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

[jimboh]

12 hours ago, Syco said:

The Nest ( old Robins Nest ), 199baht lasagna and chips on special every Tuesday & Thursday. 
Very good tasty meal, in a nice newly renovated place.

 

Looks good, are Nest on any food apps, tried HN and GRAB but not showing?

[Bawdy]

16 hours ago, Syco said:

The Nest ( old Robins Nest ), 199baht lasagna and chips on special every Tuesday & Thursday. 
Very good tasty meal, in a nice newly renovated place.

 

Can you share other items from the menu please? Do they still have Liver & Bacon?

[Farangkie]

7 minutes ago, Bawdy said:

Can you share other items from the menu please? Do they still have Liver & Bacon?

Didn't take a pic of their menu, so don't know about liver and bacon, but some of thier dishes are on their facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Thenestguesthousepattaya/?ref=page_internal

[Pheat]

8 hours ago, socrates said:

Had this earlier - substituted the salad and chips for steamed veg - personally I did not rate it - but for the money its ok - part of it was piping hot other parts not so hot....

Kilkenny does a lasagna on the special 199B on a Monday comes with garlic bread/salad pretty decent 

[jimboh]

Witherspoons special on Wednesday is Lasagna, comes with garlic bread and small salad, 199B, I find it average, would rather pay a bit more and have it come with chips.

[Farangkie]

15 minutes ago, jimboh said:

Witherspoons special on Wednesday is Lasagna, comes with garlic bread and small salad, 199B, I find it average, would rather pay a bit more and have it come with chips.

Anything made with beef here can be hit and miss, actually mostly miss. Thailand isn’t known as a cattle producing country, so the quality isn’t going to be great. ( apart from at Robin Hood)

The Thais are good at chicken and pork , I may stick to those dishes in the dishes in the future. 

[Pheat]

1 hour ago, jimboh said:

Witherspoons special on Wednesday is Lasagna, comes with garlic bread and small salad, 199B, I find it average, would rather pay a bit more and have it come with chips.

The best Lasagna I have had in Pattaya is from the Italian Rinapp Restaurant Soi 13/1 and all the other meals have been top notch the pasta dish’s from here are a cut above most other restaurants in Pattaya and not really that expensive for the quality you are getting 

[Fired Up Paul]

1 hour ago, Pheat said:

The best Lasagna I have had in Pattaya is from the Italian Rinapp Restaurant Soi 13/1 and all the other meals have been top notch the pasta dish’s from here are a cut above most other restaurants in Pattaya and not really that expensive for the quality you are getting 

For Info:

Lasagna 300 Baht.

Most other Pasta Dishes are between 240-280.

[Evil Penevil]

On 22/02/2022 at 22:00, Pheat said:

Kilkenny does a lasagna on the special 199B on a Monday comes with garlic bread/salad pretty decent 

My pics and info are old, but here's what the Kilkenny lasagna special looked like in May 2018:

You'd have to have one hell of a huge appetite if you walked away still hungry after than plate.  I would agree for the price it was "pretty decent," if not traditional lasagna.

Below is the review I wrote back then:

On 16/05/2018 at 10:29, Evil Penevil said:

Kilkenny on LK Metro has lasagna as a special for 199 baht several times a week. It's not exactly the lasagna an Italian grandmother would make, but it's tasty and the portion is huge. It comes with three small slices of garlic bread and  salad on the side.

 

The Kilkenny version of lasagna is very heavy on the meat filling and cheese topping, but light on the pasta. It's sort of like an upside down cottage pie with pasta instead of mashed potatoes.  The bechamel sauce that is used in some types of lasagna was most noticeable by its absence.

 

There's nothing wrong with that.  Many traditional recipes have been adapted by restaurants to suit the preferences of their diners and that's almost certainly the case with Kilkenny's lasagna.  But if you're looking for a many-layered lasagna dressed with a lighter ragu-style sauce, that's not what Kilkenny's lasagna is about.

Evil

[Pheat]

19 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

My pics and info are old, but here's what the Kilkenny lasagna special looked like in May 2018:

You'd have to have one hell of a huge appetite if you walked away still hungry after than plate.  I would agree for the price it was "pretty decent," if not traditional lasagna.

Below is the review I wrote back then:

Evil

The only difference now is that the lasagna comes in a  tray 

Never had a bad meal from the Kilkenny and I visit 2-3 times a week 

Had the sausages /mash special last night best I have had in Pattaya for a good while

[Clem Fandango]

On 23/02/2022 at 08:23, Pheat said:

The best Lasagna I have had in Pattaya is from the Italian Rinapp Restaurant Soi 13/1 and all the other meals have been top notch the pasta dish’s from here are a cut above most other restaurants in Pattaya and not really that expensive for the quality you are getting 

Have to agree with this comment, Rinapp is someplace which isn’t spoken about enough. The quality of ingredients they use are bang on and not expensive tall in my view. Never had a bad meal and will be one of my first stops when I’m back in May.

