OK, I have eaten at the VFW and had apparently the same gross food in 1988, November. We had been supposed to meet up with friends, they did not show and got taken to the Siri Hotel. The Hotel was OK, not great, but clean, not too expensive. In the morning we went down for breakfast. The food was grungy food. Bad tasting meat, greasy eggs, the same salad dressing by appearance. Across the way were two apparently veterans with young women sitting on their laps. It left me with a very gross impression.
I have been back to Korat many times since then. It is the city I am most comfortable in. I stopped again this year by the Siri and looked inside. It seemed like the same people were inside. I could not take it. It left me with a bad feeling in my gut.
I would choose a noodle vendor any day over that. Just my opinion, if y'all like it there, go for it.