Good Thai Restaurants

mikey · Novice Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 8 Location: scotland

I am going to Hua Hin for the first time and love GOOD Thai Food.

Can you recommend me your favourite Thai restaurant at a moderate cost ....and also a more expensive one for a romantic meal with my wife.

Any where we could drink and dance after the meal???
Razz

Cheers Mikey

lomuamart · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:11 am Post subject:

Hey, needless to say you're spoilt for choice over here!! From really good, cheap fare at the night market to 5 star stuff.
Everyone'll have their own favorites, but for me one of them would always be The Chaolay (sic). Goes out on stilts over the sea and does really good fish and seafood, together with other Thai dishes. Try to get there around 6pm and you'll have the best chance of getting a table right at the end of the restaurant, so as far out to sea as it goes. Weekends always busy.
You could do worse than try The Sofitel for ambience and romance. In my view, the best hotel in town and it regularly does special offers on set meals and buffets which makes it value for money.
You'll not be short of places to drink and dance the night away afterwards.
Oh yes, there's a Burger King in town as well for those special moments Cheers

Dangerous · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject:

Hi Mikey,

You can’t get better then Chaolays for fish and I have a soft spot for Jasmines Thai Green chicken curry. thumbs up

That said, you'll enjoy the food anywhere Cheers

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mikey · Novice Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 8 Location: scotland

Hi lomuamart,
Thanks for the reply. Any suggestions about good places to drink and dance the night away after dinner? We are both in our late 40's! but enjoy good music.
(What is good music? For us U2, Coldplay, blues anything but RAP)

In Koh Samui we used to love having lunch at a quiet beach bar which played Jack Johnson music which really suited the easy lifestyle and gentle surf, I hope we also find a good lunch beach bar in Hua Hin.
Look forward to hearing your local knowledge. Smile

There's nothing more annoying than finding the great places on the last night of your holiday!
Mikey. Crying or Very sad

chelsea · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:04 am Post subject:

Very interested in everyones comments on this matter, as I will be arriving with my partner next week for our 1st vist to Hua Hin.

I have been looking around at the eating places around town and wonder is anyone has any comments on the Rua Rimtarn Restaurant Khao Takiab Beach.

I know that is away from town, but have seen the pictures on their website and looks a really intersting place to eat. I realise that it will be a bit on the expensive side, but would be a great place for a special dinner while we are there.

Have been to Thailand for the last 3 years, Krabi and Ko Lanta the 1st year and last year had 2 weeks in Phuket. Have had a blast for both of our other visits and look forward to much of the same this year.

Lastly I would like to thank all of the contributors to the HHAD, as I have been found both the info and postings on the site very helpful with the planning of my holiday.
I have printed from your site, the most important piece of info that I will be needing for my trip (the Hua Hin NIghtlife Map). No one should leave home without it

Steve

lomuamart · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:37 am Post subject:

Chelsea,
Havn't been to Rua Rimtarn - where's Khao Takieb? Wink

Someone else will probably be better able to answer that question.

Mikey,
You're welcome.
Quite a few bars in town have computer jukeboxes, so if you follow your ears you'll probably discover the style of music you're looking for. As Chelsea says, go armed with a street map and take some advice from the bar rating system on this web site. Everything's pretty much packed into a small area of town - there are exceptions, geographically - but it's easy to find what you want.
You can dance the night away at The Hilton, but I doubt you'd enjoy the music, or prices.

chelsea · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject:

Sorry lads, you will have to excuse my spelling. It is at Khao Takiab on the beach.
Apparantly there is a fishing boat parked on the beach and the eatery is on the boat. Here is the web address if you are interested
http://www.rua-rimtarn-restaurant.8k.com

Is suppoosed to be about 5/6ks from town, Were going to be stayiing down that way, but changed and decided to stay nearer town.
Steve

ricardo · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:

Rua Rimtarn is probably my favourite sea food restaurant in the area.

Located just behind Khao Takiab - the restaurant has a view of Takieb "mountain".

Not expensive at all - similar prices to the sea food restaurants on stilts in Hua Hin. Well worth a drive out there.