[spiderman]

On 22/02/2022 at 17:03, Syco said:

The Nest ( old Robins Nest ), 199baht lasagna and chips on special every Tuesday & Thursday. 
Very good tasty meal, in a nice newly renovated place.

 

I tried the Lasagna at the Nest today. Thought it was very good. I also had the chicken sizzler wedneday special yesterday which was even better.

[LovinBgood]

On 23/02/2022 at 13:22, jimboh said:

Witherspoons special on Wednesday is Lasagna, comes with garlic bread and small salad, 199B, I find it average, would rather pay a bit more and have it come with chips.

Lasagna is Italian, Chips are British AFAIK, but you could always order a side of fries 😄

 

[Pheat]

3 hours ago, Clem Fandango said:

Have to agree with this comment, Rinapp is someplace which isn’t spoken about enough. The quality of ingredients they use are bang on and not expensive tall in my view. Never had a bad meal and will be one of my first stops when I’m back in May.

Yep visited earlier today as good as always 300 Baht /100baht more than Nest/Witherspoons/Kilkenny blows these out the water and well worth the extra baht /had scoffed quite abit before I remembered to take a pic 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Pheat

[Pheat]

Fish (Haddock) chips Robin Hood 249 Baht but the haddock had hardly any flavour and  was a very thin piece of fish inside the slightly soggy batter and the chips were undercooked 6/10 and that is being generous would expect better from the RH

Edited February 25, 2022 by Pheat

[stickyfingers]

2 hours ago, Pheat said:

Fish (Haddock) chips Robin Hood 249 Baht but the haddock had hardly any flavour and  was a very thin piece of fish inside the slightly soggy batter and the chips were undercooked 6/10 and that is being generous would expect better from the RH

Looks can be deceiving so it seems as looks a nice serving there??

[Pheat]

7 hours ago, stickyfingers said:

Looks can be deceiving so it seems as looks a nice serving there??

Yep looks good but tasted shite 

[Evil Penevil]

I'm happy to see this thread is still being updated after nearly five years.  There's always a need for information about inexpensive restaurants which serve good food. I'm trapped in the U.S. due to Covid, so I can't myself offer dining experiences more recent than two years ago, but I can help out by posting menus and specials from restaurants' Facebook pages and Web sites. Maybe it will save BMs some time.   However, I would advise everyone to check the restaurants' social media sites to be sure the information below is still accurate.  Things change fast in these strange times!

I'll start with the LK Metro area.  The Rockhouse has a new menu. Whenever I ate there, the food was good and value for money.

I agree with @Pheat  when he wrote:

On 24/02/2022 at 05:06, Pheat said:

Never had a bad meal from the Kilkenny and I visit 2-3 times a week 

That was my experience as well.  I found the Sunday lamb roast and the weekly porkchop special to be excellent value for money. Kilkenny was one of my "go-to" restaurants while living in Pattaya. I'm posting a list of their most recent specials.  As I recall, it's the same daily special(s) every week, but check Kilkenny's Facebook page to be sure.
 

    

[Evil Penevil]

To continue with restaurants in the LK Metro area:

The Robin's Nest is under new management and has become The Nest.  It also offers daily specials.

 

Harry's is another dependable restaurant in the LK Metro area.  It offers Swedish and international dishes at reasonable prices.

[Pheat]

Gammon/egg/chips on  special 189 Baht very good plate 8/10 Golden ferret New Plaza one of my go to restaurants when I fancy some  British tucker

[Farangkie]

On 22/02/2022 at 18:12, stickyfingers said:

Looks great and decent portions too at that special price.

Have they totally changed the interior there then?? As was all set up as a British style pub grub place with lots tv screens for all the sports.

 

The beginning of this video, shows the new fit out inside The Nest from 2min 11 sec.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by Syco

[Pheat]

 Cafe Pitini Roast beef Sunday roast on the special 169 Baht hit the spot 

Not the best in Pattaya but for the price was decent enough  7/10

Edited February 28, 2022 by Pheat

[Pheat]

Cafe Pitini Gammon egg and chips everything was spot on 199 Baht 

Edited March 17, 2022 by Pheat

[Thomaz73]

Looks nice. But please tell me pineapple isn't a standard part of that dish

[Evil Penevil]

 

3 hours ago, Thomaz73 said:

Looks nice. But please tell me pineapple isn't a standard part of that dish

Ham glazed with pineapple slices and maraschino cherries has been a festive U.S. main dish since the 1920s.  It was developed by Hawaiian pineapple growers to increase demand for canned pineapple slices and quickly caught on because the sweetness of pineapple is a good counterbalance to the saltiness of baked ham.  The idea spread to the U.K. and gammon with pineapple became popular there as well.

My grandmother and mother used to make baked ham like this for Easter:

Evil