ham Egg and Chips/Fries he got ONE tiny fried egg a handful (of decent chips) and 4 or 5 slices of PACKET ham , absolute fcuking rip off, we were too fcuked from the night before to complain unfortunately but , never again, that was Oct last year

[Evil Penevil]

 

The Sailor Restaurant offers some of the cheapest, if not the cheapest, Western food of any sit-down restaurant in Pattaya. However, it is very much a case of you get what you pay for. Of the four meals I've had there, one has been inedible (food was rancid) and two were merely bad, but the most recent (last week) was acceptable if not good.

 

No question whatsoever that Sailor qualifies as under 300 baht ... I believe every dish on its menu is less than 200 baht.  But whether the food is good, well, that much more problematic.  However, no discussion of cheap eats in Pattaya would be complete without at least a mention of the Sailor.

After an absence of two years due to the three awful meals, I decided to make a return visit as I heard from friends the food had improved. Once again, I tried the pork schnitzel with potato salad. The last time I ordered it, the potato salad was rancid and the schnitzel had been pounded so thin and fried so hard it couldn't be chewed.

 

 

This time the schnitzel was much better. It was a small square of breaded pork that wasn't paper-thin and had been properly cooked. It tasted OK, if nothing special.

 

 

At 100 baht for the schnitzel and 40 baht for Coke Zero, you can't fault the price.  

 

 

 

The potato salad, also a small portion, was basically chunks of boiled potatoes dressed with mayonaise and sprinkled with chopped chives. There was no mustard or any other seasoning in the dressing. It was the kind of potato salad served in elementary school cafeterias in the US.

 

 

It was a bit off-putting to find a piece of macaroni in the potato salad. The most benign explanation would be that the same spoon had been used to plate the potato salad as had been used to dish up another customer's macaroni salad.

 

 

The Sailor isn't air-conditioned and the dining area was extremely hot, even though I was sitting under a bank of ceiling fans. For that reason alone, I won't be going back any time soon. I wouldn't endure that sort of discomfort while dining even if the food was much better.

For several decades the Sailor has been noted for its service with a snarl as much as its cheap if dodgy food. The surly waitresses were among the most unfriendly I've encountered anywhere in the world. I'm happy to say that appears to have improved a bit. A waitress actually smiled at me last week and didn't use a rude tone of voice. Remarkable!

The only reason I can think of for anyone to eat at the Sailor is a very tight budget. The food isn't good, nor is it a pleasant place to have a meal. If you're willing to spend just a little more money, better is available all over Pattaya.

 

Evil

[eanto]

It must be the cheapest food in proximity to the beach. Good price on beers and cocktails too

[eanto]

Under 300 baht and surprisingly good

[Evil Penevil]

Punch and Judy has a very good special on Wednesdays:

 

 

In fact, P&J has decent specials every day .  Tomorrow, for example:

 

 

And the rest of the week:

 

 

 

 

P&J's Sunday roast has long been popular among Pattaya expats.   I've had mixed results at P&J's on Sundays- mostly excellent but occassionally disappointing.  Definitely the best idea is to get there as close as possible to noon (start time for service of the Sunday roast dinners). 

 

Some memorable Sunday meals at P&J over the years in the pics below. Portions are very large and the price reasonable.

 

 

 

 

 

P&J is a very pleasant place to have a meal or a drink.  It's airy, spacious, clean and the seats are comfortable.  Service is friendly and the kitchen is accommodating to special requests about the food.

 

 

The only downside is the location for those who lack their own wheels.  P&J i not on the baht bus route and you will have to take a moto or be prepared for a 20-minute walk from the nearest points reachable by BB.

 

 

Evil

[Hopton101]

The Restaurant opposite The Triangle Bar , near Soi Lengkee, is great value and good food, never had a bad meal there. And you can watch the soap opera next door at the massage parlour !!!

[Alex the Hedonist]

Had an awesome meal to today at KISS, will add pics soon.  I got spring rolls, pork with basil n rice, fried chicken breast n rice...with a water.  Got so much food i ended up taking some home along with two of their cheeseburgers with bacon n egg to heat in micro later.

 

TOTAL BIN was 338B including take-away, burgers were 55b each...so my meal with beverage was only 228b.

 

Food was tasty, hot, plentiful and fast.  

 

FYI, Alex

Edited July 20, 2016 by Alex the Hedonist

[Alex the Hedonist]

Had a mixed experience with the delivery service recommended here, PATTAYA MEALS.

