DannyCarlton Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Briggsy said: Okay, we have 2. Just one more. All the Retox bars seve the same food and have the same setup. This includes the Robin Hood which was owned by Retox and I believe they still have an interest in it. For me the Robin Hood is the pick of the bunch, but if you don't like the food in one, you won't like the food in any of them. For me Beefeater is the only restaurant serving quality food. Can sit outside or in. More expensive, but you get what you pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 How about The Sportsman Soi 13, or Queen Vic, Soi 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan grice Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Surprised you haven’t had the Thai Fan Boys ranting about how good Thai Brown Gunj is and only 15 Bht.. .!.But then its Saturday n Teachers cant use Schools PCs.The Sportsman was my Fav but that was ages ago.[emoji481]????Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 minute ago, jacko45k said: How about The Sportsman Soi 13, or Queen Vic, Soi 6. I know others rcommend The Sportsman but I had one of the worst Sunday carverys ever in there. I've never returned. Never eaten in the Queen Vic. Fine dining wouldn't be my main motivation for visiting Soi 6 ( unless you include a furry cup as fine dining). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said: For me Beefeater is the only restaurant serving quality food. Can sit outside or in. More expensive, but you get what you pay for. If OP has company, yes, but not a place for a lone diner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, jacko45k said: If OP has company, yes, but not a place for a lone diner. There's plenty of company to be had within 100 metres of Beefeater. 555 I don't think I have ever dined alone in Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I always thought English food and quality was a oxymoron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 minute ago, moe666 said: I always thought English food and quality was a oxymoron I think that you are getting British food mixed up with American food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hemmingways in Jomtien. Specials everyday. Well trained staff & an English manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 54 minutes ago, Jip99 said: A bit further out in Pratumnak you have the Irish Wolfhound. Yuk. Try O'Garas in Tara Court, definitely the best breakfast so I guess the other food will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Pig and Whistle in Jomtien is still going, just before the turn off towards the beach. I can reccommend their liver and onions and all day roast dinners. Also try BJ Lodge on Soi 3 off Pattaya Beach Road. Good portions at reasonable price. NB: BJ stands for Barry Jones, the original owner. A bit of a hidden gem. Sonjas on Beach Road Soi 4 has a good bar area and do food too, though not high quality. A few big Leos at 110 Baht a bottle should make you not care too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, moe666 said: I always thought English food and quality was a oxymoron You are way way behind the times with that comment. Although poor quality is easily found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 As I keep saying, the best Brit Grub in Pattaya at the moment, is at Nickys on Soi Buakhao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said: As I keep saying, the best Brit Grub in Pattaya at the moment, is at Nickys on Soi Buakhao. I have eaten there. You have sort of pushed me to be brutally honest. I thought it was excellent value for money in terms of a stomach filler. Huge portions at cheap prices. However, in order to achieve that, they had to use cheap ingredients to reach a minimum threshold. I am not criticising Nicky's. The owner does a great job at keeping her customers happy at a price they like. On this occasion, for which I am asking for advice, I am looking to move up the price and quality chain. I am asking about restaurants which are not directly competing with Nicky's in the same way that Villa does not compete with Tesco Lotus. Therefore, Nicky's may be the best at their price bracket but I feel there is better out there. I hope this clarifies what I am looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Briggsy said: I have eaten there. You have sort of pushed me to be brutally honest. I thought it was excellent value for money in terms of a stomach filler. Huge portions at cheap prices. However, in order to achieve that, they had to use cheap ingredients to reach a minimum threshold. I am not criticising Nicky's. The owner does a great job at keeping her customers happy at a price they like. On this occasion, for which I am asking for advice, I am looking to move up the price and quality chain. I am asking about restaurants which are not directly competing with Nicky's in the same way that Villa does not compete with Tesco Lotus. Therefore, Nicky's may be the best at their price bracket but I feel there is better out there. I hope this clarifies what I am looking for. Okay. (and I know it looks like I am pushing this restaurant at the moment, which I have no affiliation to) But, I disagree that they use cheap ingredients. I think the Haddock and Chips on a Friday is not beat for quality anywhere else, even though it is only 225 baht. Also, I would take their Pork Chop dinner over a lot of the more expensive ones in town, any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thainet Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Briggsy said: I have eaten there. You have sort of pushed me to be brutally honest. I thought it was excellent value for money in terms of a stomach filler. Huge portions at cheap prices. However, in order to achieve that, they had to use cheap ingredients to reach a minimum threshold. I am not criticising Nicky's. The owner does a great job at keeping her customers happy at a price they like. On this occasion, for which I am asking for advice, I am looking to move up the