Restaurant in Chon Buri, Thailand
No booking needed. Bring cash, eat well.
Mae Pong Sri is a Michelin Plate-recognised street-food counter on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya, flagged by inspectors in both 2024 and 2025 for its pork offal soup and stir-fried glass noodles with seafood. No reservation needed, no dress code, and single-฿ pricing make this one of the most accessible Michelin-acknowledged meals in Chon Buri. Walk in, eat the soup fresh, and take the noodles if you need something to go.
Getting a table at Mae Pong Sri requires no advance planning whatsoever. This is a street-food-style eatery on Sukhumvit Road in the Bang Lamung District, not a reservation-only dining room. Walk in, find a seat, and order. That accessibility is part of its appeal, and the 4.3 Google rating across 676 reviews suggests the crowds keep returning not out of habit but out of genuine satisfaction. The harder question is not how to get in — it is whether Mae Pong Sri belongs on your itinerary at all, especially if you are eating your way through Chon Buri with limited meals to spare.
The short answer: yes, it belongs. Two consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024 and 2025) are the clearest signal that the food here is operating at a level above the average Pattaya street counter. A Michelin Plate does not carry the weight of a star, but it does mean Michelin's inspectors found the cooking consistent enough to flag twice in a row. For a single-digit-baht-per-dish format serving pork offal soup and quick Thai street plates, that is meaningful external validation. If you are the kind of traveller who seeks out Michelin-recognised spots at the budget end of the spectrum — the way food enthusiasts track down Michelin Bib Gourmand listings in Bangkok at places like Sorn in Bangkok or affordable regional gems , Mae Pong Sri fits that logic precisely.
The kitchen draws on Thai culinary traditions from across the country rather than anchoring to a single regional style. The result is a menu that covers noodles, rice dishes, and quick stir-fries with a breadth unusual for a small street-food operation. The signature anchor, according to the Michelin documentation, is the pork offal soup with boiled sweet leaf bush , a dish that requires both sourcing confidence and technical repetition to execute consistently. Offal cookery is not forgiving: the balance between texture and broth depth is easy to get wrong, and the fact that inspectors flagged it positively in two separate years suggests the kitchen has found a reliable formula.
Among the broader menu, the stir-fried glass noodles with seafood are cited as a standout. Glass noodles absorb sauce differently from rice or egg noodles, and seafood timing is a kitchen discipline that separates competent operations from ones worth returning to. Both dishes point to a kitchen that understands its ingredients rather than one simply cycling through a long menu for volume.
This matters in Pattaya more than in most Thai cities. The area draws a mix of beachside tourists, expats, and day-trippers who may not always want to sit down at a table, especially at lunch in the heat. On that question, Mae Pong Sri's format is a reasonable fit for takeout in some respects, but not across the board. Soups , particularly the pork offal broth , travel adequately in a sealed container for short distances, but the texture of offal and the temperature of broth both degrade faster than dry dishes. If you are taking the soup back to accommodation more than ten or fifteen minutes away, the experience will be noticeably different from eating it fresh at the counter. The stir-fried glass noodles hold better: noodle dishes at this price tier generally pack reasonably well, and the sauce-to-noodle ratio in a glass noodle stir-fry means it does not dry out as quickly as a pad Thai. For off-premise eating, the noodles are the safer order. The soup is worth eating in.
There is no website or phone number in the public record for Mae Pong Sri, which means delivery platform availability is unconfirmed from this record. If you are relying on GrabFood or a similar app, check live availability on arrival in Pattaya rather than planning around it in advance. Walk-in takeout is the more reliable route.
Mae Pong Sri sits at 42/99 Moo 9, Sukhumvit Road, Muang Pattaya, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri , on one of the main arterial roads running through the area, which makes it accessible by songthaew or motorbike taxi without difficulty. The price range is single-฿, meaning individual dishes are priced at the low end of Thai street food. For context, this is the same price tier as most market stalls and roadside noodle counters, so budget is not a filter here. You should expect to spend a few hundred baht at most for a full meal. No dress code applies. Hours are not confirmed in the available record, so arriving at a standard meal time , late morning through early evening , is the safe approach. Confirm locally if you are planning an off-peak visit.
For more on eating and exploring the region, see our full Chon Buri restaurants guide, along with guides to hotels, bars, wineries, and experiences in Chon Buri. If your trip extends further, Pearl covers budget-friendly Michelin-recognised spots across Thailand, including PRU in Phuket and AKKEE in Pak Kret. For small-eats comparisons in a similar format across Asia, A Cun Beef Soup in Tainan and A Hai Taiwanese Oden offer a useful reference point for what Michelin-recognised street counters can look like at this price level.
