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Park Hyatt Bangkok Has The Best Brunch

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 12, 2019September 14, 2021 13 Comments
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The two-year-old Park Hyatt Bangkok is a five-star hotel with the coolest Sunday brunch in the Big Mango complete with a walk-through working kitchen.


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Gatsby-Night

The view from the 34th floor of the Park Hyatt Bangkok hotel is enough to draw a crowd on its own. In fact, Friday night of our stay, the restaurant and bar were hosting a Gatsby-themed party complete with Flappers and period drinks. We were invited to join the party but had reservations because our five-year-old daughter was traveling with us. The staff mentioned that it was tame and Lucy was allowed only until 9 PM anyway, so we could stop up and see it for 20 minutes and then would leave anyway.  Once our daughter saw the dresses and understood there was “a party” on the roof – we were powerless to fight the situation.

Gatsby party
Gatsby party
The belle of the ball
The belle of the ball

With a hard out in 20 minutes, it was my kind of party. Or so I thought. I spent nearly the entire 20 minutes taking photos on strangers phones with our daughter who didn’t hate the attention.

Flappers
Flappers
Daddy and daughter on the 35th floor
Daddy and daughter on the 35th floor

The Penthouse Bar and Grill

High above Central Embassy and occupying the top two floors of the Park Hyatt hotel is The Penthouse. On the roof is the cocktail bar. In the afternoon, the restaurant offers a signature afternoon tea service.

For normal meal service, the restaurant is a prime steakhouse with indoor and outdoor seating available and a stunning view of the city. Above the restaurant is the bar with mostly outdoor seating, perfect for a February evening with friends. There is an open kitchen with grill in the dining room and not a bad seat in the house.

Costs:

About 2,500 baht for the buffet with soft drinks (coffee, juice and tea too), 3,500 baht with cocktails and wine, 4,500 to add free flowing champagne.

Location:

34th-36th floors
Park Hyatt Bangkok
88 Wireless Road
Bangkok

Views and light from every angle in the Penthouse
Views and light from every angle in the Penthouse
Making herself comfortable at the Penthouse
Making herself comfortable at the Penthouse
Outdoor seating available
Outdoor seating available
Bangkok social media influencer photographing the Sunday brunch band
Bangkok social media influencer photographing the Sunday brunch band

Sunday Brunch

The dining room was buzzing at the arrival an influencer from the Bangkok social scene… if they only knew I was there. Prior to dining, I found mostly glowing experiences recounted online. One negative, and keep in mind that the review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member, seemed to nitpick the smallest details and ignore an otherwise superb experience. This is not such a review. Our experience was exemplary.

Booze is not really my thing, but if it’s yours you will love this brunch. In addition to not one but two drink stations before getting to your table. Champagne brunch with endless bubbly can be amended to your order for an additional cost.

Coffee flavored cocktails
Coffee flavored cocktails
Bloody Mary station
Bloody Mary station

Made-to-order cuts of Tomahawk steak and fish are fired a la minute at the front grill in the dining room along with sausages, pork, ribs, and roasted garlic. A long line of pastas and baked oysters followed the grill selection.

Tomahawk on display
Tomahawk on display
Grill spread
Grill spread
cream and mushroom pasta
cream and mushroom pasta
Front grill selection: baked oysters, sausage, Chinese broccoli, chicken
Front grill selection: baked oysters, sausage, Chinese broccoli, chicken

The food was excellent and well worth the money in a city where quality meals are inexpensive and widely available. Though we had free breakfast downstairs in the Living Room, it was certainly worth paying for brunch the Sunday morning we were in residence. Service was also top notch, they even made the perfect iced coffee.

Iced coffee
Iced coffee

The Walk-Through Kitchen

The coolest element about the design of this brunch has to be the walk-through kitchen. Guests are invited from the dining room to kitchen where dishes are ordered right from the chef who will make them. From fresh-shucked oysters to breakfast sandwiches, even cocktails are prepared in the kitchen as guests watch the food cooked right in front of them.

Kitchen walk-through
Kitchen walk-through
A variety of egg dishes made from scratch
A variety of egg dishes made from scratch
Egg chef preparing an order
Egg chef preparing an order
Oysters
Oysters
Thai-style oysters
Thai-style oysters

Dessert

The very luxurious, opulent, frankly absurd dessert room is through the kitchen with no other way to arrive there. Lucy tried about a quarter of the items on offer from gelatin and cream apples to cake pops to sundaes and doughnuts. We were either the best parents in the world or the worst, but when your child enters Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory they only responsible thing to do is let them try the snozzberries, right?

