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LUZ Bangkok Tapas Bar at INNSiDE by Melia Bangkok Sukhumvit serves you
authentic Spanish flavours amidst spectacular views.

B Y AIDEN JE WELLE GONZ ALE S

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

I’d been told by a Spanish friend
While the city may be that in Spain, the Spanish Melia
brimming with culinary brand was synonymous with
offerings from across the luxury and elegance, and as I
globe, there are still a few walked into the plush lobby of
cuisines that are slowly yet the hotel, replete with marble
surely finding their way to the fittings, sculpted artwork, and
Bangkokian heart via our light globes gently illuminating
stomachs. Spanish fare is one such example, the space; I could see why. But
with many in the city recently discovering that was only the beginning
the joys of paella and the similarity of tapas – when I stepped into the
dishes with the concept of Thai sharing restaurant and bar, I’ll admit that
plates. With much of the food from my own it took my breath away. With
Motherland deriving from Spanish cuisine, uninterrupted 360-degree views
it’s personally been a delight to see the of downtown Sukhumvit, you feel like you’re on top of the world, with an array of
cuisine gaining traction among locals, so it inviting seating that beckons you to take a moment for yourself and simply enjoy.
was with a lot of anticipation that I visited Simultaneously classy yet contemporary, the space boasts a dynamic tile pattern
the newly-opened LUZ Bangkok Tapas in black and white; a bar done up in seafoam-green and gold marble that’s easily
Bar, perched on the 33 and 34 floor of the star of the show; and when you look up, the glass floor of a pool on the floor
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INNSiDE by Melia Bangkok Sukhumvit. above, reminiscent of scenes from TV shows about the lives of the rich and famous.

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