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I recently read a statement that said if you pay under 300 baht for a Western meal in Pattaya, you get garbage. That's both unfair and uninformed, an attempt at a thinly disguised "hatchet job." I dislike deliberate attempts to unnecessarily besmirch the local eateries, the hardest of the services in which to succeed, and also the most prone when it comes to thoughtless reporting. .

 

 

 

 

There are dozens of restaurants, probably several hundred, where you can enjoy good Western food under 300 baht. But rather than get involved in a meaningless exchange of opinions, I'm going to put my money, my camera and most importantly, my mouth, where my mouth is. I'll give examples of restaurants where it is possible to have a good Western meal for under 300 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

I hope others will contribute their suggestions, with or without photos. There are far more restaurants in Pattaya than I'll ever have the opportunity to visit and I'm sure many of them offer good options under 300 baht. In central Pattaya, many, many farang-oriented restaurants offer daily specials under 200 baht and virtually all but the most expensive fine-dining places will have a main course on the menu for less than 300 baht. One tip: if any restaurant mentioned in this thread piques your curiosity, do a board search for it and you'll most likely come up with a lot more information

 

 

 

 

 

But first, a couple of points of order. Since I'm responding to a statement about Western food, that would by definition exclude Thai, Indian and other Asian food. This thread isn't about where you can fill your belly for the least amount of money, but specifically about where you can get a good Western meal for under 300 baht. Also, it doesn't have to be the best food you've ever eaten, especially in comparison to what is available in the West. It should be good, as opposed to mediocre or bad, but not necessarily a peak culinary experience. The biggest test for me is, will I go back and order the same dish again? If I do, then the meal has been good.

 

 

 

 

 

And the standard disclaimer: if you want to eat cheaply and well, you're best off sticking to Thai food. No doubt about it, you get the most bang for your buck by eating Thai food. However, very few farang visitors or resident ex-pats want to eat Thai food at each and every meal, so most are willing to spend a bit extra for farang food.

 

 

 

 

 

I'll start off with Every Day is Fry Day, a popular restaurant in New Plaza for fish and chips as well other British comfort food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just about everything on the menu is under 200 baht. My personal favorite is the minced beef on mashed potatoes for 130 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the same vicinity, on Soi 7, you can eat well under 300 baht at O La La Restaurant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last night I had half a roast chicken with fries for 195 baht. The price hasn't changed since the above pic was taken in 2014, but the price of the weiner schnitzel has gone up to 175 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

It was a nicely roasted half chicken that was very moist inside. I just wish it had come with stuffing instead of fries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sauce (it wasn't thickened gravy) seemed to be the chicken juices and drippings enhanced with herbs. It carried a lot of flavor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry's Bar & Restaurant (on Soi Diana between Soi Bukhao and LK Metro) specializes in Swedish husmanskost (home cooking).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the dishes may not be familiar to non-Scandinavians, but all that I have had were tasty. There are a lot of dishes on the menu under 300 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Swedish classic: meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry (similar to cranberry) sauce and dill pickle slices for 195 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fried pork belly on a potato pancake, also with lingonberry sauce and for 195 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry's also has Swedish mustard, which went well with the pork.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cafe Pitini is another option for good meals under 300 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't remember exactly how much the spaghetti bolognese cost, but it was well under 300 baht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The dish of grated parmesan was a nice touch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is just the first installment. There will be many more.

 

 

 

 

 

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Don't forget the many German Restaurants in the Naklua Road area. In most of them good meals can be had for less that 300 Baht. Look out for places with names as Bazi, Hirschgarten, Golden Orchidee, Taverne, An's Kitchen, Klein Heidelberg, Piccolo and so on (the list is much longer).

 

Also in the French oriented restaurant 'Louis' (Soi 29 - if I am not wrong) good food can be had for very reasonable prices.

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I really dont think Im going to fly halfway round the world for Fish & Chips!

 

Now Pie & Mash and I might think about it, and back in the late 80s there actually was 2 English guys who had a pie & mash shop in Pattaya. Not seen Jellied Eels yet though.

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Good topic!

 

Another superb value for those who don't want to have the same thing every Sunday is Aroi Pub, on Soi 89 Sukhimvit across from Makro.

 

A group of us went there for their all you can eat buffet for 299 baht Sunday.

 

The buffet consisted of chicken,salmon (smoked or plain), and ribs, along with lots of side dishes.

 

He runs all you can eat specials on mussels regularly, and changes his Sunday menus week to week.

