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

[ingo67]

My Way is a bit under the radar compared to its bigger neighbours, had several meals their, all excellent.

[Evil Penevil]

And now for something different:

 

 

Pattaya Meals is a meal preparation and delivery service that brings affordable and tasty farang and Thai food to your door.  I tried Pattaya Meals for the first time on Tuesday and was very happy with the experience.  We ordered five dishes for three people, with four to be shared among us as a late lunch and one to be taken home by a guest as his supper. Total cost was 820 baht (no tip, no delivery change as per PattayaMeals.com).   Just about all their 30 or so dishes are priced between 150 and 185 baht. I placed the order at 2.35 pm and it was delivered at 3.25 pm.

 

The food was delicious and arrived hot. i won't hesitate to order from them again. It's an excellent option if you don't feel like going to a restaurant.  Here's what we ordered:

 

 

#2 Chicken cutlet Parmigiana 165 baht

 

 

 

 

#5 Caesar Salad with shrimp  180 baht

 

 

#15 Pepper and Garlic Chicken 150 baht

 

#24 Salmon with corn relish 150 baht

 

 

#26 Bacon carbonara Pasta with fettuccini 175

 

 

 

They deliver to parts of Jomtien and central Pattaya:

 

 

Check out their Web site at pattayameals.com  for more info.  Pattaya Meals has about 30 items for delivery, with 20 farang dishes and 10 Thai. Some pics from their Web site.

 

 

 

 

Great food, cheap prices, fast delivery.  What more can you ask for?

 

Evil 

Edited May 18, 2016 by Evil Penevil

[brooksie]

Pictures look good,great information again Mr Evil,thanks for posting.

[dave46]

Thanks Evil unfortunately I am out of delivery area

 

[Alex the Hedonist]

PATTY MEALS looks like a great option for a lazy day at the condo, THANK YOU, another fantastic find and post.  I could see myself ordering every one of those dishes, delicious.  Only wish they delivered late...I can imaging ordering from them at 1am when I get home from bar...lol.

 

Cheers, Alex

Edited May 18, 2016 by Alex the Hedonist

[Thai1onjohn]

Best thread i read in a long time,thanks..........

[Uncle-V]

Thanks Evil. You always have great suggestions. 

 

The Chicken parm looks mighty good. But was the chicken cutlet still crispy? I have found that Chicken parm doesn't travel all that well and easily gets soggy. 

[midge]

 

And now for something different:

 

 

Pattaya Meals is a meal preparation and delivery service that brings affordable and tasty farang and Thai food to your door.  I tried Pattaya Meals for the first time on Tuesday and was very happy with the experience.  We ordered five dishes for three people, with four to be shared among us as a late lunch and one to be taken home by a guest as his supper. Total cost was 820 baht (no tip, no delivery change as per PattayaMeals.com).   Just about all their 30 or so dishes are priced between 150 and 185 baht. I placed the order at 2.35 pm and it was delivered at 3.25 pm.

 

The food was delicious and arrived hot. i won't hesitate to order from them again. It's an excellent option if you don't feel like going to a restaurant.  Here's what we ordered:

 

 

#2 Chicken cutlet Parmigiana 165 baht

 

 

 

 

#5 Caesar Salad with shrimp  180 baht

 

 

#15 Pepper and Garlic Chicken 150 baht

 

#24 Salmon with corn relish 150 baht

 

 

#26 Bacon carbonara Pasta with fettuccini 175

 

 

 

They deliver to parts of Jomtien and central Pattaya:

 

 

Check out their Web site at pattayameals.com  for more info.  Pattaya Meals has about 30 items for delivery, with 20 farang dishes and 10 Thai. Some pics from their Web site.

 

 

 

 

Great food, cheap prices, fast delivery.  What more can you ask for?

 

Evil 

 

Thanks Evil.Only hope they be there in nov.555.

[Global traveller]

 

 

Malee 3 offers European and Thai food at very low prices, among the lowest in Pattaya for a sit-down restaurant. It's in a subsoi off Soi Bukhao, but I'll give more info on its location at the end of this post.

 

 

The exterior sign says Malee features Russian and Uzbek cuisine in addition to European and Thai, but I didn't see much evidence of Russian or Uzbek dishes on the menu. There were, however, several Dutch specialities listed, mostly snacks.

