Have you ever tried to have breakfast on a Sunday morning? Breakfast complete
with the children, to give your wife a morning off to lie in and wash her hair
and all the other things that women like to do if they can be spared from family
duties for a short while. Amazingly, early breakfasts are not all that easy in
Pattaya. Many restaurants advertise that they have ‘all-day’ breakfasts, but
they don’t open until 11 a.m. That’s not breakfast, that is early lunch in my
book, and children cannot possibly last that long.
However, we had heard that Jameson’s Irish Pub was serving
early breakfasts, so we trotted over to find that the rumor was only partly
true. Jameson’s did indeed have early breakfasts, but it is a serve yourself
buffet, which works out even better, particularly with children who can be picky
eaters. Breakfast is available from 6 a.m. which is even earlier than our family
routine, and so we arrived at a leisurely 8 a.m. ready to eat.
For
those who are perhaps new to Pattaya, Jameson’s Irish Pub is on Soi AR next to
the Nova Park serviced apartments. There are many ways of getting there, but the
simplest is to approach via Second Road and turn right into Soi 4 at the Bangkok
Bank and then follow the road up and curving round to the right and Jameson’s is
on your left after the (ubiquitous) 7-eleven store.
Inside, it is outfitted in the usual British style with wood
panels and flooring, a long bar on one side, an elevated section with pool
tables and three more dining/drinking areas. These are all served by happy
waiters and waitresses, and overseen by Kim Fletcher himself. It is a well run
ship.
The breakfast buffet offerings include three types of cereals
with fresh milk. There is salad (tomato, cucumber, lettuce, peppers, onion and
coleslaw, plus cottage cheese, ham slices and Thousand Island dressing) but then
there are the hot items including hash browns, saut้ed potatoes, streaky bacon,
different sausages (beef, chicken and pork), grilled tomato and baked beans.
There is a live egg station and our orders of fried,
scrambled and an omelet were very quickly brought to our table, while junior
Miss attended to the toast and with two toasters there is not much waiting, and
serve yourself to butter, marmalade and jam.
There are jugs of cold orange or red berry juices as well as
water, coffee and tea. A fairly comprehensive breakfast, you must agree - and
remember it is an all-you-can-eat deal!
The price for the all-you-can-eat breakfast is B. 150 and
children under eight years of age are free. And all this is from 6 a.m., a time
more known for coming home late, but it is there for all the early morning
breakfasters who do not want to wait until 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. for the usual
restaurant breakfasts. By the way, this breakfast deal is not just on a Sunday -
it is every day!
Jameson’s Irish Pub is renowned for its food, and with
Landlord Kim Fletcher having been a chef, the standard is always maintained.
There is an a la carte menu, which changes monthly, as well as a rotating weekly
set menu, from which you can order one course, two courses or three courses,
with three courses B. 255, two courses B. 240, and one course B. 225, the choice
is yours, making for a very inexpensive dining out later in the day. The monthly
menu covers starters (six this month), mains (eight) and desserts (four) with
the choices including a kilo rack of Asia/West pork ribs served on a board with
baked potato and coleslaw salad at B. 345. Believe me, it is enormous! Naturally
there is Thai food as well, and Madame tells me the Thai food is excellent.
However, we had gone for breakfast, and Jameson’s supplied us
with a very inexpensive, but very filling breakfast. Thank you.
Jameson’s Irish Pub, 80/164 Moo 9, Soi Sukrudee (Soi AR),
Central Pattaya. Secure parking. Open seven days 6 a.m. until late. Telephone
038 381 873, email [email protected], www.jamesons-pattaya.com
