Pendolasco
68/1 Sukhumvit Soi 2,
Bangkok 10110
Tel: 02 254 3745
Credit cards accepted
Pendolasco is about 200 yards down Soi 2 from Sukhumvit Road, towards the blind end. It is a new restaurant in an older house with a small garden and the ground floor sensibly divided into bar and restaurant area. There are several tables in the bar area for the new criminal class (smokers). Also upstairs there is a terrace and a private dining room. It is all pleasantly “done up” and owned and managed by an amiable Italian called Marco. Marco also has operated successful restaurants in Saigon and the Italian Alps, so he is no slouch in this business. Thankfully as well as adequate capital he has a marketing strategy, although the main impetus in customer creation will come from reputation, which he is already beginning to acquire.

I really like their starter selection of several mixed dishes which allows a party to order 2/3 plates and pick at will. The portions are generous, for starters, and three such platters will make four very happy. With an Italian chef at the stoves the main courses, pastas and risottos are first class. Among other dishes, I have had an excellent ossobuco and a noble Porcino risotto, both well worth a detour. There is a sensible wine list and the staff are attentive, helpful and speak English. All in all a very good addition to the eateries in the Soi 4 environs. My only complaint is the awful pictures in the menu; I reckon food pictures in menus should be confined to tourist traps for bus loads who speak no known language!
For those living close by in Soi 4/6, they now have a free tuk tuk pick up and delivery service: just telephone when you want a ride to dinner.