Sala Rossa
2 เดอะแกรนด์, 2/1 ตึก, 2/399 Soi Mahatlek Luang 2, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Sala Rossa has been serving traditional Italian cooking in Bangkok since 2004, founded by a Thai owner who spent years in Italy and whose wife trained as a chef in Rome. The wood-fired pizza oven is the centrepiece, and the signature Pizza Sala Rossa, topped with mozzarella, mushroom, salami, anchovies, and parma ham, shows the kitchen at its confident best. Located on Soi Mahatlek Luang 2 near Ratchadamri, it rewards those who seek it out.
Sala Rossa opened in 2004, making it one of Bangkok's longest-running Italian restaurants, and it has earned its reputation not through reinvention but through consistency. Founded by Khun Den, a Thai restaurateur who spent significant years living in Italy, and run with a kitchen overseen by his wife, who trained as a chef in Rome, the restaurant brings an insider's understanding of Italian cooking to a neighbourhood setting near Lumpini Park.
The name translates to Red Room in Italian, a nod to the original location in the Sala Daeng area before the restaurant moved to its current home on the ground floor of the Grand Building at Soi Mahatlek Luang 2, off Ratchadamri Road. The dining room carries a traditional Italian atmosphere, calm and unhurried, with parking available within the building.
The kitchen's flagship is the Pizza Sala Rossa, priced at 450 THB, wood-fired and loaded with mozzarella, tomato sauce, mushroom, salami, anchovies, and parma ham, using the restaurant's own tomato sauce recipe. A Four Cheese pizza arrives with gorgonzola, brie, parmesan, and mozzarella, and the menu offers more than 12 pizza varieties with a half-and-half option for the undecided. The pasta selection covers traditional preparations: spaghetti carbonara made with pancetta and Parmigiano Reggiano in the classical style, fettuccine with garlic, olive oil, fried bacon, salmon and chili at 420 THB, and black spaghetti with seafood in squid ink sauce at 420 THB. The kitchen also sends out Zuppa di Cozze al Sugo, New Zealand mussels sauteed with white wine in tomato soup, and a grilled Norwegian salmon with garlic, fresh tomatoes, and lemon at 620 THB.
The wine list is carefully curated across classic and emerging wine regions, with bottle prices starting around 1,000 THB, and the restaurant positions itself as equally suited to wine lovers and food-focused guests. Private events and group bookings can fill the full dining room with dedicated staff support.
Service hours run daily for lunch from 11:30 to 14:30 and dinner from 17:30 to 22:30. The per-person spend typically lands above 1,000 THB, positioning it as accessible fine dining rather than a splurge occasion.