Oysters are particularly good.

chelsea · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:

Thanks Ricardo, will have to make sure that I pay it a visit
Steve

chelsea · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:47 am Post subject:

Just to let everyone know, went and had a meal at the Rua Rimtarn Restaurant Khao Takiab Beach, and is well worth a vist

Food was great, setting is fantastic, service was excellent and was very reasonably priced.

Also went to the Lets Sea bar that is not far from the Hyatt and is set on the front of the beach.
Very relaxing place to eat and drink, food was very reasonably priced, drinks were a bit on the pricey side (110baht for a small heinekin) but looking at the location is understandable.

We did find a lot of Thai food in HH to be a bit on the non spicy side, but on our last night I did manage to coax my girlfriend to eat at one of the local street cafes (On the LH side at the top of the street that has the Swedish Bar and the London Lounge in it).

We ate at a place called Bam Bam's (from memory) and had the best Thai meal that we had all of our time in HH.
Had a huge bowl of Tom Yung Ghai soup and some rather large prawns and was just what we had been looking for.

I had been trying to entice my girlfriend to eat at one of these places all of the time we were in HH, and after that, had to admit that she had wished she had taken my advice earlier in out time there.

Just to finish, all of the meals that we had in HH were of a very good quality, just bear in mind, if you like spicy Thai food and eat in some of the touristy places, just ask them to make it spicy for you as they are more than happy to do that for you Cheers

lomuamart · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

Good advice Chelsea,
Ask for your food "Thai style" and you've got a much better chance of getting the authentic thing. Also, try the condiments -ie fish sauce with chilli, or the powered dried chilli that are placed on almost every table. That'll spice things up.
I've found this approach to "Thai style" also works in England - and I'm sure other parts of the world - when eating in a Thai restaurant.
Beware, that if you're married to a Thai, as I now am, and you're given some "authentic" Lao food, I'll guarantee it'll blow the top of your head off. You have been warned!! Wink

chelsea · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject:

Hi lomuamart
I was in the London Lounge talking to one of the girls that works there and she advised me much the same as you have just done.
She also explained that even the spicy Thai food on sale here was nowhere near as hot what she and her family cook at home.

I did experience some very hot Thai Style food in Koh Lanta 3 years ago. We stayed in a place on the beach about 25 mins south of the Koh Lanta port.
It was run by an Aussie guy who had a Thai wife and family.

Being very fond of Thai Beef Salad and any type of Larb dish, I had one for my lunch on the day that I arrived and without a doubt, it was the hottest kind of meal that I have ever had (was very tasty but oh so hot).

After a couple more trys at them, my system had got used to them and enjoyed the local style food that they cooked there most days.

Was just another good excuse for another Singa to cool me down.
Steve

Cheers

Heebio · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject:

Chelsea,

All the small Thai places next to the temple are excellent - and if you know what you're asking for they can knock up just about anything, and as spicy as you can handle. Bam Bam's is one of the best.

Three essential Thai words everyone should know.....phet nit noi. Could save your life!
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cockneyrebel · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:27 am Post subject: Bam Bam's

Hi Chelsea, could the name of the restaurant you enjoyed so much be Nam Nam (Up To You?) on Poolsuk Road, opposite Willy's Station? It's tastefully decorated, and has nice tables and good chairs. She even sells decent French wine too!!

Nam runs it, she speaks excellent English and is very friendly and chatty, and the meals are delicious and inexpensive too. I've spent many a happy hour in there, often after a hard night down the Soi!!!
Cheers

chelsea · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:53 am Post subject:

Could well be, had had a few singa's by this time and probably had a touch of blurred vision.

You are correct, the owner was very chatty, had very good english and you could choose whatever you wanted from their fresh seefood section.

It was probaby the most reasonably priced meal we had while in HH and as I had said previously, the most authentic thai meal that we had while we were there.

There was also what seemed to be a lot of local exapts eating there in the time that we spent there.

Will definitley make it a regualr stop on any return visits that we make to HH.

Steve
Cheers