Sunday, 1-4pm
The beachfront Azure restaurant (032-616-999, www.huahin.intercontinental.com) has recently introduced its Sunday Chill & Grill Chadon Brunch, showcasing seven live cooking stations offering creative food presentations like penne carbonara in a DIY shaker and phad Thai served in a takeaway box that you can enjoy in the pool. Don't worry, the hi-so stuff is on offer, too: pan-fried foie gras, classic seafood paella, suckling pig, sushi, sashimi and homemade crepes with ice cream. Price is B1,700 per person, which includes a bottle of Chandon for two people.
Oceanside Beach Club & Restaurant, Putahracsa, Hua Hin
Sunday, noon-3pm
Looking for a barbeque and drinks by the beach, this is the deal for you. The stylish Oceanside Beach Club & Restaurant (032-531-470, www.oceansidebeachclub.com) offers a BBQ Brunch deal featuring honey glazed ham, sushi, seafood (including oyster, crab, prawns), a prime meat BBQ and a Thai-style BBQ. There’s a live band playing bossanova (ugh) and easy-listening music as background but the price is easy, too, B1,300 per person, which includes free flow of wine, sparkling wine and soft drinks.
Sunday, 11.30am-3pm
Set in an elegant Thai pavilion by the beach, McFarland House restaurant (032-521-234, www.huahin.regency.hyatt.com) near Hua Hin’s Khao Takiab offers a Sunday brunch buffet featuring classic items like fresh seafood, hot dishes, local specialties and desserts. Prices are B1,500 per person, including a bottle of sparkling wine per two persons or B1,300 per person, including homemade lemonade and iced tea. There’s a live acoustic band and youu can also relax there throughout the day, using the resort’s facilities such as the fitness center and the pools either before or after brunch.
Edge Restaurant, Hilton Pattaya
Sunday, Noon-3pm
Located on the 14th floor of the Hilton Pattaya, the contemporary Edge Restaurant (038-253-000, http://tinyurl.com/lk86e6h) has both indoor and outdoor seating areas, offering views of Pattaya Bay. The brunch deal features live cooking stations and buffet stations including chilled seafood and caviar station, raw surf and turf station, healthy station, Japanese, Italian, Thai, grill and carving stations. The dessert station has a cheese corner, ice cream teppanyaki, milk chocolate fountain and a variety of cakes and pastries. Price is B1,400 per person. For the wine buffet, it's an additional B1,100 per person.
Mantra Restaurant and Bar, Pattaya
Sunday, 11am-3pm
With its eclectic décor and spacious seating areas over two floors, Mantra (038-429-591, www.mantra-pattaya.com) offers extensive line of international brunch buffet and many cooking stations. Some of the highlighted dishes are foie gras, sirloin steaks, prime roasts, cold cuts and seafood such as Alaskan king crabs, oysters. The dessert corner is as impressive with a chocolate fountain out front. Price is B1,690 per person and it’s additional B1,490 for wine buffet.
