Iwane Goes Nature
14 Soi Sukhumvit 23, Khlong Toei Nuea, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
Born as a bakery in 2011 and expanded into a full cafe, Iwane Goes Nature serves a garden terrace and a home-style interior dining room. The menu spans salads, sandwiches, pastas, rice dishes, and steaks alongside freshly baked goods. Lead with the ricotta pancakes, a signature made crispy on the outside and soft inside, or the tom yum pasta, a consistent draw for the local Japanese community.
You arrive at 14 Soi Sukhumvit 23 and step through a garden that softens the neighborhood's urban edge. Iwane Goes Nature began as a bakery in 2011, operating in the space in front of Sha Raku Japanese restaurant, and later expanded into a proper all-day cafe with a full dining menu. The lush outdoor terrace connects to a cozy, home-style indoor dining room, giving you a choice of settings at any visit.
The founding story runs directly through the name. Two friends, one Thai and one Korean, built the cafe on techniques and recipes passed to them by Mr Iwane, their Japanese baking mentor. That lineage shapes everything on the menu: the approach to Western patisserie carries a distinctly Japanese sensibility, and every component, from bread to cheese to syrup, is made in-house from scratch.
The all-day menu covers more ground than most bakery-cafes. Salads, sandwiches, pastas, rice dishes, and steaks sit alongside freshly baked pastries and sweets. The ricotta pancakes have become the most-cited signature: crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy inside, they draw return visits across the week. The tom yum pasta holds its own as a second anchor, particularly popular with the local Japanese resident community that has made Iwane Goes Nature part of a regular rotation.
The front zone of the cafe keeps various breads available for sale, so you can take baked goods home as well as eat in. Resident cats move between the garden terrace and the outdoor seating zone, adding an unhurried texture to the experience. The crowd skews toward young families, nomadic workers, and local Japanese residents, with a broader international mix drawn by the Sukhumvit 23 address. Worth visiting at any meal period: the kitchen runs from breakfast through to an early dinner.