Chenin Restaurant
Kunanun Lertpisiku, off the team behind Asok Pi Shop, cooks pastas, flatbreads, and a seasonal card in a tucked-away Sukhumvit 31 wine room that hands its kitchen to a different guest chef each week.
Why go
The published record is thin, so here is what is actually pinned. BK Magazine logged it as a 2023 opening and framed the cooking as "something between Michelin-caliber meals with globe-trotting references and wine fare." Time Out's May 2026 piece treats it as a going concern with "thoughtful food and natural wine list," covering the Czech artist exhibition on its walls: "contemporary art now quietly coexists with candlelight and natural wine." Jeff clocked it as new in 2025; the record says 2023, with signs of a 2024 refit that may explain the impression. The natural and orange wine list and the weekly guest-chef rotation are the draws to plan around.
Order this / avoid
- Order: off the seasonal card; the one priced dish on record is the burrata and sourdough at B450 (BK, 2023). Check @chenin.bkk for the week's guest chef before booking.
- Avoid: weekday daytime; service starts at 5pm Monday to Friday, with brunch on weekends only.
What locals & experts say
- BK Magazine (February 2023, Porpor Leelasestaporn):
Chef-slash-owner Kunanun Lertpisiku offers something between Michelin-caliber meals with globe-trotting references and wine fare.
1 - Time Out Bangkok (May 2026, Kaweewat Siwanartwong): a
tucked-away Sukhumvit 31 wine bar
wherecontemporary art now quietly coexists with candlelight and natural wine.
2
Good to know
- Timing: Monday to Friday 5pm to midnight, weekends from 11am with brunch; kitchen closes 10:30pm (venue site; Time Out prints 7pm to midnight, so confirm).
- Booking: reservations@cheninbkk.com or Instagram @chenin.bkk; phone +66 65-5424-6225.
- Getting there: 29/4 Sukhumvit Soi 31, up the soi from Phrom Phong; near Alonetogether and The Quarter, and the same soi as Baan E-sarn Muangyos for a very different nightcap.
Jeff's take (his words)
- Note: Hip new place in 2025
Verdict
listed — Chenin is a candlelit wine room on Sukhumvit 31 where an Asok Pi Shop alum cooks pastas and flatbreads between weekly guest chefs, with natural wine and a rotating art program. The elements are appealing and Time Out vouches for the thoughtfulness, but with no full critical review, no award, and no documented signature dish, there is nothing yet to hang a detour on. It stays on the list until a critic eats there and writes it up.