pegman Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Great honour to Chiang Mai's David's Kitchen in making Trip Adviser's top 10 resturants in the world. This is a major achievement when you consider all the places in major countries like the USA, Germany and Japan placed lower. Any reviews or general comments from recent dinners? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/04/tripadvisor-just-revealed-the-worlds-best-restaurants.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Where did Johns place and the Gekko bar come on the list ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Since when was Trip Advisor the source of good judgement? If David's Kitchen, which I enjoy by the way, is in the top ten worldwide it is simply a statement of how lacking is the judgement of the TA voting base. Sorry David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 1 hour ago, brommers said: Since when was Trip Advisor the source of good judgement? If David's Kitchen, which I enjoy by the way, is in the top ten worldwide it is simply a statement of how lacking is the judgement of the TA voting base. Sorry David. 1 hour ago, brommers said: Good for you, myself I will go with the ordinary customers who are TripAdvisor posters over some snobby foodie critic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 But ordinary customers, like me cant afford or entertain those prices. Besides that Trip Advisor reviews are rarely written by those who have a bit of money and education, they are writtrn by paid professionals and press ganged friends and family. Look at all those "voted #1 whatever 2017/18 banners everyone has. Unbelievable. Oddly enough I was lucky enough to be invited to the predecessor at the same location as DK., and that was outstanding, a pity that one failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I don't believe anything from tripadvisor....and sure not the good reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL159 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Someones having a laugh! Davids Kitchen food is good....for Chiang Mai, but there are probably at least a dozen better restaurants in Bangkok, and probably 50 better restaurants in somewhere like London! I ve seen Trip Advisor telling people that "the best restaurant" in somewhere like Phuket, for example, is a 30 baht roadside noodle bar! Its all based on Trip Advisors users votes, and in no way makes an objective comparison between different restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 These world ratings to me are totally meaningless. The only worth on sites like Trip Advisor for restaurants are to use reviews as an indication of menu, price and location. Same with reviews on Resorts ,hotels etc they can be manipulated .My daughter who manages a GH in Austalia had one family who caused all sorts of problems due to alcohol ,noise and trashing the room.They were asked to leave . A few days later the guy wrote a scathing review full of total lies and it took the owner of the GH 2 months to get the site owner to delete his comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexilis Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I agree with EL159. David's Kitchen is quite good for CM. But compared to, say, Gaggan in Bangkok it is not even in the same league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 30 minutes ago, lexilis said: I agree with EL159. David's Kitchen is quite good for CM. But compared to, say, Gaggan in Bangkok it is not even in the same league. Good name that Gaggan , because at 6500++ per person a lot of people would indeed gag. http://eatatgaggan.com/menu.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 I wouldn't eat there for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 35 minutes ago, elektrified said: I wouldn't eat there for free. Tough crowd. It has Canadian lobster and Canadian Black Angus beef steak on the menu so can't be that bad. I'll be giving it a try my next time in CM. https://davidskitchen.co.th/menu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Quote Any reviews or general comments from recent dinners? Yes, I didn't like it at all. And I was with a big group so did get to check out lots of different things. I'd say it's vastly overrated even within Chiang Mai, and that it appears on a list of world-anything means TripAdvisor has some serious head scratching to do. At this point usually someone crawls out of the woodwork saying that anyone who doesn't like it just doesn't appreciate fine dining and to stick with fried rice from the corner shop. Let me just say "LOL" to that in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, pegman said: Tough crowd. It has Canadian lobster and Canadian Black Angus beef steak on the menu so can't be that bad. I'll be giving it a try my next time in CM. https://davidskitchen.co.th/menu/ I haven't eaten beef steak from any country in more than 18 years so not anything that interests me. Don't know if I've had Canadian lobster or not. Had Maine lobster and Phuket lobster. Again, doesn't interest me. 500 Baht for a small portion of chicken breast and potato wedges? No thanks. But certainly up to you to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 DK, the new Dukes - either you want to have their babies or you think they are responsible for 9/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL159 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Yeah. Great. The Chiang Mai threads got boring recently. Lets get back to slagging off places we dont like. I ll start! Dukes? Over rated Chez Marco? Over rated and over priced ( although you do stand a good chance there of spotting a bar girl out on a first date with her new punter!) Antonio ( near Empress Hotel), excellent for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 4 hours ago, elektrified said: I wouldn't eat there for free. I'd eat almost anywhere for free, especially if they provided transport as well. @sanemax Never bothered with John's Place, a bit before my time but had plenty of 'special offer' soggy fish and chips at Gekko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexilis Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 5 hours ago, Denim said: Good name that Gaggan , because at 6500++ per person a lot of people would indeed gag. http://eatatgaggan.com/menu.php Yeah they upped their fixed price when they got their second Michelin star. Definitely pricey but worth it. I've eaten there three times in the past two years and it is truly spectacular. DK (or any place in CM) is not even in the same league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phrafarang Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Yes it amazing what distinctly average restaurants can achieve when you personally offer incentive's to leave a good review and even follow them up the next day by email. Le Crystal, Oxygen and the others in CM not as good as the Kitchen, don't make me laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Haven't eaten there and the prices seem excessively high, but the "Prices are subjed (sic) to a 10% Service charge and applicable 7% Tax" puts me right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Gekko food is rubbish, even worse is the poor guy who was trying to sell his restaurant (sic) a place John is it? I got severe food poisioning there, my lunch companion has since died, now I am not blaming THAT on the establishment, but I have always kept quiet about the food posoning I got there as I felt sorry for the guy, but I definatley got it there and it ruined my Xmas about five years ago...but I did not say a word, the guy was struggling to make ends meet an was disabled. I hope he finds a buyer instead of having to close down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipflipper Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 If you want to think that dining in Dave's Kitchen is an unique experience and should not be missed I urge to come to your senses. Yes, the food, the decor and service are a lot better than most places in C. M. but for those prices you should be treated to much better cuisine. There are others restaurants attached to the higher end hotels that are a much better value and offer cuisine that is not the run of the mill type. Sent from my CMR-AL19 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 12/5/2018 at 12:32 PM, pegman said: Tough crowd. It has Canadian lobster and Canadian Black Angus beef steak on the menu so can't be that bad. I'll be giving it a try my next time in CM. Thanks, David ! ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 12/5/2018 at 6:41 PM, ThaiPauly said: ... my lunch companion has since died, now I am not blaming THAT on the establishment, but I have always kept quiet about the food posoning I got there. Thanks, Khun ThaiPauly, for the heads-up: I am sorry, but i have to postpone our lunch get together indefinitely. ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 A couple of off topic posts have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseytoBKK Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Tripadvisor gets scammed on a regular basis. The most famous scam happened when they listed a NON-EXISTENT restaurant as number one in London last year. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbender/2017/12/08/tripadvisor-gets-totally-punked-when-fake-restaurant-is-ranked-no-1/#5dc38c652c23 There is a restaurant that it lists as top 10 in Bangkok that shouldn't even be in the top 500 list. I use TA regularly but you have to be very careful when reading the reviews. Far too many fake reviews including fake derogatory reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 By the way, Gaggan's set meal (that's Indian cuisine) would cost the average Indian worker the equivalent of four months' work. That's one meal, folks. Think about that a second.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 On December 7, 2018 at 2:27 AM, orang37 said: Thanks, David ! ~o:37; Sorry, but only first letter correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumak Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 9 hours ago, pegman said: Sorry, but only first letter correct. please have empathy for 037 . he has not been himself ever since he found out the blended green and red fruit shake he drank was actually his pet frog. weird delusions of metaphysical whimsiness ever since. try to appease him with a like or laugh from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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