Kinnaree Christamas Day Buffet

Post by **redwolf** » January 25, 2014, 6:04 pm

anyone got info on what's been in the past buffets?

also as usual I guess I have to ask if the Thai wife will have a bit of local fare on selection as well?

RW

Post by **BobHelm** » January 25, 2014, 6:26 pm

In answer to your second question...Yes. It was always about 1:1 Falang/Thai fare.

The Wednesday (I think) was converted into a bit of an Italian style buffet.
Possibly not the best Italian available in town but always a reasonable selection & at a fair price.
Again Thai food also offered on those nights.

It represented VERY good value for money when Ae was formerly running it.
I believed that George upped the price though - not that I visited while he has been there...

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » January 25, 2014, 6:44 pm

BobHelm wrote:Is this back to Ae running the Kinnaree Jon or is Canadian/Hungarian 'George' still involved??

Will she be reintroducing the Wednesday & Saturday value for money buffets do you know?? Or do I have to swing by next Saturday & ask myself??

Bob and RW ... Ae confirmed that George is no longer involved in any way at the Kinneree and that things will be back to the old popular formula with the excellent buffet(s) as in the past . Dao n I were regular customers and the buffets offered exceptional value with a good mix of Western and Thai quality food ,,,always a good crowd mostly regulars and very friendly atmos .

From what Ae said many customers had contacted her and Thep reference the restaurant expressing their wish for them to open it again ...guess it worked .

DM

Post by **pompui** » January 25, 2014, 7:19 pm

Glad for the clarification DM as George is posting on the other channel as if he still has a foot in the door,not a fist so to speak

Hope all goes well on the reopening night

Post by **semperfiguy** » January 26, 2014, 9:57 am

Wonder what the new buffet price will be!

Post by **Earnest** » January 27, 2014, 3:10 am

BobHelm wrote:It represented VERY good value for money when Ae was formerly running it.

It had a good reputation and Irish Alan used to publicise it a lot when he was in Thailand. Not sure what's happened recently as I didn't follow the story but it would be good to see it up and running again.

Post by **Khun Paul** » January 27, 2014, 12:02 pm

I have no comments reference the food, as rarely visit there to eat, however the business side of it, I do wonder at the way a Foreigner pays the asking price for the lease then for unexplained reasons soon closes , no refund of lease money and lo and behold the place reopens with the building owner again.

Now call me cynical but if the restaurant was so good, then why lease it to a foreigner in the first place and secondly one of the attractions so Iwas told by a previous incumbent in the condos above was the availability of good food on the doorstep so to speak .

Business wise somethings do not add up, but then as we have all seen before Foreigners and their money are soon parted, George may well still have foot in the door but as he was so enthusiastic when he opened his sudden demise cannot be purely down to costs, that I am sure is not the whole story......... .

Post by **BobHelm** » January 27, 2014, 2:56 pm

Khun Paul wrote:I have no comments reference the food, as rarely visit there to eat, however the business side of it, I do wonder at the way a Foreigner pays the asking price for the lease then for unexplained reasons soon closes , no refund of lease money and lo and behold the place reopens with the building owner again.

You know that for a fact do you Paul??
As I have heard a very different version.

I would be careful about leaping to conclusions & publishing them on an open forum unless you are very sure indeed about the accuracy of the base information you are using to draw those conclusions... It could prove an expensive guess...

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » January 27, 2014, 7:20 pm

Im sure it will be a full house this Saturday .... i wont be eating in the day time ready for a good feed in the evening !!

Post by **pompui** » January 28, 2014, 10:59 am

Good luck for saturday =D>

Post by **Drunk Monkey** » February 2, 2014, 12:00 am

Went to the re opening of the Kinneree this evening ,,,most certainly back under the wing of K. Thep n Ae . This post is purely a review and nothing else .

Im sure there will be plenty of whinges about the TOTALLY FREE BUFFET as quite simply there were just too many customers for it to go off smoothly without the buffet trays running low ,, never seen so many people turn up to an event of this kind in Udon it was packed from 5pm onwards we left at 10pm , seemed like a mix of regulars , residents , balloon chasers and the added fact that many other venues were dry due to the elections etc ..., the second and third wave of food was delivered ...all excellent , the live music and singers were great including Dao and Amber ... a really nice evening .....tho i wouldnt wanna be doing the washing up !!

Buffets every Saturday from now on .

Dm

Post by **Earnest** » February 2, 2014, 2:50 am

The balloon chasers were well briefed then?

Post by **pompui** » February 2, 2014, 6:20 am

What are they going to do next week as there is a charge

,there should be a separate balloon chasing thread in the notice board section to help coordinate the next one

Post by **martynsnowman** » February 2, 2014, 6:47 am

pompui wrote:What are they going to do next week as there is a charge ,there should be a separate balloon chasing thread in the notice board section to help coordinate the next one

say,s you individual of the freebys ....

Post by **pompui** » February 2, 2014, 7:15 am

Yes the 1000 baht worth of food paid for that someone said was a freebie

Looking forward to the sponsorship of the Kinnaree on this channel so the weekly buffet can be mentioned in full

Post by **Udon Map** » February 2, 2014, 9:44 am

pompui wrote:Looking forward to the sponsorship of the Kinnaree on this channel so the weekly buffet can be mentioned in full

Of course, we'd love to have them here, Pompui. We've invited them several times, but no response. Any ideas?

Post by **Prenders88** » February 2, 2014, 10:33 am

Went last night to support the relaunch of the Saturday Night Buffet under the reins of Aey, who told me the Kinneree will have daily specials. Packed to the rafters, thanks to Dao and Amber for the entertainment, and the bonus of the stunning Chang and Singha Beer Girls.