Announcements
The Consular Section of the American
Embassy in Bangkok will be visiting Pattaya on
Friday, May 25. Staff will be available to provide consular services
from 8:00am to 12:00pm at the Dusit Resort on Beach Road. For full
details of the visit, including what services will, and will not be provided,
please consult the American Citizen Services page of the Embassy’s web site
at http://bangkok. usembassy.gov/index.htm. If you have any questions, please
e-mail: [email protected] or call the American Citizen Services Unit at:
02-205-4049.
Clubs
The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats
Club (PCEC) will be on Sunday, May 13. The Club meets every Sunday morning
at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant on the north end of Beach Road in the grounds
of the Amari Orchid Resort. The program starts as usual at 10:30 A.M. with a
buffet breakfast available from 9:30 to 11 A.M. Everyone is warmly welcome.
Each week, a guest speaker will provide an informal but interesting talk on a
wide range of topics.. This will be followed by the lively Open Forum and
update on happenings in and around Pattaya. A full report appears each week in
Pattaya Mail. For more information about the Sunday meeting and the other
weekday activities of the PCEC, see the Club’s website at
www.pattayacityexpatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied
activities to which everyone is welcome.
The Pattaya International Ladies Club May Coffee Morning
will be held on Tuesday, May 15th from 10.30am at Casa Pascal, 2nd Road
(opp. Marriott Hotel) Tel. 038 723 660: Members and guests, ladies of all
nationalities welcome. No reservation necessary
The Dutch Expat Club meets every last Thursday of
the month at Chateau Dale on Thappraya Road at 6pm. For full details please
check out the website at www.nederland severenigingpattaya.org or Email
[email protected]. New members are always welcome.
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Pattaya: The
Pattaya Group meets Monday & Thursday at noon; Monday, Tuesday &
Friday at 5pm and Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 7:30pm at the
Satree Pattana Center, Soi Skaw Beach (2nd Rd): Contact Jim on 087 927 0437.
The Good Morning Pattaya Group meets every morning 9am at the Highlander Guest
House, Soi Skaw Beach: Contact Mike 081 741 3166. The Jomtien Group meets
everyday at noon at Jomtien Long Stay Hotel: Contact: Jerry 086 141 7748.
Pattaya Ex Servicemen’s Club (soon to be The Royal
British Legion Pattaya Branch): Anyone interested or who wishes to join the
club please call in to Tropical Bert’s, 2nd road Opp Bangkok Bank next to
Soi 6/1 or phone Bert on 089 8072335.
The Charity Club of Pattaya meets most Sundays at
the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6. Contact Malcolm on 09 7441040 or Christina on
095 454 185; [email protected]
Dining
Come enjoy Casa Pascal Restaurant’s
gourmet set menu: Entrees: Mozzarella cheese and Serrano ham with truffle
mousse and Capsicum Tatar, Crystal Prawn and Mornay Oyster or Mint
Sherbet; Main Course: Pan –fried Barracuda on white Asparagus
with Basil and Pine Nuts Butter Sauce or Roasted Beef Tenderloin in Potato
and Zucchini Crust on Shallots Confit and Port Wine Sauce; Dessert:
Semi frozen Raspberry Pudding with Kahlua Zabayone or Selection of premium
French cheese. Open Daily 11:00~23:00 / Sunday Brunch Buffet : Every
Sundays 10:00~15:00 Pattaya 2nd
Road in front of Ruen Thai Restaurant. For reservation (038) 723 660, fax
(038) 723 659, e-mail: [email protected]. For more information: www.
restaurant-pattaya.com
Mantra Restaurant & Bar presents
‘Oysters in May’. Versatility is the buzzword for these fruits off the sea
as Mantra’s Super-chef Supachai runs circles around you with his
awe-inspiring creations and food designs. There’s a whole oasis of oysters
to be devoured so head to Mantra this May and stock up on some mineral
goodness and get in the mood. Mantra Restaurant & Bar is located on Beach
Road, North Pattaya, next to the Amari Resort & Tower. For further details
call 038 429 591 or send an email to [email protected].
