The Hit And Run Restaurant "review" Thread

[Mutt Daeng]

20 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Love the breakfast choice in Pattaya. Sportsman 195 baht, Nicky's 99 baht and I-Rovers 129 baht (all included coffee)

 

Nicky's & i-Rovers both look pretty good to me. Only thing missing is black pud IMHO. 

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Nick's & i-Rovers both look pretty good to me. Only thing missing is black pud IMHO. 

For 99 baht some cuts have to be made, but there is a bigger breakfast option where it is included at Nicky's. 

[LarrySR]

Cajun Life Cafe

Pratamnak Soi 5

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063881613607

 

Terrific American restaurant serving tasty New Orleans flavors along with a variety of healthy options. 
The charming southern owner has an eye towards quality in the food and service. You’re likely to meet him as he checks every table to make sure everything is right. Professional operation here. 
The giant screen TV is usually playing MMA, live UFC broadcasts or sports. 
 

Don’t think you’ll be disappointed here. 

 

[Mutt Daeng]

57 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

For 99 baht some cuts have to be made, but there is a bigger breakfast option where it is included at Nicky's. 

Fair enough. I don't mind paying extra if other options are available.

[bmanly]

On 5/14/2022 at 1:54 PM, aussiexpat said:

Nicky's 99

Where is this place exactly? I've been locked in AU the past couple years so looking at going back to my old haunts when I get back. Is Hungry Hypo, Chunky Monkey still going too? But that Nicky's 99 looks like a good cheap breakfast for me.

[treetops]

6 minutes ago, bmanly said:

Where is this place exactly? I've been locked in AU the past couple years so looking at going back to my old haunts when I get back. Is Hungry Hypo, Chunky Monkey still going too? But that Nicky's 99 looks like a good cheap breakfast for me.

Nicky's is further south on Soi Buakhao than the two you mention, and of those two Chunky Monkey is long gone.

[aussiexpat]

On 5/15/2022 at 10:52 AM, jacko45k said:

For 99 baht some cuts have to be made, but there is a bigger breakfast option where it is included at Nicky's. 

Well done by anyone who can eat all of Nicky's 195 baht "Mega breakfast", it's huge

[TaaSaparot]

10 hours ago, bmanly said:

But that Nicky's 99 looks like a good cheap breakfast for me.

Nickys is and has always been value for money, never "cheap".

[Jingthing]

18 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said:

Nickys is and has always been value for money, never "cheap".

The former is subjective; the latter objective.

[Espanol]

11 hours ago, bmanly said:

Where is this place exactly? ... That Nicky's 99 looks like a good cheap breakfast for me.

https://goo.gl/maps/uSBpeSpDrd79JTM2A

[bmanly]

1 hour ago, Espanol said:

https://goo.gl/maps/uSBpeSpDrd79JTM2A

Thanks, I have walked past that place several times and never really took much notice of it, one more to check out.????

[Mutt Daeng]

22 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Well done by anyone who can eat all of Nicky's 195 baht "Mega breakfast", it's huge

Looks pretty damn good to me. I might give it a go next time I'm in Pattaya.

[LarrySR]

On 5/15/2022 at 12:13 AM, Leaver said:

 

Never too old for some jam on toast. 

Never to old for a hot roll with honey. 

[ThaiSmarterThanYou]

On 5/16/2022 at 9:23 AM, aussiexpat said:

Well done by anyone who can eat all of Nicky's 195 baht "Mega breakfast", it's huge

 

 

Is coffee better than cheapcharlies ? it's awful there, they really have no face and brain to give coffee not even made in a correct machine, they give standard filtered coffee.... so ridiculous for people who call themselves experts.... We quit using this kind of machine 20 years ago and cheapcharlies dares to give them to customers....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aussiexpat]

1 hour ago, ThaiSmarterThanYou said:

 

 

Is coffee better than cheapcharlies ? it's awful there, they really have no face and brain to give coffee not even made in a correct machine, they give standard filtered coffee.... so ridiculous for people who call themselves experts.... We quit using this kind of machine 20 years ago and cheapcharlies dares to give them to customers....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't compare Nicky's to Cheap Charlies, world's apart. The only reason Nicky's breakfast is 99 baht is because it's a daily 'early bird' special before 1pm. After that's is 165 I think

 

Coffee and breakfast so much better than Cheapo Charlies

[VBF]

On 5/17/2022 at 2:24 AM, LarrySR said:

Never to old for a hot roll with honey. 

