Guest wowpow Posted December 16, 2006 Posted December 16, 2006 Last evening I met a friend at Cuvee Wine Bar at 7.30 for a drink and a look around. One is warmly greeted - asked your name and the staff call you by name after that. No sign of valet parking. You are escorted up stairs a floor and there is the room. It is very large with generous leather oversized armchairs and sofas and a bed platform for lying around. There are neat banquette surrounded dining tables. The decor is expensive sombre with a black floor, black and brown furniture, gold gauzes floating around and blue lighting on the ceilings and under the glass tables. Mirror balls spin and lava lamps with red oil chunder. It is lavishly appointed but has a very late night ambience for me. They have fooseball, snooker, several televisions, a smoking area and magazines. There is a band area and a small dancefloor. I arrived early and ordered a whisky sour 190 baht + 7% tax + 10% service. This was not understood so I pointed it out on the cocktail list. A travesty appeared and was exchanged for a glass of white housewine. My guest was expertly served a Southern Comfort and fresh orange juice.. We were in the non-smoking section which had 6 cute little tubs of matches on it. One needs something to dump straws, stirrers, marashino cherries and cucumber into (accompaniments to a whisky sour). A nibble or two would not be a bad thing. Two drinks cost 540 baht inclusive. They take great pride in their wines and mention that they are shipped, stored, delivered and cellared in temperature controlled conditions. Prices from 850 baht plus plus. The menu looks good. It is pricey as one would expect but friends say the food is very good and the waitress announced with great secrecy that the chef came from Shennanigans?? There is an open kitchen which looks pretty small and unattractive with lots of electricity boxes and fuse boxes on the wall. As we were the only customers in this vast place we decided to eat elsewhere. The owner had a chat and told us about the \\\"concept\\\" of it being like an English club with modern style. I can sort of get the concept but I am not sure if Pattaya has enough young rich hi-sos on which to build the business. It says it is based on Bangkok\\\'s leading bar Bedsupperclub which seems to be cutting edge fashion and busy. I hope got the owners that I am wrong. I see from the website that \"attractive hosts and hostesses are being hired\" and can apply online. I wonder? Pattay could do with some good high quality bars. Recently we have the wonderful fantasy bar at Mantra and the gorgeously colourful one at Manhattans which not only welcomes you for a drink but serves generous free hors d\\\'oeuvres. http://www.cuveeloungebar.com/ Quote
