First, for those who do not yet know about us, here is a short description.

We are located on Charoenraj Road, in the Rim Ping Condominium, next to the Nakhorn Ping Bridge. The US Consulate is directly opposite us, across the river. The restaurant offers a choice of dining areas, including the comfortable and atmospheric Atrium, two riverside terraces, and al fresco garden, and an attractive corner adjoining the condominium's reception area. The latter is home to an art collection, the Venezia, our convenient air-conditioned room suitable for private dining or meetings.

We opened here in 2002. Our cuisine is inimitably Italian, supervised under the watchful and expert eye of Chef Stefano Roncoroni, who hails from Lake Como. Our hand-built oven is fired with longan wood, and bakes some of the nicest pizzas you will ever taste between here and Napoli.

Only the finest and freshest ingredients are allowed into our kitchen, and whenever available, we buy compost-grown, pesticide-free products in preference to all other sources. Our heart is in this not only for environmental reasons and good health, but also to support the small organic farmers, from whom we buy direct. By creating constant demand, we hope to stimulate this sector, and have secured both the co-operation and encouragement from several local bodies, including the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) the Restaurant Club of Chiang Mai, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Agriculture. Our objective is to encourage other caterers in Chiang Mai to do the same, including schools, hospitals, etc., and see this trend expand to the benefit of everybody.

But now La gondola at Rimping Condo have closed. You can continue to enjoy the same great food at our restaurant.- Girasole and Caffè Gourmet