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That omelette looks delicious. I quite like getting out of the City Centre for a spot of breakfast, I visited the Wolfhound at Pratamnak a few times on my last trip and will be trying Back Fabrik for sure.

That batter looks ok to me Evil, at least its not stodgy, but each to his own. Ive sort of given up on fish and chips in Thailand, although I do think Frydays are pretty decent. The cottage Pie is excellent though,as are the sausages and Pork Steaks. Its well worth another visit Evil IMHO

Thanks for the review Evil. Ive eaten twice at the Ferret and won't be going back. The worst soggy chips you can imagine, even worse than Palmers

I have no interest in any of the businesses below and the proprietors are no more the nodding acquaintances Pakbungloyfah This was a direct recommendation from Evil Penevil via one of his excellent reports. It’s a Thai food restaurant on second Road, a 2 minute walk northwards from the South Pattaya Road junction. Pakbungloyfah serves really nice Thai food at a reasonable price. The menu is expansive and is suited to all tastes. I usually ordered the fried rice with crab as a side dish along with either an omelette or fried squid or fried belly pork; to be honest everything I had here was really nice. I usually ate here post midnight after drinking in the bars on Walking Street. It was never very full and I was almost always the only farang. A great call from Evil Irish Wolfhound This is a bar/restaurant is on Soi 4 Pratamnak. I visited Pratamnak numerous times on my latest trip as I had a mate from Leeds staying at his condo at Star Beach. We played golf (well, pitch and put) at Asia Pattaya about 2 or 3 times a week and then used the beach at Cabbages and Condoms for an hour or 2. It was a nice change to get out of Pattaya City and breathe a bit of reasonably clean air. The Wolfhound serves a Full Monty type breakfast (coffee/ tea/refill include) at 100baht which was as good as any I’ve had here. The mixed grill is absolutely superb comprising of bacon, sausage, pork steak, melt in the mouth fried liver, egg, chips and peas. It really is one of the best farang dishes I’ve had in Thailand and costs 160baht. Pratamnak is 80 baht on a bike taxi from Soi Diana or 2 baht buses. It really is worth it though, a pleasant location and top notch food. Golf Club I’ve mentioned this place before. It’s far too small and only as 4 rickety tables and you sometimes have loud mouthed cigar -chomping golfers sitting 1 to a table (they are in Pattaya only for the golf you know. Yeah right). The food however is excellent; I love the ‘Wentworth’ full breakfast as well as some of the American style sandwiches like pastrami on rye. If it’s full I normally go to the Metro bar and the girls there will order the food for you and have it delivered. I never had a bad meal at this place Everyday is Fryday I would firstly like to say I have never been a big fan of fish and chips in Pattaya. I always thought that the ill-fated Jolly Friar and Gooses were poor and the Pig and Whistle only reasonable. Ideally, for really good fish and chips I would go to Whitby or Scarborough not South East Asia. However, fish and chips here are pretty good indeed (99 baht) but what I would certainly recommend are some of the other items on the menu. He does excellent sausage chips and peas, cottage pie and steak and kidney pies. The chips are crisp and never soggy and everything seems to be of a really good standard. The menu is a bit Northern so might not suit everybody but the food is quite superb.

Yes that's worked fine. Much obliged MM

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Thanks everybody. Nothing seems to work and Im not typing it all out again

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Ive eaten here a few times and the food is absolutely delicious, the only slight downside for me is that the portions can be a little small. Well worth a visit though

Mmmm I think I will continue with China Garden until this place gets a few more positive reviews and/or more appetising photos

It looks nice too. Just carrying on from the discussion on the other thread regarding UK currys etc, according to Wikipedia here is what British foreign secretary Robin Cook said in 2001 "Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences." He went on to explain that "Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish. The Massala sauce was added to satisfy the desire of British people to have their meat served in gravy." That ties in with the fact that EK's meal (which looked like a supermarket curry)was in a British-style pub. I personally much prefer the look of your curry (which looked like a curry from an Indian take-away)

