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