Pomodoro - Pretty Authentic Italian On Suk Rd

Finally made it over to the Pomodoro branch on Suk Road near Soi 5 today for lunch, had a very pleasant meal and found the answer to my own trivia question: Where in Bangkok can you eat pretty good and authentic Italian food in a stylish restaurant, while looking out a large streetside window to see young Thai ladies in miniskirts solicit passersby outside at 3 pm in the afternoon????

That notwithstanding, the Pomodoro branch there is a very pleasant and comfortably outfitted restaurant inside, with good, attentive service, refreshing white tablecloths and cloth napkins, and very comfortable seating. The interior is quiet and refined, offering a pleasant and cool respite from the bustle outside.

They've been running for some time their 280 baht++ lunch specials set menu, which we sampled and included a choice of lunch entrees with soup or salad, and hot coffee or tea as beverage. They're also offering an afternoon happy hour of 120 baht alcohol drink specials (including red or white house wine) and separately, a 15% discount until the end of the year on menu ala carte items (not the lunch or drink specials) when the bill is paid with an AMEX.

For the two of us, the total lunch tab came to just over 1,000 baht, because on top of the lunch specials price they are adding 10% service charge and VAT. I also had a glass of their 120 baht red wine, which was perfectly passable, and we had a couple bottles of water and a watermelon smoothie. So, the total for a lunch for two wasn't cheap, but the food was pretty good...and the price much better than their alternatives on their ala carte menu, which tend to run in the 350 to 500 baht per item range except for the simpler dishes.

Here is a screen shot of their lunch specials menu:

Here is a screen shot of their afternoon happy hour drink specials menu:

And here is a list of some other promotions that other Pomodoro branches supposedly are offering, though I haven't visited the others to confirm them:

Lastly, here's the company's web site listing their various Pomodoro locations.