Buffets & All-You-Can-Eat in Pattaya
Where are the best buffets and all-you-can-eat deals in Pattaya?
For an every-night feed, Rompho Market in Jomtien runs a BBQ buffet for about 290 baht, and the Thai buffet places — Saneha Suki from around 220 baht, 818 Mala Hot Pot at about 250 with no time limit, Cute Pig Korean BBQ open to 3am — are the cheapest way to eat until you can't. The weekly fixtures are worth planning around: Bramburi's German Sunday brunch (279 baht, 9am–2:30pm), Primo Bistro's cooked-to-order pasta and pizza Sunday (399 baht, noon–8pm), and the Sportsman's Friday Italian buffet (299) and Sunday carvery (495). Big Fish is the blowout — an evening seafood buffet where chefs cook your picks to order.
Buffets are where Pattaya's cheap-eats scene shows off, and the spread runs from a 220-baht Thai suki hall to a hotel seafood room where the chefs cook your picks to order. They split into two kinds, and it pays to know which is which. The everyday ones — Rompho Market's evening BBQ buffet in Jomtien, the suki and mala hotpot places, Korean BBQ — run nightly, cost roughly 220 to 300 baht, and are where locals actually go; a couple have no time limit at all, and Cute Pig keeps the grills going until 3am. The weekly ones are events you plan a day around: Bramburi's German Sunday brunch up in Naklua, Primo's all-you-can-eat pasta and pizza Sunday in Jomtien where everything arrives fresh from the kitchen rather than sitting in trays, and the Sportsman's Friday Italian buffet and Sunday carvery. At the top sits Big Fish, the seafood buffet most often named for a proper blowout — around 850 baht, with a free-flow drinks add-on if you're settling in. The list runs cheapest to dearest rather than by rating. Prices are as of September 2026 and the cheap end moves around, so treat anything under 300 baht as approximate; it's also worth checking the Eatigo app before you book, since Pattaya buffets regularly appear on it at up to half off.
| Place | Rating | Price | Area | Known for |
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| เสน่หา สุกี้ Saneha Suki - Shabu & Hotpot | ★ 4.7 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Fresh, good-quality meats and vegetables with plenty of choice |
| 818 Mala Hot Pot (Sai Phai Restaurant) | ★ 4.3 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Flavourful broth and a good variety of fresh meats and vegetables |
| Bramburi | ★ 4.2 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Giant schnitzels and generous portions at prices reviewers call low for what you get |
| Rompho Market | ★ 4.3 | — | Pattaya | Cheap barbecue and grilled food is the highlight, with fried pork ribs often recommended |
| Cute Pig Korean BBQ พัทยา | ★ 4.8 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Meat and side dishes consistently praised; japchae and seaweed salad stand out |
| The Sportsman Pub & Restaurant | ★ 4.4 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Sunday roast and carvery praised for meat quality and portion size |
| Primo Bistro & Wine Bar | ★ 4.4 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Burgers repeatedly called the best in Pattaya — juicy, well seared, full of flavour |
| Big Fish - Seafood Buffet Pattaya | ★ 4.7 | ฿฿ | Pattaya | Fresh seafood and a wide selection, cooked to order by the chefs |
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“Jomtien's everyday market, and worth the trip for one thing: the cheap grilled food, with the fried pork ribs the pick of it. Don't expect a produce market, because the stalls lean towards what foreign residents buy. Seating is almost nonexistent, so plan to take it away. Sunday evening is when the mini square runs as a night market.”
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“An old-school British pub with a carvery that holds up — meat quality is what brings people back, and it runs until one in the morning, so it's the one to aim for if Sunday has got away from you. The surprise is the Thai food, which is better than any pub has a right to serve. Prices sit a little above the local average and it's often busy.”
Common questions
- What is the cheapest buffet in Pattaya?
- Saneha Suki in the Khao Talo area is the cheapest worth recommending — an all-you-can-eat Thai suki and shabu buffet for around 220 baht. 818 Mala Hot Pot runs a conveyor-belt hotpot buffet for about 250 baht with no time limit, and Rompho Market's nightly BBQ buffet in Jomtien is about 290 baht.
- Which Pattaya buffets only run on certain days?
- Three are weekly fixtures: Beergarden Bramburi's German Sunday brunch buffet in Naklua (279 baht, 9am to 2:30pm), Primo Bistro's all-you-can-eat pasta and pizza Sunday in Jomtien (399 baht, noon to 8pm), and the Sportsman's Friday Italian buffet (299 baht from 6pm) plus its Sunday carvery (495 baht). Big Fish's evening seafood buffet runs Wednesday to Sunday.
- How many buffets are covered in this guide?
- Eight, chosen and written up individually rather than scraped from listings. Ratings and opening hours come from Google and are refreshed periodically; the verdicts are Rob's own.
- What do they cost?
- All seven sit in the mid-range band on Google's scale, which measures typical spend relative to other places nearby rather than a fixed price.
- When was this list last updated?
- September 2026. It is maintained by Rob, who lives in Pattaya, and revisited as places open, close or change.
Top of our list: เสน่หา สุกี้ Saneha Suki - Shabu & Hotpot, rated 4.7★.
Curated in Pattaya · Last updated September 2026