Grossi Trattoria & Wine Bar
Ground floor, Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok
973 Ploenchit Road, Bangkok 10330
Tel. 02-656-0444
Fax. 02-656-0555
Email: grossi@ihgbangkok.com
Website: www.intercontinental.com
Credit Cards: All Major
Prices: Expensive

In the former location of Matteo Restaurant in the Intercontinental Hotel on Ploenchit Road, Guy Grossi, owner and chef of one of Melbourne, Australia’s respected dining establishments, Grossi Florentino has entered the cluttered Italian dining space in Bangkok. It is yet another variation on the theme, albeit the cuisine here is quite adequate and dishes such as Trippa alla Fiorentina (ox tripe), Quaglia con Polenta (braised quail), Abbacchio alla Romana (suckling lamb), Scialatelle con le sarde, pan grattato (sardines and crumbs) are welcome additions to currently available offerings around town. Wines-by-the-glass are priced properly although, a minor inconvenience is the location of the toilets as they are outside the restaurant, amongst small shops and fast food outlets, which also share them.

I often wonder just how many more Italian establishments this city can support before people will start saying, “Basta, basta?