The Sitting Room — Restaurant in Thung Maha Mek Subdistrict

Overall very disappointed in this place, especially after reading some very positive reviews. Perhaps if I had had no expectations, I could've given it two stars and could've brushed it off as your typical tourist trap... but to be honest a one star rating is all they deserve after my experience there.

It took ages for my plate to arrive and once it did it turned out to be a dish I hadn't ordered. So, back into the kitchen it went. At least twenty minutes later they came back and this time brought the correct dish. However, I had asked up front whether it'd be a spicy one to which I was told "no, not spicy at all". It turned out that for me it was way too spicy still, but alright, perhaps the waiter's taste buds judge it differently from mine. So I'll chalk that one off as a simple subjective difference. I ordered another dish, a simple Pad Thai, because... what on Earth could go wrong with Pad Thai... right? Half an hour later my Pad Thai had still not arrived. Staff came and went glancing at my empty side of the table and subsequently rushed off into the kitchen. No doubt to encourage the chef to hurry it up a bit, but to no avail. Eventually someone came with my food... and with my first bite I immediately noticed that the noodles were like strings of leather. They simply were undercooked. So, I walk back towards the staff and explain to him that these noodles are not edible this way. He takes it back into the kitchen and see someone try it and subsequently put it down. They probably drew the same conclusion. A few minutes later I finally get my decent Pad Thai. It was not delicious, not even close, but at least the noodles were well cooked and they filled my empty stomach.

I've been to Thailand many times and have eaten pad thai countless of times obviously, even on the month long holiday I am on now, but it's rare to find this dish with such bland a taste as I had here.

By the way, if you do not like people smoking next to you when you're having dinner, you'd also be well advised to choose a different restaurant. I wasn't even aware that in Thailand it's apparently still allowed to smoke indoors in restaurants, or I simply haven't come across such instances, but here multiple people were smoking on other tables and the fan happily blew the smoke in our direction. Great.

As a closing note: staff were definitely not unfriendly, but just seemed to be clueless and...

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The ambience is good! Like a place to gather for foreigners (95%). Crowded always.

The high light is that foods and alcoholic drinks are not pricy and there is a pool table to take turns playing among customers.

Last but not least, the restaurant hardly has any parking space available in front of the premises. Those with cars must park at the parking lot with fee which is quite far.

Note: the restaurant has informed me with the updated info [7 Oct. 2025) that currently, parking space is provided nearby Free of Charge to facilitate...