What an enormous number of seriously u informed and petty responses on this one! 

2 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

Which are accordingly overpriced

Certainly!

3 hours ago, damian said:

I think it's her greedy daughters who control everything. Ma'am Jay Fai is simply the attraction. The omlettes are thick and tasty but nothing special to warrant the price. My wife makes better with a sprinkling of krapao. 

I guess her daughters also handle her income tax returns.....😋

The staff may do this often and get away with it, pocketing the overcharges because most don't speak up, as they are there for the prestige experience and can afford it. As an investigator, I would look at receipts and menu discrepancies. Maybe this is something that started low, but then, after getting away with it for a long time, people become overconfident, putting higher amounts.

I went many years ago when first living in Bangkok I went and tried her crab  omelette and thought it very good but not exceptional. A close Thai friend told me that the quality is getting worse because of the demand and she seems more focused on the money.

 Maybe this will put her back on track or cause enough attention to lose the Michelin star she’s been relying on for expensive prices.

Anyone who eats at her place with her prices must be nuts.

She "claimed" she was overcharged but was she? Did she order several other dishes but put the price of the total and mentioned only the one dish? I have said to people I paid so much for lunch and I had a simple dish. When questioned I then added the other items such as drinks, starters and side orders. If a Baht 1500 meal was the only item ordered then yes that is blatant overcharging. But if there was other items maybe it wasnt.

I rather stick to my Thai Basil Pork Stir Fry with Fried Egg. 😂

 

Besides this eatery mentioned here, in Thailand, debates about crab meat in Thai omelettes pop up everywhere. Figuring out how much genuine crab meat is actually in there—or if there's any at all—is a tasty mystery!

 

 

 

I've read most of the comments and looking at them it seems that most of the people commenting have never eaten at the restaurant. I have two times. The first time the price was 1,000 Baht, that was many years ago. The last time was about 2 years ago. We had most of the family going  10 -12 of use and we got there one hour before they open. Were lucky because just after we arrived more people came. There are around only about 16 seat. This time the price was 1,500 Baht per dish. We also had some other dishes and drinks. The food was great, price is steep but if you what to try the meal thats the price you have to pay. My wife said the menu stated the Crab Omelet was priced at  1,500 baht and up to 4,000 baht. The price didn't Bother me as I was not paying my nephew was paying.

On 8/18/2025 at 4:03 PM, snoop1130 said:

was charged 4,000 baht for Raan Jay Fai's renowned crab omelette,

 

She must have been shell shocked!

I guess I'm just not the sort of person that responds to hype, or fads, so I've never really sought out restaurants with the Micheline star. If I see a crowd at the door or if the hostess says there's a 30 minute wait to get a table I literally turn around and run for the hills, or seek another restaurant.

 

I literally do not have enough time left in this lifetime to wait even 30 minutes for a table, or on any line, and the social media hype means less than zero to me. 

 

 

The irony of Michelin star street food is confounding.  

A US friend of mine who owned five restaurants told me, “Restaurants are only secondarily about food; the key ingredient is theater.”

 

Jay Fai has good food and great theater. That’s why she can charge 1,500 baht for a crab omelette all day, every day. 
 

I suspect the underlying issue here was a misunderstanding of some sort. But a Michelin-star restaurant should never expose itself to such a misunderstanding. That is their fault. 

On 8/18/2025 at 5:41 PM, ikke1959 said:

even 1500 THB is overpriced for egg with crab

I couldn't agree more. I don't care what your star is. That's too much for eggs with crab meat.

16 hours ago, KhunLA said:

They were 1000 THB before Michelin came to TH.   Have a nice serving of lump crab meat.

My local vendor is 60 THB, and tasty, not overcooked as her's look.

Man, LA, we certainly agree on this one.

Who likes Yelpers?

On 8/19/2025 at 8:36 AM, mikeymike100 said:

If that is the case, the charge should still be what s written on the menu, unless the u tuber was told before actually ordering it?

Yes , but apparently not told. The restaurant has now been fined 2,000 baht for not displaying the prices

Its not so much the price of the omelette that irks me as much as the amount of time that people are willing to stand in line to wait to eat there. Its an omelette

On 8/18/2025 at 2:03 AM, snoop1130 said:

This significant discrepancy sparked a wave of online attention and prompted the department to look into potential violations of the Prices of Goods and Services Act.

It's gonna take some donations to someone's Rolex Fund to get past this.