Amor Restaurant celebrating 13 years
of service to the Pattaya community is tempting customers with a wide
selection of mango dishes, both sweet and savory for the mango season. For
main courses Amor is offering; West Indies pork fillet, chicken breasts,
prawns or salmon in a scrumptious light curry sauce made with rum, fresh
mango, banana, raisins, cashew nuts, coconut cream and yoghurt served with
vegetables and potatoes or rice. Also mango pork fillet or chicken breasts,
made with Thai whiskey, fresh mango and coconut cream. For dessert there is
fresh mango cheesecake and mango shortcake, mango with yoghurt and Chiang Mai
honey, crazy mango sundae and lots more. Amor also offers sugar free desserts,
currently available, sugar free fruit pie, as well as, sugar free vanilla ice
cream and forest berries sorbet. Amor Restaurant, 244/15 Pattayaland 3, South
Pattaya: Tel. 038-710-680 or 081-945-5396.
Fine dining at the Dusit Resort, Pattaya:
In the Peak Restaurant our Chinese chef prepares a delightful selection
of Imperial Chinese BBQ Dishes. Finish off your meal with our sinful dessert
Mashed taro with sticky rice and strawberry. The Peak is open every day for a
la carte dining, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm for lunch and 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm for
dinner. In The Bay Restaurant our Wednesday Italian Night will be even
better with a new selection of dishes introduced in the buffet line. Every
Wednesday night, The Bay gives a taste of Italy with a buffet selection of
assorted antipasti, salads, hot specialities and traditional items such as
pizza, pasta and famous desserts – altogether so memorably Italian:
Wednesday night, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Baht 676++ per person and half price
for children 5-12. Saturday Night BBQ Buffet: This famous weekend
family buffet is an all-out, lavish affair of assorted meat and seafood dishes
to go on the grill, international food selection, carving stations, along with
other dishes to satisfy the heartiest of appetites: 7pm - 10pm, 1,070++ baht
per person and half price for children 5-12 years. For reservations please
call 0 3842 5611-7 ext. 2270.
The Paradise Restaurant on 2nd road
opposite the Marriott Resort and Royal Garden Shopping Plaza offers a special
Swiss Food Promotion featuring dishes such as pork Fillet with Swiss cheese,
Meatloaf, chicken on cream sauce with Asparagus, Paprika Goulash, Fish fillet
in Beer batter, and Crepes with Vanilla Ice and hot Raspberry sauce. Open
daily from 2pm to 10pm.This Swiss promotion is also available at the second
location, namely the Paradise Garden Restaurant at the Swiss Paradise Resort
on Naklua road Soi 16/2. Open daily from 1pm to 10pm. For information please
call 089 930 5888.
Come on over to the Ace Café at
Hanuman Corner in Jomtien. They have a couple of well placed TV
screens, surround sound, the best fresh ground coffee in the area and a
terrific breeze blowing through! Dont forget folks we have world class MotoGP
and Formula 1 racing almost every Sunday for the next SIX months! Come along,
bring the family, meet some new friends and enjoy a social Sunday with all the
thrills and spills of the track. For more information call 089 990 9342.
Discover the Origins of "Asian Tapas" at Latitude,
Sheraton Pattaya Resort: Executive Chef Matthew Woolford has introduced
his special Asian tapas menu which is made up of tasting portions of various
Asian favourites. Discover items such as grilled wagyu beef strips with cashew
nut satay, scallop and nashi pear tempura and slow cooked salmon with cabbage
kim chi or you can try the tasting bento box with features a selection of
dishes perfect to compliment a glass of wine or cocktail, relax and let your
senses unwind. Available Monday to Saturday from 6-10:30 p.m. For more
information or reservations, please call 038 259 888.
