SARIT Boutique&Cafe
71 Soi Sukhumvit 39, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
SARIT earns its category as more than a cafe stop. Designer Sarit Rattanawadee spent eight years in Italy working for labels including Vivienne Westwood and Moschino before returning to Bangkok with a brand that now sells in Japanese department stores. That precision shows up on the plate too. We think this is one of the few fashion-house cafes in Bangkok where the food is the point, not an afterthought for shoppers.
The building itself sets expectations. A renovated 1970s house on Soi Sukhumvit 39 holds the full SARIT operation: brand headquarters in the rear, boutique and cafe occupying the front rooms. Walking in means entering a working design studio's public face.\n\nDesigner Sarit Rattanawadee, known locally as Khun Gaoy, built her fashion career across eight years in Italy, gaining experience at Vivienne Westwood and Moschino before returning to Thailand. The SARIT clothing line reflects that dual influence directly: European-cut silhouettes in men's and women's pieces, with Thai Jim Thompson silk fabrics woven into the women's collection. The brand earned shelf space in Japanese department stores across more than a decade of international sales.\n\nThe cafe menu applies the same logic of precise sourcing and considered technique. Traditional Thai and Italian dishes are presented with contemporary plating, but Khun Gaoy is explicit that this is not fusion cooking. Signature items include tom kha gai served with the components separated rather than combined in the bowl, massaman curry plated on French bread, and truffle pate. For the curry preparations, she works with a southern Thai chef, Khun Guang, to maintain authenticity of flavor.\n\nPractical note: the venue is closed Mondays and opens later on weekdays at 11AM, while weekends start at 9:30AM. Delivery is available. The space does not have a large footprint, so seating is limited during weekend morning hours when the earlier opening draws traffic from the surrounding Watthana residential area.\n\nFor expats in Watthana or anywhere on the Sukhumvit corridor, SARIT offers something unusual: a cafe that doubles as a point of contact with a genuinely independent Thai designer label. The boutique is browsable while you eat, and the clothing is not souvenir merchandise. It is the actual product the brand sells internationally.