Lunch buffet at Centara Hotel

[BobHelm]

Yes lunchtime Val.
The various 'days & styles' is advertised inside the restaurant on a small card on the table - in Thai & English.
No mention of the price on the card though

The wine deal is not advertised at all, as far as I could see, but is something that they do.
It is not cheap though, with a reasonable tip we got no change from a 1,000 baht note each,
However the wine was certainly not junk & the red was a choice of Merlot (my personal favourite) & Cabernet Sauvignon with two choices of white - but I was not interested in them..
The waitresses are lightening quick at refilling the glass as well.
Starts at 11.30 & ends at 14:30 - but they do not throw you out at that time, just stop serving the wine & clear all the food away.

[martynsnowman]

Yes lunchtime Val.
The various 'days & styles' is advertised inside the restaurant on a small card on the table - in Thai & English.
No mention of the price on the card though

The wine deal is not advertised at all, as far as I could see, but is something that they do.
It is not cheap though, with a reasonable tip we got no change from a 1,000 baht note each,
However the wine was certainly not junk & the red was a choice of Merlot (my personal favourite) & Cabernet Sauvignon with two choices of white - but I was not interested in them..
The waitresses are lightening quick at refilling the glass as well.
Starts at 11.30 & ends at 14:30 - but they do not throw you out at that time, just stop serving the wine & clear all the food away.

now then bob , how was the meat buffet ? was it farang or was it thai food ... how much wine did you knock down in the 3 hours as you know i,m a sprinter not a maratheon runnner ...did you need to carry collin home .... :-"

[kubotatim]

The breakfast buffet here used to be very good, the last 2 times I had it, it was absolutely awful, no bacon, pancakes hard like biscuits and the coffee was well stewed, used to be the best breakfast in Udon IMO, now one of the worst only beaten by the Pannerai.

[BobHelm]

now then bob , how was the meat buffet ? was it farang or was it thai food ... how much wine did you knock down in the 3 hours as you know i,m a sprinter not a maratheon runnner ...did you need to carry collin home .... :-"

I stuck with Falang, but plenty of nice looking Thai fare on offer that I would have been equally happy with if the Falang stuff had not been there. (see my first post)
The secret of drinking wine in an 'all you can consume situation' is not to count, so I didn't.
My head this morning tells me it was plenty & I more than got my moneys' worth..
I think it was 'mutual support' on the get home situation.

[trubrit]

The wine deal is not advertised at all, as far as I could see, but is something that they do.
It is not cheap though, with a reasonable tip we got no change from a 1,000 baht note each,
However the wine was certainly not junk & the red was a choice of Merlot (my personal favourite) & Cabernet Sauvignon with two choices of white - but I was not interested in them..
The waitresses are lightening quick at refilling the glass as well.
Starts at 11.30 & ends at 14:30 - but they do not throw you out at that time, just stop serving the wine & clear all the food away.

Wow Bob, 1,000bht each? I presume you mean per person. I think even I would shudder at the thought of paying that for lunch. Although I could do justice to two bottles of wine in the 3 allotted hours, to do so at lunch I would need a nearby room available for a long siesta I,m afraid.Think I will give that a miss unless I am staying in town.

[BobHelm]

Wow Bob, 1,000bht each? I presume you mean per person.

Correct.
Yes not an event to be partaken every day I will agree.
However, the bottle of Merlot that I purchased for Christmas Day from Villa cost me 890 baht, so the Centara deal is actually quite a good one. Certainly more luxurious surroundings than my humble abode as well.

[papaguido]

The Monday lunch buffet advertised for 121bt, but after VAT and whatever else the total was 164bt. Mostly Thai food with one western entry-Beef Stew (vegetarian beef stew or someone plucked all the beef out of it). The entree choices were limited and food made to order available, but unknown (didn't wait around to see what it was). Typical salad bar, dessert station (Thai & Western), Som Tom station, and Sushi bar, but it either goes quick or it's seldom replenished.

Go early as it seems to be popular with the local lunch crowd, 15-20 minutes after 12:00 it's packed.

[semperfiguy]

I heard this special priced Monday buffet was only running through January. Anyone heard if it will continue into February?

[yianik]

went to dinner last nite or friday nite for the seafood lovers bbq buffet very average there was 6 of us nothing special would have been much happier if we all went to baan thai we also asked about the wine offering an absolute joke all 4 wines were out of a cask at 455 baht a head so we went down and bought 3 bottles froms tops which they allowed us to do with no corkage fee so i suppose that was a plus all in all very dissapointing and will never go again however their breakfast buffet is still reasonably good value

[trubrit]

went to dinner last nite or friday nite for the seafood lovers bbq buffet very average there was 6 of us nothing special would have been much happier if we all went to baan thai we also asked about the wine offering an absolute joke all 4 wines were out of a cask at 455 baht a head so we went down and bought 3 bottles froms tops which they allowed us to do with no corkage fee so i suppose that was a plus all in all very dissapointing and will never go again however their breakfast buffet is still reasonably good value

I was in there yesterday and noticed they are giving Old Age people over 60(Old?) a discount. Also students. Proof of age on both counts must be provided. :-"