Jameson’s Irish Pub has introduced a new Wednesday
three-course ‘Quick Service’ special for 185 baht: Home made soup, mixed
salad, or mussels ‘vinai’ (cooked in their shells with butter, garlic
& herbs). Steak and mushroom pie (cooked in a beer sauce) with crisp
french-fries followed by dessert - a choice of two items, depending upon the
chef’s mood! This new three-course Wednesday special is served from 12 noon
till 11pm. Other daily specials include on Monday: Fillet steak special 175
baht; Tuesday: Breast of poached chicken with white wine sauce 175 baht;
Thursdays is kebab special night 175 baht; Friday is fish and chips 165 baht.
All the specials are served with starter & dessert (except on Thursday).
Start from 12.00 noon until 11.00 p.m. As always Jameson’s serves it’s all
day and night carvery at the weekends, as much as you can eat for 350 baht.
Cider on draft is back as well as bottled Newcastle Brown Ale. Jameson’s
Irish Pub, 80/164 Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR), Pattaya, Tel. 038-361-873-4, email
info@ jamesons-pattaya.com
Oliver Twists Old English Pub, Central Road (opp.
Nova Lodge Hotel), invites you to dine with us: Monday: Homemade steak and ale
pie, mashed potatoes and vegetables only 150bt; Tuesday: Steak night, prime
rump steak 10oz. 250bt; Wednesday: Ladies night; Thursday: Pint and a curry.
Choose from our excellent selection of draught lager and ale; Friday:
Traditional Friday night favourite! Battered cod, chips and peas. 175bt;
Saturday: Free! International style buffet served between 2pm and 6pm. Sunday:
Where else to eat an English Sunday roast! Choice of beef, pork or chicken:
250bt, Entertainment Tuesday and Sunday evening with Rose. For further
information please contact Oliver Twist Bar on 038 429 262 or Louise on 086
909 9202.
Enjoy Benihana Sunday Brunch at Pattaya Marriott
Resort & Spa. Benihana is the perfect place for gathering family
members and friends for Sunday brunch in Pattaya. Have a really long and lazy
lunch with fantastic food and all the enjoyment of watching juggling joking
chefs at work cooking just for you at your Teppanyaki table with great jazz
songs performed by resident band. The price is just only 1,100++ baht per
person inclusive of soft drinks, cocktails and wines. Benihana restaurant is
located on the second floor of Royal Garden Plaza Pattaya, opens daily for
lunch from 12 noon - 2 p.m., dinner from 5-10 p.m. and Sunday brunch from 11
a.m. - 2 p.m. For more information and reservations, call 038 412 120 ext.
1395.
Patrick’s Belgian Restaurant presents: Monday:
"Osso Bucco" with mashed potatoes. Tuesday: Australian lamb
chops (400g) with béarnaise-and mint sauce, veggies and fries. Wednesday:
Mixed grill (chicken, pork and steak filet) with a brandy pepper sauce, fried
potatoes and veggies. Thursday: "Ostrich" filet steak,
"Archiduc" veggies and potato croquets. Friday: Moules-Frites
(Mussels Belgian Style). Saturday: "Cocq au Vin" (chicken
casserole) with fries or potato croquets: For reservation call Patrick 081 687
2410 or e-mail [email protected]
Café New Orleans, a culinary landmark for over 9
years on eclectic Pattayaland Soi 2, has expanded its Fiesta Filipina menu
and added an Additional Special Menu including imported black
Angus tenderloin steak, succulent lamb tenderloin, scallops, assorted dinner
crepes and chocolate soufflé for dessert. You can order anything from its
famous rack of baby back ribs and imported steaks to special gourmet entrées,
side dishes and deserts. Chefs coming from some of the top restaurants in
Manila prepare delicious Filipino dishes to suit all tastes. For more
information or to make a reservation call 038 710 805, fax 038 710 784.
Mercure Hotel Pattaya presents P&P all
you can eat pasta and pizza at the Cappuccino Terrace every Wednesday night.
Soi 15, 2nd Road, South Pattaya:
For more details call 038 425 050.
