If you thought the Marriott hotel at the top of Thonglor was just about its rooftop bar, you’d be wrong. The steakhouse, District Grill, is the kind of richly kitted-out, windowless space that makes eating slabs of cow that much more pleasurable.

 

And it just got a new chef, Vorapoj Christian Caluwaert, a half-Thai half-French veteran of Michelin-star European kitchens including Belgium’s L’Orangeraie and France’s Hostellerie de Levernois.

 

Steak still takes center stage, from Black Angus Aussie tenderloin (B1,510/180g) to A4 Kobe striploin (B2,550/150g), but he’s also playing around with some interesting new French seasonal dishes like Brittany sole with escargot, parsnip and vanilla (B1,690). For now you’ll find these on the specials board until his new menu settles itself.