 

I ordered BBQ chicken wings, a caesar salad with chicken, pasta Alfredo with chicken.  the meaL did come within the time promised, no problem and it was hot.

 

BUT, the salad was drenched in dressing (should be on the side), lettuce was soggy, and sadly kinda warm (i like a chilled salad, right?)

 

wings were great.

 

pasta was disappointing as it was almost void of sauce and as a result quite dry.

 

I won't be ordering again.

 

Cheers, Alex

[Evil Penevil]

 

This is a restaurant that will warm the cockles of every thrifty diner's heart.  You can get a decent, albeit small, portion of steak, French fries and salad for 119 baht.  Or pork steak with the same accompaniments for  baht.

 

 

It's  called in English Steak 9 Rai Sai 3 and is located on the east side of 3rd Road about halfway between Soi Lengkee and Pattaya Klang.  More on how to find it at the end of this post.  It's a small open-air restaurant that is easy to miss.

 

 

Let's be realistic.  For 119 baht, you aren't going to get the best steak in Pattaya.  Also,  the steak I got was overcooked, even though I had asked for it rare in both Thai and English.

 

 

The frozen crinkle fries had been cooked properly, but there weren't many of them.  The salad was fresh- I just wish it hadn't been drowned in Thousand Island dressing out of a bottle.

 

 

It was definitely Thai beef, but it wasn't tough.  If it hadn't been overcooked, I would have been very happy with it.

 

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When I arrived at 7.00 p.m. one night last week., the place was  almost full.  I got the last table.  The inexpensive food seemed popular with both Thais and farang.  And everything on the menu is very cheap and real value for money.

 

 

 For those with big appetites, you can order extra meat and French fries at a discounted price.  A double portion of steak would be 228 baht.   A big bottle of Leo or Chang goes for  75 baht, while Coke is only 15 baht and water 10 baht!

 

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Besides the misses with the steak, the table I had faced right out on 3rd Road.  It was hot and you got all the noise and exhaust fumes from the street.

 

 

I wouldn't have rushed back to Steak 9, but unusual circumstances put me there again Tuesday with BM capdagde (Andy Cap).  We had planned to eat at the Tsunami Sushi Buffet, but there were no seats at 6.00 p.m., so we continued down 3rd Road to Steak 9.  Andy was hungry, so he ordered both the steak and fish, a budget "surf and turf" combo.

 

 

He was happy with his meal and said the beef was better than a lot you get in France.

 

 

I had the pork steak and it, too, was good.  It was juicy and not overcooked with plenty of flavor, definitely different to the tasteless pork you often get in the West.

 

Steak 9 won't become a regular haunt, but I wouldn't hesitate to eat there again if I have my way past.  The food I've had there is better than at other budget restaurants like the Sailor or Seaside, altrhough the menu is more limited.  

 

The red marker shows its location.  It's within easy walking distance of the LK Metro area.  If you're riding the baht bus on Soi Bukhao, get off 

 

 

Evil

 

[Lambik]

To help I hope,it's on the corner of Soi 14,3rd.Road.The Soi to go to Mclub.

[izzyg]

The Olala restaurant on Soi 7 that is mentioned in this thread seems to be closed for renovation.

[Evil Penevil]

The Olala restaurant on Soi 7 that is mentioned in this thread seems to be closed for renovation.

 

I definitely hope it re-opens.  I've had some very good meals there, always at a reasonable price.

 

Evil

[philkrenshaw]

The Steak place above reminds me of 49 Baht Ribs (or whatever they call it, now that prices have gone up). How do they compare?

[Taa_Saparot]

The Steak place above reminds me of 49 Baht Ribs (or whatever they call it, now that prices have gone up). 

 

Surprise.

 

Both are very decent for the what they charge.

[Mr D 83]

This topic is fantastic! Love learning of new places to eat as I love my grub almost as much as TG's 555! Will follow and well done to the OP! 

[Uncle-V]

I had the mussels and fries special 220 baht special at Steak and Co. On Thursday 12 to 5 pm.

1 kilo of Mussels. Very filling and tasted fresh not frozen. You can get them in a variety of sauces. I got the tomato Provencal and they were delicious. I sopped up as much of the sauce as I could. 555

Fries were good too.

At the price I think it's a hell of a deal.

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Edited August 8, 2016 by Uncle-V

[Uncle-V]

 

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[spacer78]

Fantastic thread - thankyou to all the contributers providing such valuable information. Much appreciated !

[striderman]

To help I hope,it's on the corner of Soi 14,3rd.Road.The Soi to go to MClub.

some fussy eating buggers were there last saturday and raving to me about this place