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

[karandy]

14 hours ago, Harry Brown said:

 

You can beat an egg but you can't beat a root.

 

sorry sir ---i disagree---

i beat my root very frequently ;

with very pleasing results 

[PBear66]

On 9/7/2018 at 09:56, SirL said:

Here's a page from Simon's Hummus Lab menu.  Has anyone tried the Special Spicy Fish or the Special Stew and can report on them?

Very good review on trip adviser, called in briefly on last visit but didn't eat there. Will give it a go next time.

Chips are meant to be homemade.

16 hours ago, kuteguy said:

I don't know if you have mentioned it but the BEST burger I have ever tasted in Pattaya is at that bend at r-con hotel on Soi Bukhao (Easy Rcon bar) .. Both the bars serve the same Aussie burger.. 145 baht. burger is massive (includes egg and beetroot, missing pineapple slices) and handmade burger meat  (not the frozen stuff) and big side serving of chunky crinkle cut fries included in the price. I literally have to stop myself from eating there everyday!

Wish they kept hot Colman mustard.. Had to import it via friends myself.

Drink during the afternoon in r-con and the food always looks very good. Most meals around the 100 baht mark and really decent portion sizes. Will give the burger a go next time.

MC Burger location is a 100 times better than where it was down towards action street.

 

[Evil Penevil]

Café Pitini on Soi Buakhao has long been a favorite of farang tourists and residents for consistently good food at reasonable prices. It's an attractive and comfortable place to have a meal, casual dining in the best sense of the phrase. 

However, there are rough spots on the menu, with a big gap between the top and bottom items. Most meals there have been good, but a few were disappointing.  The menu is extensive, running the gamut of international dishes found in a lot of farang-oriented Pattaya restaurants.   The emphasis is on British comfort food,  but there's also hamburgers, pasta,  pizza,  steak,  panini and the customary Thai dishes.   Café Pitini  is also noted for its ice cream and other desserts that are several notches higher than what's usually found in Pattaya. 

It features daily specials on popular dishes, with 20 or 30 baht knocked off the ordinary menu price.  I tried the spaghetti bolognese, which if I remember right is the Wednesday special at 179 baht.  It was very good, far better than much of the "spag bol" available in Pattaya.  The sauce was closer to a traditional ragù alla bolognese than what's usually put on spaghetti in Pattaya or elsewhere outside of Italy.

Basically, ragù alla bolognese is a meat-based sauce, usually ground beef these days. It doesn't have a heavy tomato taste. Classic bolognese sauce is not served on spaghetti, but on tagliatelle or a ribbed pasta like penne.  What is widely called spaghetti bolognese outside Italy is actually spaghetti with a generic Italian tomato sauce to which ground beef has been added, hence the bolognese connection.  Kudo to Pitini for keeping things real.

It was a good-sized portion and with the three pieces of freshly toasted garlic bread, made a very filling meal.

The panini (bacon, egg, sausage and cheese) at 150 baht was excellent, probably the best panini I've had in Pattaya.  It was made with high quality ingredients and real ciabatta (bread) that had been appropriately grilled and not squashed.

I also appreciated the lack of dressing on the fresh cabbage and lettuce, but that's just my preference. I'm sure others would have preferred dressing.

The menu sports a half dozen different types of panini.  A panini at Pitini is perfect as a light lunch or evening snack.

I was less impressed with the Sunday special roast dinner at 159 baht.  There was a choice of beef, chicken or pork and mashed or roast potatoes.  I went with pork and mashed potatoes..  

The sides were good, with the Yorkshire pudding among the better I've had in Pattaya.  I ate at Pitini at 7.00 p.m. and the Yorkshire was fresh out of the oven.  It hadn't been standing all day and re-warmed.  The menu proclaimed the meal came with Bisto gravy. 

For non-Brits, Bisto is a meat-flavored gravy product in powder or granule form to which boiling water is added. The name is an acronym for "Browns, Seasons and Thickens in One."  It made me chuckle because the original raggedy Bisto Kids would have fit right in on Soi Buakhao, although maybe not in Pitini.

