Nestled on the Bushwick-Ridgewood border, Tong is a chic modern Thai gem where you can delight in spicy small plates like grilled pork jowl and crispy octopus, all paired with fantastic cocktails in a cozy, industrial setting.
"If you live near Bushwick, use this casual Thai spot like a DJ uses house samples—often and skillfully. Tong’s dining room looks like a miniature Cost Plus World Market where someone might take a yoga class or read in a hammock, and the wooden outdoor structure around its partially-covered sidewalk patio is wrapped in string lights. The menu has a section dedicated to small plates (like gai tod and grilled calamari), and all of them deserve your undivided attention. If you need a casual spot to meet up with a few friends or have a luxurious solo dinner, come here." - neha talreja, hannah albertine, bryan kim, sonal shah, willa moore
"One of the first questions a server here will ask is whether you like spicy food." - MICHELIN Guide
"A Thai restaurant known for its spicy dishes, including fried banana blossoms with cucumber relish, and crispy rice with fermented pork sausage and shallots." - MICHELIN Guide
"Under owner Prasneeya Praditpoj and chefs Chetkangwan Thipruetree and Sunisa Nitmai, Tong (“gold”) was one of those brave pandemic debuts when it opened three years ago in what looks like an ex-garage near the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood. It specializes in kub klaem — small drinking snacks, including grilled pork jowl with a tamarind-chile glaze, green papaya salad heaped with a lattice of dried catfish, and smoked eggplant with a boiled egg and coconut jam on top." - Robert Sietsema
"Tong is a restaurant on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood via chef Chetkangwan Thipruetree specializing in Thai bar food and street food, offering a $30 lunch and $45 dinner weekdays and Sundays. Lunch might mean shrimp salad, then night market noodles; while dinner might be fish cake, curried duck breast, and a choice of desserts." - Robert Sietsema
