Was in HH last week for a short break and did some splurge eating. Having seen a recommendation on Mark Wiens YouTube channel (he is an Asian street food guru) I tried out the lobster thermidore at Lung Ja in the night market. Generally I am not keen on eating in the night market. The restaurants are often unclean, and can be very hot, service frequently poor, and prices are much higher than less touristy areas - approx. 50% more than the “local” seafood restaurants in takiab thong village. Having said all of that I was really pleased with the meal. The lobster meat was perfectly cooked, really tender (unlike the tough tiger prawns in most places) and the sauce was surprisingly good with a very rich cheesy flavor. Obviously not cheap by local standards but will definitely return again. Think I paid 2000 baht for a good portion for 2 people. Recommended.


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Here's this thread without the BS:
Hua Hin Restaurants

Any views more recent than 2008?

 

Dead place this...but Phone Link for Thai food guys is superb.

 

 

One point to always have in mind with Hua Hin restaurants.

 

Once you like a place and become sort of a regular, you will usually see the quality of service dropping as well as the quality of the food they will give you. Same with many other services like tailors, handymen, gardners or similar services,  that you use regularly.

 

The usual thai mistake to start to take the regular foreigner customer for granted.

 

The best way to avoid this,  is to have a good set of places you like and at the slightest glitch in service or quality, just drop the place for a few weeks or better a month.

 

It's some form of absurd local logic in taking regular customers for granted, so don't fall for it.

On 2/22/2024 at 9:36 PM, Sigmund said:

One point to always have in mind with Hua Hin restaurants.

 

Once you like a place and become sort of a regular, you will usually see the quality of service dropping as well as the quality of the food they will give you. Same with many other services like tailors, handymen, gardners or similar services,  that you use regularly.

 

The usual thai mistake to start to take the regular foreigner customer for granted.

 

The best way to avoid this,  is to have a good set of places you like and at the slightest glitch in service or quality, just drop the place for a few weeks or better a month.

 

It's some form of absurd local logic in taking regular customers for granted, so don't fall for it.

 

I noticed this in Bangkok. I started going once every few years instead of every weekend! I actually found a place I like more. 

Any Sakura  restaurants left in Hua Hin? My favourite was across from the former Issan Station (now the   beer bar  zone). There was one near the fish restaurant strip/night market, but it closed too. I found Sakura Sushi very  consistently good and miss it. Been gone 2 years now 😟

It my birthday end of the month, will enjoy it with my lady.  Can anyone recommend a good buffet around 500 to 750 per person with a nice city view in the evening.  We prefer to eat  an international menu as we live here and eat thai food everyday.  Seafood, indian, chinese and european dishes would be most fulfillng.