 

Although it's not a fancy restaurant, but it's clean and comfortable.  Because it's open-front, it can get quite warm, even when sitting next to a fan, when Pattaya is undergoing a hot spell like now.

 

 

The big attraction of Malee is its price range.  There are a lot of dishes under 200 baht and quite a few around 100 baht, with its burgers going for 45 to 60 baht and breakfast for 65 baht.

 

 

I had the roast lamb dinner at 159 baht and it tasted surprisingly good for the price.  It consisted of one thick piece of lamb which most restaurants would have sliced into three thin pieces; roast potatoes; gravy; and mixed vegetables (carrots, cauliflower, carrots and snap peas.

 

 

It wasn't a large portion, particularly regarding the lamb, but it was adequate for me.

 

 

The lamb was tasty and moist, but not the most tender I've had.  It certainly wasn't tough or overly chewy, just not as tender as most lamb.  There was some fat on the meat, but not too much.

 

 

I would have preferred for the gravy to have been served on the side- I forgot to ask- and not poured all over the plate.  But the gravy was good and had been been made from the drippings from the lamb.

 

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The vegetables seemed to be fresh and not frozen.  They hadn't been overcooked and retained a lot of flavor.

 

 

The roast potatoes were also good, crispy on the outside, fluffy inside.

 

 

In addition to the 65-baht special, the breakfast portion of the menu offered a lot of choices, including pancakes.

 

 

Malee is located down a subsoi off Soi Bukhao between Soi Diana and Soi 15.  The subsoi is directly opposite Pattaya City Hospital with a motorcycle shop on the southwest corner.

 

 

Bottom line:  It's not fine dining, but I'll certainly be back to sample more of Malee's budget fare.  I particularly want to try Toad in the Hole for 99 baht.

 

Evil

 

 

Stayed there but never eaten there because they allow smoking!

[Global traveller]

 

 

 

Das Berliner Bistro, off Soi 13 between Beach Road and 2nd Road, is a venerable Pattaya restaurant. I don't know exactly how long it's been in operation, but it's been offering German and Thai food for quite a few years.  

 

 

There are two entrances to Das Berliner.  One is reached from the the walkway that runs beside the Sportsman ...

 

 

and the other is reached through the entrance to a parking lot.

 

 

 

It's a small restaurant, unpretentious, clean and comfortable.

 

 

The decorations on the wall have an old-fashioned feel about them, harking back to the 1970's.

 

 

 

Das Berliner offers Hausmannskost, or German home-style cooking, at very reasonable prices.  Many of the main dishes on the menu go for 159 or 169 baht.  A half-liter of draft Tiger costs 150 baht.

 

 

Given that it's a nice place to have a quiet meal, I wish I could give a more enthusiastic endorsement of its food, but I have to be true to my taste buds.  One recent meal I had at Das Berliner was good, the other not so.  I'll begin with the positive part.  I had the Berlin sausage with sauerkraut and boiled potatoes for 159 baht.

 

 

It was a simple meal yet tasty.  I had no big complaints, only two minor points I thought could be improved.  The sauerkraut, which I'm sure was homemade, could have been a bit more acidic, and the mustard in the condiment basket wasn't real German mustard. It tasted like what we call in the U.S. "ballpark mustard," the type that was served with hot dogs at baseball stadiums.

 

 

The sausage had probably been made locally and was quite good.

 

 

 

 

 

My next meal, sauerbraten with red cabbage and boiled potatoes for 169 baht, was disappointing. Sauerbraten is German-style pot roast with a mildly sour flavor.  The key step is to marinate the beef for at least two days, then cook it slowly with vegetables for three or four hours.  While the sauce had the traditional tang,  the meat itself had an oddly sweet taste, which said to me too much sugar had been added to the marinade.

 

 

The red cabbage wasn't sour enough for my taste, either.

 

 

 

I also thought the meat was a bit dry, as though it had been left to stand too long after cooking.

 

 

Bottom line:  I'll go back to Das Berliner to try some of its other dishes, especially pork knuckle, but it will be awhile before I take another chance on the sauerbraten.

 

In past years, Das Berliner has been quite crowded, but it had few guests the nights I ate there.  You can see in the pic below the staff didn't have much to do.

