https://blueelephant.com/restaurant/blue-elephant-sukhumvit/ There are a few restaurants in those beautiful old homes scattered around Bangkok. Blue Elephant/Monkey Pod is the most recent. Great review, @gainsbarre! A favorite of mine is The Local, which is located just a few blocks from Soi Cowboy. The house is over-the-top elegant, with teak and silk fabrics everywhere. The food is as good as the setting. I've never taken a LB here. It's definitely a Hi-So kind of place, dressy, and on the expensive side. http://www.thelocalthaicuisine.com

A monkey pod is actually a tree, and of course outside there is a big Monkey pod tree 

This is great intel. I never heard of it or maybe I saw the name and gave it a pass lol. Monkey Pod? Can't think of a name less classy. Buffalo Knuckle? Chicken Scratch? Etc.

This saturday was a full business day, had people from vietnam and Holland and for lunch we invited one of our Thai partners. We went to the Goji buffet in the Mariott Marquis on soi 22. Not the cheapest (1900THB/p) but value for money. A huge buffet but with outstanding quality food, Western, Japanese, Thai etc.. - yellowfin and red tuna sashimi of the best quality- and huge selection of other Japanese delights - 3 different cuts of Wagyu beef - selection of top shelf cond cuts and European cheeses like prosciutto, stilton, real brie de Meaux, chorizo, etc... - instant diabetes dessert buffet we spent a pleasurable 3 hours eating way too much (still had dinner appointment at 8PM)  Good place for a weekend brunch/lunch with friends  Like I said, not cheap but very good value for money! As it is buffet style, maybe not the best idea for a romantic date, but excellent if you are with some friends or family.    

Yesterday evening I organized a business dinner with some customers, and went to Monkey Pod restaurant on the corner of soi11 and soi 13. Magnificent old Thai style wooden house (one of the only ones left in the area).  Incredible service and wonderful setting inside the restaurant, pure luxury but very classy. We went for the discovery menu an 8 course thai style dinner (2200thb/person)  The food is just incredible, thai style but on an exceptional level, lots of traditional Thai dishes with a gastronomic twitch that enhances the traditional Thai flavours even more. Huge cocktail list with exotic and dared cocktails (i went for a Rhum based cocktail, with kafir lime, lemongrass and ginger), we paired the food with 2 bottles of Gewürzstraminer (Hugel), which is a slightly sweet and spicy wine that works wonderfully well with thai food. Per menu every body could choose his own level of spicyness he wanted, so no surprises there for those who want it a bit softer in taste. all in all an excellent choice if you want to go for fine dining in a nice setting and still be able to hit the streets afterwards. We ended the business part with a couple of pisco sours in Above11 and closed down the business part around half past midnight. After waving my customers out, I finished a very nice evening at cindy's (300m walk) if you want to have some culinary experience with some friends or a romantic dinner with one of your sweethearts, this is an excellent place to go. I should warn that if you wanted to take a Ladyboy friend out there, you have to make sure it is somebody that can appreciate a high quality meal. The advantage however is that it is thai food and Thai flavour so they most probably will like it. There is a dresscode, but just the obvious one, no flip flops, no tank tops, and I would suggest your girl not to wear bikini's Not for everyday, but worth it for a special occasion or if you want to give yourself a treat.