🔄 Updated 21 Jun 2026
Mookata in Roi Et splits into two main camps. The first is the all-you-can-eat buffet where you sit at the hot pot and grab as much as you like — some places charge a flat per-head rate, others go by weight so you pay for whatever ingredients you pick up. Both keep your spending in check and work great for groups. The second camp is Korean grill and grilled meats, leaning on marinated cuts and a wider spread of dishes. Many of these are in the town center and the area around Bueng Phlan Chai lake, where you can stroll the lakeside after dinner. The pay-by-weight spots and big buffets tend to sit along the new bypass road and the edge of town, where parking is easier.
Roi Et Mookata & Grill, Ranked
Thongsuk Shabu & Mookata
The buffet Roi Et locals talk about most right now — a roomy place with plenty of parking, splitting shabu and mookata into separate zones. The mookata buffet runs around 249 THB, shabu around 279 THB, and there's a premium grilled-seafood line around 359 THB if you're after seafood. Reviews praise the fresh ingredients and comfortable seating. A solid pick for a big group that wants one flat price and done.
Makji Buffet Roi Et
A per-head grill-and-shabu buffet that's been a review-group favorite for a while. The draw is cheap prices and a lot of food. The standard runs around 188 THB, while the premium around 269 THB adds sliced beef, sliced pork belly, sliced collar, white shrimp, squid, cheese and a seaweed salad. You can book a table ahead. It's near Churiwet Hospital on the Nuea Mueang side — good if you want a clear per-head budget.
Sa Thong Korean Grilled Meat
A legendary mookata and Korean grill spot in Roi Et — going for over twenty years, in the town center near Bueng Phlan Chai, so you can stroll the lakeside afterward. The buffet starts around 149 THB, or all-you-can-eat around 279 THB. It opens in the evening from about four o'clock on. Good if you want the atmosphere of an old-school place and a lakeside spot for a chill dinner.
Si Thong Mookata & Camping
A pay-by-weight mookata place built around a camping theme, with a relaxed open-air vibe in the evening. It runs around 279 THB per kilo, and every 1 kg comes with a free set of veggies. There's a range of meats — pork belly, collar, marinated pork — plus seafood like shrimp, clams, crab and fish. It's on the new bypass road next to Folk Phra Nakhon, open late. Good for a group that wants both the atmosphere and a varied spread.
Rim Khlong Mookata, Roi Et branch
The Roi Et branch of a mookata franchise with dozens of locations nationwide. What people mention is the punchy dipping sauce and the zesty yum sauce. It's on the new bypass road with easy parking, open for dinner until midnight. Good if you want the consistency of a franchise where the flavor holds steady — no guessing like at a brand-new place.
Home Hak Mookata, Pay-by-weight
A pay-by-weight mookata place on the edge of town, on Pattamanon Road. What people praise is the punchy house-made dipping sauce. You pay by the weight of the ingredients you pick up, so you settle for what you actually eat. Good if you don't eat much or come in a small group and don't want to commit to a per-head buffet — and want a local spot that isn't too packed.
Asian Buffet Roi Et
A grill buffet that puts mookata and seafood under one roof, with a generous spread of ingredients — pork, beef and seafood all there to grill. Good for a group that wants variety in one sitting without changing venues. Reviews on Wongnai rate it well on value and freshness. Another solid per-head buffet pick for big eaters.
Mookata Fewgood
A Thai-barbecue-style mookata spot that's come up in reviews lately, leaning on fresh ingredients and dipping sauce as the headline. Good for a couple or small group wanting to try somewhere new in town. The vibe is relaxed seating, not as noisy as the big buffets — good for a dinner where you want to sit and talk for a while.
Popular in-town mookata & grill (Wongnai/delivery)
In Roi Et town there are several more mid-size per-head mookata spots that people in the area eat at regularly. Many have review pages on Wongnai and can be ordered via Lineman delivery. The ingredient line covers the standards and prices are friendly. Good for an easy dinner when you don't want to drive out of town — check the location and opening hours on the app before you go.
Night-market & budget pay-by-weight mookata
If you really want to eat on a tight budget, the evening night markets and newer pay-by-weight spots in Roi Et have mookata stalls with hot pots set up to eat fresh on the spot. Some start in the low hundreds, with house-made sauce, focused on fast and cheap. Good for travelers wanting a light fill before heading back to their stay without committing to a full buffet.
How to pick a spot
If you're coming in a big group and you all eat a lot, a per-head buffet like Thongsuk or Makji keeps the per-person cost clear — one flat price, no surprises at the scale. But if you're a small group or don't eat much, a pay-by-weight spot like Si Thong or Home Hak works out better, since you pay for the weight you actually eat and don't have to over-order to get your money's worth. And if you want a spot near Bueng Phlan Chai to stroll afterward, Sa Thong Korean Grilled Meat in the town center is the most convenient.
Want to taste deeper? Try a Roi Et food tour or cooking class
Half a day with a local who knows the lanes — or cooking a dish yourself — teaches you more than just eating. Book ahead on Klook or GetYourGuide.
Per-head vs pay-by-weight vs Korean grill — how to choose
Roi Et gives you three styles of mookata. The per-head buffet is one flat price with endless refills, good for a group that eats a lot and wants a fixed per-person cost. Pay-by-weight charges by the weight of the ingredients you grab — nice because you don't have to over-order to get value and nothing goes to waste, good if you don't eat much. Korean grill and grilled meats lean on richly marinated cuts and a sit-around-a-while atmosphere, good for a couple or small group who care more about flavor than all-you-can-eat volume.
- Big eaters, coming as a group — a per-head buffet like Thongsuk or Makji keeps the per-person cost clear, with endless refills, better value than paying by weight.
- Light eaters, small group — go pay-by-weight like Si Thong or Home Hak, paying for real weight without over-ordering to get your money's worth.
- Here for the meat flavor — Korean grill and grilled meats like Sa Thong give you richly marinated cuts and a sit-around-a-while vibe.
- Want a spot near Bueng Phlan Chai — Sa Thong is in the town center, so you can stroll the lakeside right after dinner.
Straight talk
Mookata spots mostly open for dinner, and prices can edge up with ingredient costs. The prices listed are rough figures from reviews, so check the restaurant's page again before you go. At pay-by-weight places the cost per person depends on how much you eat. Some big buffets have several zones and wide parking but sit a bit outside the town center. If you're coming as a big group or on a long weekend, it's worth calling to book a table or pulling up the latest location on their page before you set out.
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