🍋🇮🇹 Southern Italian coast has landed on Sukhumvit 24 — pin this location fast! La Fontana Bangkok is inside Galeri 24, built around an authentic coastal Italian concept, serving Italian coastal-style food with pasta hand-made fresh every day. The space is emerald green trimmed in wood, with rattan chairs, and every plate is done in a beautiful blue-and-gold palette — extremely photogenic ✨🌊.

🫓 Mediterranean Dip Trio — 390 baht: three dips served on a gold-rimmed ceramic tray. Beetroot-goat cheese, a striking pink cream with dill, earthy-sweet cut by the goat cheese's tang. Roasted sweet pepper-walnut, slightly coarse, with a smoky char, drizzled with a thick balsamic glaze — deeply savory. Pea-mint-feta, bright green, topped with crumbly feta and pea shoots — refreshing and a great palate cleanser 💚. The best part is what's served alongside — not just pita, but soft thin pita toasted with char spots, a big focaccia loaf with a crisp crust, grilled polenta cut into sticks and dusted with herbs, and grissini (both cumin-seed sticks and cute red ones rolled in black-and-white sesame). Plus extra olive oil and balsamic for dipping — we cleaned every cup.

🥗 Mixed Arugula & Pear — 390 baht, served on a matte black plate. Long-sliced juicy pear alternates with thinly sliced 24-month-aged parmesan, salty and fragrant with crunchy crystals in the cheese, topped with toasted walnuts and a thick reduced balsamic. The base is arugula with red-stemmed beetroot leaves, slightly bitter and peppery, balancing the sweetness perfectly.

🥗 Mixed Arugula & Pear — 390 baht, served on a matte black plate. Long-sliced juicy pear alternates with thinly sliced 24-month-aged parmesan, salty and fragrant with crunchy crystals in the cheese, topped with toasted walnuts and a thick reduced balsamic. The base is arugula with red-stemmed beetroot leaves, slightly bitter and peppery, balancing the sweetness perfectly.

🐚 Cavatelli alle Vongole — 460 baht, served in a dark-blue gold-rimmed ceramic dish, beautiful enough to photograph before eating 💙. The hand-made cavatelli is short and grooved — that groove is the real star since it holds onto the sauce perfectly, and each bite is genuinely al dente. The sauce isn't the clear white vongole you'd expect, but a creamy, gold-green parsley pesto that clings tight to the noodles, fragrant with fresh herbs, contrasting the beautifully opened clams with pure sea-sweet meat. There are even golden droplets of olive oil pooling in the shells. This version is unconventional but genuinely delicious 💛.

🐚 Cavatelli alle Vongole — 460 baht, served in a dark-blue gold-rimmed ceramic dish, beautiful enough to photograph before eating 💙. The hand-made cavatelli is short and grooved — that groove is the real star since it holds onto the sauce perfectly, and each bite is genuinely al dente. The sauce isn't the clear white vongole you'd expect, but a creamy, gold-green parsley pesto that clings tight to the noodles, fragrant with fresh herbs, contrasting the beautifully opened clams with pure sea-sweet meat. There are even golden droplets of olive oil pooling in the shells. This version is unconventional but genuinely delicious 💛.

🍝 Gnocchi Bolognese — 460 baht. The gnocchi is very well made, plump pieces with a chewy-tender texture that tastes genuinely of potato, not overly floury, with a slight golden sear from the pan (worth noting: this is gnocchi, not pasta). The ragù is coarsely ground meat, simmered until the fat renders out, topped with a generous shower of grated parmesan. The restaurant says the recipe is certified by the Italian government, but honestly, we still prefer the recipe of a friend's Italian mother-in-law that we've had before 🥲. The herb aroma on this dish felt a little muted, not very fragrant. If you like a rich, intensely meaty sauce, this works fine, but if you're after a strong herbal note, you may need to adjust your expectations a bit.

🍝 Gnocchi Bolognese — 460 baht. The gnocchi is very well made, plump pieces with a chewy-tender texture that tastes genuinely of potato, not overly floury, with a slight golden sear from the pan (worth noting: this is gnocchi, not pasta). The ragù is coarsely ground meat, simmered until the fat renders out, topped with a generous shower of grated parmesan. The restaurant says the recipe is certified by the Italian government, but honestly, we still prefer the recipe of a friend's Italian mother-in-law that we've had before 🥲. The herb aroma on this dish felt a little muted, not very fragrant. If you like a rich, intensely meaty sauce, this works fine, but if you're after a strong herbal note, you may need to adjust your expectations a bit.

🐙 Double-Cooked Smoked Spanish Octopus — 890 baht, the standout dish of the meal! The Spanish octopus is boiled first, then grilled — two steps that give it an extremely tender texture while keeping a charred, smoky edge. Not the least bit rubbery, no effort needed to chew, cut into perfect bite-sized pieces. Tossed with black olives, small salty capers, quartered cherry tomatoes, and herbs sautéed in olive oil, sitting on a smooth mashed potato base. Mix it all together and it's perfectly balanced — salty, sweet, and rich all in one bite 🖤.

🐙 Double-Cooked Smoked Spanish Octopus — 890 baht, the standout dish of the meal! The Spanish octopus is boiled first, then grilled — two steps that give it an extremely tender texture while keeping a charred, smoky edge. Not the least bit rubbery, no effort needed to chew, cut into perfect bite-sized pieces. Tossed with black olives, small salty capers, quartered cherry tomatoes, and herbs sautéed in olive oil, sitting on a smooth mashed potato base. Mix it all together and it's perfectly balanced — salty, sweet, and rich all in one bite 🖤.

Wine by the glass starts at 199 baht 🍷. Open daily 11:00 AM–11:00 PM.