WHY GO? Koi is a stylish, sleek, contemporary Japanese restaurant with California accents. Following its successful sisters in New York and Los Angeles with a clientele of Hollywood stars and celebrities, this Bangkok venue is the only Koi in Asia.

WHAT TO ORDER? Pick a couple of recommended Koi signature cold dishes; try crispy rice topped with mildly spicy minced tuna. Seared albacore, served with crispy red onions, is fresh but the sauce is a tad too sour and the sweet onions do nothing to the dish. Served up in eight pieces, rainbow roll is a standardised dish of assorted sashimi on rolls. It has nice presentation but a little over-generous with the rice. Koi’s recommended hot dish, miso bronzed black cod with a medley of vegetables is delightfully cooked, the fish moist and the vegetables crunchy. On the dessert menu, green tea inspiration sounds fairly promising but the flourless chocolate biscuit with chocolate mousse and sencha tea is flavourless and hard.

A good selection of Old and New World labels. Wine prices range from 900 to 3,500 baht.