5 Great Jungceylon Restaurants

Churrasco Phuket Steakhouse presents Gaucho burger sets while South American tunes tumble out of their sound systems. The décor of this restaurant is quite tasteful with an alfresco setup as well as an open-sided fan-cooled interior.

Gaucho burgers aside, you can enjoy a lomo, Angus, and a top flank steak here and order quite a few genuine articles such as chorizo and yerba mate S.A. tea as well as Chilean and Argentinean wines from the Spanish-English menu.

Wine Connection is a wine store that's also known as the largest integrated wine store in Southeast Asia. The bistro at Jungceylon is where customers can enjoy their wine with great value European food.

Diners here can also select their own cold cuts and cheese platters which come directly from the deli store section located inside the restaurant. Wine Connection Deli & Bistro has a few more branches around the island, including Bangtao Beach, Chalong and Central Festival.

Full Moon Brewworks is a microbrewery and restaurant that doesn’t just offer home-brewed ales. It also features imported English Coopers pale ale, stout, sparkling ale, Belgium favourites such as Duval and Westmalle and a rather pricey champagne ale (‘for those special occasions’).

Dishes served here include bangers n’ mash, German pork knuckles, pineapple fried rice and much, much more. An attractive place, Full Moon Brewwork is set away from the main rush of shoppers, so sitting outside here is enjoyable.

Irish Times is not only one of the biggest, but one of the best-looking establishments in Jungceylon. It’s kind of hard to miss because of the striking Irish green exterior and the wood-and-brick arrangement inside. The food selection includes European pub food as well as Thai and seafood.

The all-day Irish breakfast is quite good value with 2 eggs, sausages, bacon, black-and-white pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans, toast, butter, a pot of tea or coffee and juice. The Irish Times has regular live music and friendly service.

Urban Food has branches in Bangkok and a sister restaurant in Central Festival. It has ambitions to be a chain but is still keeping things personal, and that’s good.

Food served here is generally meat-based with pies, steaks, skewers, pizzas, tagliatelle, spaghetti, ravioli and a whole raft of Thai dishes. All the same, Urban is not afraid of processed food and things could be a bit more organic.