  

Source: https://www.allposters.ca/-sp/Bisto-the-Bisto-Kids-posters_i1872170_.htm

The pork was a bit of a disappointment.  It wasn't bad, bit it had most likely come from a cylinder of precooked and pre-sliced industrial pork.  It was almost flavorless and I was glad for the Bisto gravy, even though it tasted as out-of-a-packet as gravy can get.

An older British guy sitting nearby said I should have ordered the chicken instead.  I could see from his plate the chicken was a large piece of breast meat. If I ever have the Sunday special at Pitini again, that's what I'll order.

I also tried the Saturday steak special at Pitini and reviewed it in the Steak in Pattaya thread.  I don't think the steak was value for money at 289 baht.

 

Bottom line:  The food at Pitini is generally good, but some  menu items can be below par.  In the future, I'll probably stick to the Italian-inspired dishes.  The ice cream sundaes and other desserts look great, but I don't eat much sweet stuff these days.  Thai girls rave about them.

Evil

Edited September 10, 2018 by Evil Penevil

[kuteguy]

Anyone know what happened to boat bakery :-* really good food on 2nd road opposite the Mike mall close to Walking Street.. It closed down about a year ago. Would like to know if it re-opened somewhere else? Little off topic I know .. But they did good fried chicken too, and western food for well under 300

[Gnorman]

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Café Pitini on Soi Buakhao has long been a favorite of farang tourists and residents for consistently good food at reasonable prices. It's an attractive and comfortable place to have a meal, casual dining in the best sense of the phrase. 

Bottom line:  The food at Pitini is generally good, but some  menu items can be below par.  In the future, I'll probably stick to the Italian-inspired dishes.  The ice cream sundaes and other desserts look great, but I don't eat much sweet stuff these days.  Thai girls rave about them.

Evil

Thanks Evil, great review as always.

I enjoy Cafe Patini's food, but the main draw card for me is their coffee. I know it's subjective, but their coffee is some of the best in Pattaya to my tastes.

 

 

 

[Kreggerz]

3 hours ago, kuteguy said:

Anyone know what happened to boat bakery :-* really good food on 2nd road opposite the Mike mall close to Walking Street.. It closed down about a year ago. Would like to know if it re-opened somewhere else? Little off topic I know .. But they did good fried chicken too, and western food for well under 300

Permanently closed. No new location. I liked it too. 

[tko]

So I made it to MC burger my first evening in town, and tried the Frisco burger with curly fries.  Quite enjoyable and with a SML came in under 300 Baht.  I'll be back.

 

[striderman]

On 9/7/2018 at 15:29, Ohyesuare said:

Visited the hummus place the other day, Simons laboratory whatever. Can confirm the food was good and it was an extremely nice ladyboy doing all the cooking alone when I went. Food was good, I'm gonna go back.

here u go

above the new amazon coffee place and overlooking the buakaow night market near the S-bend

[jpmelville]

Harry's 99bht "summer" specials still going strong. Got burger today.

[aussieoutcast]

Harry's 99bht "summer" specials still going strong. Got burger today.

I love the sauce, best 99 baht burger ever

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[porno frank]

that pasta looks good.

[Evil Penevil]

Korando's Bar on Soi 15 behind The Avenue has a special on pizza on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The ordinary price of the large Ground Beef Lover's Pizza in the pics below was 290 baht.  

It had the thin crust I prefer.  The topping (ground beef, onion and cheese wasn't overdone, but for my taste, it could have done with more seasoning. 

Korando's has at least 10 different types of pizza, the usual favorites as well as a few original variations.  I will be going back to try the Parma Ham Pizza.  The pic is from Korando's Facebook page.

[Saddic]

Chinese Shaxian Snacks
https://goo.gl/maps/2AQVPsuVzzQ2

Across 2nd rd from Soi 6...

Little hole in the wall authentic Chinese restaurant...