If Mae Pong Sri is on your list, consider pairing it with a broader Pattaya food run. Khao Tom Ped Jek Tong is a nearby option for a different format, and Jay Jew Talew Bin gives you another Thai street-food reference point in the same city. For a step up in spend and setting, Chom Tawan operates at the ฿฿ tier and offers a different kind of Thai dining experience. La Voi and Khao Lam Mae Khai Toon Klao round out the budget small-eats options if you want to compare across multiple counters in a single day. For those exploring beyond the Pattaya area, Anuwat in Phang Nga and Aquila in Chiang Mai are worth flagging for later stops on a longer Thailand trip.
For the same price tier, Noodles Soi 12 (Ban Suan) is the closest direct comparison if noodles are your focus. Khao Lam Mae Khai Toon Klao covers street food at the same price point but with a different product focus. Krua Laew Tae R-Rom offers Thai cooking at the ฿ tier for a sit-down format. If you want more atmosphere and do not mind spending a little more, Chom Tawan at ฿฿ is the upgrade option. Mae Pong Sri's two Michelin Plates set it apart from most of these peers on verified quality signals, so if that matters to your decision, it is the easiest recommendation in this set.
No dress code applies. This is a Michelin Plate-recognised street-food counter in Pattaya, priced at the single-฿ level. Casual clothes are the default. Given the outdoor or semi-open setting typical of this format, light clothing suited to the Thai climate is practical. There is no scenario where you would be turned away or feel underdressed here.
At single-฿ pricing with back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, yes , the value ratio here is direct. You are getting Michelin-flagged cooking at street-food prices. The main reason to skip it is not price but preference: if pork offal and Thai noodle dishes are not formats you enjoy, the menu will not convert you. But on pure value terms, this is one of the stronger cases in Chon Buri for spending your meal budget.
The pork offal soup with boiled sweet leaf bush is the dish Michelin inspectors flagged, so it is the starting point. Eat it in the restaurant rather than taking it to go , the broth and offal texture are at their leading fresh. The stir-fried glass noodles with seafood are the other cited standout and hold up better if you are eating on the move. Beyond these two, the menu spans noodles and rice dishes drawing from Thai regional traditions, but no further specifics are confirmed in the available record.
No confirmed information is available. The core dishes cited , pork offal soup and seafood glass noodles , involve animal proteins central to the dish, so vegetarian or pork-free requests may be difficult to accommodate without altering the product significantly. No phone number or website is in the public record for Mae Pong Sri, so the most reliable approach is to ask in person on arrival. If dietary restrictions are a firm constraint, review the menu on-site before committing.
Mae Pong Sri does not operate a tasting menu format. This is a street-food counter where you order individual dishes from the menu rather than following a set sequence. The two dishes to anchor your meal around are the pork offal soup and the stir-fried glass noodles with seafood. At single-฿ pricing, ordering both costs very little, so there is no meaningful trade-off to weigh here , order what appeals and add from there.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mae Pong Sri | ฿ | Easy | — |
| Krua Laew Tae R-Rom | ฿ | Unknown | — |
| La Voi | ฿ | Unknown | — |
| Chom Tawan | ฿฿ | Unknown | — |
| Khao Lam Mae Khai Toon Klao | ฿ | Unknown | — |
| Noodles Soi 12 (Ban Suan) | ฿ | Unknown | — |
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For a different format nearby, Khao Tom Ped Jek Tong offers an alternative quick-meal option in the Pattaya area. Among the comparison peers, Noodles Soi 12 (Ban Suan) is the closest match in format if noodles are your focus, while Chom Tawan and La Voi lean toward a sit-down experience at a different price point. Mae Pong Sri's Michelin Plate recognition at ฿ pricing makes it hard to beat on value alone.
Dress casually — this is a street-food-style eatery on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya, not a formal dining room. Shorts and sandals are entirely appropriate. The Michelin Plate here is for the food, not the setting.
Yes. Mae Pong Sri sits in the ฿ price range, meaning most dishes will cost well under 100 baht, and it has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. That combination is genuinely hard to argue with. If you want Michelin-recognised cooking without paying Michelin-restaurant prices, this is a clear yes.
The pork offal soup with boiled sweet leaf bush is the dish Mae Pong Sri is specifically recognised for, and the stir-fried glass noodles with seafood are also highlighted as a standout from the wider menu. Beyond those two, the kitchen covers a range of noodle and rice dishes drawing on Thai traditions from across the country.
The kitchen's signature dishes are built around pork offal and seafood, so this is not a natural fit for vegetarians or those avoiding shellfish. The menu spans Thai noodle and rice dishes broadly, but there is no documented information on allergen handling or substitution options — if restrictions are a concern, visit with flexibility or check on arrival.
Mae Pong Sri does not operate a tasting menu format. This is a street-food-style eatery where you order individual dishes from a broader menu. Come prepared to pick two or three items — the pork offal soup and the stir-fried glass noodles with seafood are the documented highlights — rather than expecting a structured multi-course experience.
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