Parlai Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Chalong

The worst experience in a restaurant I ever had anywhere in the world.

1. unprofessional staff, rude,
2. prices vey expensive
3. the worst food
4. an idiot as the manager

My husband and I were looking forward to have fresh seafood so we hired a taxi to take us to this place which is far from everything. When we arrived we realize most of the tanks for the fish were empty and very few choices in the tanks that they had. My husband could not order what he wanted because they did not have it. They recommended a dish to him that was only crab shells and had no meat in it at all. He sent the dish back but they refused to take it back and packed it in a plastic bag and wanted us to take it with us so they could charge us. I enquired the price of lobster from the waitress and she could not understand us. No one in the staff spoke English.

I continuously pointed to the picture and ask her the price. She showed me on her phone the price would be 800 baht per kilo. The food was below average. When the bill came we realized they are charging us 3500 baht just for the lobster and also charged us for the food that we sent back. When he complained about what had happened to the manager he blamed us and refused to budge. We were willing to pay for the 800 baht lobster plus all the awful food and the drinks and they refused to Compromise and call the police if you didn’t pay the rest. They were extremely rude and aggressive. I would never recommend this restaurant to anyone. They will give you Poor food, extreme prices and horrible service. Be careful because they will gouge you if they can. This is not a representation of Thai hospitality and...

We were taken there for lunch on recommendation by our tuk tuk driver who was driving us around for the day. Prices were on the expensive side (and I was the only one who ordered fresh seafood.) It was still cheaper than a restaurant meal back home in Australia. It was a quiet setting with a lovely view of the bay. Outdoor covered. No windows. The fresh seafood was sitting in tubs of water on the way from the car park. You could see it was fresh produce. For all I know it came straight from the jetty nearby.

My fish was delicious and cost around 700 Baht. That's right on $30AUD which is about what I'd pay at home. If you want nice, fresh seafood and are willing to pay a bit more, go for it. If you're used to eating cheaper, look elsewhere. If you're after a finie dining, silver service-type restaurant, this is not the place. We were staying in Karon, so this place was a once...

Do not go to this restaurant!

Why?

1. worst experience ever, bad location and poor service.
2. sent my Crab dish back as I could not find any crab meat, it was all crab shells and they insisted that I pay for it anyway.
3. cannot communicate with tourists, spent 15 minutes with a translator app. To try to order the food!
4. way over priced for what we had.
5. all there fish tanks were empty together with very few customers, we should have not have sat down when we first saw the state of the place,

This place place and it’s staff is not representative of the beautiful Thai culture and hospitality. For example at the end of this experience the taxi driver who got involved when we were leaving apologized and offered to pay for our meal as he was totally shocked by what had happened. We love Thailand and it’s wonderful people but not at this...