Worst Meal Ever In Chiang Mai

[gotlost]

The steaks for around 700 BHT are very good. The salad bar is good.

Had some awful experiences with their special offers - anything cheap at Sizzler's is going to be crap. I imagine the pretty expensive burgers (350 baht? ) must be good, but why would I ever if I have the Duke's.

So bottom line is, if you want to get a good steak, you have to pay for it, and Sizzler's is as good a place for that as any other.

And while Sizzler's might be overpriced, it's certainly not the worst meal in CM. Have you ever had a Lasagna that was in fact some sort of soup with cheese on it? See?

Edit: Salad Concept is way better for salad but it's also pretty new; not too long ago Sizzler was one of the very few places with good salad in Thailand. And they must be doing something right, the Airport location is always packed.

IMHO I find the burger at Sizzlers on par with the Dukes. Nothing wrong with price.

[uptheos]

The steaks for around 700 BHT are very good. The salad bar is good.

It's the same salad bar whether you pay 159 Baht or 700 Baht, so IMO the salad bar is the best deal at Sizzler's.

If I were eating a 700 Baht steak, I would not want to fill up first on salad anyway. I think both salad or steak is a meal.. Therefore, I would probably opt for eating steak in a restaurant with ambiance.

Edited March 17, 2011 by uptheos

[CMSteve]

I agree too! Don't know what it was like 4 years ago, but its definitely one of my favorite places to eat in CM.....

Good food, fast service, and cheap prices.

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

I like that place. It's very popular with the Thai business lunch set.

I agree with Loaded. That Vietnamese restaurant is probably the fastest service restaurant I've experienced anywhere and the food is consistently good. Plus the price is very reasonable. But everyone has different tastes.

[gotlost]

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

I like that place. It's very popular with the Thai business lunch set.

Some people will eat anything.

[james24]

I use to enjoy the salad bar too, but after discovering A Salad Concept at Nimenhaemin and the new Coco Salad in San Sai, where in both cases you get a superior salad for less than half the price, I'll never go back to a Sizzler for salad. The main courses I've had at the Sizzler weren't bad - but I agree they really are over-priced.

Check out the new one at Ruamchok, they give you loads and its only 70 baht for 8 toppings!!

[SDH]

I use to enjoy the salad bar too, but after discovering A Salad Concept at Nimenhaemin and the new Coco Salad in San Sai

Where can we find these, like what "Soi and Nimenhaemin"?????

[venturalaw]

I use to enjoy the salad bar too, but after discovering A Salad Concept at Nimenhaemin and the new Coco Salad in San Sai

Where can we find these, like what "Soi and Nimenhaemin"?????

The Salad Concept is on the corner of Nimenhaemin and Soi 13. Coco Salad is in the Mee Chok Plaza - 2nd. floor of the new complex which is located at the corner of Chaingmai-Maejo Rd. (Hwy 1001) and the first ring rd.

[DavidOxon]

I use to enjoy the salad bar too, but after discovering A Salad Concept at Nimenhaemin and the new Coco Salad in San Sai

Where can we find these, like what "Soi and Nimenhaemin"?????

The Salad Concept is on the corner of Nimenhaemin and Soi 13. Coco Salad is in the Mee Chok Plaza - 2nd. floor of the new complex which is located at the corner of Chaingmai-Maejo Rd. (Hwy 1001) and the first ring rd.

How lazy can you get?

No googlemaps???/

David

[ianf]

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

100% agree with you. That Viet place is pointless and disgusting.

[gotlost]

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

100% agree with you. That Viet place is pointless and disgusting.

IMO you could also say Mikes Shyt Burger as a close runner up.

[KhunChay]

IMO you could also say Mikes Shyt Burger as a close runner up.

Haha. agree. had a Mikes Burger once, it was so disgusting that I threw it in the moat after the first bite...

Almost worse then the casino food in Atlantic City...

[uptheos]

IMO you could also say Mikes Shyt Burger as a close runner up.

Haha. agree. had a Mikes Burger once, it was so disgusting that I threw it in the moat after the first bite...

Almost worse then the casino food in Atlantic City...

I see people eating at Mike's and they seem to be enjoying their food. But I wonder how much of the gunk from the traffic are they also ingesting along with their burger? Not exactly the healthiest food stop in my book, but people do go there so something must attract them..

