1217/2 Sukhumvit Rd.
Klonton Nua, Wattana
Bangkok 10110
Tel. 02-714-2112
Opening Hours: Breakfast, Lunch, Tea Time, Dinner
Owner/Director: Xavier Pierre Olaf Roger Bruzand-Grille
Website: www.bonjourbangkok.com
Private Parking, Private Dining Room
Credit Cards: all major
Prices: Expensive
Bonjour is a new French restaurant situated in a large house just off Sukhumvit Road between Ekkamai and Thonglor, and to narrow it down even further, between soi 59 and 61, it is easy to find and has an abundance of on-site parking.
I had mixed feelings about the experience; I was both excited, to dine at a new French restaurant in Bangkok, and underwhelmed by the two dishes I sampled.
I ordered two courses from the lunch menu. Crab and crevette soup was delivered by a young waitress, and in her hands the low-slung soup bowl reacted like a swimming pool in an earthquake, lapping alternately up and over the brim on both ledges on its journey to the table. The thin soup was separating from the cream, probably due to the vigorous movement, and globules of red-tinged fat from the shrimp floated onto the surface. The next course, a white fish from the bass family, sautéed with the skin, was fine, although not unlike hundreds I have eaten and nothing on the plate or treatment of this delicate fish helped to distinguish it as “memorable”.
The promised swans (see Bonjour’s website) were non-existent, however, they may arrive soon as the building and grounds were obviously not complete as workmen were still in evidence on the premises.
It is always difficult in the opening weeks of any new restaurant and my visit was most likely too premature as this restaurant had been open only a little over a month. I will let some time pass and return again to take another look, at which time everything will probably be fine-tuned and running smoothly.
Not impressive, by the food and service.
Food came too fast.
Australia steak that substitute the lamb is tough. It was cook to the way we wanted but the meat is so tough, it was the poor quality or grade of beef imported.
To give a full picture why My husband and I were not impressed by Bonjour.
We are on an extended holiday to enjoy amazing Thailand. We always enjoy our visits to BBK on a regular basis.
We like to check out new and happening places in BBK we have always had good experiences trying new french and italian food in BBK.
We went to Bonjour last week, as there were a good review of the restaurant in the BK magazine. The owner was also a 10 year veteran at Alain Duccasse’s restaurant.
But we were disappointed.
The food was served too fast (cause the place was empty), unlike the usual french dining.
There were only 2 tables in the dining area, but the service attention was poor. There was 1 manager. 2 wait staff, and also the owners or the chef (or so they looked like), but it was not easy to get their attention.
We firstly ordered a glass of white wine each and we were served with some nuts. The nuts were taken away without asking if we were done with it.
We ordered the 5 courses November special menu and it happened to be the last day of the special menu. We were told the pumkin soup will be changed to mushroom soup and the rack of lamb will be changed to Australian Striploin. Thats fine with us as it was the last day of the special menu and they ran out of the two items.
The Amuse B on the house – Very fresh Tuna
First course – Mushroom soup was fine….and so were the next 2 courses.
One dish did impressed me was the scallop with egg york, caulliflower moose – very tasty and fresh.
The most disappointing dish was the Australian striploin! It was so tough, the meat was cooked exactly to a perfect medium and medium rare according to our order. Its plainly the poor quality/grade of the beef.
The manager was trying hard to make up with the changes of the food the were out and apologized about the beef. He offerred 2 half glasses of flat champagnes which I suspect maybe from an unfinished bottle.
After we paid the bill, the owner or the chef came by our table to check if everything was fine. Well, we gave him our feedback that the beef is really tough, he told us the beef is from Australia and there is another better quality steak on the a la carte menu. Does that mean the special menu were items to be cleared soon?
It was not a good dining experience. In my opinion, paying a expensive bill with a good dining experience, good food and good service is worth it. In this case, I do not think we will return to Bonjour, as there are so many french and Italian food that we tried in South East Asia and BBK that are so much better.
Here are some places that are worth trying and return to:
53 in Singapore
Zanotti in BBK
The good old Gianni in BBK