Marine Seafood

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Marine Seafood on Soi Marine (or Soi Lucky Star) just off Walking Street has been in operation for over 20 years. It's still a decent seafood option in the WS area. It has a massive menu with just about every sort of seafood served up in dozens of variations. It's an open-air restaurant and certainly not a fancy place, but prices are reasonable compared with some of the water-front seafood restaurants on WS. I've had many, many BGs ask to go Marine.

 

The service staff is attentive and the food came quickly. We had to wait a minute or two for the tiger prawns to cool down as they'd come straight from the barbecue.

 

Standard disclaimer: I am aware there are better places to have seafood in Pattaya and that you can get tasty seafood dishes cheaper at some of the street eateries, but this review is about Marine Seafood. EDIT IN to add reference to Soi Lucky Star.

 

Evil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some pics of the food from two meals this week:

 

 

One of the young ladies with whom I ate last night had a cold and ordered tom yum thale (spicy mixed seafood hot and sour soup). Not only did it taste delicious, very light and fresh, but the herbs and spices in the soup are supposed to be good for colds. It sure cleared my sinuses!

 

An even spicier squid dish:

 

 

 

The barbecued tiger prawns were also good and the dipping sauce was again spicy, too spicy for me.

 

Last night's portion:

 

 

And a from a few days ago:

 

 

 

The fried chicken wings were certainly tasty:

 

 

I don't eat oysters in Thailand, but girls sure enjoyed them:

 

 

 

 

Sweet and sour shrimp Thai style:

 

 

Spicy seafood salad:

 

 

 

Stir-fried shrimp with mushrooms:

 

 

One of my favorites, fried morning glory:

 

Edited January 19, 2014 by Evil Penevil

[GlynRhedyn 32]

I have eaten there many times usually taking FLB girls (some hostesses but usually service staff) for a meal after the bar closes. For the price you get very good seafood there, hope to go there again some day but with the closure of FLB my Walking Street days may be numbered.

Glyn.

[MM 6,562]

The best thing about Marine Seafood is that they are open late.

 

I usually eat at the one across Soi Lucky Star myself..quicker and less hassles with the bill than I have historically had at Marine.

[N3RGT 118]

Spent many an early morning there. Never had a bad meal yet !

[teelack 9,640]

Thanks Evil. I usually eat late there when I bar fine and have never found a girl that does not like this place.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

The best thing about Marine Seafood is that they are open late.

 

I usually eat at the one across Soi Lucky Star myself..quicker and less hassles with the bill than I have historically had at Marine.

Yes, I should have mentioned the hours. It opens at 5 p.m. and doesn't close until 5 a.m. or so. I have also eaten at the restaurant across the street from Marine Seafood, especially if I'm on my own. It's a good option, too. I should take some pics there as well.

 

Evil

[Dungheap 243]

A favorite with the FLB gals!

 

Had many a good night there.

 

They don't hold back on the spice!

[bigmick 840]

One of the things I really like about EPs food/restaurant reports are to remind some of us (me) of where I once enjoyed great food at a reasonable price. I have not been to this place for a few years, but most certainly will within the next few days.

[BigDUSA 71]

What do you mean by street eateries? I've eaten at this restaurant and the food was excellent.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

What do you mean by street eateries? I've eaten at this restaurant and the food was excellent.

Marine is an full-scale open-air restaurant and I wasn't any way suggesting it was a street eatery, aka pop-up restaurant. They are restaurants that don't have permanent facilities, but set up on the street or sidewalk, usually at night.

 

One of my favorites is Govit Seafood that sets up on Soi 15 off Walking Street.

 

 

 

We ate there last night. Stir-fried shrimp:

 

 

Green curry with shrimp (kaeng khiao wan):

 

 

And my beloved fried morning glory with garlic:

 

 

There are a lot of street eateries on a stretch of Pattaya Tai at night.

 

Edited February 27, 2014 by Evil Penevil

[fisherman194 702]

Can someone tell me what is the Thai word for scallops as some of the Thai places don't seem to understand what I want.Phoenetic spelling would be helpful.

