Marquee Bar: 100-Baht Sunday Roast

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

 

The Marquee Bar & Cafe is well-known for its 100-baht Sunday roast dinners. It had long been on my list of places to try; I just hadn't gotten around to it until yesterday. I believe 100 baht is the lowest price for a Sunday roast in central Pattaya.

 

It's a popular bar located on the corner of Soi Bukhao and the subsoi that runs past the New Plaza bars to Second Road. I've included a map at the end of this review for anyone not familiar with the area,

 

 

I ordered the Sunday dinner with roast beef and was pleasantly surprised by the meal I got considering the price. It was a good plate of food and definitely value for money.

 

It certainly isn't the best or biggest Sunday roast you can get in Pattaya, but those dinners will cost you three to five times as much. If you have a big appetite, then an all-you-can-eat buffet is the way to go. But if you're happy with a modest portion, the Marquee's Sunday roast is an excellent option.

 

The plate I got looked very much like the picture in the ad. Three slices of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, four small roast potatoes and some boiled veggies (a small spoonful of garden peas, a piece of carrot, two broccoli spears, a piece of sweet corn and a slice of boiled cabbage. Amazingly, the veggies weren't overcooked.

Since the plate came doused in gravy, I propped up the slices of meat with a roast potato so they would show up better in the photo. The beef was of the packaged and pre-cooked variety and had been sliced very thin, but that's to be expected when the meal costs 100 baht. The gravy had a good flavor and consistency, but it probably came from a package. I wish it had been served on the side, not poured on the plate.

The Yorkshire pudding looks overdone in the pic, but that is actually misleading. Only an extremely thin top layer had been burned, the rest hadn't. A more serious fault was the interior:

 

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Here what I think happened: the Yorkshire pudding had been cooked properly from the beginning but had cooled and then been reheated, hence the overdone top surface and collapsed interior. Still, it wasn't too bad and I've had far worse in Pattaya. I also believe I paid for violating one of my own rules about Sunday roasts as well as buffets: get there as early as possible. I had dinner at the Marquee Bar around 7 p.m. If I had been there earlier- I think they start serving at noon- I'm sure the Yorkshire pudding would have been fine.

 

I really appreciated the corn on the cob, even though it's not part of a traditional British Sunday roast. Nice touch!

 

Bottom line: I didn't have high expectations when I sat down at the Marquee. I was doubtful that a small restaurant could put together a

Sunday roast worth eating for 100 baht. I was wrong; the meal wasn't just edible, it was pretty good. Next time I'll go earlier and order the chicken. I'll also ask that the gravy be served on the side.

 

The Marquee does a special on fish and chips as well.

 

A couple of side notes. One of the serving girls began hamming for the camera, but I just smiled and didn't snap her picture. After a minute or two, a man seating close to my table asked me to take a picture of the girl. Why, I don't know. I've pixelated theor faces as I also don't know if they'd want the pic posted on a punter board.

 

The Marquee's Sunday roast is quite popular. Almost all the tables were taken, but with one diner each.

 

Across the street, Nida Food & Drink had a lot of customers as well.

 

Evil

 

The map:

 

 

Edited October 30, 2017 by Evil Penevil

[atlas2 4,329]

Saw Cream, Hendrix, Ten Years After, Taste, Blodwyn Pig, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Jethro Tull at The Marquee............ Would have been nice to have a Roast there.

 

Sorry got nostalgic.

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Saw Cream, Hendrix, Ten Years After, Taste, Blodwyn Pig, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Jethro Tull at The Marquee............ Would have been nice to have a Roast there.

 

Sorry got nostalgic.

 

I couldn't get a seat near the "entertainment section," but I did notice the music videos were played at a blessedly low volume.

 

Evil

[short 215]

Needs a white roll

[mike_asia 1]

Thanks for the report

[Saddic 31]

OMG... gotta try...

From their fb page they also have a 100b Fish and Chips (Friday)... and a pie and liqueur coming soon...

[cbrib 354]

Thanks for the write up Evil. I was wondering about this place and what a 100 baht roast would really be like. Seems now i'll have to give it a go

[lou62 0]

Nice report Evil, thanks for taking the time.

Edited November 4, 2017 by lou62

[thechairman18 174]

Hi Evil,

Many thanks,for the report on the Sunday roast at the Marquee, and your many others.

I'm sure the members on Talk, find them very interesting, and helpful.

I went there last Sunday, 12/11/17.

The place was reasonably busy, but I was served quite quickly.

Some the meals served after mine, didn't get the Yorkshire pudding, then later on meals were served with the Yorkshires.

I presume the Yorkshires, are cooked fresh.

As you say, the meal was nicely cooked and presented.

I went last night Fri 17/11/17, and had the 100 Baht Fish and Chips.

The fish was nice and seemed to have been cooked in a home made batter, rather than bought ready battered,from a commercial source.

The Chips too, were "chip shop chips", and, hot from the pan, not those horrible McDonald's type French fries.

Also on the plate, was a small container of peas, and a small container of Mayo.

It would have been nice to have Tartare sauce, but that would be nit-picking.

Value for money, YES.:)

[Odense 490]

Still great value for money :-)

 

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Still great value for money :-)

 

 

Yes, it is- and very popular. I was there at 7.00 p.m. on a Sunday a couple of weeks ago and they had already run out of all roast dinners.

 

Evil

[teelack 9,631]

Here is my take on the Marquee Bar 100 baht roast.

 

I had a couple of tries. This was simply because the so called small meal at the Retox Queens Arms was more than I could handle. I had the beef first and it was barely edible so I tried the chicken. It was a big slab and again more than I could handle and a bit tough. The rest of the meal was all at best luke warm and I find that annoying. The gravy was runny and again neither warm or appetising. Don't get me wrong.I think that for some this might be the best meal of the week and I applaud the place for effort. I did however decide that the 199 baht Queens Arms was a better buy even if I couldn't eat it all than the 100 baht meal at the Marquee.

 

One other point is that if you are on a strict budget the general price for drinks at the Marquee might save you a few baht over the competition.

[Lantern 193]

^ That description sounds like a meal I got in Seaside once.

[jacko 8,813]

^ That description sounds like a meal I got in Seaside once.

Which one?

The one off Soi 7 has gone downhill, but the one in Soi 25/ Chayaphum seems well patronized.

[Nightrider 340]

Saw Cream, Hendrix, Ten Years After, Taste, Blodwyn Pig, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Jethro Tull at The Marquee............ Would have been nice to have a Roast there.

 

Sorry got nostalgic.

What about Pink Floyd in the early physcodellic days......