Thai lunch buffet at Mandarin Oriental Hotel

I took some foreigner friends to a Thai lunch buffet at one of the best hotel in Thailand, and voted the best in the world a few times too, at Mandarin Oriental Hotel.



The view at the river from Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the Thai buffet restaurant is actually on the other side.  There's a free ferry service to take us over there.



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Some sort of spa area by the ferry port at the hotel before crossing to the restaurant



Mandarin Oriental used to be called just Oriental Hotel.  I have heard the name for a long time but never really got a chance to come to see it myself. 

Sala Rim Naam (or river-side pavillion) is the name of the Thai restaurant of the hotel's.  The head chef of the restaurant is a very well-known Thai chef teaching at the culinary school of the hotel too.

Entrance to the Thai restaurant, Sala Rim Naam

Atmosphere. The decor is so Thai and elegant



Noodle booth.  The have Guai Jub (Flat rice noodle in chinese 5-spice soup).   



They have fried rice and healthy red rice with some healthy seeds (I forgot lol)



Thai salad line. 



Fried stuff line.  As far as I remember, there're fried calamari, fried chicken wings, fried Thai fish cakes, etc.





Another view of the fried stuff line, shrimp crackers, fresh spring rolls 



Dessert and fruit lines



Another view of the dessert line, some cakes and thai dessert (I was so stuffed so didnt get to eat much)



For dinner, they also have Thai traditional dance performance here at the stage



Some of the food I got, Thai chilli paste sauce with various vegies, fried calamari, fresh spring roll



Mango with sticky rice, pomelo, star fruit

Overall, I think they do a really superb job in create such an experience.  The decor is like I was eating in a Thai palace, not just a hotel.  The details of everything is just amazing.  The service is also really great.  They pay attention to you for whatever you want.  And for the taste, judging from my Thai tongue, I still think it's not that great IMO, but all my foreigner friends loved it.  The price of the buffet was 750++ Bht/person, or around 800Bht/person after service and tax (or around ~ 27USD/person).  I wouldn't go there to have lunch on a regular basis, but if I have any friends from abroad visiting again, I would not mind taking them there again since the experience there is just so special.

Atmosphere: 10/10

Service: 10/10

Taste: 7/10

Price: 7/10