TaaSaparot

5 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

Notice today that MC Burger are also throwing in the towel.

Notice today that MC Burger are also throwing in the towel.

https://www.facebook.com/PHOMRNAM/posts/487339388521119

Business for sale.
We would like to sell the full restaurant with all equipment included in the sales price. This includes the bar, espresso machine and a stainless-steel elegant noodle station for 600000b.
The monthly rental is very low here and reasonable: 22500b a month. The water bill is 1500b. The typical charge for the electricity is around 6000b for the monthly bill.
The new owner would need to make a new contract with the hotel owner who is an extremely nice person and reasonable to deal with.
We are closing due to personal reasons. The new owner could be quite successful if they choose to cater the food for the restaurant at outside events to make more income.
Please message me for more questions.

Going to guess, this will be pretty dreadful .. anyone?

7 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Yes, flouting, I'm not saying that applies to you necessarily but that's what foreigners trying to live here are doing when they do it on tourist visas. 

 

"...so everyone knows where they stand".

Here's where you stand; if you're a tourist on a tourist visa or VE don't try to live here on it, nor make so many lengthy trips that it appears that you might be!

Then they need to make that clear, and decide how long and how often a Tourist Visa should be.

Instead of leaving it to one person who does not like the look of your face.

I just found Thong Lor very up front with everything, where all the others I have tried, you could tell it was all about how much money they could get out of you.

Muang Ake being the worst.

Three Years on, I still get cold called by Muang Ake  ????

I have tried the majority of Vets in the Pattaya area, and think that Thong Lor is the most professional.

https://www.facebook.com/ThonglorPetPattaya/

Avoid Muang Ake.

Saep Der ..

20 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Well the hot food had arrived plenty hot from that Vietnamese place so I'm not going to blame the meh factor on delivery. For example a well developed Pho broth wouldn't lose that flavor in a 5 to 10 minute ride.

Well, my thought was not directed especially at a ... Vietnamese place (?) 

And was just a personal thought, that I could never judge a restaurant, from how their food travels, compared to how it is when it comes out of the kitchen.

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If this report of closure is incorrect, please post to correct it ASAP.

Correct.

Also Sunnys on the Darkside has closed its doors today.

Just me I suppose, but my expectations would always be lower when using services like grab, than eating in the restaurant itself.

I can not in anyway imagine that something coming out of a kitchen fresh, could be compared to something that has to travel a distance to get to you.

7 hours ago, twix38 said:

Assuming that's pattaya, where is soi Made? Don't know it. Thanks.

The Amulet Vendor is just behind the Buddah here :

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.9324361,100.8850796,3a,62.9y,110.75h,93.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sp2i_hcXYLXKZVaPA4lmOYw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Your best bet is probably the Vendor on the 3rd Floor of Mikes Shopping Mall.

There is also a vendor in Soi Made in Thailand.

Another on the GF of the Avenue, close to Villa.

And there is also several out at the Buffalo Weekend Market on Thepprasit.

3 hours ago, gargamon said:

Locally I have found a couple of locations where they are edible, one on the dark side and one off Pattaya Tai, both called Vientiane, although they say they are not (currently) related. The dark side one is situated over a small stocked pond. The other one seems to mainly cater to tourist busses. The menus are almost identical with the dark side one being a bit more expensive. Well worth a visit for Vietnamese food.

Vientiane is an institution in Pattaya.

Originally on Second Road, they had to re-locate due to the Avenue being built.

They then moved to Walking Street, then South Road, and then the Darkside.

The menu has not changed in decades, and I have always thought the Vietnamese side of the menu is great. As you say, the spring rolls are best around, as is the Naem Nuang.

BUT, I do eat regularly at Saep Der and really like their Spring Rolls etc. as I do some of their soups, some you can't get anywhere else, like Mee Kathi.

23 hours ago, Jingthing said:

 

I probably should have mentioned that I would visit Pho Mr. Nam on Tappraya instead. Even though I don't like their location either for me their location is much better than the reviewed restaurant and I also like their food much better as well. But Pho Mr. Nam isn't on Grab.

 

Pho Mr. Nam has re-opened?

Did not know that.

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I have never visited the restaurant and never will

What a strange statement.

5 minutes ago, Leaver said:

The low season of 1993 eventually ended. 

 

This low / high season is here for the foreseeable future. 

Roll on next years Low Season Wishful Thinking.

4 hours ago, Leaver said:

There's low season, and then there is "dead." 

 

Be honest, how would you rate this low season out of the 30 you have seen?  For me, it's the quietest low season I have ever seen, which may tend to indicate the quietest high season ever seen is approaching, which may see a lot of businesses close. 

Nothing beats the Low Low Season of 1993.

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Pattaya metro area restaurants ONLY please.
 

2 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

No decent Thai restaurants there.

Agreed good Brit Grub places but no decent Thai in that area.

17 minutes ago, hackjam said:

My missus in never impressed with the Thai food and always tries to tell the waitress to give to her, authentic Thai style food but, alas, although it does come more spicy to her, its still what she calls, tourist Thai food.

But its a lot more than levels of spiciness.

Bland is Bland.

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I also bought one of those covers that are elasticated, stops you burning your bum and seems to deter my cat that messed up the seat in the first place. 

Same here.

But they are getting harder and harder to find for some reason.

Managed to get one on Lazada earlier in the year, but I could not find one locally.

2 hours ago, Leaver said:

Things are bad here.  Take a look around.  

It's called Low Season and I have seen over 30 of them, it's nothing new.

7 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Then request they put some spice on it..

I would rather they added a chef with taste buds.