Sharmaji Vegan Thai Restaurant

Two kitchens' worth of ideas on one menu, Indian dishes on one side, vegan Thai on the other. That combination solves a specific problem in Pattaya, where plant-based eaters and anyone avoiding fish sauce and shrimp paste often end up negotiating with a waiter rather than ordering. Here you don't have to. It also works if you're in a mixed group and someone wants dal while someone else wants a Thai curry.

The address is on Pattaya Second Road, so it's an easy walk from a lot of the central hotels. Don't come expecting a designed space or a view. This is a place you go for the food and for the fact that the kitchen is running when almost nothing else useful is. The doors don't close, which means a 3am meal after a long night out or a proper breakfast before an early minivan to Bangkok are both on the table.

Go hungry and order across both halves of the menu rather than picking a side.