Au Bon Coin

[Stumpdog 11]

Used to love this place when it was on Soi 5. I know it's been a couple of years since it moved. Any recent reviews?

 

Thanks.

[Lucky 47]

I live on Buddha Hill and usually eat at Au Bon Coin at least once a week, it's my favorite restaurant. Jose, the French owner, doesn't believe much in advertising and doesn't even have a sign on the main road leading to his restaurant but thanks to people like myself, he is full most every night and a reservation is required. The hardest part about going to Au Bon Coin is finding it, it is located on a soi that runs between Soi Five and Six off Pratamnak Road near the Adriatic Palace Hotel. There is a yellow sign on the side soi advertising a pharmacy, turn off Pratamnak Soi Six there and go past Romanasia Restaurant and Au Bon Coin is just past it on the same side of the road. It looks like a two story house just off the road. Au Bon Coin's telephone number is 038-364-542 for reservations.

 

It's not cheap with prices being about the same as Mata Hari or Bruno's but IMO it's the best restaurant in Pattaya for the money. My favorite dishes are sauteed shrimp, roast duck, and leg of lamb but everything is good, you can't go wrong with anything on the menu. They are closed on Tuesday and Wednesday every week.

Edited May 15, 2010 by Lucky

[steamer 158]

AU BON COIN

 

been a few times

 

never been disappointed and the prices are reasonable in my opinion.

[Dodo 0]

The renowned French restaurant Au Bon Coin recently moved from its colourful South Pattaya location of many years to delightful new premises in the Pratumnak area of Jomtien.

 

Au Bon Coin is still owned and run by jovial restaurateur chef Jose Cohen and partner Khun Orathai who presents a small but exceptional menu with international dishes using the freshest ingredients of the day plus wonderful authentic French regional recipes including those from Jose’s native Auvergne region of France.

 

The cuisine of Auvergne in Central France is noted for hearty country style ‘peasant’ food, plus salted hams, dried sausages and internationally famous Tome de Cantal cheese. The new bistro style Au Bon Coin is located in a two storey house in its own grounds half way along a small road between Soi 5 and 6 off Pratumnak Road. The interior of this unpretentious restaurant is reminiscent of an elegant French wooden chalet with subdued lighting and an intimate and relaxing atmosphere. There is also an outside terrace area available for smokers. There are two menus to choose from: a regular and a daily Special menu. The regular menu contains a small assortment of homemade soups such as Onion Gratinee (120 baht), salads (Nicoise at 130 baht) and specialty French starters like Duck Pate (140 baht) or the classic Rillettes Pate (120 baht). Seafood starters are available such as Stuffed Mussels (120 baht) and Shrimps Sauteed in Pastis (250 baht).

 

The main courses include meat served either charcoal grilled like Rib Eye (390 baht) and Pork Tenderloin (190 baht) or with sauces such as Duck with Green Peppercorn Sauce (290 baht) or Tenderloin with Mushroom Sauce (390 baht). One of the house specialties is the classic Boeuf Bourguignon (290 baht). The fish dishes served depend on what is fresh that day in the markets. This evening, Parrot Fish and Red Snapper Meuniere dishes were available at 290 baht each. There is also a small Thai food menu provided all at 150 baht each dish. The Special Daily menu had an assortment of mainly French recipes including starters such as Foie Gras de Canard (390 baht) and Goat Cheese Spring Rolls (170 baht) and main courses such as Duck leg in Red Wine (290 baht) and Rabbit Stew (370 baht). We sampled an assortment of the delicious starters, being a slice of Quiche Lorraine (120 baht), a wonderfully creamy textured egg, cheese and bacon mixture in a light flaky pastry case.

 

The Country Pate (120 baht) was very rich and flavoursome and went well with the excellent bread and rolls served with it. This was followed by Scallops Meuniere (230 baht). A plate full of juicy queen scallops in a light cream sauce. For the main course we tried the excellent Beef Tenderloin Steak (350 baht) and Pork Tenderloin (190 baht) both were tender and succulent being charcoal grilled to perfection and served with a selection of crunchy vegetables and creamy mashed potato. The fish dish we sampled was Indian Halibut Steak with a Shrimp Sauce (290 baht). This was an excellent combination of a flaky fish cutlet with a light seafood sauce. Finally, we tried a house special, Lamb with Flageolets (370 baht). This was an amazingly rich and powerful Lamb Stew; tender chunks of lean boneless Lamb Fillet that is cooked for 5 hours with Flageolet Beans.