Stopped in to try today for late lunch... excellent authentic Chinese place... Had beef noodle soup... 120b... fantastic!

Dumplings, noodles, and other items... 

4 tables inside, 2 outside...

More pics and menu from a FB post...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2210872802459934&set=pcb.2148783082011327&type=3&theater&ifg=1

[Peeping Tom]

On ‎07‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 20:50, Abracadabra said:

Yeah, 69 actually...

He liked to smoke “shagjes” (hand-rolled cigarettes, diminutive plural of “shag” aka rolling tobacco).

RIP.

[Peeping Tom]

On ‎10‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 20:22, kuteguy said:

Anyone know what happened to boat bakery :-* really good food on 2nd road opposite the Mike mall close to Walking Street.. It closed down about a year ago. Would like to know if it re-opened somewhere else? Little off topic I know .. But they did good fried chicken too, and western food for well under 300

I think it became an Indian eatery, one more.

[Saddic]

2 hours ago, Peeping Tom said:

I think it became an Indian eatery, one more.

NO...

It became a massage place... AND a hostel place.. (I think aimed at chinese) called cha cha cha...

 

The Indian place was/is next door to Cha cha cha

Edited September 25, 2018 by Saddic

[Kreggerz]

Yeah, Cha Cha Cha. They have a Thai restaurant there too. Looked at the menu and didn't think much of it. 

[Evil Penevil]

1 hour ago, Kreggerz said:

Yeah, Cha Cha Cha. They have a Thai restaurant there too. Looked at the menu and didn't think much of it. 

I tried it once a few months ago, thought it was OK but nothing special and expensive for what you got.   I haven't been inspired to go back.

Squid with salted eggs, about 150 baht if I remember right.

I found out after I had eaten there that Cha Cha Cha is explicitly LGBT friendly.  I certainly didn't notice anything along those lines as the other customers during the 45 minutes I was there were Thai families or couples.  Apparently Cha Cha Cha used to be a bar, restaurant and guest house near Sunee Plaza, but changed its location in April this year.

Evil

 

Edited September 26, 2018 by Evil Penevil

[Kreggerz]

Thanks for the info on Cha Cha Cha. My impression based on their menu was that's it's Thai food targeted at not-Thai people. 

[Billy Shears]

On 9/25/2018 at 15:50, Evil Penevil said:

Korando's Bar on Soi 15 behind The Avenue has a special on pizza on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

How was the service? Everytime I went there they treated me like I wasn't wanted. 

[jiz]

1 hour ago, WhiteThai said:

How was the service? Everytime I went there they treated me like I wasn't wanted. 

Same with many Thai businesses.

Customers wreck their quiet day napping & interrupt  their Facebooking. 

 

Edited September 27, 2018 by jiz

[striderman]

On 9/10/2018 at 20:22, kuteguy said:

Anyone know what happened to boat bakery :-* really good food on 2nd road opposite the Mike mall close to Walking Street.. It closed down about a year ago. Would like to know if it re-opened somewhere else? Little off topic I know .. But they did good fried chicken too, and western food for well under 300

it was 5 units. 3 to the left now massage. 2 to the right budget dorm type hotel/restaurant...............

[geezerrb]

42 minutes ago, jiz said:

Same with many Thai businesses.

Customers wreck their quiet day napping & interrupt  their Facebooking. 

 

Always been clicky even when Bagel was there, newish guy involved but if he is still the same old girls he may as well give the food away for free to try and get customers not just in but keep them there, I am surprised they have lasted this long.

[superroo]

Bought two pizzas from them on tuesday ,takeaway.

Young lady took my order , very helpful she was and pleasant.

Pizzas were ok.

Only thing that slightly annoyed me was getting twenty baht change in small coins.

[likeaking]

3 hours ago, superroo said:

Bought two pizzas from them on tuesday ,takeaway.

Young lady took my order , very helpful she was and pleasant.

Pizzas were ok.

Only thing that slightly annoyed me was getting twenty baht change in small coins.

Hint, hint - tip.