Ginja Taste — Restaurant in Mai Khao

There are many restaurant options in JW Marriot and we chose to give this a go as it was a Thai restaurant.

Firstly, the location of this place is really really far from the lobby. It was difficult for people with mobility issues. Thank goodness they called a buggy for us at the end of dinner so we didn’t have to make that hike back.

The ambience of the place was nice. We sat indoors and it was a little dark but no complaints. The service was ok. Not the fastest either and we had to keep asking for water top ups.

We were initially served taro crackers. We ordered a variety of dishes to share. We shared out with Miang kham which is betel leaf and a mixed of herbs and dried shrimps. I like this dish but it was quite a large amount. Next we had the pandan wrapped chicken which was smaller in portion but also very tasty. The chicken tom kha was creamy. The massaman beef cheeks were superb and the meat was so tender. The vegetarian green curry was average and the deep fried seabass was actually also very nice. To end the night we had the mango sticky rice which was not too special. They also gave us a dessert each which was tapioca and coconut.

Overall, nice dishes but the price was extremely steep. A place for...

Great little restaurant, about a 3min walk from the main hotel building (so close enough to make it easy to get to - but nicely away to make it private). I would summarise as follows:

(1) great service! Even in a country like Thailand where service is generally friendly, this place stands out, very friendly and attentive.

(2) good attention to detail - we added some notes on our reservation, and it was all noted and taken into account as appropriate.

(3) free pumpkin chips while you wait

(4) food was good. We ordered the chicken cashew nut and the individual seafood platter. The chicken cashew nut, the chicken was in dough and it had a tinge of chilli which was Sa nice twist. The seafood platter came with a generous variety.

Overall a pleasant evening - can’t help but think there were likely a number of dishes on the menu that might have got this restaurant up to a 5 star, but on the strength of what we ordered we think the current rating of 4.4 is...

decent food, good service, but nothing amazing.

we ordered the som tam, morning glory, crispy pork and kaeng som which was a little on the diluted side. the dishes took a while to arrive and they all came together at one go. ideally we should have gotten the som tam first considering that's an appetiser.

had the mango sticky rice which probably had the saddest portion of mango i've ever seen for this dessert but the mangoes were at least still nice and sweet.

that being said, we really enjoyed the crispy pork!

while it was not exactly the best thai food, we wouldn't mind coming back to try other dishes as maybe we just didn't order the right ones.

we came in the later evening around 8pm and there were quite a lot of mosquitoes around but you can request for mosquito repellant from the staff.

we were served by Pam who was very warm, smiley...