Areca Lodge has 2 great pools which are very suitable for toddlers

It sounds like you could have handled it better mate but the outcome could have been a lot worse. Incidentally, right from my first trip I was told that 40baht is the mototaxi fare from Walking to LK Metro/Diana and its what I have always paid

Tikka Centre on Soi Boukaow, at the junction of Boukaow and Honey. Not the Ritz by any stretch of the imagination, but a spot on curry. Chiken Tikka Masala, popadoms, Tandoori Roti and a soda came in at about 200 baht. I went 3 times on my last trip and it was always good. I'd had it recommended via a thread on Secrets I seem to remember. Im from Bradford btw so I know my Rubys

Thanks for that warning Evel. I love your restaurant reviews

Im no expert but I quite like Lee's Diner on Soi Diana (adjacent) to Heartbeat. Nice thin crispy base and reasonably generous toppings.

Thanks for that Evel

Im not sure mate, in the small print it states that as soon as they issue an invoice ( ie straight away) I have a legal obligation.

Yes I thought about that one, 10 hours is a ball ache and it also meant getting into Manchester at 3.30pm instead of 7am and Im working next day so would have been in even more of a rush etc

Booked a flight last week MAN-BKK through Holiday Genie, who, according to Skyscanners, offered the best price. I normally check the details very carefully before I press the pay button but now being an "expert" and always booking the same flight, on this occasion I gave them a cursory once over and pressed pay. Big Mistake. I had booked myself a 10 hour stopover in Abu Dhabi coming home instead of the usual 2. Both flights were the same price I had just selected the wrong one. I realised my mistake 2 minutes later when I read the confirmatory email and immediately rang Holiday Genie who said I was fucked unless I pay and extra £150 which would rise to £275 if I left it til tomorrow. After a bit of negotiation and after the salesman alleged he spoke to the airline (he didn't I checked) and his boss (he didn't he has form for lying and that is the sort of thing car salesmen say) they charged me £115 to change the flight to what I wanted. I am not moaning, its my own stupid fault, its just a warning to take your time and be careful. This is the 18th time I have booked on line and my blasé attitude cost me an extra £115. What a tit

In my original post I said that I had heard that the 18 coins had a new chef and that I would give it a try. I went for sunday lunch yesterday and had the 129 baht special; roast pork and chicken,Yorkshire, veg, roast and mash. Honestly, penny for penny, it was one of the best meals I have had in Thailand and well worth a visit. I have also been to the Acropolis a couple of times for a snack. This is the Greek shack just off Soi Boukow near the Sawasdee Purple Hotel. I would recommend the Chicken Souvlaki at 60 baht, much nicer than those kebab stands IMHO

I eventually got there this morning and had the full English. The Golf Club was "tit free" the other morning so I had what they call The Wentworth which is also the full English. Both spot on and I will return to both places and am happy to recommend.

Thanks for the heads up Mike, ive never been in the Queen Vic but will give it a try. Tropical Berts is also on my to do list in that area

I went to Lone Star Grill, Soi Lengkee on Monday and had the daily special, Sirlon steak at 199 baht. I believe that this restaurant is owned by the same team as the pretty decent Jolly Friar and the formerly good, now poor, Devonshire. The meal I had resembled something that you would get at the Devonshire on a bad day; shoe leather steak, cold chips and onion rings that tasted of vegetable oil. The bill was 250 including coffee. I left no tip and made no representation to the staff. I will vote with my feet and wallet. Breakfast this morning was at the Pig and Whistle. Now I did hear from a few different people that standards had dropped a little at the Pig, and I can confirm this to a degree. The small breakfast used to be spot on and at 129 came with Heinz beans a free cup of tea. The tea is now on top (total was 165), the beans are now defintely not Heinz and the the bacon was a little fatty too. Disappointed to be honest. On a plus note The Golf Club is still very nice, I mean there is still an array of loud talking tits always, and I mean always, sitting out front so I usually go to the Metro and the girls take my order for me and the food is delivered the short distance. Ive heard also that the the 18 Coins have a new chef and the food is much improved so will try it and report back

Never eaten there but thanks to this thread, I will try it on my next trip.