 

A great feed and a very passionate chef who specializes in Belgian cuisine.

 

As EP says, there are many western style restaurants that offer good meals for under 300 bath...Rock Kitchen and Bite Me Bistro, to name a couple of others which I have reviewed here.

 

Whoever made that claim is clearly misinformed or perhaps has a restaurant where prices are higher than they should be.

 

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Just had the chicken karma curry special at the Jomtien Pig & Whistle for 190 baht. As usual, it was excellent although I have some trouble considering it a western dish. Most of their other menu items come in under 300 baht and are quite good. Many, such as the gammon steak, fall in the comfort food category, but there is nothing wrong with that.

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Whoever made that claim is clearly misinformed or perhaps has a restaurant where prices are higher than they should be.

 

Definitely the former and absolutely not the latter.

 

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I recently read a statement that said if you pay under 300 baht for a Western meal in Pattaya, you get garbage. That's both unfair and uninformed, an attempt at a thinly disguised "hatchet job." I dislike deliberate attempts to unnecessarily besmirch the local eateries, the hardest of the services in which to succeed, and also the most prone when it comes to thoughtless reporting. .

 

I'm glad you have now come round to my way of thinking, with the latter part of your opening gambit beginning "an attempt at a thinly disguised hatchet job............" quoting one of my posts verbatim.

Care to give a source for the first part re "garbage for under 300Baht.....", which you have cobbled onto the front? Google searches have proved fruitless.

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Care to give a source for the first part re "garbage for under 300Baht.....", which you have cobbled onto the front? Google searches have proved fruitless.

 

The exact wording was, "Western meal: under 300 you get garbage..." It appeared on another Pattaya board (The Pattaya Club).

 

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Don't forget the many German Restaurants in the Naklua Road area. In most of them good meals can be had for less that 300 Baht. Look out for places with names as Bazi, Hirschgarten, Golden Orchidee, Taverne, An's Kitchen, Klein Heidelberg, Piccolo and so on (the list is much longer).

 

Also in the French oriented restaurant 'Louis' (Soi 29 - if I am not wrong) good food can be had for very reasonable prices.

 

Thank you for your contribution. I don't visit the Naklua area very often and it's good to get suggestions for restaurants in North Pattaya.

 

Another superb value for those who don't want to have the same thing every Sunday is Aroi Pub, on Soi 89 Sukhimvit across from Makro.

 

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As EP says, there are many western style restaurants that offer good meals for under 300 bath...Rock Kitchen and Bite Me Bistro, to name a couple of others which I have reviewed here.

I visited Aroi last June and wrote a review on it. I wasn't much impressed the Sunday we went, but the buffet in your pics looks vastly better than the one in mine. i'm glad it has improved.

 

I haven't made it to Rock Kitchen yet, but have certainly eaten a number of times at Bite Me. The daily specials are always under 300 baht and some go for 195 baht. Bite Me serves some of the best Western food currently on offer in Pattaya.

 

The Deli Diner, which I recently reviewed in this section, has a four-course(!) set menu (salad, soup, main, dessert) for 299 baht. Fantastic value for money. There's a lot on the Deli Diner's menu under 200 baht.

 

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One response on another board suggested Restaurant Le Freelax near the Buffalo Bar. I'd never heard of it, but it's a small French restaurant that has a four-course set menu for around 220 (or maybe 250) baht. I plan on visiting it after Songkran.

 

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So many restaurants, so little time. Keep the suggestions coming.

 

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EP, I believe Aroi has changed management since your last visit.

I thought that might be the case as the buffet you had was so radically different from the one I had. I'll definitely put Aroi on the list of places to visit.

 

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Yet another suggestion for a French restaurant serving top-notch food with prices under 200 and 300 baht: La Cantina (or Canteena) on Soi Rungland, not far from the intersection of Pattaya Tai and 3rd Road. Besides traditional French dishes, it also serves great pizza and homemade pastries that have been called the best in Pattaya in some reports.

 

I haven't been there myself, so it's another place to visit after Songkran. This thread is certainly yielding me some promising suggestions of new restaurants to visit, or, like in the case of La Cantina, a reminder of a place I'd been planning to try but never got around to.

 

So far, I have a very good feeling about this thread.

 

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I like this topic. I have also found places where I find great food at very reasonable prices I have a favourite which is off Soi Buakhao and sorry, I dont know the name This small restaurant is family run and if they are busy they do not mess about and will tell you to come back in an hour as they do all the cooking and serving within a small family team. I have never had a Thai meal served restaurant style at over 100 baht in this place. A large beer is 75 baht and a tumbler full of wine 100 baht.

