Big Fish - Seafood Buffet Pattaya — Restaurant in Pattaya City

The scheme can be a bit confusing to non-Thai speakers but I hope my explanation below helps clarify things.

I was there on a Saturday. The seafood buffet costs THB 849 per person + drinks. You could order drinks individually but since I only drink wine, and wine is usually more expensive than beer in Thailand, I chose to have unlimited beer & wine option of THB 400 per person. Ok the wine is nothing to write home about. It’s a table wine, nothing really is special about it.

The seafood selections range from langoustine, rock lobster, salmon, butter fish, oyster and etc. Land meats are the usual plus lamb. Fruits and salad bars are expansive but my favorite is always papaya. There is a hot bar for some traditional mussel pancakes and the northern sausage; which is my favorite. Oh of course pizzas for those who don’t care for the selections. Dessert bar is filled with options to please everyone.

Here is the process, after you are seated the server will give you the pin pad (per photo), on the left is for the foods that you wanted it to be “grilled”. The temperature is what you need to choose. The white pin indicates “medium” temperature and the red pin indicates “well-done”. As for the right side, it is for when you wanted your foods to be “boiled”. The green pin indicates the medium spiciness of the sauce and the orange pin indicates a very spicy sauce.

You add the meat that you want on a plate and clip one of the pins on it before turning it to the kitchen counter for it to be cooked. Know that the meats are raw and would need to be grilled or boiled before consuming. I preferred it grilled because I can get whatever sauces on the side. The only thing that may possibly be eaten raw is the oyster. The kitchen will cook whatever you put on that plate according to the pin that you clipped on it.

While I love the concept, don’t go in super hungry because you might not get your cooked food back for a while depending on how busy the restaurant is. I hope this makes sense to you. I hope you enjoy the beautiful seafood that Thailand has to offer. This place is posh and the foods were delightful....

The highlight of our dining experience was definitely the cheese pizza – it was absolutely delicious. However, I can't say I was impressed with the rest of the offerings. The seafood lacked freshness, and the crab had an unpleasant odor. Moreover, the staff seemed inattentive. Despite our efforts to get their attention for refills on soft drinks and wine, we were often overlooked.

To make the evening special, my partner had arranged for flowers to be placed on our table as a surprise. Unfortunately, when we arrived, there were no flowers in sight. The surprise was spoiled when a staff member later asked us if we wanted the "flowers now?", robbing the moment of its charm.

Adding to the disappointment, as we relaxed on the balcony, a staff member suddenly approached us to settle the bill for the flowers "you wanna pay now", catching us off guard. We had hoped to pay for everything at the end of our buffet meal, but we felt compelled to pay then and there.

Overall, what we had hoped would be a memorable dinner turned out to be quite the opposite. While the cheese pizza was outstanding, the lack of attention to detail and the disruptions to our evening left much...

The best seafood restaurant in Pattaya! They work in the evening from Wednesday till Sunday and we came here to celebrate my mom’s birthday.

It was so sweet to see birthday decoration there! She even got birthday cake with candles and balloons!

A lot of different kind of seafood and fish, it was the first time I tried some kind of them. Meat lovers will find a lot of meat too.

Fish, seafood and meat is row, so you should use a special pegs to ask the chef to cook it with corresponded preferences.

There are a lot of salads, vegetables, fruits, sweets.

To order drinks you should choose additional package.

I liked live music: singer was so talented! As well don’t miss creative WC :))

Thank you for amazing birthday celebration of my mom!

As well we case here for a breakfast since we stayed in hotel. One of the best buffet breakfast I’ve even had. A lot of fruits, vegetables, fresh juices, even coconut juice, different kinds of milk even almond milk, salads, beans, granola, comb honey,...