TripAdvisor’s Top 10 Best Pattaya Restaurants
As of this month, below are TripAdvisor’s top 10 restaurants in Pattaya out of more than 600 establishments registered in the travel site.
1. Café des Amis
Through dint of hard work, determination and fortitude, Blu and his wife Pia have made Café des Amis the enviable success that it is today. Rated as No.1 Pattaya restaurant on TripAdvisor, it manages to combine a comfortable, friendly vibe with the best of fine dining and bushy tailed but professional service.
In 2008 when Café des Amis flung open its doors the original menu was inspired by French bistro cuisine – hence the name. Through the years it has diversified into a fine international restaurant serving ingredient-led food from across the globe.
2. Royal Grill Room & Wine Cellar
This venue serves high-quality grilled imported meats and seafood. The magnificent Wine Cellar holds over 1,000 new- and old-world wine labels which have been carefully selected by the restaurant’s wine connoisseur. Royal Grill Room is the only restaurant in Thailand to have an underground wine cellar (the wine cavern). Guests can sample the wines and canapés in the wine cavern before dinner. There is also an outdoor terrace which provides spectacular views of the sea.
3. Moonlight Fine Dining
Moonlight is a bijou (only 35 covers), chic, little restaurant dressed in red, brown and gold with a classic motif adorning the walls and ceiling. The décor conveys luxury with a touch of theatrics Baroque-style. Compact this restaurant may be but that does not stop its chef from packing a big flavor punch.
4. Mantra Restaurant & Bar
Mantra Restaurant & Bar has set the benchmark for global cuisine since its opening in 2007. It consistently ranks in the top restaurants of the city and deserves its enviable reputation for serving unswerving quality in an ambiance of contemporary elegance. Chic, stylish and unique, it works hard to maintain its position in Pattaya’s culinary circles.
5. MAYs Urban Thai Dine – Pattaya
MAYs is an on-trend contemporary eatery that serves grownup Thai street food with a spin of “Royal Cuisine” onto the dishes which are liberally doused with healthy herbs. A see everything kitchen sports a trio of industrial pendants to illuminate the pass where some food is prepared and others checked before service. The tables are set with pots of herbs, a long center table displays the bottles of spirits, liquors and wines that are available, a wicker boat filled with natural ingredients welcomes at the entrance and the strains of up-beat world music fills the air.
6. Maggs Restaurant Pattaya
With its soaring statues of “Atlas-inspired” figures supporting this neoclassical designed restaurant, it is hard to miss this unique Romanesque building on Thepprasit Road. The décor at Magg’s is bodaciously kitch with a be-anything-you-want-me-to-be vibe. The food is home-cooked modern British, some of its fare is traditional and some of it contemporary with on-trend twists. So many reasons to visit this unique restaurant: pricing here is set in the medium range, that traditional English Sunday roast which spans the lunch/tea time spot plus of course their bargain daily set menu.
7. Mai Thai Cuisine
Mai Thai Cuisine reintroduces traditional Thai dishes, prepared with market fresh ingredients and in a European style of cooking. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and boasts of excellent wines and exclusive Belgian beers.
8. Elements
Bright and comfortable, the restaurant offers indoor seating in a modern Thai style dining room appointed with teak features and wide windows that let in the sky, lush gardens and outdoor terrace seating which enjoys sweeping views of the Gulf of Thailand. The menu selects original dishes from around the world with Western, Asian and specifically Thai cuisine the main areas of focus, so guests can always find something familiar or exotic, according to their taste. Emphasis is on top quality, fresh and authentic ingredients expertly prepared and complemented by excellent wine and beverage selections.
9. Bruno’s Restaurant and Wine Bar
Bruno’s Restaurant has been a favourite amongst local residents and holiday-makers since 1996. Bruno’s has a modern contemporary design with a relaxing yet bright interior. The restaurant offers a full international menu along with local Thai dishes so as to cater for all tastes.
10. Ruffino Restaurant & Lounge
Ruffino showcases the traditions of classic Italian cuisine with cutting-edge cooking. The concept is glossy minimalism in a monochrome set. The view from the window dramatically frames the illuminated Pattaya Park Tower. The wine cellar is splendidly displayed as a wall of shining bottles.
