Nari

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"Chef Pim Techamuanvivit’s Nari offers an upscale restaurant experience inside the Hotel Kabuki and showcases a wider breadth of Thai cuisine. (1 star)" - Eater Staff

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"Your reservation to Nari, a fancy Thai restaurant in Japantown, will be circled in bright red on your calendar for weeks prior. When you finally get in the door, you’ll be rewarded with a runny nose (from all the spice) and bold flavors that you'll still be thinking about days later. The charred mushroom salad with Thai bird chilis builds a lingering heat throughout the meal, and every bit of the pork jowl and squid is a sticky-sweet umami bomb. Add the $125 tasting menu option and the multi-level space packed with more plants than a botanical garden to the mix, and it's the ideal setting for any occasion. Come with a small group and go to town." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez

"This sleek retreat located within Hotel Kabuki delivers a one-two punch with a dramatic setting and accomplished cooking.Chef Pim Techamuanvivit’s personality and laser-focused palate come through in dishes that utilize fantastic Californian ingredients through a distinct, contemporary Thai lens. Dishes are family style, albeit with a touch of refinement. Intensely aromatic curries achieve a marvelous complexity, as in a brick red bumbai curry with crispy fried eggplant, served with an ethereally flaky roti bread. Crispy shallots and peanuts are a clever addition to bright citrus in yum sum-o. Grilled Monterey squid in a chili-lime dressing is plated with impossibly tender, sticky-sweet pork jowl in a dish so satisfying you'll be scraping every last kernel of sticky rice." - Michelin Inspector

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"The order: "Dreaming Of Lod Chong" Nari, and their spectacularly fiery Thai food, will send you to another dimension. As will their spin on a classic lod chong.  The best way to describe it is a dense block of frozen pandan cream, on top of a crushed iced and coconut cream bed. It’s salty, sweet, smooth, and crunchy all at once, and another reason to book a table at this standout spot immediately." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong

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"There’s a reason why Nari is so highly rated: a meal at this Japantown place that's overrun with plants is one for the books. Thai dishes are a masterclass in combining spicy, sweet, and funky flavors, and are truly unlike anything you’ll find in town—core memory material. Charred pork jowl and squid intermingle on the plate like a flirty summer fling, and the cubed, fried branzino mountain is topped with handfuls of chilis. Equally unforgettable is the chef’s pick menu. It includes a few off-menu items, like some impossibly flaky duck curry puffs that make the $125 price tag worth it." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez