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Mantra Restaurant Amari Pattaya

November 23, 2015 by David Herd

Mantra Sunday lunch

Mantra Restaurant Amari Pattaya

Mantra Restaurant Amari Pattaya has been my favourite restaurant since it opened about 10 years ago. Sunday brunch is amazing allowing you to sample food from seven different kitchens. My number one dish is Alaskan crab and oysters from France.

Sashimi and Sushi

As I said there are seven kitchens to choose from, however I rarely get past the seafood, sashimi and dim sum. 🙂

Mantra Restaurant Amari Hotel Pattaya October 2012

I’m even stuck on the seafood in this photo blog. 🙂

Dim Sum station

Dim Sum has always been one of my favourite cuisines, the Peking Duck rolls at the mantra are to die for.

Bring on the duck

Delicious.

Not everyone is happy with the duck

Leave us ducks alone.

Dim Sum washed down with cold sake.

The Mantra is part of the fabulous Amari hotel and the food, service and décor is world class.

Benjamina Sitthi

This gorgeous lady is the public relations manager at the Mantra, she always makes sure we all have a wonderful dining experience. We always seem to spend Xmas and birthdays at this great restaurant.

From the Chinese kitchen

Beef fillet steak with Cantonese onion sauce just melts in your mouth.

Mantra Restaurant Amari Hotel Pattaya Xmas day 2013

All the usual suspects celebrate Xmas at the Mantra.

Mantra Restaurant Amari Hotel Pattaya Xmas Day 2014

Here we are again celebrating Xmas. I’m with Brendan Daley who is GM at the Mantra, and a Sydney boy as well. Brendan has left the Amari & I have not met the new manager.

Looking towards the sushi & seafood

The décor is simply stunning, is it any wonder so many of my friends think this is the number one restaurant in Pattaya?

Beautiful presentation

The food at the Mantra is presented beautiful, we often take over three hours to enjoy the Sunday brunch.

Wood fired Pizza

They even have a pizza oven. The à la carte servings are smaller at Sunday lunch, the idea is to encourage customers to sample many dishes on the menu. As you can see casual dress is acceptable on Sundays compared to dinner 7 nights per week when you are expected to dress a little more formally.

Mantra Restaurant Pattaya July 7 2015

Another birthday, another Mantra celebration.

Le cake

A cake and a hat, both birthday gifts from the Mantra.

Lets not forget the beautiful welcoming smile from Anusara songkarin

Like most Thai ladies she has a nickname we can pronounce, Beer.

January 2011

We have had some big groups at Sunday brunch over the years.

Birthday 2011

There is no better place to celebrate with friends.

pièce de résistance

It has to be the wonderful seafood which I usually wash down with cold sake. The brunch (B.1,690) opens at 11 a.m. and operates until 3 p.m every Sunday, so take your time, wander through the stations, enjoy a glass of wine (the free flow wine buffet is B.1,490)

Of course those prices were in 2013, now in 2017 brunch is B1,990 & free flow wine is B1750.

Birthday for Hamish

July 21st 2014 and we celebrate Hamish turning 46.

A lovely lady

This is Katoon, these days I only see her on Facebook travelling the world. 🙂

Farewell from David & Benjamina

Thank you for visiting my Mantra Restaurant Amari Hotel Pattaya photo blog, there is no better Sunday brunch on the planet.

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Pattaya storm water pipe

November 16, 2015 by David Herd

In comes the storm

Pattaya storm water pipe

Pattaya storm water pipe is planned to be the solution to Beach Road flooding after every storm. The problem is they need to replicate what they are building opposite Soi 6 in at least 4 other locations.

So the problem begins as you see above when the storm rolls in.

Beach Road floods

When the storm hits within a matter of minutes Beach Road disappears.

The footpath disappears as well

The volume of water is too much for any drain of gutter to handle.

Beach Rd Pattaya flooded, more water than Songkran.

The solution stage one

This was how it all started by digging up the footpath opposite Soi 6. Naturally at this stage we had no idea what was happening.

The channel

We still were not sure what the plan was.

Progress

The work was progressing 4/7.

Lots of equipment in play

It must be costing a fortune with all this equipment in play.

Opposite Soi 6

Those buildings you can see are on the corner of Soi 6.

To add to their problems

A storm arrived and wrecked part of the footpath and work site.

Sandbags to keep the water out

On the right you can see the damaged footpath, meanwhile lets hope the sandbags are effective.

The pump station

I’m guessing this will be where the pump will be located.

Pattaya storm water pipe

As you can clearly see it is a frenzy of activity.

Ooops!

Not everything goes to plan here in Thailand.

Houston we have a problem

I have a feeling the boss is not going to be happy.

It’s not a pipedream

After 4 months of continuous work the first length of pipe is installed.

Then mid November a large barge arrives

Getting ready for the 2nd length of pipe.

Here comes the pipe.

Three pipes of this length were joined together.

Para-sailors in the background.

Life goes on as usual in Pattaya, the para-sailors are here every day.

A short video

Pipeline off Pattaya Beach

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Here is a quote from The Pattaya Mail. a local newspaper on June 17 2016. “In the past year, Pattaya spent 170 million baht to install three huge drainage pipes at the Dusit Curve, Soi 6, and near Walking Street. But even short rainstorms since their completion have shown the pricey pipes are unable to solve Beach Road’s chronic flooding problem.”

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Amari Hotel Beach Road

November 11, 2015 by David Herd

Looking north to Wongamat

Amari Hotel Beach Road Pattaya

Amari Hotel Beach Road Pattaya Ocean Tower has fabulous ocean views and beautiful grounds around the pool area. Add the wonderful Mantra to the mix and you will wonder why you would ever stay anywhere else.

It is May 2017 & a huge renovation is underway, the Garden section is being totally demolished & a new tower will be constructed in its place. Tavern by the sea on Beach Rd has been demolished.

Naklua Road

Naklua Road has lots of good restaurants and beer bars. Travel about 5 kilometers along and you come to the fish market, well worth a visit.

It is May 2017 & a huge renovation is underway, the Garden section (the grey buildings) is being totally demolished & a new tower will be constructed in its place. Tavern by the sea on Beach Rd will also be demolished.

Relax at the pool bar.

A beautiful setting swim up to the bar and order a cocktail.

Lap pool, I don’t think so.

I would struggle to swim one lap, I’ll stick to the other pool where I can order a Bloody Mary. 🙂

One moment sir while I check for vacancies

Friends of mine who are regular Amari customers always comment on the excellent staff, they certainly give their guests the five star treatment.

For a great rate use this link to book the Ocean Tower.

Here is the link to book the lower price Garden section.

Four of my favourite people

My brother Warren and his two beautiful daughters Elyssa & Laura plus my friend Bill Austin from Wiltshire in the U.K, we had just finished Sunday lunch at the Mantra and were feeling no pain at all. 🙂

Talking about the Mantra

Alaskan crab, Oysters from France washed down with cold sake. Sunday lunch lets you sample food from seven different kitchens.

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The fabulous Mantra restaurant, Amari hotel in Pattaya Thailand.

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View from the rooms at the front

How good is this view? Every morning you can watch the para-sailors buzzing around like mosquitoes.

Amari Hotel Beach Road Pattaya

The Dusit Hotel is in the foreground with Cape Dara hotel the tall modern building behind.

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The Amari executive club.

Garden section

Room prices are quite a bit lower in the Garden section but you still have full access to the beautiful grounds. They also have an excellent property at Koh Chang which is around 4 hours drive from Pattaya.

It is May 2017 & a huge renovation is underway, the Garden section is being totally demolished & a new tower will be constructed in its place. Tavern by the sea on Beach Rd will also be demolished.

The beautiful garden area

Amari Hotel Pattaya

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Tavern By the Sea

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Tropical storm smashes Pattaya

September 18, 2015 by David Herd

Beach Road

Tropical storm smashes Pattaya

Tropical storm smashes Pattaya, Vamco formed in the South China Sea on September 13, 2015 and went ashore in Vietnam a few days later. Although short-lived Vamco dropped very heavy rainfall over the mountainous terrain of central Vietnam and in Laos and eastern Thailand. It arrived in Pattaya on the 16th and caused an enormous amount of flooding and damage.

Opposite Soi 6

For months they have been working of a drainage system to clear the water that builds up on Beach Rd at Soi 6. You can see what Vamco did to this location. 🙂

New drainage system

The building project continues, whether it will do the job or not we will just have to wait and see.

Following day back to normal

It does not take these industrious Thai workers long to repair the damage and get back to normal.

The power of nature

These pavers have not been down for very long. 🙂

The thunder that accompanied the lightening was the loudest I have ever heard in my condo. It seemed to be exploding right above my building.

Here is a video from my balcony

Big electrical storm in Pattaya

A classic photo

7-Eleven staff are very dedicated people. I found this photo on a Thai Visa forum, it was attributed to this Twitter account, https://twitter.com/nuunut5555.

I hope the packaging is waterproof. 🙂

This is a very common sight in Pattaya after a storm.

Beach Road underwater

You just can’t build a drain or a gutter that can handle this volume of water.

The locals take it in their stride

As you can clearly see, these guys couldn’t car less about the flood waters. 🙂

Barge blown off mooring

Pattaya barge blown off mooring

Strong winds in Pattaya today blew one of the para-sailing barges off its mooring. It is now stuck on the sand 100 meters from the beach.

Long tail tub

Thailand is famous for it’s long tail boats, well he is a Long tail tub. 🙂

Is this a road or a river?

Busy streets turn into rivers.

Houston, we have a problem.

Hey buddy, you are going nowhere. 🙂

Grab him and bag him

The guys look very casual with this encounter.

Hmmm! I wonder what the problem is?

A spray of WD 40 is all it needs.

The solution is simple

A little water is not going to stop this guy. 🙂

No coffee tonight

There is an enormous amount of damage caused by these storms.

Roads turn into rivers

All hands on deck.

Towel or a Burka?

I think she is losing the battle to stay dry. 🙂

Back to the beach

repairing the beach in the wet season is a never ending job.

Tropical storm smashes Pattaya

The footpath has been undermine by the force of the storm water. I really don’t think there is any solution to this problem.

So much damage to the footpath when a Tropical storm smashes Pattaya

After last nights storm we have a beautiful sunny day.

Saturday September 19

The sunshine, boats and tourists a back, everything is normal again.

Fantastic light show is now just a memory

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September 12, 2015
by David Herd
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Royal Cliff Hotel

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Restaurants Bars Soi Lengkee

September 10, 2015 by David Herd

Retox bar Soi Lengkee

Restaurants Bars Soi Lengkee Pattaya

Restaurants Bars Soi Lengkee Pattaya has seen a couple of new venues open recently, Retox Bar & Steak & Co are two excellent venues. Soi Lengkee runs off Soi Buakhau and is almost adjacent to Soi LK Metro.

The photo shows bar owner Simon Peatfield on Opening night at Retox Bar July 11 2015

Lots of TV screens at Retox

A purpose built sports bars with loads of screens for the sports fans.

You will find Soi Lengkee if you cross over Soi Buakhao from Soi Diana travelling away from Pattaya Beach.

Hamish & I on opening night at Retox.

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Restaurants Bars Soi Lengkee Pattaya Sausages & chips

The sausages & gravy were good but the chips were soft & soggy.

Steak & Co

Until a few months ago this was a very good Chinese restaurant, now it’s a very good Steakhouse featuring Australian beef.

Rib Eye Aussie beef at Steak & Co

This was the first visit and my steak was outstanding, cooked to perfection, I gave it a 9 out of 10. The 2nd time I was there 2 weeks later in August 2015 it was not nearly as good, perhaps 7 out of 10.

Restaurants Bars Soi Lengkee Pattaya

Steak & Co

Nice warm atmosphere to enjoy a red wine while waiting for your steak to arrive. 🙂

Next door to Steak & Co

Soi Lenkee is improving all the time with lots of bars, restaurants & hotels.

Sutus Court Hotel

This is the Soi Lengkee entrance to another low cost hotel, Sutus court, the main entrance is almost next door to Witherspoons, in Soi Buakhao, great value currently at $22 per night.

Soi Lengkee Pattaya

Today bar on Soi Lengkee Pattaya sounds good to me.

Bite Me

Just around the corner in 3rd road is this interesting new restaurant. Lamb shank was only B399 and cooked perfectly.

Corner to the north of Soi Lengkee and Soi BuakHao

The kebabs are very good for B60. 🙂

Soi Diana

Cheap long term accommodation in Soi Diana just cross over Soi Buakhao and it’s just down on the left.

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

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Exciting Soi Buakhao Pattaya

September 9, 2015 by David Herd

Bright lights & markets

Exciting Soi Buakhao Pattaya

Exciting Soi Buakhao Pattaya is not just one of the main night life centres that is extremely popular with the locals. It also boasts of one of the cities best markets which opens Tuesdays & Fridays. Add to this a huge number of affordable restaurants, hotels & condos and you have one of the most exciting places in Pattaya to live or just to visit.

The market

Soi Buakhao is a two way street that connects Central Pattaya Road and South Pattaya Road, the market is only 50 meters from South Pattaya Road.

Coffee shop & bar at the market

Send the wife shopping while you sit here and enjoy a cold beer. 🙂

Great smile at Soi Buakhao market

In case you didn’t realise that is a frog kebab above. I guess you will be rushing to get one soon. 🙂

Interesting food at the markets.

Looks fairly spicy to me. 🙂

Thai staples

Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

Who could resist a frog kebab? 🙂

I could quite easily. 🙂

Witherspoons pub & restaurant

Typical Pattaya pub & restaurant with lots of TV screens and serving good cheap food.

There are many low cost hotels in this area, for a good rate use this link. I have several friends who stay at the Sutus court which is almost next door to Witherspoons, great value currently at $22 per night.

Mates Bar

Cosy little bar in Soi Buakhao, here Hamish Elton and Andrew enjoy a cold beer or two. Andrew with the tattoos is the new owner.

Cafe Pitini Soi Buakhao

This nice cafe is opposite mates bar, I think Andrew eats there 6 days a week. 🙂

Cafe Pitini breakfast

They serve a very good breakfast for around $4 usd and lucky for me have provide the Bangkok Post to read. 🙂

Exciting Soi Buakhao Pattaya

Some people may find it exciting to be nearly knocked over by a 183 centimetre LadyBoy walking along Soi Buakhao but not me. 🙂 Apologies for the blurred photo but I guess my hand was shaking a little out of fear of being accosted. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Location

Corner of Soi Buakhao & Soi Lengkee

My mistake I think this is one street north of Lenkee.

Pook Bar

Pook bar closed in mid 2014. It used to be located on Soi Buakhao in Pattaya, Thailand. In its day it was the largest and best known ladyboy bar in the city. The same owner has a Pook Bar in Soi 6.

Corner LK Metro and Soi Buakhao

One of the many go go bars in the area.

Cheap Charlies restaurant

One of the very good low price restaurants in busy Soi Buakhao. The Hungry Hippo is another one that is worth a visit.

Hungry Hippo,Their soup is excellent.

If I had to vote for the best value restaurant in Pattaya the Hungry Hippo would be number one.

So is their hamburger

Trust me, their prices are excellent.

Treetown

Diagonally across the road from Hungry Hippo, lots more food on offer here.

Exciting Soi Buakhao Pattaya, very good coffee here

Opposite the Sutis Court Hotel.

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Soi LK Metro Pattaya

September 7, 2015 by David Herd

LK Metro

Soi LK Metro Pattaya Party Street

Soi LK Metro Pattaya Party Street is a great alternative to Walking St, not as many tourists gawking at the girls plus lots of bars and restaurants to choose from. The name comes from the Leng-Kee family, one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Pattaya with properties and businesses all over the City.

Billabong in LK Metro

A popular LK Metro bar with low cost hotel rooms above.

Soi LK Metro Pattaya Billabong

My Australian friend Greg Johnstone used to own the Billabong, he sold it in 2014 and has taken up farming.

i-rovers

One of my favourite sports bars, lots of TV screens to watch Australian football. 🙂

Soi LK Metro Pattaya i-Rovers

Very cheap rooms here for around 500 Baht if you book through this link.

State of Origin 2017

Two QLD legends from the past Greg Cornescu and Wally Fullerton Smith dropped by yesterday for few coldies.

Champagne agogo LK Metro icon

Champagne has been in LK for many years, however these days there is a lot more competition.

The Office LK Metro

Soi LK Metro Pattaya Party Street

My brother Warren, Ray and Lenny at Billabong in 2011

Sadly our good friend Lenny passed away early 2016 after a short battle with cancer, RIP.

Greg Johnstone at Billabong in 2011.

I couldn’t resist including this great photo, as I said earlier Greg owned Billabong until 2014.

Soi LK Metro Pattaya bars

Some interesting names. 🙂

Kilkenny LK Metro

If I’m not watching sport in LK I like to have a drink at Kilkenny which is opposite Billabong & adjacent to i-rovers. A very good “people watching” spot.

View from Kilkenny

A good bar for watching the passing parade.

Drinks at Kilkenny

Gordon Shanks from New York and Jonathan Whiting from Brisbane.

Soi LK Metro Pattaya bar location

New hotel rooms for $17 per night

You are going to find this hard to believe but Retox have nice new hotel rooms in Soi Lenkee where you can stay for only $17 per night if you book through this link. $21 if you would like a nice balcony. 🙂

You will find Soi Lengkee if you cross over Soi Buakhao from Soi Diana travelling away from Pattaya Beach.

Corner LK Metro and Soi Buakhao

One of the many go go bars in the area.

Sabai Wing Soi 1 North Pattaya

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Favourite Pattaya restaurants

September 6, 2015 by David Herd

Big Fish, Siam @ Siam

Favourite Pattaya restaurants

Favourite Pattaya restaurants in no particular order, these are just the places I regularly visit for food, comfort, ambiance and value for money. Above is a Massaman curry lamb shank at Siam @ Siam hotel, absolutely delicious.

Patrick’s Belgium restaurant

Patricks has a terrific menu and great food. I really love their Oxtail soup. Very good Australian steaks with waffles & ice cream to finish. This really is one of the best Pattaya restaurants

Favourite Pattaya restaurants for a birthday at Patrick’s

Hamish turns 46 on July 21st 2015 and we celebrate at Patrick’s with Greg Clee.

The Mantra one of my Favourite Pattaya restaurants

Sunday lunch here at The Mantra is one of the world’s great dining experiences. Alaskan crab, oysters from France Australian beef etc etc, just go there. There is food from seven different kitchens and the service and décor is 2nd to none. Certainly one of my Favourite Pattaya restaurants.

All washed down with cold Japanese sake.

I could eat a plate like this every day. 🙂

Sadly in February 2019 the Amari Hotel management made a ridiculous decision to permanently close the wonderful restaurant.

Take a look at our final feast HERE.

Siamese Cuisine

Excellent Australian steak at reasonable prices. Out of all the North Pattaya restaurants this is probably my favourite. The lobster soup is a must, the two other places who also do a great lobster bisque are the upmarket Mata Hari and the budget restaurant at the Avenue called Pizza Pizza.

Louis Noll, the owner of Mata Hari sadly passed away in February 2022, RIP my friend.

Lovely Benjamina

This night we had excellent Thai food at Siamese Cuisine, I guess it helps when a local orders.

Holiday Inn pizza

Special price on Tuesday night only 279 Baht or $8.50 usd. Order wine before 7 pm and get 2 for 1.

Boscaiola at Bella Italia in 2nd Rd near Alcazar.

Very good food & great value.

Another of my Favourite Pattaya restaurants is Mata Hari.

Mata Hari is a very stylish upmarket restaurant serving excellent European & Thai cuisine. A very popular spot for the locals, impeccable service, great food & upmarket décor, yet reasonably priced all things considered. I would certainly rate it in the top 6 restaurants in Pattaya. Louis is your friendly host & his wife Jacky the terrific chef, check out the website here. Mata Hari certainly is one of the best Pattaya restaurants.

Hachiban Ramen

Hachiban Ramen, the Gyoza & Teriyaki chicken is to die for, only 153 Baht for the two, priceless.

There is another branch on the ground floor of Tukcom at the rear.

Leckerle in Soi 33 Naklua

Located about 200 meters from the Dolphin roundabout. Very good low cost German food, always busy.

The food here is terrific.

Pea soup is excellent (B90) as are the meatballs & potato salad. (B150).

Hilton Sunday Buffet B1,500

An exceptional feast.

A favourite photo of one of the Hilton Chefs.

Make sure you book as it’s very popular.

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Pattaya Fish Market Naklua Road

September 4, 2015 by David Herd

A great place to buy fresh seafood.

Pattaya Fish Market Naklua Road

Pattaya Fish Market Naklua Road is located in Naklua about 5 kms from central Pattaya. Just jump on a Baht bus & you are there in 10 minutes for 10 Baht or 70 cents.

Very fresh

Many products are still alive & kicking, they will kill & clean the fish for you then pack them in ice so you can take them home to cook.

Alive and Kicking

Here is my friend Pothole choosing dinner.

Clams, mussels and prawns.

A great choice at the Pattaya Fish Market.

These guys will cook for you

Choose you lunch and they will cook it for you.

Live lobsters

Rather expensive as you can see.

How about a Baby shark?

They even look dangerous when they a small. 🙂

Fresh vegetables as well

A good selection at reasonable prices.

Cleaning the fish

Choose from the live tank and they will scale and clean them for you.

Anyone for catfish?

The variety is incredible, anything you desire is here.

Man at work

A very interesting place to spend an hour or so.

A mountain of mussels

Seeing all these mussels reminded me of when I was in Brussels last year, the Belgians are absolutely crazy about them, check out my blog called Beer, Fries & Mussels.

Pattaya Fish Market

It real is worth a visit, get something cooked and eat in the adjacent park.

Adjacent to the market

Enjoy the view from the walkway beside the gulf.

Lamchabang port in the distance

Laem Chabang is a large commercial port with not much else in the area. The large cruise ships stop here and they can buy souvenirs and get a massage at the cruise terminal, there is also a shopping centre. Smaller ships may head up the Chao Phraya River and dock at Khlong Toei Port relatively close to Bangkok’s city centre.

Low tide

High and dry at low tide at Pattaya Fish Market.

Low tide at Naklua

Those blocks of condos have all sprung up in the last 2 years. This view is from beside the fish market. Out of picture to the right is the Sanctuary of Truth.

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Pattaya Fish Market Naklua Road

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