3/5 R T. 11 months ago on Google
Other
(better)
brunch
options
in
BKK
…
I
hadn’t
been
to
St
Regis’
Viu
restaurant
Sunday
brunch
in
2-3
years,
until
today.
Back
then
it
had
been
a
favorite
brunch
spot
for
my
wife
&
me
for
a
long
time,
so
much
so
that
we
were
more
frequent
guests.
As
a
highest
tier
Marriott
Bonvoy
member,
we’d
always
received
attentive,
responsive
service
from
the
dining
room
staff.
The
service
remains
first
rate
&
K
James
deserves
a
special
shout
out
for
his
proactive,
thoughtful,
friendly,
&
highly
professional
service
—
his
service
is
as
good
as
it
gets
for
BKK
dining
rooms.
We
did
&
do
appreciate
the
more
casual
ambiance
of
this
brunch
venue
&
its
well-mannered
clientele,
&
always
enjoyed
&
looked
forward
to
the
varied
assortment
of
high
quality,
hot
&
cold
food
items.
The
Viu
brunch
always
struck
us
as
having
a
more
than
fair
price-quality-value
proposition
—
it
was
a
worthy
destination
in
BKK’s
very
competitive
Sunday
brunch
scene.
For
us
the
Viu
Sunday
brunch
in
times
past
had
a
thoughtfully
curated
offering
—
sadly,
IMHO,
it’s
no
longer
what
it
once
was,
&
is
a
ghost
of
its
former
self.
I
do
recognize
that
venue
management
must
carefully
balance
its
food
&
service
input
costs
against
a
desired
brunch
price
point,
during
these
challenging
higher
inflation
times.
Notwithstanding,
the
number
&
variety
of
food
items
on
offer
seems
to
have
been
considerably
scaled
back
across
the
entire
range
—
from
the
cold
appetizers,
charcuterie
board,
roast
meat
&
fish
carving
station,
hot
food
line,
&
through
to
desserts.
Abandoned
altogether
was
a
brunch
feature
of
a
separate
short
menu
(6
or
so
choices)
of
made-to-order
special
food
items,
including
choices
like
foie
gras
or
some
unique
risotto
—
this
special
menu
made
for
a
more
unique
dining
experience.
Surprisingly,
certain
items
advertised
to
be
on
the
basic
menu
indeed
were
not
(e.g.,
Spanish
chorizo)
&
other
items
were
not
replenished
once
gone
(e.g.
gravlax)
&
had
to
be
requested
as
a
special
order.
Also
at
this
visit,
the
quality
of
the
cold
shellfish
was
quite
sub-standard
(e.g.,
still
semi-frozen
or
water-logged
crab
legs,
dried-out
boiled
mussels).
All
in
all,
the
menu
selection
was
disappointing
&
IMO
this
brunch
was
not
at
all
comparable
to
previous
visits
&
worth
the
brunch
pricing
(THB
3,200/pax/no
alcohol).
IMHO,
given
the
brunch
menu
changes,
there
a
numerous
other
higher
caliber
BKK
Sunday
brunch
options
that
reflect
what
Viu
once
was
—
frankly,
for
that
reason
I’d
be
hard
pressed
to
return
to
or
to
recommend
to
friends
&
family
the
Viu
Sunday
brunch
as
it
now
is.
Or
perhaps
it’s
time
to
revisit
St
Regis’
Zuma
Sunday
brunch
instead.