[gotlost]

IMO you could also say Mikes Shyt Burger as a close runner up.

Haha. agree. had a Mikes Burger once, it was so disgusting that I threw it in the moat after the first bite...

Almost worse then the casino food in Atlantic City...

I see people eating at Mike's and they seem to be enjoying their food. But I wonder how much of the gunk from the traffic are they also ingesting along with their burger? Not exactly the healthiest food stop in my book, but people do go there so something must attract them..

The location is prime. Most are tourist and just goes to show you tourist will eat all most anything.

[uptheos]

IMO you could also say Mikes Shyt Burger as a close runner up.

Haha. agree. had a Mikes Burger once, it was so disgusting that I threw it in the moat after the first bite...

Almost worse then the casino food in Atlantic City...

I see people eating at Mike's and they seem to be enjoying their food. But I wonder how much of the gunk from the traffic are they also ingesting along with their burger? Not exactly the healthiest food stop in my book, but people do go there so something must attract them..

The location is prime. Most are tourist and just goes to show you tourist will eat all most anything.

I guess that must include all the ex pats that were once tourists?

How did we become so refined?

[gotlost]

I guess that must include all the ex pats that were once tourists?

How did we become so refined?

Who ever said expats are refined or have taste.

[uptheos]

I guess that must include all the ex pats that were once tourists?

How did we become so refined?

Who ever said expats are refined or have taste.

The question was rhetorical.

Edited March 17, 2011 by uptheos

[TacoBoy]

Busiest business at Nana Plaza in BKK is the Burger cart at the entrance/exit.

Burger patties and buns look the same as at Mike's or Northern Farms butcher shops.

Guess the taste of the Greasy food don't matter after a few 140 baht small Leo's and watching real "Thai Buns" doing the BKK Shuffle.

Any similarity with CM other than beer prices are usually cheaper, and less buns available

Edited March 17, 2011 by TacoBoy

[gotlost]

Busiest business at Nana Plaza in BKK is the Burger cart at the entrance/exit.

Burger patties and buns look the same as at Mike's or Northern Farms butcher shops.

Guess the taste of the Greasy food don't matter after a few 140 baht small Leo's and watching real "Thai Buns" doing the BKK Shuffle.

Any similarity with CM other than beer prices are usually cheaper, and less buns available

Better selection and taste in buns in BK.

[Maccheroncini]

Jeez. When I go to Sizzler I see lots of Thai people eating & enjoying themselves.

The prices are not too bad. I think the salald bar is about 159 for all you can eat & that includes soup pasta fruits & dessert.

Methinks a lot of this is anti-American food snobbery. Enjoy your 35 baht rice noodles. Bon Apetit.

Overpriced would be eating in France England or Germany.

Totally agree

[CMSteve]

Mmmm... snow crab buffet at Trump and free parking at the Showboat. Or, on a really bad night, Burger King on the expressway while crying all the way home.. Good times!

IMO you could also say Mikes Shyt Burger as a close runner up.

Haha. agree. had a Mikes Burger once, it was so disgusting that I threw it in the moat after the first bite...

Almost worse then the casino food in Atlantic City...

[elektrified]

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

100% agree with you. That Viet place is pointless and disgusting.

Just goes to show how people's taste vary. I went there last week after not having been there in more than a year. Had the best meal I've had in months!

[hhper]

Take no notice......serial whinner......complained about a salty anchovie pizza at Dukes and nearly started a fight coz someone had the audacity to light a cigarette on an outside restaurant table. Now sizzzlers are crap...............what next

[DavidOxon]

Take no notice......serial whinner......complained about a salty anchovie pizza at Dukes and nearly started a fight coz someone had the audacity to light a cigarette on an outside restaurant table. Now sizzzlers are crap...............what next

Wow! Good memory.

You'll notice I have learned a little and didn't mention

the name of the smoking restaurant incident.

And as a Pom I think I'm probably a whinger not a whinner. I eat out 7 or 8 times a week, so 3 complaints in 3 years isn't bad going...

[hhper]

Take no notice......serial whinner......complained about a salty anchovie pizza at Dukes and nearly started a fight coz someone had the audacity to light a cigarette on an outside restaurant table. Now sizzzlers are crap...............what next

Wow! Good memory.

