This is Mantra seen from outside, big restaurant for sure and theres plenty of parking.
I had only been to Mantra once before the Sunday Buffet, and was pleasantly surprised. Like a lot of Upmarket places, the menu emphasizes stuff that you can spend an absolute bomb on- they have genuine Boston lobster, Kobe Beef, expensive champagne and so on. This place attracts a following with the Bangkok and local Thai HiSo crowd. They were the well dressed ones, the tourists were the more shabbily dressed types.
But when it comes down to it, you can actually eat and drink quite reasonably here and because of the various kitchens, you can really mix your cuisines how you want. We had-
A Chinese mixed BBQ platter, delicious and decent value at 280 Bht
Some sushi and sashimi
Some assorted Dim Sums
Stir fried Bok choi,
A sea bass dish
A bottle of Sth Africa sauvignon blanc, 1200 Bht.
The bill came to something like 2500 Bht, and it occurred to me that several people that would be put off by the somewhat glitzy look of this place probably end up spending just as much for a meal in an altogether more basic, tourist oriented place. You don't need to spend a fortune at Mantra.
