Review

Casa Lenzi opened in late 2023, a new venture from renowned chef Francesco Lenzi. This is ambitious Italian dining on a grand scale. Bespoke pictures adorn the walls, a chic bar sits at one end, dry-agers are packed with exclusive joints, and a comprehensive wine cellar beckons. Diners enjoy a 180-degree view of the open kitchen, an expansive space equipped with the best, enabling chef Francesco and chef Stefano Merlo, also a stalwart of the Bangkok restaurant scene, to produce stunning culinary creations. The focus is on exceptional raw ingredients expertly prepared with soapstone, wood, and fire. Begin with antipasti, Hokkaido scallop carpaccio with Sicilian red prawns and langoustines, or stellar hand-cut beef tartare with exquisite Cantabrian anchovies. Pasta dishes dazzle with a house specialty of lobster tagliolini, and an ever-present favourite of ravioli with foie gras, truffle emulsion, and strawberry sauce. Mains showcase both traditional and contemporary. Choose a skillfully executed tenderloin Rossini featuring 270-day Australian Angus or tenderloin, slow-cooked in green peppercorn sauce and mustard, accompanied by an ethereally light potato mille-feuille. For non-beef lovers, try dry-aged Barbary duck, melt-in-the-mouth Iberian pork, Spanish sea bass, or wild-caught Brittany sole. For dessert Lenzi tiramisu will always delight. If you prefer to avoid decision-making throughout the meal, leave yourself in Chef Francesco’s hands; you will not be disappointed.