Thanks for the recommendation and sounds great so I'll definitely give it a whirl. However has No idea now rebranded as Pasha Wine Bar & Restaurant or is that a different venue altogether ?  

That's exactly how Dave used to run the place, and if you were a regular he'd often pull up a chair and sit down for half an hour or so. 

Yes the new owner makes a point of coming over to every table after your meal to check if everything was OK etc. It is a great personal touch and you can see he takes a lot of pride in his restaurant. SAG

Many of the No Idea staff were part of the furniture years ago, when it was in it's original iteration on Soi 22. 
Would regularly stop in for a chinwag and a beer with the old owner, Dave. 
He sold up to a French bloke, maybe a year ago, but i still hear good reports about the place. 
 

Backstory ToTo is visiting BKK as she is looking for wholesalers for her new Laos business and has also been invited to the WN04 Staff Trip later this week. @Behan suggested we take her to No Idea, which is a really nice restaurant on soi 18.  I had visited No Idea with @Behan once before and remembered that it was a favourite of Iain's when it was located on soi 22. As Iain was a qualified chef, that was quite the recommendation. There was a comical episode when I was trying to give the directions to ToTo: ToTo: Where we meet? SAG: No idea ToTo: What name of restaurant? SAG: No idea ToTo: How I find it? SAG: On soi 18. ToTo: How I know I am there? SAG: Stop at No idea etc. I finally managed to cut through the confusion, but must admit, it is a daft name for a restaurant! The Restaurant No Idea is situated about 300 metres, or a 5 minutes walk, inside soi 18, on the left hand side. It is set back from the road, with steps leading up to an outside area.  The inside is spacious and feels very roomy, with a modern decor and tables far enough away from each other that you can have a private conversation. There is also a bar area, which has a bar menu, and there must be 1,000+ bottles of wine on the walls. The cocktails and wine menu is extensive,  What makes the restaurant stand out is that there are a lot of staff, who are very attentive and are well trained, with excellent English.  The menu has about 8-10 starters and the same number of main courses and desserts. But what is quite unique about No Idea is that the list of specials is probably bigger than the menu itself. I have never seen so many specials and they definitely change from visit to visit. The type of food is modern farang, and is probably most similar to the Wine Connection on soi 11, although the quality at No Idea is way better and the service cannot be compared. If you're thinking that it is expensive, you would be wrong, I had the grilled chicken and seasonal vegetable, which was about THB 500 and the portions were very generous. ToTo had the Wagyu Carpaccio as a starter and then the seafood pasta, which she seemed to enjoy. The carpaccio was THB 550 and the seafood pasta, which had a lot of seafood in it was 950.  A sign of a good restaurant is that there is little to no staff turnover and I recognised three of the waiting on staff from the previous visit. Summary If you are looking for a nice place, that has very good food and excellent service, but is neither pretentious nor over-priced, then No Idea ticks all of the boxes. It is a perfect place to take a LB out for a special occasion, without her feeling intimidated or like a fish out of water. If you set the benchmark at Wine Connection, then that place gets a 3.5/5.0 from me, as it is just OK food, with cramped tables and so-so service, as compared to much better quality food, way better service and a nice spacious layout. It is the difference between a corporate chain restaurant and an individually owned establishment. I give No Idea a 4.5/5.0 and IMHO it cannot be faulted. Highly recommended if you fancy some farang food and it has a highly extensive drinks list! The customers were mainly farangs and it was a nice relaxed atmosphere. Cheers SAG