You'll notice I have learned a little and didn't mention

the name of the smoking restaurant incident.

And as a Pom I think I'm probably a whinger not a whinner. I eat out 7 or 8 times a week, so 3 complaints in 3 years isn't bad going...

Whinger or a whinner thats a moot point........ Maybe dining at home might be an option.....but... can the missus put up with that?:lol:

[DavidOxon]

Take no notice......serial whinner......complained about a salty anchovie pizza at Dukes and nearly started a fight coz someone had the audacity to light a cigarette on an outside restaurant table. Now sizzzlers are crap...............what next

Wow! Good memory.

You'll notice I have learned a little and didn't mention

the name of the smoking restaurant incident.

And as a Pom I think I'm probably a whinger not a whinner. I eat out 7 or 8 times a week, so 3 complaints in 3 years isn't bad going...

Whinger or a whinner thats a moot point........ Maybe dining at home might be an option.....but... can the missus put up with that?:lol:

Breakfast/lunch/dinner is 21 meals a week

take 7 off, that is 14 meals a week at home.

I cook, she cooks.

Whatever I have posted about food has always been

a concensus between the two of us, not just me.

I have far more positive posts about eating out than negative

but somehow, they attract very little interest!

D

[lingnoi1977]

Jeez. When I go to Sizzler I see lots of Thai people eating & enjoying themselves.

The prices are not too bad. I think the salald bar is about 159 for all you can eat & that includes soup pasta fruits & dessert.

Methinks a lot of this is anti-American food snobbery. Enjoy your 35 baht rice noodles. Bon Apetit.

Overpriced would be eating in France England or Germany.

I agree with this sentiment. But wait, there's more...

In the West I never ventured to the Starbucks or Sizzlers of the world (in fact we scoff at it) because I always liked to eat in less 'commercial' and independently run establishments with interesting menus and good wine lists.

However, in Thailand I have personally been more satisfied with food halls and the likes of Sizzler because the environment is often cleaner and the food, although uninteresting at times is far safer and predictable than most independent establishments I have been to - especially in CNX! Sizzler is not expensive by comparison.

I have not been to a pub in CNX that can cook up a better steak than Sizzler for the same price. Show me where it exists and I will hapily patronize it several times per month. I gave up ordering steak for anything less than 800 baht at restaurants in CNX a long time ago and hapily BBQ'd steaks from Rimping at home!

[lannarebirth]

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

100% agree with you. That Viet place is pointless and disgusting.

Just goes to show how people's taste vary. I went there last week after not having been there in more than a year. Had the best meal I've had in months!

I really want to like that place and i can see the food is well prepared. My problem is they put about 300% too much sugar in every dam_n dish.

[uptheos]

Worst meal in Chiang Mai. The Vietnamese Restaurant just down from the Dukes. 4 long time married couples of Chiang Mai some 4 years ago and we have not been back.

100% agree with you. That Viet place is pointless and disgusting.

Just goes to show how people's taste vary. I went there last week after not having been there in more than a year. Had the best meal I've had in months!

I really want to like that place and i can see the food is well prepared. My problem is they put about 300% too much sugar in every dam_n dish.

Maybe you could ask them not to put sugar in and if you can see them preparing the food, keep your eye on the sugar and scream when they go for it.

[Beetlejuice]

Do you believe that you had the worst meal ever in Sizzlers at Chiang Mai? You haven’t lived.

I dare you to try the Mexican restaurant located at the end of Tapae road near the Tapae gate.

My German friend and I threw up twice afterwards before we made it home. Awful, absolutely awful.

I strongly recommend the fish and chips and bet you couldn’t hold it down for longer then 30 minutes.

If you do go, don`t forget to take a bucket with you.

[elektrified]

Do you believe that you had the worst meal ever in Sizzlers at Chiang Mai? You haven’t lived.

I dare you to try the Mexican restaurant located at the end of Tapae road near the Tapae gate.

My German friend and I threw up twice afterwards before we made it home. Awful, absolutely awful.

I strongly recommend the fish and chips and bet you couldn’t hold it down for longer then 30 minutes.

If you do go, don`t forget to take a bucket with you.

Where is there a Mexican Restaurant on Thapae near Pratu Thapae???