Best Place For Christmas Lunch In Phuket?

[Chewbacka]

Does anyone have any tips on good place to have Christmas lunch / dinner in Phuket?

I'm thinking good quality, good atmosphere..........with all the trimmings.............

[N47HAN]

Nothing like planning in advance !

[ScubaBuddha]

I've done them at Don's Cafe, The Coffee Pot, and The Green Man before. Nothing bad to say about any of them.

[harleyclarkey]

We (14) went to The Green Man for Christmas 2007 and it was bl**dy awful. AVOID.

No greeting....no-glad to see you here, no warmth at all from the owner (Howard??). He never even bothered to ask how we were, never came to our table (of 14 spending customers!), never asked is everything OK, ...nothing. The man has the personality of a coconut and certainly not a professional restaurateur.

The food was below average even for Christmas lunch when you cut a bit of slack, the atmosphere dour, mean with the portions.....and on Christmas day?? the time for sharing and caring?

Nope....the Green Man didn't get into the swing of things at all and I'll never go back. I felt ripped off.

[KarenBravo]

Yes......I have heard about that infamous Christmas dinner before.

[ScubaBuddha]

Sounds like it's gone downhill, although I don't really care about being gladhanded by the owner or staff. I care about the people I bring with me and we had a wonderful time, food was good as I recall, but this is going back about 5 years.

[Royale]

We (14) went to The Green Man for Christmas 2007 and it was bl**dy awful. AVOID.

No greeting....no-glad to see you here, no warmth at all from the owner (Howard??). He never even bothered to ask how we were, never came to our table (of 14 spending customers!), never asked is everything OK, ...nothing. The man has the personality of a coconut and certainly not a professional restaurateur.

The food was below average even for Christmas lunch when you cut a bit of slack, the atmosphere dour, mean with the portions.....and on Christmas day?? the time for sharing and caring?

Nope....the Green Man didn't get into the swing of things at all and I'll never go back. I felt ripped off.

+1

[ozymandious]

I got to Don's for a fantastic Thanksgiving buffet and also for the Christmas meal. Huge spread, lots of choice, friendly people, good cobbler and pie and lots of seating.

That being said it's probably best to make reservations if you're bringing a large group.

[Wellington]

We (14) went to The Green Man for Christmas 2007 and it was bl**dy awful. AVOID.

No greeting....no-glad to see you here, no warmth at all from the owner (Howard??). He never even bothered to ask how we were, never came to our table (of 14 spending customers!), never asked is everything OK, ...nothing. The man has the personality of a coconut and certainly not a professional restaurateur.

The food was below average even for Christmas lunch when you cut a bit of slack, the atmosphere dour, mean with the portions.....and on Christmas day?? the time for sharing and caring?

Nope....the Green Man didn't get into the swing of things at all and I'll never go back. I felt ripped off.

Similar experience, granddaughter very disappointed, food awful.But at least we were offered another meal at a later date, so Howard did his best. After all he is not the Chef.

[Chewbacka]

Cheers for the info.

Looks like the Green Man is crossed off the list

I'm looking to book a place for a group of 5 coming from the U.K so was perhaps thinking of going a bit up market to Floyd's Brasserie in Patong or to a hotel that has got a good reputation for their xmas lunch.

I'll let you know what I find out in the way of prices and locations.

[Peterocket]

Cheers for the info.

Looks like the Green Man is crossed off the list

I'm looking to book a place for a group of 5 coming from the U.K so was perhaps thinking of going a bit up market to Floyd's Brasserie in Patong or to a hotel that has got a good reputation for their xmas lunch.

I'll let you know what I find out in the way of prices and locations.

The Twin Palms on Surin beach does a pretty amazing Xmas lunch or dinner. If you can afford 2500 baht it should be well worth it. Right on the beach includes 3 hours of free wine and the spit roasted lamb is to die for! Im pretty sure anyone coming from the UK would be impressed.

http://twinpalms-phuket.com/thailand-pdf/T...eason2009_d.pdf

[Chewbacka]

Thanks Peterocket.

That one is on the list. The regular Sunday brunch there are 1,200 per person also looks great.

http://twinpalms-phuket.com/sunday-brunch-phuket-resort.html

[Marksamui]

Is there anything around the 1,000 Baht per person in the Kamala or Chalong areas that anyone knows about and would like to reccommend?