The Pattaya restaurants that take this dish seriously — ranked by quality and editorial verification.
Burger quality in Pattaya runs from sad-pub-burger to proper-craft-burger, with a wide gap in between. The best places grind their own beef, smash patties on hot griddles, use real cheese (not the orange plastic stuff), and toast their buns. Here's where the burger is good enough to be the meal, not just an afterthought.
The menu is solid Thai-Western pan-Asian fusion - massaman curry with lamb, soft-shell crab pad pong karee (curry-fried crab), whole sea bass with three-flavor sauce, assorted Thai stir-fries, and a small Western section of pasta and burgers for the kid-and-non-Thai-food crowd.
Horizon Rooftop Restaurant & Bar sits on the 34th floor of Hilton Pattaya - making it the highest dining venue in central Pattaya by a substantial margin.
Lunch transitions feature hearty sandwiches (Reuben, Cuban, BLT, club, BBQ pulled pork), salads (Caesar, Cobb, Greek, harvest), burgers, and a daily soup.
Mantra opened in 2005 and has spent the next two decades becoming the standard against which other Pattaya restaurants are measured.
The Glass House Pattaya - now branded 'Glass House Boho' to distinguish from its newer sister branch 'Glass House Silver' in North Pattaya - is one of the city's most consistently lauded beachfront dining destinations.
Edge sits on Level 14 of the Hilton Pattaya - the hotel's all-day dining flagship and one of Pattaya's most consistently praised hotel buffets.
Casa Pascal is the rare Pattaya restaurant that has earned its reputation through 25 years of consistent operation under the same ownership - a feat almost unique in a city with ferocious restaurant turnover.
Goji Kitchen Grill & Bar is the signature all-day-dining flagship at Pattaya Marriott Resort and Spa - and a useful correction case study for my data project: my previous entry for this venue called it 'Marriott Café' which appears to be an outdated or incorrect name; the actu...