Chardonnay restaurant — Restaurant in Surat Thani Province

I ate here a couple of times during my stay at the Summer Luxury Resort. I am vegan so I didn't order any of the dishes containing meat, seafood, eggs and milk of any sort which make up almost all of the menu (as it seems to be common in Thailand). From what I could see though they were all nicely presented and seemed to be generally liked.

There are only a handful of vegan options on the menu including fried rice with vegetables (didn't try), Indian fried curry served in a pineapple (good but a bit too sweet for my liking and a lot of raisins) and Spaghetti Napolitana (served with Parmesan, not bad but very small portion and far too expensive). However you can order some other menu items and ask for them to be prepared without milk /eggs (e.g. Curries) and the staff is happy to comply once they understand what you mean. My mother once just asked for mixed cooked vegetables with soy sauce on rice and was happy with the result.

The decor and music (a mix of Jazz, Classical and Downtempo-covers of Pop songs Oo) are nice and you have a great seaview outside, however the menus are really annoying as they are printed on HUGE 1cm thick cardboard and are very awkward to hold. This is just not up to the high standard the Restaurant is trying to portrait and should be an easy fix.

Overall just a last resort to me but okay if you don't want to leave the resort. More vegan options would be great, especially since the island has a reputation for it's vegan / yogi scene.

I can recommend the small "Food Station" which is just 5 minutes away on foot. Just walk right once you get to the road, it's on the right side and usually has some Pizza/Calzone on display in front of the restaurant^^ Has some great, cheap vegan options and you can also ask for other dishes to be...

The road to the resort is extremely bumpy. We ordered two Chang’s that turned out to be very small cans and for 110thb each, was very disappointing. The Carbonara was quite bland and also disappointing for the 310thb price. There was a bone in the chicken noodles with rock hard carrots. The panini was practically flavourless and came served with what tasted like frozen chips.

The service was good, and we did get the carbonara removed from the meal in the end, but it was still very overpriced for the quality, and the man with the American accent who we think was head chef, James, spanked an employee as they were coming out from behind the bar which I think was quite unprofessional.

Overall, as much as we appreciate having the carbonara removed from our bill, we had higher expectations than what was met...

An interestingly quirky restaurant. Love how it's decorated with melted wax candles, big comfy armchairs and leather sofas, mix-matched chairs and tables, lots of books, big hanging chandeliers, wooden crates, writing on the walls and it has a wine cellar room. You have views of the garden and the beach. The menu has Italian, western and Thai food, we've tried everything on the menu over our stay and all of it is very good, and with affordable prices. Great service, especially from Shy and Lik, they're so friendly and...