IGNIV Bangkok

Was here for my wife’s birthday celebration. Price wise is on the high side but there is just so many dishes, couldn’t finish the whole course. However, the effort for each dishes is incredible, from the decoration to taste.

Good time
Good food
Good experience

Can't wait to come back next time

This restaurant called IGNIV is just too good not to share. Knowing how much I like to cook and learn techniques in cooking, my hubby surprised me by taking me to this Michelin star in Bangkok. 

The set menu course actually starts at the bar with a few amouse bouche to create a fun and relaxing atmosphere, then we were escorted to the table.
The dishes were not only beautifully presented in such imaginary ways, they were also created with a fusion of ingredients that are seasonal in both Thailand and Switzerland, and the results were phenomenal. 

In case you are wondering why there is a big FAKE sign behind me, I learned this sign was installed to remind the IGNIV hosts that in a world of fake news, fake emotions and fake goods to stay true to their beliefs and culinary philosophy.follow me @paula_cheng on YouTube and IG for the video review!

Creative western in town
And chef emphasized the concept of sharing
Love their lovely dishes

This is my most serious comment left for a restaurant in map… if I could put a comment here without a single star, I would do so…

Disappointed, terrible experience. The restaurant only focused on the outlook but forgot the core of dining. Lack of consideration of the customer experience, and more importantly, it’s kind of disrespectful to the food.absolutely unacceptable for a Michelin starred restaurant.

Not every Michelin starred restaurant is good in my experience, but IGNIV is definitely the worst one I have ever had (NOT One of).

We had ordered a 4-course sharing menu (5500baht@) plus a 3 glass signature wine pairing set (3500baht@). For the 4 courses (2 appetizers, 1 main course, 1 dessert), each courses had 4 dishes for sharing and all the 4 dishes would be served at the same time.

Why I said it's lack of consideration of customer experience?

Firstly, the food to be shared was not handful food, we had to move it from the original plate to our own plate; otherwise we had to have it one by one on the original plate but not having at the same time.

Secondly, some of the sharing food was needed to be "cut" into 2 pieces (if possible) ourselves; again, it's so difficult to move it to our own plate, and if not doing so, it's not really enjoyable to have one bite each in turn.

Thirdly, for four dishes served at the same time on the table plus our own two main plates and two small plates for bread all on a small table.it's easy to imagine how complicated it was for moving the dishes around for sharing.

Fourthly, our own main plate would not be changed before the next course of another 4 dishes.that mean the sauce from the previous dish would be left on our plate, and would be "mixed" with the next dishes shared and put on our plate.is it intended to do so like Asian type of food sharing?

Fifthly, for the dessert course, it also came with four dishes, including one soufflé and one sorbet, where they were supposed to be eaten at the third and fourth in sequence among the four dishes of dessert. Soufflé would "drop" and sorbet would melt over time. So, we had to be rush finishing the first two dishes to have the soufflé and sorbet.would it be better to serve them after we had finished the first two desserts? Does the chef really want the customer being relax and having the food at the best of its condition?

Other than the above factual issues, more subjective comments were:

1) most if not all dishes except the dessert were super salty or very sour… even putting aside the salty and sour tastes, the general taste of food was quite simple, straight forward without complexity / layers…

2) the wine pairing was not up to standard as well. The white wine was clearly better to drink alone than pairing with the appetizers; the red didn't raise the taste of the main course nor raise its own taste; and the riesling pairing with dessert was just typical choice.

Such quality of food and arrangement at a price of US$290 per person in Bangkok… right, in BANGKOK!

ha ha, so bad luck of me choosing this restaurant for a celebration dinner… I hope I won’t have such experience again in the future…

Impeccable vegan menu and service. Impressive wine list. Everything was excellent. Beautiful team.

We celebrated birthdays here. We called directly to the restaurant and informed that there was a 2-year-old child with us. We prepared our own meals for the children and they offer a baby chairs. The atmosphere is warm with the decoration in green tones. The food was delicious, we chose a 4 sharing course with 3 glasses of wine pairing. Book now, you won't be disappointed.

Fantastisches Erlebnis. Das Beste kinderfreundlichste Fine Dining Experience. Und wurde spontan angeboten, dass jemand auf unsere Tochter schaut damit wir in Ruhe essen können. Der Service war phenomenal. Das schöne Ambiente mit der ausgewählten Kunst haben wir sehr geliebt.

