Overall Score 7/10
Taste 3/5
Ambiance 5/5
Service 5/5
Value 3/5
The Italian fine dining restaurant, Jojo @ St. Regis Hotel,
Bangkok is one of few official restaurants of this five star hotel (the other
two are VIU for European and Western and Zuma for Japanese). Actually I had many chances to come here but the
timing was never right. I was in front
of this place deciding between here and the VIU a few months ago, finally the
time has come. I am reviewing this
restaurant now.
Jojo’s interior design presented the extravaganza to the limit of
a restaurant in a five star hotel. Both
areas indoor and outdoor were decorated elegantly. There were also stool seating with high
tables as well as regular dining tables.
The beautiful wine cellar room and the grande Pizza oven were set back
as background during our hi-so experience.
Top class customer service was a plus.
They were well mannered, spoke to us so politely, and took care of us
superbly. Physical elements of Jojo were
exceptionally marvelous.
Jojo features only so few of their Italian specialties. In fact, availability is as few as many other
nice Italian restaurants in town. Common
categories were appetizers, soups, pizzas, pastas, risottos, main course, and
desserts. A couple of their best picks in
each kind were there for your selection.
The Jojo’s extravagance of food and atmosphere surely came with high
prices. And there was a mercy in special
discounts. The Hotel membership
discounts 25% (any party size). For your
reference, credit cards with good discounts (2 persons – 50% and 3 persons –
33%) were the Citibank and Ultima. Please
find the full menu in our tab menu, I have put it up for you as usual.
Among the three friends during lunch, we didn’t want to go full
option so we ordered two Lunch Sets at a (budget) price of 490++ Baht and additional
Pasta. We had two antipastos (appetizer)
in the lunch set to choose from; first was the Grilled Mint Zuchhini and
assortment salad mix with Italian dressing.
This one was quite simple; plain flavor with the freshness of the Salad
was pleasure, though nothing was that special.
Another appetizer was the Melon Carpaccio with rocket salad in balsamic
dressing. In my life, I have only had
fish or beef Carpaccio. Melon Carpaccio
or thin slices of melon was the first time.
This one was pleasant, better than the first but still not breathtaking.
Our main course was the Fusili in Bell pepper sauce. Coming to the table, appearance was
disturbing. I sensed dissatisfaction
before even trying. My intuition often
times proved to be accurate. This time
was also right on. This one was so
bland, bland to almost no flavor. The Fusili
was not right, so the whole dish failed.
Next main course was the Pizza Ai Quattro Formaggi or basically a
Four-Cheese Pizza. The Jojo @ St. Regis
did a great job. Pizza tasted much
better than the presentation. All three
of us liked this one (The Pizza at Bacco that I had last week was better). Lastly on the main was a Pasta Signature of
the Jojo, Original Fettucine Alfredo Castelmagno Cheese Wheel (650 Baht). I have seen a review of this particular dish
somewhere before I can’t remember. The
Pasta was smothered in Cheese right on our table. The al dante Pasta had a perfect texture and
its heat melted the cheese that glazed all over as an appetizing sauce. To be honest, this signature pasta was
overwhelmingly delicious. The Fusili
earlier was just crap compared to the Jojo’s Pasta signature. Downside was its price; simple ingredients
were cheese, pasta, ham, and peas that came to 650 Baht.
Our Hi-so lunch at the Jojo @ St. Regis Hotel was not as impressive
as I had expected (in terms of the lunch set).
The highlight was the a la carte, Pasta Signature. So dang good- so freaking pricey but with the
supreme level of atmosphere and the service, it was rather memorable. For any of you who can afford the dining
menu, I would surely recommend to you.
Special occasion would be most suitable for my return in the future.
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