Edited January 19, 2014 by fisherman194

[jacko 8,815]

One of the things I really like about EPs food/restaurant reports are to remind some of us (me) of where I once enjoyed great food at a reasonable price. I have not been to this place for a few years, but most certainly will within the next few days.

Yes it reminds me of many meals I had at the smaller place that was just across the alley, (Sang Chan?)

Some items were brought over from the Marine.

 

Back in the days when I could afford seafood near Walking St!

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

I invited three of the FLB hostesses and two former hostesses (Nong and Bow) to Marine Seafood in the wee hours for a "last supper." Again, fast batch processing and low resolution so the quality of the photos is bad.

 

Evil

[MM 6,562]

I don't know how anyone can object to the relevance of dining pictures over out-of-date supposedly cheap barfines.

This is more than a monger's board..seems only BigD and Gabor think that's all it is.

Nice report, good pics. You don't need to tout your latest conquest to get my LIKE.

[jacko 8,815]

Can someone tell me what is the Thai word for scallops as some of the Thai places don't seem to understand what I want.Phoenetic spelling would be helpful.

It sounds like 'hoy crang' (slightly nasal 'o' and short 'g')

Try this without the leading 'yam'...

And beware the Thai for shellfish, 'hoy' also is slang for pussy!!! You can have a lot of fun with that.

 

(Personally I can not get the pronunciations right and am NEVER understood in Thai, they don't seem to have an ear for my errors!)

Edited January 20, 2014 by jacko

[teelack 9,640]

One of the problems of travelling is that you often get to eat alone. I do go to the Marine by myself mainly to indulge in their battered prawns. Delicious! The problem with eating alone is the boredom that comes while you wait and the Marine has a fix for this. Try counting up the spelling mistakes on the wall boards. Oh dear, thankfully the food is so much better than their language skills.

[Fatboyfat 361]

I always found this place to be the best value on Walking Street. Although, admittedly, my last visit was before the street became a "walking" street ! A whole Pomfret barbecued in a 'nana leaf was the favoured selection for a greedy me !

[fisherman194 702]

It sounds like 'hoy crang' (slightly nasal 'o' and short 'g')

Try this without the leading 'yam'...

And beware the Thai for shellfish, 'hoy' also is slang for pussy!!! You can have a lot of fun with that.

 

(Personally I can not get the pronunciations right and am NEVER understood in Thai, they don't seem to have an ear for my errors!)

Jacko thank you for that.

[wacmedia 277]

Hi,

 

Maybe its just me but I struggle to find the right turn-off off of WS to find this place. Have any of the ex-pats an idiot proof way of taking the right route?

[RhinoTusk 4,901]

Soi Lucky Star. Across from Marine Disco, and the Muay Thai boxing ring, past Yakuza burger, JP Bar, and on your right.

 

Alternately, there's a small passageway from Soi BJ that goes past some hair salons and comes out at the convienence store opposite Marine Seafood

Edited January 24, 2014 by RhinoTusk

[Patna 3,802]

It's really hard to miss it, Marine disco is your best bet if you come from WS. Thanks for the photos Evil, they bring back memories. I, for one haven't eaten there for awhile, so I believe a nice evening meal is long overdue, and your thread reminded me not to forget bringing good company.

[wacmedia 277]

Soi Lucky Star. Across from Marine Disco, and the Muay Thai boxing ring, past Yakuza burger, JP Bar, and on your right.

 

Alternately, there's a small passageway from Soi BJ that goes past some hair salons and comes out at the convienence store opposite Marine Seafood

Hi,

 

Ta. Maybe that will help.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

An update from Marine Seafood last night. Not much that I need to say, the pics pretty well speak for themselves.

Evil

 

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2014 by Evil Penevil

[RhinoTusk 4,901]

The grilled and sweet sour prawns look mighty tasty, and you're a brave man with the raw oysters from Pattaya bay.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

The grilled and sweet sour prawns look mighty tasty, and you're a brave man with the raw oysters from Pattaya bay.

 

I sure don't eat them, but a certain Thai girl loves them. I had one raw oyster in Bangkok in 2005 and got very ill, although it could have have been something else that gave me the food poisoning. Since then, I haven't touched a raw oyster anywhere in Thailand.

 

Evil