The World of Sport Restaurant in Naklua serves
delicious English, European, Mexican and Thai food: 200 menu items to choose
from in Pattaya’s theatre of sports - with 3 huge projection screens.
Located on Naklua Road (opposite Woodlands Resort), 2mins from Dolphin
roundabout. Tel. 038 416 670-1 (open 24hrs).
The Queen Victoria Inn’s Sundays just get better
and better! Not only can you tuck into the Sunday Carvery, 3 courses for 320
baht, but you can also be entertained by The Copy Cats band live from 1 p.m. -
6 p.m. Come and have a great Sunday at the Queen Victoria Inn Soi 6, tel. 038
425 418.
Shenanigans Irish Pub nightly specials: 12 noon - 11
p.m. Monday Spaghetti Night (160 baht); Tuesday Chop Night (150 baht);
Wednesday Steak Night (195 baht); Thursday Curry Night 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. (250
baht); Friday Schnitzel Night (195 baht) 12 noon - 11 p.m.; Saturday Carvery
(395 baht) 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.; Sunday Carvery (395 baht) 12 noon - 11 p.m.: The
famous Shenanigans Carvery, a choice of 6 different joints, 9 vegetables &
potatoes, prawn salad & home made soup, as much as you can eat.
Shenanigans the Irish Pub 218/2-4 Moo 10, Royal Garden Resort, Pattaya 2nd
Road: Email: [email protected], Phone: 038 710 641, www.
shenanigans-pattaya.com
For great tasting Thai food pop along to the Salt and
Pepper Restaurant next door to the Flamingo Hotel behind Tuk-Com City on
South Pattaya Road (opens Mondays to Saturday from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m.). You
will see a new exhibition by Pattaya Mail’s cartoonist M.J.B. which
you can buy (every baht goes to the Pattaya Orphanage), plus each person who
eats a meal and tells the management they have read about this restaurant in
the Pattaya Mail can pick up one cheeky cartoon postcard FREE of
charge.
Theme Buffet Evenings at the Montien
Hotel, Pattaya: Tuesdays - Verandah Coffee Shop, Reef & Beef
international BBQ buffet dinner, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 695++ baht /
children 375++ baht. Wednesdays - La Mer Restaurant, Mediterranean buffet
dinner 6.30 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 595++ baht / children 325++ baht. Friday -
Verandah Coffee Shop, BBQ & seafood buffet dinner 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults
695++ baht / children 375++ baht. Saturday - Verandah Coffee Shop,
international buffet dinner 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., adults 595++ baht / children
325++ baht. Bring your family and friends. Sit back, relax and enjoy. For
reservations please call 038-428155 ext 1620, 1621, e-mail [email protected]
Sunday at Tropical Bert’s - ‘Horses for courses’
is how the saying goes and you get 3 of them along with 3 choices! Home made
soup, your choice of beef, pork or ham along with all the bits and pieces,
home made desert, all for only 250 baht. During the week there is bubble and
squeak with roast beef on Monday, your choice of meat pie on Tues, midweek
roast on Wed, home baked ham on Thurs, cod and chips Fri and an all round
favourite on Sat, Bert’s cottage pie, all at great prices. Tropical Bert’s,
2nd Rd., Soi Yodsak/1, Opp Bangkok Bank, tel. 09 8072335.
Eat to the Beat at Starz Diner, Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya
continues to satisfy choosy diners with the freshest seafood cooked to your
liking, international specialities, Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya’s award-winning
dishes with free-flow of wines, beer and soft drinks. A whole spit-roasted pig
is available every Saturday in addition to the wide selection of sumptuous
dishes on the buffet. Eat to the Beat is available Sunday to Friday from 6:30
to 9 p.m. at 620++ baht per person and on Saturdays from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at
720++ baht per person.
