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Appia brings Roman family recipes to the heart of Bangkok's Sukhumvit neighborhood, operating as a trattoria in the truest sense of the word — unpretentious, rooted in tradition, and built around the kind of cooking that belongs on a Roman family table rather than a stage.
The restaurant's own description cuts straight to the point: Roman Family Recipes. That phrase carries real weight. Roman cuisine is one of Italy's most distinct regional traditions — offal, cured meats, slow-cooked sauces, handmade pasta — and Appia plants that flag firmly in Bangkok, a city with no shortage of Italian restaurants but few that commit this specifically to the cooking of the Eternal City.
Gambero Rosso, Italy's most authoritative food and wine guide, awarded Appia a fork in its 2025 edition — a meaningful endorsement that places this Bangkok trattoria within a curated circle of Italian restaurants worth seeking out beyond Italy's borders. For a restaurant defined by Roman family cooking, recognition from an Italian institution carries particular resonance.
Appia sits at 20/4 Soi Sukhumvit 31 in the Klongton Nua district of Watthana — a quieter soi that gives the trattoria the kind of neighborhood feel that Roman dining is known for.
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