Bunker Bangkok, set in a cool three-storey building in Sathorn, serves refined cuisine, picking dishes from across the culinary traditions of Europe with the addition of some American bravado. Their belief in strong flavours is apparent throughout the menu: salads are served earthy and partially raw, the cured foie gras is especially creamy, the pastas are rich and filling. Bunker serves immaculate cuisine, but it's also a fashionable, intimate space with impeccable service – certainly among the best high-end restaurants in Bangkok. The name of this trendy place evokes images of air-raid shelters that's also clear in the interior design. The sparse and brutalist elements of bare concrete interspersed with floor-to-ceiling windows is very modern and casual; influenced by the self-aware sophistication of New York’s dining scene, which is no surprise when you consider Chef Arnold ‘Arnie’ Marcella had stints in many of the New York’s finest kitchens, including The Elm and Corton (both Michelin-starred restaurants). There’s also a dimly-lit bar on the ground floor playing soul and funk tunes.