I prefer a roll with a hot honey, but each to his own. ????  ()

[Henryford]

On 5/10/2022 at 3:04 PM, vidgra said:

Cheap charlies is open now, the 99 breakfast is good, but not the one with mushroom as they use $hit white mushroom not the usual ones, I wonder if someone like them ?

also, do people in UK really eat the $hit fried bread ? how ridiculous useless dog food it is... so weird... even the French do it better, at least they fry with eggs and sugar !

 

I've tried Cheap Charlies twice now and both times ordered items from the Specials board out front. Both times i was charged the full price on the menu rather than the "special" price. OK it's only small money but what's the point of having a specials board (to attract customers) if you are just going to charge the normal full price?

[Jingthing]

22 minutes ago, Henryford said:

I've tried Cheap Charlies twice now and both times ordered items from the Specials board out front. Both times i was charged the full price on the menu rather than the "special" price. OK it's only small money but what's the point of having a specials board (to attract customers) if you are just going to charge the normal full price?

Do you possess their magical discount card? If not you were charged correctly.

[Henryford]

14 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Do you possess their magical discount card? If not you were charged correctly.

I don't want to make a big deal about a few baht (well i am a cheap charlie)  but i thought the discount card (shown above) gives you a special meal for 99 baht. The price on the specials board is just below the normal menu price. Example yesterday fish and chips in the menu 169 baht, fish and chips on the specials board 149 baht, discount card holder price 99 baht. I was charged 169 baht.

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, Henryford said:

I don't want to make a big deal about a few baht (well i am a cheap charlie)  but i thought the discount card (shown above) gives you a special meal for 99 baht. The price on the specials board is just below the normal menu price. Example yesterday fish and chips in the menu 169 baht, fish and chips on the specials board 149 baht, discount card holder price 99 baht. I was charged 169 baht.

Yes that's how it works.

If indeed you do possess a valid card and you showed it and you didn't get the discount, it seems to me a restaurant called Cheap Charlies is the perfect place to make a stink! 

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[redwood1]

On 5/15/2022 at 7:51 AM, Mutt Daeng said:

Nicky's & i-Rovers both look pretty good to me. Only thing missing is black pud IMHO. 

For the best overall value (good ) breakfast I think I-Rovers wins, because you also get orange juice and tea or coffee with your meal....On the rare occasions I eat breakfast out, its always I-Rovers...

[Jingthing]

Update on LUNG CHEF previously mentioned.

 

Taiwanese and Thai food located on Pattaya Klang or Food Panda.

 

By now I've sampled much of their menu so I obviously like it. The feature for me is their Taiwanese food as hard to find but some of their Thai food is also very good. Some of their portions are a tad small and some of their prices a tad high but overall still worth it to me because of  the flavors. However, I do not recommend their standard Thai curries such as Penang because they are not special.

 

Comments on specific dishes.

* Favorites have asterisks.

 

Stir fried chicken with sesame oil 150

This is a kind of salad with fried chicken. Good flavor but it doesn't deliver well because the chicken gets soggy 

 

In Pineapple seafood fried rice 199

I can't really judge this f-rang popular dish because it was delivered very late. Not the restaurant's fault 

 

* Taiwanese Braised beef noodles

OR pork 150

This is a SOUP.  Authentic flavor, soy sauce based with substantial cuts of meat  The *beef version is better.

 

* Streamed curry paste seafood

Signature Dish

(Hor Muk Talay)

Choose served in coconut or *foil

Both 250

Excellent flavor. I love it. Portion smallish. Suggest the foil version as.the time I ordered it in coconut the coconut was freezer cold! 

