Master Ben’s Restaurant Buffet

Master Ben’s Restaurant Buffet is a former casual buffet on Bun Kanchana Alley, east of Jomtien. It remains in old searches and saved map lists, so the useful current information is its closure rather than an invitation to visit. Wanderlog marks the business permanently closed and shows every day as closed. No present-day operator website, telephone number or reopening notice was found in the sources checked for this update.

The legacy OpenStreetMap point places the restaurant at 12.8904781, 100.8886201 and was last edited in November 2023. That record carried daily hours of 16:00–23:30, but those times describe the old listing and must not be used to plan a meal now. Street-name spellings vary between Bun Kanchana and Boon Kanchana; both refer to the same general Jomtien-side road corridor.

What the old buffet was like

Historical reviews collected on Wanderlog describe an unfussy self-service barbecue buffet rather than a conventional à-la-carte restaurant. Diners selected ingredients and cooked food at the table, with comments focusing on low prices and a simple local setting. That context can help identify the place in an old itinerary, but neither its previous price nor its former selection should be presented as current.

The visible review sequence on the cited profile reaches January 2024, yet review dates alone do not prove the venue was trading on that date; directories can import or display material after a business changes status. The explicit closure label is the more useful planning signal. There is also no reliable evidence in the checked sources about what now occupies the premises.

Practical recommendation

Do not make a special trip to the mapped address for Master Ben’s. Keep this page as a closure and identity record if the name appears in an old guide, social post or map bookmark. Anyone looking for an evening grill buffet should instead confirm a currently operating alternative through a recent official page or direct telephone contact before travelling.

The former point may still be useful for orientation around Bun Kanchana Alley, but it is not a live dining recommendation. Travellers with limited time, groups depending on a buffet format, and anyone arriving late should especially avoid relying on the historical 16:00–23:30 schedule.

Closure records deserve the same identity care as live recommendations. Retaining the coordinates and former format prevents the old reviews from being mistaken for a new buffet with a similar name. If a successor is discovered at the address, it should receive separate research rather than inheriting Master Ben’s menu, review history or trading hours.