Just curious, is it the dipping sauce, the soup, the duck? Why?

I've eaten there a few times... At different locations... each time for a semi-special occasion...at my Thai GFs/Family/Friends behest...

Can't say I see the attraction of the place. Food is kind of bland...

I get there every few months. It's more a favorite of my wife's than mine though.

I don't like the electronic menu / order set up . The duck is ok but overpriced . It was ok all in all once , but not really worth the price . I like a bit of fluff on my duck .

Food is bland.

It's too exoensive for what it is. For cheaper I could have a nice pork chop etc in a decent restaurant.

I sometimes go to MK when my wife and I are out shopping and we need a quick bite …. I see it as an alternative to fast food such as McDonalds…

It’s nothing special, it not as appalling as some may suggest either.. It fills a gap, that’s all I’ve ever expected it to do.

It fills the Applebee's space for middlebrow, middle class Thai people. They think it's special. It isn't.

Edited March 22, 201214 yr by Jingthing

It fills a small gap, but the missus likes to go so we go.

Tasteless not so cheap food you have to cook yourself

Suki is one of my favourites so I always go for a genuine one.

The prices are not low

The seats are uncomfortable

The decor is drab

The customer has to cook the food

The food is soaking wet

I'm not a big fan of sea monsters, which often figure prominently in their advertisements.

Great place, and the best Duck with sauce ever

Boiled bits dumped in sauce.

Yum?

Bland and boring food which is over priced... Yes, Thais love it; go figure... I know lots of folks like the duck - and its good - but you can get as good or better duck lots of places which have some spicy stuff to go with it.

Bland and boring food which is over priced... Yes, Thais love it; go figure... I know lots of folks like the duck - and its good - but you can get as good or better duck lots of places which have some spicy stuff to go with it.

Before I first went there I thought it was a low budget place which is why it is so popular with Thais but its at least as expensive as a "real restaurant".

Personally I cannot see the point of going to a restaurant where you have to cook all your own food yourself using overpriced crap ingredients. I hate MK and avoid it at all costs.

Has anyone tried MK Gold? We passed one yesterday and my wife (after a quick chat with her sister in Thai) asked if I would like to go there for dinner. I said "yes as long as it is nothing like normal MK" and so we ate at Maha-Naga!

Well, it is predictable and clean and the food is served free of crawling bugs!

(Great marketing!)

Expensive,overated, DIY version, of Thai Stew,

Edited March 22, 201214 yr by MAJIC

The best thing is the little dance routine the staff do at around 6.00 everynight to get them into the mood of feigned enthusiasm

I hear the comment that MK is bland over and over again. Here is a hint...try the sauce!

I hear the comment that MK is bland over and over again. Here is a hint...try the sauce!

I agree with you there. You have the option to spice it up. When I used to go there, I always did.

The Thais like it because it's expensive. That means it has to be good. Not for me I would rather eat off of a street cart. better food than in that place and at 10% of the price.

I like it, quick easy predictable.

Whenever the relatives take me to a proper resteraunt I end up with plates of fish guts, sea slugs and little bleeding mussels and assorted offal...

I go home hungry.

Tasteless not so cheap food you have to cook yourself

The prices are not low

The seats are uncomfortable

The decor is drab

The customer has to cook the food

The food is soaking wet

These 2 quotes sum it up nicely.

I enjoy the duck at MK along with those green noodles. I also understand the feelings of some that the food can be watery and bland.

Tasteless not so cheap food you have to cook yourself

The prices are not low

The seats are uncomfortable

The decor is drab

The customer has to cook the food

The food is soaking wet

These 2 quotes sum it up nicely.

+1

It's bland. Boring, boiled meat and veggies. Even if you drench everything in the sauce it's still bland. It's also way overpriced for what you get. Every 99 baht suki place I've been to has been way better, and there are even better ones for a bit more. Tons of sauces, marinated meat, lots of veggies, fried rice, curries, seafood, etc and its all you can eat. So much better

There are local all you can eat (suki?) buffets where you cook your own food for 100 bt ish/ plate. The good ones are usually full quickly.

My gf really likes Hot Pot, but not MK. I think hot pot is like 200+ baht/person.

"2nd best time to plant a tree is today." Sent from TV android app.

MK Suki food...when the family goes to one...is a compromise for us.

Myself, I'm more likely to look for Japanese style Sushi. Or Korean food. But the family doesn't like that,

My wife's oldest son has an allergy to any shellfish...Crab, Prawn, etc, are out for him for that reason.

There are a LOT of Thai places close to where we live with good Thai and Chinese-Thai food, so more often than not the family picks one of those places.

Last time I was in an MK was last October (2011) for a combination of my birthday and the oldest son's birthday celebrations.

Also had my wife's sister and two other family members (wife's relatives) with us...so MK was a place we compromised on since we all had different tastes and preferences in food.

And there are OTHER suki style places not just MK with better tasting food....MK is a mass market chain and their food is keyed for sales volume and efficency rather than taste.

Some of the smaller non-chain Suki places are more into the quality of the food. Better taste.

Edited March 23, 201214 yr by IMA_FARANG