Dessert room
Dessert room
Pastry table with white and milk chocolate fountains
Pastry table with white and milk chocolate fountains
Gelatin and cream filled dessert that looks and tastes like an apple
Gelatin and cream filled dessert that looks and tastes like an apple
DIY Sundaes
DIY Sundaes

For high-quality drinking and dining with excellent service, the Penthouse delivers on all accounts. On our next visit to the city, we look forward to returning to the Park Hyatt Bangkok brunch at the Penthouse Grill.

Share your feedback: Have you tried the brunch at the Park Hyatt Bangkok? Have you ever walked through a commercial kitchen in service? 

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13 Comments

  1. Paolo Reply
    May 12, 2019 at 8:21 am

    You have a passing resemblance to Leonardo di Caprio judging by that photo on the roof, or maybe it’s the Gatsby effect.
    PH had a pretty rocky launch period but they seem to be on top of things now. I like it.
    These brunch things don’t appeal to me, but they’re tremendously popular with many of the regional guests and are something of a feature of the ‘Bangkok weekend’
    This one might be high quality but I’m not sure about your suggestion that good quality meals at a reasonable price can be found in Bangkok. These days prices tend to be western+.

  2. Santastico Reply
    May 12, 2019 at 11:25 am

    So many amazing Asian hotels in Bangkok and you stay at a Hyatt. And you eat Tomahawk steak and cream mushroom pasta while in Thailand.

    • Kyle Stewart Reply
      May 12, 2019 at 1:52 pm

      Thank you for your comment. Having lived in Thailand, stayed in (and reviewed) more than a dozen hotels in Bangkok, I don’t have to eat Thai at every meal. Others that visit the city might find themselves in the same situation.

    • DB Reply
      May 12, 2019 at 2:28 pm

      For those of you giving flack for traveling to BK and staying at a Hyatt, I’d be curious to hear what other hotels you would recommend for those on a bigger budget looking for a 5 star experience?

      • Santastico Reply
        May 13, 2019 at 1:55 pm

        Picked a random week and searched for 5 star hotels in Bangkok with top reviews. Park Hyatt:$285/night. Anantara:$189; Banyan Tree:$131; Peninsula:$279; Rosewood:$300; Shangri-la:$157; Sukhothai:$155; Okura Prestige:$168. Here are many non-American chain options that I would stay in Bangkok instead of a Hilton, Hyatt or Marriott.

    • mojo Reply
      May 12, 2019 at 2:43 pm

      Santastico,

      So many other angles from which to comment (such as suggesting specific alternatives that you would highly recommend), yet you instead choose to bash the author…

  3. Christian Reply
    May 12, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    What’s the green thing in the dish that your daughter is holding? Also, isn’t the price around $100 USD per person? You mention cheap food, but if that’s the price, it seems pretty steep.

  4. Kevin Reply
    May 12, 2019 at 3:24 pm

    @Mojo,

    You can try 137 Pillars Bangkok, The Sukothai and the Banyan Tree are all on par or better than the Park Hyatt. The Sunday brunch? The Peninsula and Sukothai are fantastic.

    • Kyle Stewart Reply
      May 12, 2019 at 4:44 pm

      I find it telling that the example you provided (137 Pillars) is a Hyatt redemption now through SLH and is sold and booked on Hyatt.com? Also, the Peninsula is a Hong Kong brand so if we are being penalized for not staying in a true Thai brand in Bangkok, wouldn’t that rule out the Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental, Shangri-La, all the Marriott/SPGs, IHGs, Hiltons, Le Accor, Club Carlson, Kempinski, and Taj properties? How does that not hurt the Thai franchisees of those brands?

      • Santastico Reply
        May 13, 2019 at 2:40 pm

        Kyle: not sure any posts here mentioned Thai hotel brands. My point is about Asia. I used to go to Asia every month for many years and visited many Asian countries. I find that Asian culture is so unique that staying in an Asian hotel brand really brings that in to small details. Thus, it does not matter if it is a Thai hotel but in my opinion staying at Asian hotels im Asia is a much better and “local” experience than staying in an American hotel chain. Again, that is my experience after staying in many hotels in different Asian countries including Mariott, Sheraton, Hyatt, Intercontinental.

  5. cargocult Reply
    May 12, 2019 at 5:40 pm

    One might find suspect the restaurant recommendation of someone who doesn’t know the difference between scallops and oysters.

    The China House at the Mandarin Oriental has a wonderful lunch/brunch offering at a far lower price, though it likely won’t appeal to those who wish to eat pasta with cream and mushrooms in Bangkok. Nostalgia for dishes made with Campell’s cream of mushroom soup, perhaps?

    • jack Reply
      May 13, 2019 at 12:43 am

      I’ve enjoyed the brunch at China House a couple of times and highly recommend it. I thought it was fantastic, and extremely good value.

  6. Bangkok Best Dining Reply
    November 25, 2019 at 3:46 am

    Thanks for Sharing and Very Good Post !!

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