I got promotion from Marriott Bonvoy,
For upgrade Menu set.
I star
Food -> (Thai food still my number one favorite)
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Food was OK. There was some really good dish like the chicken breast. Juice pairing need some improvement. All of them were either super sour or salty. Worst part is that they managed to confuse still and sparkling water TWICE! Even after feedback was given. There were a lot of mosquitoes inside as well.

Stunning experience from start to finish with chefs David and Arne and team being absolutely accommodating and friendly. Even the drinks were done to perfection. I had the elderflower cocktail and my partner had the ginger spritz - both beautiful in taste and presentation.

We were there for my birthday and the last weekend of their winter menu which included deer! One of my favourite game dishes. Special soup of the day was a drool-worthy fish soup with langoustine dumplings - heavenly.

Every course was a delight, service was tip top and both chefs even came out in the end to personally help us pick out our to-go sweet box. Dankeschön

Sidebar: a previous reviewer bemoaned the amount of “sour vegetables” and I honestly just had to laugh. This is a Swiss fine-dining restaurant, people! Pickles are so integral to a meal anyway, I digress. Definitely worth their star and looking forward to our next visit already.

IGNIV at St Regis which is also a Michelin restaurant helmed by chef David Hartwig and pastry chef Arneriehn with influence in making the swiss influence cuisines finer. I usually am not a lover of Swiss cuisines as it seem a bit too plain for my palate. However, at IGNIV it seems to be deferred from that. I partially love their rendition of Thailand winter snacks and the Swiss pasta which chef David done is superb in flavor and taste and yes I like his main course beef. You need to try this restaurant if you want something from the norm

I had a wonderful evening (2.1.2023)

- great dishes
- perfect service
- cool location

Thanks for this amazing experience!

This restaurant is definitely deserves al least 2 Michelin stars! Amazing dine experience. Highly recommended to visit.

Wow. That's all i have to say. Food is great, service is great, experience is fantastic. Regina and Ernie stayed with us 30 minutes after closing just to show us the wine cellar, chit chat, provide us with a Polaroid picture, and to give us goodie bags from the candy corner. The servers were also great and always smiling. I thank the entire Igniv staff and i look forward to seeing you again!

ร้านมิชลิน 1 ดาว IGNIV BANGKOK ร้านอาหารขื่อดังจาก ประเทศสวิสเซอร์แลนด์ และเป็นแรกร้านเดียวนอกสวิส

ไฟน์ไดนิ่งที่แนะนำว่าต้องมาลอง ตอนนี้เปลี่ยนเมนูใหม่เป็น Autumn อาหารสวย แปลกไม่ซ้ำ เช่นเมนู นกกระทา เมนูเนื้อกว่งเรนเดียร์ เป็นต้น

ใครชอบไฟน์ไดนิ่ง แนะนำเลยค่า หัวละ 4,500+

Despite us walking in at the last possible minute before close IGNIV welcomed us with open arms and fantastic service. The tasting menu was fantastic and the wine pairings worked very well. Wonderful staff and chef who checked in on us regularly.

One of my favorite restaurants in Bangkok, easy. I’ve been to IGNIV three times already and have been impressed by the execution every single time. The plating is beautiful, and the food is just delectable. The candy shop concept is also very unique (the cannelles are heavenly) The service is also very lovely and very personal. Would definitely recommend anyone looking for a fine dining experience to choose IGNIV.

This Place is phenomenally unbelievable- absolutely a must if you love and appreciate and Celebrate Food. One of my best dining experiences. Chef Arnie (hope I spelled correctly) and his team did create Magic with food. An absolute delight of taste Flavor and quality excelling all benchmarks.
I am looking forward to dining as soon as possible. Amazing service and hospitality - thanks Regina. Woooooaaahhhhh - my second visit now to IGNIV so editing my review again. The food creativity is beyond one’s imagination absolutely insane and out of the box- this time the Shoufle was coconut - brilliant taste, chef gave a comp onion soup - tooooo awesome - most of the repeat items - insane as this time I enjoyed it much much more as I was relishing each and every small details in each dish - adding more photos today - looking forward to come back to dine here on the Vegetarian week on Oct 3.

My experience at this restaurant was great. However, it took 3 hours from start to finish. The food was exquisite and customer service was excellent! Thank you IGNIV for such a warm welcome.