Baan Yaai

"Marina-based Baan Yaai is a Thai street food oasis in a section of the city that’s seriously lacking in Thai restaurant operations. Just don’t be dissuaded by the Patagonia vest-wearing crowd who use this place as a reliable lunch or dinner standby. For once they know what they’re doing—this spot can run it with the other great Thai spots on this guide. So join the herd, and come here for chicken satay served with creamy peanut sauce, sour tom yum soup, perfectly cooked pad kee mao, and buttery, flaky roti that melts in your mouth after you dip it into the red curry. " - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez

"If one of the city’s many data companies illustrated Marina brunch spots as a pie chart, the larger slices would be "bottomless mimosas" and "social media-friendly wallpaper" and the smaller slivers would be lowkey breakfast spots like Home Plate. The diner looks like a living room straight out of an East Coast beach house, and you’ll want to get here for the buttermilk pancakes loaded with fruit and whipped cream, omelets, and benedicts, all of which you can dig into while admiring the baseball photos on the wall and the pillows with motivational quotes stitched on them." - julia chen 1, lani conway

"The Deal: $23 per person for 75 minutes of unlimited mimosas. Brunch at Home Plate is a one-way ticket to an afternoon on the couch. The fluffy pancakes and hefty dishes like corned beef hash or chicken-fried steak are decadence on a platter. But you should still get to this Marina spot any time for their bottomless mimosas (available daily), which you can enjoy for exactly 75 minutes amidst the baseball photos and miniature homes on the wall. Alternatively, if you’re not fully committed to endless bubbly today, they also do mimosas by the glass or liter." - ricky rodriguez, julia chen 1, lani conway

"Marina-based Baan Yaai is a Thai street food oasis in a section of the city that’s seriously lacking in Thai restaurant operations. Just don’t be dissuaded by the Patagonia vest-wearing crowd who uses this place as a reliable lunch or dinner standby. For once they know what they’re doing—this spot can run it with the other great Thai spots on this guide. So join the herd, and come here for chicken satay served with creamy peanut sauce, sour tom yum soup, perfectly cooked pad kee mao, and buttery, flaky roti that melts in your mouth after you dip it into the red curry with a little bit of kick. " - Ricky Rodriguez