Review

W1 Restaurant is surrounded by abundant greenery with mirror panels reflecting the design of a Thai-style house and opening onto views of traditional stilt houses along Om Non canal. Guests may choose indoor seating or an outdoor terrace facing water. Menu spans traditional Thai dishes with select items reinterpreted in a modern style, with an insistence on bold flavour, delivering essential notes of Thai taste. Signature appetiser red lotus petal wrap combines dried shrimp, roasted coconut, peanut, herb and sweet tamarind sauce, each bite layered with crunch and fragrance. Run juan pork curry, rarely served in Bangkok, carries heat and complexity from fermented shrimp paste, chilli and a sweet-sour finish. Salmon spicy salad with betel leaf pairs salmon fried crisp yet moist with green mango and cashew in lime dressing, the leaf wrap pulling flavours into sharp focus. Namprik kapi platoo tord presents pungent shrimp paste dip with fried mackerel and seasonal vegetables, intensity offset by natural sweetness. Deep fried fish cakes with orchid ginger arrive crisp edged yet tender inside, lifted by sweet-sour sauce. Beef green curry uses beef shank simmered in coconut milk with bird chilli, basil and eggplant, curry fragrant and thick with layered spice. Dessert of fried banana with coconut ice cream drizzled in honey offers satisfying simplicity. Beverage list offers mocktails, cocktails and a wine selection.