The King's Table on Soi 13

[Evil Penevil]

 

The King's Table on Soi 13, about halfway between Beach Road and 2nd Road, is mostly noted for its "big BBQ nights" on Fridays and Saturdays, but also serves "international cuisine" the rest of the week.

 

 

 

We tried the barbecue buffet last night and for the money, 395 baht, it was a decent meal. Total cost for two, including two SMLs and two bottles of water, was 1,010 baht.

 

 

The emphasis is on the proteins - beef file, pork, chicken breasts, ribs, sausages, skewered kebabs, tuna steak, mussels and prawns.

 

 

The BBQ cook steadily grills the more popular items like beef file and prawns so customers aren't kept waiting, but you can have them "grilled to order" if you prefer.

 

 

The Thai beef was a bit chewy but had a lot of flavor. The other grilled items were all good as well.

 

 

There are side dishes - mainly salads, as well as a few warm Thai dishes, but the choice is limited. Sliced watermelon and pineapple are the only "dessert items."

 

 

If you favor a BBQ with decent quality at a modest price and aren't too worried about a big selection of side dishes, then the King's Table offers good value for money. There are certainly more extensive (and expensive) buffet in Pattaya, but the King's Table BBQ does well in its price range.

 

Evil

Edited March 1, 2015 by Evil Penevil

[too_mutt]

If I recall correctly it nearly adjacent to Sandy Spring hotel on the same side of the Soi.

[GREEN MALAKA]

If I recall correctly it nearly adjacent to Sandy Spring hotel on the same side of the Soi.

 

no it is across the soi from sandy spring and the sporstsman

[Evil Penevil]

During the "non-BBQ" hours, the King's Table offers the standard "international" farang food found all over Pattaya. Its mostly European- and U.S.-inspired "comfort food," dishes that will be famiilar to most visitors to Pattaya.

A few months ago, I tried one of the daily specials, soup and main dish for a fixed price. I believe it was 189 baht, but my memory has faded a bit on that point. I wasn't very impressed with that meal and didn't go back until the BBQ last night. I had cream of mushroom soup and lamb braised in red wine sauce.

The mushroom soup had a good consistency and "mouth feel," but not much taste. The mishrooms had been chopped very finely, more slivers than real pieces.

The sauce covering the lamb had curdled and was kind of gritty, not good at all.

The lamb itself was rather tasteless. If I'd eaten it blindfolded I wouldn't have known what meat it had been on the plate.

Inconsistency is the hobgoblin of small restaurants in Pattaya, so I may have visited the King's Castle on on an off day for the special. But I didn't feel inspired to give it another try. In the future, I'll probably stick to the weekend BBQ if I go back to the King's Castle.

Evil

Edited February 28, 2016 by Evil Penevil

[twitter]

thanks for sharing

[trantinr]

Very poor experience and won't be back. Food poorly cooked and service terrible.

[js007]

I've walked by that place many times, but I never bothered to try it.

[keyman]

Very poor experience and won't be back. Food poorly cooked and service terrible.

 

 

For your second post, perhaps you could expand a bit so we know more about the problems you had?

 

 

KM

[Grahamxxx]

 

Might of been an off day Evil.Because I usually stay at the Sandy Springs Hotel,i eat there quite often and consider it very good food

[Fatboyfat]

Might of been an off day Evil.Because I usually stay at the Sandy Springs Hotel,i eat there quite often and consider it very good food

Yes, definitely variable standard. A goodfriend of mine always stays at SS, and regularly uses King's Table (One of the restaurants providing room or foyer service for the hotel). He regularly comments ( or whines really ) on the varying quality of his normal dishes from day to day!

As EP says, it is similar to many average type eateries around the town, but it does have a good location with the surrounding hotels.