4 restaurants with greenery so lush you’ll forget you are even in Bangkok
Dining oasis
Here, a picture-perfect backyard and lush trees help punctuate the dining room's darkwood flooring and raw concrete walls. The six-course set dinner plays with various forms and textures of ingredients, resulting in photogenic and delicate dishes.
Ekkamai Soi 2, 061-626-2816. Open Tue-Sun 5-10pm. BTS Ekamai
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Combining a two-storey colonial style house with lush tall trees creates an atmosphere you wouldn’t expect to find at the heart of Sukhumvit. Here, hard-to-find Thai comfort dishes take center stage, and eating here kind of feels like eating at your grandmother’s house. Aside from old school eats, there’s also some contemporary fusion stuff, like Korean-style pickled crab.
Sukhumvit Soi 32, 095-716-4712. Open 11am-10:30pm
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Surrounded by a slither of a courtyard, this Rama VI-style house serves equally aristocratic dishes that trace their roots to the original house’s owners, the Bunyaketu sisters. The menu gives nods to tradition, covering royal cuisine alongside regional specialties. It also strongly reflects the Thai love of dipping sauces, herbs and flower garnishes.
102/13 Kampangpetch Soi 5, 02-619-7430, 02-619-8783. Open Tue - Sun 11:30am-9pm
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Set in a building surrounded by greenery—perfect for alfresco dining—Plu is all about balanced Thai cuisine. The menu includes Burmese tea leaf salad—distinctive with a unique combination of sour, sweet, salty flavors and various nuts—garnished with roasted coconut and white sesame on top.
3 Suanphlu Rd., 062-642-2222. Open daily 11:30am-10:30pm
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