What Pitaya Phanphenonsophon, CEO of Bangkok-based Mango Tree, had started in 1994 has grown into 70 locations in 16 countries worldwide. In an interview in 2014, he mentioned that he wants to expand the brand to 100 restaurants by 2015 throughout Asia Pacific, the Middle East, China, Australia and, in the United States, their first opening in Washington DC. His family owns the Coco group of Thai and steamboat restaurants as well.
I have been dining at this Mango Tree’s original restaurant - a beautiful mansion built during the reign of King Rama IV almost 100 years ago - since my early days in Bangkok. The restaurant was named because of a mango tree, which is still there, planted out front.
Mango Tree can seat up to 200 guests and is divided into three areas: Kiew Sawoey Pavilion, Nam Dokmai Pavilion, and the al-fresco courtyard area. The courtyard is breezy and pleasant, especially with evening live classical Thai music and dancing performances. But it is still open-air so it's a big NOPE for me.
Mango Tree
(Alight at Saladeang BTS station on Silom Road and follow map below)
37 Soi Tantawan, Surawongse Rd.,
Bangkok 10500
Tel. 0 2236 2820, 0 2236 1681
Fax. 0 2238 2649
E-mail : mangotree@coca.com
Open Daily : 11.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
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