The Kilkenny Irish Pub and Restaurant is situated in
the heart of Pattaya’s vibrant nightlife on Walking Street. Kilkenny’s new
menu features weekend roasts and new daily specials such as Monday curry
night. Kilkenny’s home made meat pies are proving very popular at just 79
baht as is Kilkenny’s pub breakfast, only 99 baht before 2 p.m. Kilkenny’s
Ocean View terrace is ideal for private functions or for a quiet drink and
meal. Home to Pattaya’s longest happy hours, Kilkenny’s has great cheap
drink specials every day. For locals, even better savings are available by
applying for Kilkenny’s privilege card. Contact via www.
kilkennypubpattaya.com
Entertainment
Aisawan Resort & Spa, Pattaya
presents a "Wine Buffet" promotion. Enjoy a selection of 3 white
wines and 3 red wines from South Africa. Come and enjoy every day from 7-10
p.m. Drink a limitless amount for only 800 ++ baht per person including cheese
plate. This promotion is available now at Bay Leaf Restaurant, Aisawan Resort
& Spa. Tel. 038 411 940-8.
Oliver Twist Ladies Night: Louise
(O.T.’s expat manageress) offers the fairer sex a haven from Pattaya’s
sports lounges and go-go bars! Every Wednesday is Ladies Night, complete with
special cocktail promotions. Meet with friends and colleagues in a relaxed,
friendly atmosphere: Oliver Twists Old English Pub, Central Road (opp. Nova
Lodge Hotel). For further information please contact Oliver Twist Bar on 038
429 262 or Louise on 086 909 9202.
Events
Tony’s Combat Rock Birthday Party
at Lennie’s located on Soi Diamond, Friday, May 11 from 8pm. This event will
feature the *World’s Largest Hamburger* as certified by Guinness Worlds
Records which was ordered for the party as well as other food from the Famous
Bob’s BBQ & Grill. Everyone is invited to come along and join the fun.
Art Exhibitions at Gallery Opium: "A Propos
2550" is about a casual bringing together of two artists in 2007 -
Pat Savage and Victoire Meyer. The exhibition opens on May 5 and runs till May
26. Venue: Gallery Opium, 315/26 Thepprasit Road M12, Banglamung, Pattaya
City, Chonburi 20150, Thailand. Other featured artists also on display at the
Sheraton Pattaya, 437 Pratumnak Road, Tel. 038 259 888 Pathira Nakngam Riley,
Marketing Communications Manager
The Pattaya Pillow Fight Championships in aid of the
Sawang Boriboon Foundation are taking place at The World of Sport
Restaurant in Naklua. This charity event will take place with two semi
finals on Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd May with the grand final on Friday 25th
May. The contest is open to ladies only, entry per person is 200b with all the
proceeds going towards this very worthy cause. The prize money at stake is
5,000 baht. So come along and join in the fun or simply cheer on your
favourite lady! Further details and entry forms please tel.
08-71410309 or 038-416670/1 or 08-92496138.
Promotions
Door 2 Door is
once again offering a special double promotion from Queen Victoria Inn, Soi 6,
South Pattaya Road, receive free Deep Fried Mushrooms with all food orders
over 500 Baht plus receive a 10% discount from Continental Restaurant,
315/158, Thappraya Road. To receive your free Door 2 Door Menu (2007 Edition)
just simply call 038 720 222 & one of their friendly drivers will deliver
a copy to you. Or visit them on www.door2doorpattaya.com
Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya Party Pack -
Fab Four! - Choose four dishes from Hard Rock’s six-pack offering. Party
pack includes 1 jug of Singha beer and 1 jug of soft drink plus 1 classic Hard
Rock Cafe Pattaya tee shirt and a complimentary photo at only THB 1,600 net.
For more information & reservations please call 038 426 635.
The Moon River Pub continues their
draft beer promotion. For every liter of draft beer ordered, receive one stamp
in your "Beer Card". Collect nine stamps and get one liter of beer
free. In front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.
The Kilkenny privilege card has
arrived for the local punter. The cardholder will be entitled to Guinness
& Kilkenny Pints 165b & local bottled beer 79b all day every day. Sign
up by emailing Stewart at Kilkenny’s website www.kilkennypubpattaya.com or
drop into Kilkenny’s on Walking Street. |