Rung Roj — Restaurant in Ubon Ratchathani Province

We came here as it was recommended by Lonely Planet. Unfortunately a bit disappointing on the first visit and a great disappointment on the second (and last) visit, won’t be coming here again!!

The staff don’t speak any English (I mean not even “Hi” and “Thanks”), so difficult to ask or got answers or explanations etc. But unfortunately don’t even say hi and thank you in Thai either.

First time around, I had the stir fried macaroni with squid and my wife the stir fried noodles with chicken and basil. Both dishes were a really smallish portion (and not just to Thai/Asian standards), and the taste well was Ok really, definitely not the best noodles, and the stir fried macaroni, though an interesting idea, was rather blunt and “fade”, missing flavors etc.

We came back again because Lonely Planet has mentioned the Ox cheeks stew as their specialty! And I wanted to try it out. I ordered the Ox cheek stew, and my wife prefer the rice with stir fried chicken with garlic and pepper. My dish was a cold stew of Ox tongue! It was a wrong translation to English. That’s not the worst that could happen (and I’ll probably blame Lonely Planet more than the restaurant for this point), but the stew was cold! The steamed vegetables were super blunt and didn’t go with the dish at all!! Absolute disappointment. My wife had some tiny pieces of deep fried chicken, not much of a trace of pepper or garlic, not visually, nor on the taste buds.. despite being a simple dish, this was a complete disappointment too.

The place has probably potential (ingredients tasted fresh & a big choice in the menu, on paper) but unfortunately a very bad experience...

I have already visited this place twice. The food here is good, affordable and has a wide variety of selections. The place itself is decorated with lots of memorabilia from local and foreign countries. We'll...

Very good Food. But very bad Service. You go in nobody says hallo. You give a Tip no thanks. Before we often drive from Sisaket over there about the good Food but the unfriendly service stops us...