 

Stir fried chicken with Taiwan sauce. Tasty, spicy, plenty of filet chicken also some vegetable. 150

 

Pumpkin Massaman beef curry served in a squash 280

Previously positively reviewed

 

Pork Hang Ley Lanna curry 150

Meh

 

*Morning Glory

In *Taiwan sauce or Thai style 80

Both excellent flavor. Prefer the Taiwan sauce.

 

*Steamed meat with garlic and ginger

Choose *squid or in bone chicken 150

Hidden menu gem!

This is actually their version of a very fsmous Taiwanese dish called Three Cup Chicken.

https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/three-cup-chicken-taiwanese-history-article

 

Basil Fried chicken Taiwan 150

Good flavor. Good portion. 

 

Fried chicken wings and drums 150

Thai flavor OK.

 

Grilled chicken with herbs 139

Great version of Gai yang

 

 

[vidgra]

On 5/20/2022 at 3:40 PM, Henryford said:

I've tried Cheap Charlies twice now and both times ordered items from the Specials board out front. Both times i was charged the full price on the menu rather than the "special" price. OK it's only small money but what's the point of having a specials board (to attract customers) if you are just going to charge the normal full price?

Their food is terrible, only breakfast is acceptable, but is it true that they now do not give real espresso coffee ?

It was different before ?

 

 

[kinyara]

Just a little heads up.

 

Pleasant surprise today on Thappraya Road between Soi 7 and 9 left hand side on the way out of Pattaya to Jomtien a few hundred yards before the Pratumnak lights/intersection. What was the shuttered Legende European Restaurant has been replaced by the former long established " Buono Donne " Italian restaurant, the new "old" sign was going up as I went past so I stopped in for a takeaway.

 

This used to be a very popular place for years which only changed hands when the old Italian owner passed away. The inside has benefitted from the renovation the Legende owner carried out, you've got to feel for them as they only opened a few months before Covid shutdown started so really unfortunate timing.

 

The same pictures of the menu items are up on the wall, so if it's the old owners wife in charge should hopefully be the same fresh, homemade tasty Italian food as before at reasonable prices. ????

 

 

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, kinyara said:

Just a little heads up.

 

Pleasant surprise today on Thappraya Road between Soi 7 and 9 left hand side on the way out of Pattaya to Jomtien a few hundred yards before the Pratumnak lights/intersection. What was the shuttered Legende European Restaurant has been replaced by the former long established " Buono Donne " Italian restaurant, the new "old" sign was going up as I went past so I stopped in for a takeaway.

 

This used to be a very popular place for years which only changed hands when the old Italian owner passed away. The inside has benefitted from the renovation the Legende owner carried out, you've got to feel for them as they only opened a few months before Covid shutdown started so really unfortunate timing.

 

The same pictures of the menu items are up on the wall, so if it's the old owners wife in charge should hopefully be the same fresh, homemade tasty Italian food as before at reasonable prices. ????

 

 

Aha.

You mean the place that long ago was known as the 80 baht spaghetti joint?

[NewGuy]

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Wasn’t it the 99 baht place? Great minestrone and excellent frito misto. Salad good, service too. Don’t remember liking the pasta. I hope it will be the same.

[kinyara]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Aha.

You mean the place that long ago was known as the 80 baht spaghetti joint?

I would think so as it was always great value, spaghetti wise my favourite dish was their clams with chilli. Other things I liked was the Milanese Shnitzel and their breaded fish fillet.  Used to see all the staff in the morning on a production line making the fresh pasta. 

[kinyara]

6 minutes ago, NewGuy said:

Wasn’t it the 99 baht place? Great minestrone and excellent frito misto. Salad good, service too. Don’t remember liking the pasta. I hope it will be the same.

Tuna salad every time ???? and what I took away with me today. 

[Jingthing]

I also went for the spaghetti vongole and minestrone.