 

 

A few more interior shots:

 

 

 

 

Evil

 

 

Looks comfortable and more character than your average restaurant. But before I get too excited do they allow smoking? 

[taylor1975]

Is there a need to requote 20 photos to ask a question?

 

 

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[Alex the Hedonist]

Looks comfortable and more character than your average restaurant. But before I get too excited do they allow smoking? 

 

 

God I hope not, nasty habit and would ruin it for me.  But most open air places in Pattaya I have found do allow it.

[Evil Penevil]

Thanks Evil unfortunately I am out of delivery area

 

[Uncle-V]

Yes, it was crispy.  They have fast delivery!

 

 

Evil

Thansk Evil. great option for me when I am behind on my writing and need to stay home. 

 

BTW: I hope we can meet up for a meal next time I am in  town. 

[Abracadabra]

Looks comfortable and more character than your average restaurant. But before I get too excited do they allow smoking? 

As a smoker I actually agree with you on this. Out of respect for other people in the restaurant I personally would never smoke inside and I think this should be banned from all restaurants. Same goes for closed bars and agogo's. Different issue though on outside bars, there I smoke whenever I feel like it and if someone doesn't like it they can move a few meters...

[midge]

Stayed there but never eaten there because they allow smoking!

I go to malee in Soi Honey every day for 

breakfast and also some days for dinner.

Same owner and also good and cheep.

And good to look the world go round.555.

[Alex the Hedonist]

Just curious, anyone still going to KISS on 2nd Road ?  Its definitely not best, but OK, cheap and open 24hrs and I used to watch the world go by there quite often.  

 

Haven't been back in a while...is it still popular ?

 

Cheers, Alex

Edited May 20, 2016 by Alex the Hedonist

[dave46]

Kiss always busy but I never get there myself these days, always find better, but also more expensive

 

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[Alex the Hedonist]

Kiss always busy but I never get there myself these days, always find better, but also more expensive

 

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Good to hear it is still percolating.  I think I frequented it cuz I would miss breakfast at my hotel by sleeping in too late and it was an easy walk from Pattaya Bay Resort for a 2pm American breakfast (decent food, reasonable price, nothing fancy though) before going for a Soi6 adventure around 3pm.

 

Cheers, Alex

 

PS. I see lots of photos of "Full English Breakfast" and it looks delicious, except the beans...lol.  I don't understand beans as a breakfast food (nor do i get chocolate chip pancakes on our side of the pond, neither are breakie food to me, one is a side to lunch or dinner, one is dessert).  Not to mention the embarrassment when I break wind during a blowie after eating them

Edited May 21, 2016 by Alex the Hedonist

[dave46]

Beans are really good, with sausage and black pudding, in fact nessacery in my opinion

 

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[brooksie]

Kiss food is still going,have not eaten there for many years myself,but can`t deny it`s cheap and popular. I don`t like fending Hawkers off while eating,and the service is rubbish .

[Alex the Hedonist]

Kiss food is still going,have not eaten there for many years myself,but can`t deny it`s cheap and popular. I don`t like fending Hawkers off while eating,and the service is rubbish .

 

 

Good to hear.  Its been about 3 years since my last visit as well, stopped going after I stopped staying at the PBR.  Hawkers were a bit of an issue at first, but I usually had my previous night's barfine in tow and she shooed them away for me.  After breakfast, we would kiss kiss goodbye and she was off on moot-taxi to her apartment and I was off on a baht bus to the 6...lol.

 

Cheers, Alex

Edited May 21, 2016 by Alex the Hedonist

[brooksie]

^^^^ It`s central location  and open 24hrs is all it`s going for it for me ,but as i said always busy and just my opinion.cheers ^^^^^

[One hung low]

Beans are really good, with sausage and black pudding, in fact nessacery in my opinion

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beans and black pudding??? Not on our side of the pond!

[striderman]

Just curious, anyone still going to KISS on 2nd Road ?  Its definitely not best, but OK, cheap and open 24hrs and I used to watch the world go by there quite often.  

 

Haven't been back in a while...is it still popular ?

 

Cheers, Alex

still there, still popular, still gets slated on the forums,  and those are old pics they have a new sign these days