price and quality chain. I am asking about restaurants which are not directly competing with Nicky's in the same way that Villa does not compete with Tesco Lotus. Therefore, Nicky's may be the best at their price bracket but I feel there is better out there. I hope this clarifies what I am looking for. Well Briggsy maybe someone else needs to be brutally honest. There are 3 pages of suggestions on this 3 page thread, and you have basically poopooed them all for various reasons, so myself and probably other posters think it would be a good idea to look around yourself, and hopefully you'll find what you are looking for. Also---what is 'googen'--an offshoot of google possibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 hours ago, wgdanson said: Yuk. Try O'Garas in Tara Court, definitely the best breakfast so I guess the other food will be good. I am sorry wgd, I got my Irish pubs mixed up - I meant O’Gara’s, part of Tara Court. To be fair, the breakfast at 5be Irish Wolfhound is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, thainet said: Well Briggsy maybe someone else needs to be brutally honest. There are 3 pages of suggestions on this 3 page thread, and you have basically poopooed them all for various reasons, so myself and probably other posters think it would be a good idea to look around yourself, and hopefully you'll find what you are looking for. Also---what is 'googen'--an offshoot of google possibly? He is speaking Thainglish....Thais can’t pronounce ‘L’s’ and ‘R’s” so Google becomes Goog’n and you have Lobin Hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 hours ago, champers said: I can reccommend their liver and onions The only thing I ever eat there, so good, with onion & bacon gravy, lovely mash and crunchy vegetables. Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, thainet said: Well Briggsy maybe someone else needs to be brutally honest. There are 3 pages of suggestions on this 3 page thread, and you have basically poopooed them all for various reasons, so myself and probably other posters think it would be a good idea to look around yourself, and hopefully you'll find what you are looking for. Also---what is 'googen'--an offshoot of google possibly? OP could always wade through 1200+ pages of Jingthing's Hit and Run thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLambo Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 6 hours ago, thainet said: Well Briggsy maybe someone else needs to be brutally honest. There are 3 pages of suggestions on this 3 page thread, and you have basically poopooed them all for various reasons, so myself and probably other posters think it would be a good idea to look around yourself, and hopefully you'll find what you are looking for. Also---what is 'googen'--an offshoot of google possibly? 6 hours ago, Jip99 said: He is speaking Thainglish....Thais can’t pronounce ‘L’s’ and ‘R’s” so Google becomes Goog’n and you have Lobin Hood. Just to add to Jips post There's no final L sound in Thai, a final L consonant is pronounced as N, you just notice it when they are speaking English loan words like in Check the Bill = Check Bin etc. and instead of rrrrrolling their Rs, they lazily pronounce them as an L or not at all (i know im stating the obvious for most) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 16 hours ago, Psimbo said: Try The Haven, two doors down from Retox on Soi Lengke. Quiet except when the golfers are in and always excellent food. For mahoosive portions of good Brit food try Nicky's on Soi Buakhao same side as the hospital about another 200m south. "Good Brit food" sounds like an oxymoron. If you want to expand your horizons to American or Australian pub grub try Fraser's on the way to Jomtien or Tigglebitties on 3rd Rd, Soi 17. The Sunday barbeque at Frasers is the best I've found in town. Tigglebitties Monday chicken and ribs special with sides is terrific also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, pegman said: "Good Brit food" sounds like an oxymoron. I can assure you that to most of the World "good American food" is an oxymoron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 14 hours ago, TaaSaparot said: (and I know it looks like I am pushing this restaurant at the moment, which I have no affiliation to) It certainly does, shilling may be more apt. You have put the name out there, the OP has said no, and yet you press on. OP Why not consider Beefeater or Steak and Co? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, pegman said: "Good Brit food" sounds like an oxymoron. If you want to expand your horizons to American or Australian pub grub try Fraser's on the way to Jomtien or Tigglebitties on 3rd Rd, Soi 17. The Sunday barbeque at Frasers is the best I've found in town. Tigglebitties Monday chicken and ribs special with sides is terrific also. I am sure if the OP had wanted such advice he would have asked for it. American pub grub !! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 15 hours ago, thainet said: Also---what is 'googen'--an offshoot of google possibly? Googen is the Thai version of Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 I will report back with my findings tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 17 hours ago, Jip99 said: I am sure if the OP had wanted such advice he would have asked for it. American pub grub !! ???? Head over to Tigglebitties some Monday and have the BBQ ribs and chicken then tell me I'm wrong. I'm no fan of American anything but Yank Tex-Mex ground beef tacos are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggo McQuaid Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I eat all my meals @ Queen Victoria Inn. Excellent culinary experience. Cold beer, close to the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Viggo McQuaid said: I eat all my meals @ Queen Victoria Inn. Excellent culinary experience. Cold beer, close to the action. Sit near the window and have the best entertainment in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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