 

I imagine that there are gems like this everywhere in Pattaya and if you like and can handle the food it certainly evens out the cost of coming here. Add this to the great accommodation deals and as far as I am concerned the girls can have a few extra baht without a complaint from me.

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The Songkran water-tossing madness will put a crimp in my restaurant visits over the next five or six days, but here's a reminder of the kind of specials you'll find at many restaurants that serve farang food. I/ve never eaten at IRovers, so I can't comment on its food, but the price is reasonable, although cheaper can be found.

 

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The Songkran water tossing has kept me indoors more than usual, so I was thinking of making a list of the good "under 300 baht" Western restaurants. Howver, the list of restaurants where you can eat farang food that costs less than 300 baht and isn't garbage would run to at least 95% of all restaurants in Pattaya that serve Western food. The qualifier "good" could narrow the list considerably, but there will always be disagreement over what's good and what isn't.

 

In addition to the suggestions of specific restaurants - and that's been very helpful for me-, the main point to take away from this thread is that there are hundreds of restaurants in Pattaya that offer Western food and where you can eat well for less than 300 baht. The choice is broad and spans many types of Western cuisine: French, British, Italian, American, Australian, Mexican, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, etc.

With both women and food, the options are almost limitless in Pattaya. What's undeniably garbage is the statement that Western meals under 300 baht are garbage.

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Definitely the former and absolutely not the latter.

 

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It was me... if you see my restaurant reports, mostly under 300 baht and usually good quality, great foods... I meant : meal, not food or plate... I meant a few courses and a drink... Burgers , pizzas, fish and chips, poorly served spaghettis, minced meats on the mash, english brekkies etc. are great foods,plates but not meals.... Yesss, Aroi looks great value, but far away from the areas the tourists goes... probably a great choice for the expats, who drive.... Please let me know where can I find a lamb shank, a roasted lamb, a quality beef steak etc... under 300 ( meal... not plate ) Even the Deli next to TuckCom offers the 3-4 course for 300 baht, the food looks poor and one soda.... oops... over 300 baht... The " meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry " and the " Fried pork belly on a potato pancake, also with lingonberry sauce " looks more an appetizer, than a meal....

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I don't know if it meets the definition of this thread, but "Sizzler's" has both regular and specials under 300 baht which includes unlimited visits to the soup and salad bar. I like (or need) to eat there regularly to get my veggies :).

 

Within Pattaya at Royal Garden and Central Festival Malls.

 

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I don't know if it meets the definition of this thread, but "Sizzler's" has both regular and specials under 300 baht which includes unlimited visits to the soup and salad bar. I like (or need) to eat there regularly to get my veggies :).

 

Within Pattaya at Royal Garden and Central Festival Malls.

 

http://www.sizzler.co.th/en/index.php

 

Sizzler most certainly meets the definition of this thread and is a good addition to it. Soup, pasta, salad (unlimited); main course; and dessert (also unlimited, but Sizzler's desserts are weak) for under 300 baht. However you slice it and dice it, it's one of the best value-for-money offers in town considering the quality of Sizzler's salad bar. Thank you for mentioning it!

 

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I have eaten numerous times at the "i-rovers", the breakfast was adequate but not what I would call fantastic. If I were looking to suggest somewhere, then perhaps "The Golf Club" is a small gem otherwise missed.

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I can also recommend Rich Man Poor Man in Jomtien. Always had good meals there and never spent more than 300 baht

It's been a long time since I've eaten at Rich Man, Poor Man. Thank you for giving me a reminder. I took a gander at RMPM's Facebook page and saw that they had plenty of options under 300 baht.

 

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Huevos rancheros is a North Mexican and Tex Mex dish consisting of a tortilla, sauce, eggs and sometimes other ingredients like refried beans. At RMPM, it is served Tex-Mex style with a flour tortilla topped with chili con carne; two eggs any style; as well as onion, cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream. Cost is 225 baht.

 

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The BBQ pork ribs cost 245 baht and the 12" pizza is 225 baht.

 

then perhaps "The Golf Club" is a small gem otherwise missed.

 

Yet another restaurant I haven't been to for a good while. I particularly liked the chiliburger: good Tex-Mex chili con carne on a thick hamburger patty.

 

 

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Cabin fever setting in big-time now. I need to plan a day to hit all these joints!

 

What time does Rich Man Poor Man open in the morning?

 

I believe 7 am, maybe before. I have had some really good breakfasts there.

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