The "Dark Side" Eateries

[Gaybutton]

The east side of Sukhumvit Highway is known to the locals as the "Dark Side." I've never posted about the restaurants out there because I know most of you will never get there. After all, within Pattaya City there are plenty of wonderful restaurants and you would have to stay in Pattaya for months before being able to try them all.

 

However, they're not the only restaurants. There are plenty of wonderful restaurants out on the "Dark Side" too and perhaps you might like to get out there some time for a change of pace. Several of these restaurants border the Lake Mabprachan reservoir. You would have to go out Soi Siam Country Club to get to those.

 

If you are heading south on Sukhumvit Highway, Soi Siam Country Club can be a little difficult to find if you're not familiar with the area. About 1/4 mile before you get as far as Central Road (Pattaya Klang), from North Road (Pattaya Nua), there is a Bangkok Bank branch on Sukhumvit Highway. The trouble is, you have to make the left turn onto Soi Siam Country Club just before you get as far as the bank. However, if you miss the turn, just enter the soi that enters the bank's parking lot. You won't miss that one. Follow it past the bank and you'll find yourself in the parking lot for a small Lotus store. Go to the end of the parking lot, turn left, and the soi dead ahead is Soi Siam Country Club. Turn right on that soi and go on out to the lake.

 

Continuing past the bank, still on Sukhumvit Highway, but just before you get to Central Road, is Soi Neurnplabwan (that means 'sweet plum,' but I have yet to ever find a plum tree on that soi). Some of the restaurants are located on that soi.

 

Continuing south, after Central Road, the next left you'll come to is Soi Khaonoi. Some of the restaurants are located on that soi.

 

Continuing south, the next major intersection, left turn, is Soi Khaotolo and several of the restaurants are out there. If you are coming from Tepprasit Road, you turn left onto Sukhumvit Highway and then make an immediate right. That's Soi Khaotolo.

 

If you click on the link below, you're going to find 19 pages of posts about these restaurants on the Thai Visa web site. 19 pages, and that's just so far! Start with the 19th page and work backwards. The last page is the most recent.

 

I live on the "Dark Side" and have been to a few of these restaurants. Actually, I haven't been to very many because everybody lives in the city, so when I go out with friends, we usually go somewhere in the city. But some out my way are so good, I think I'll be eating in the city a lot less often. Two "musts" if you decide to go to any of these restaurants, are the Sure Park Steakhouse and Ann's Garden. You don't want to miss either of them. They're inexpensive too. I doubt that you'll spend more than 250 to 400 baht for dinner unless you are ordering drinks or wine.

 

If anyone wants to join me at any of these restaurants, all you need to do is contact me.

 

Ok, here's the link. Get set to spend some time reading:

 

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Dark-Side-t172786.html

[Gaybutton]

I just discovered that the Sure Park restaurant has an online menu, photos, etc. Here's the link:

 

http://www.sureparkpattaya.com/menu1.html

[Guest lester1]

Travelling south on Sukhumvit, throw a left just as you come up to the Pattaya Klang lights, travel along until you hit the railway tracks, on the right is a Thai restaurant called Mayla (probably spelt wrong). Great value and a great place to take a group of Thais for a treat. Big dining area, mostly deserted by about 10-00pm, lots of attentive waitresses.

 

[Gaybutton]

Travelling south on Sukhumvit, throw a left just as you come up to the Pattaya Klang lights, travel along until you hit the railway tracks, on the right is a Thai restaurant called Mayla (probably spelt wrong).

 

I think you are talking about the Maela Seafood Restaurant. That's actually on Soi Siam Country Club. That restaurant is also listed in the Door-2-Door menu.

[Guest Astrrro]

Are there regular running baht busses from the City to the Dark Side?

[Gaybutton]

Are there regular running baht busses from the City to the Dark Side?

 

The baht buses can get you as far as Central Road (Pattaya Klang) and Sukhumvit Highway. From there, you're going to have to use a motorcycle taxi.

 

You can also contact me. If you want to eat with me, I'll be glad to meet you somewhere along Central Road, or I'll even come and get you where you're staying if you don't mind chipping in a little bit for gas. Not that I'm a cheapskate (some would disagree with that), but gas is awfully expensive these days and I would have to drive from where I live all the way into the city to get you, then drive all the way back out here again, and after dinner I'd have to drive all the way back into the city a second time, and then all the way back out here to go home.

 

In other words, folks, I don't usually ask for contributions to the fuel fund, but at these prices and the number of people who ask for rides, since I'm one of the few farang who has a car and is also willing to take people where they want to go, I'm all through being a free chauffeur. It's just too expensive anymore.