Nari

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"Steeped in chef-owner Pim Techamuanvivit’s dedication to craft and tradition, this kitchen channels knowledge she and chef de cuisine Meghan Clark have gathered by apprenticing with women in Thailand, honoring the cooks who’ve long made these dishes. The curries—many dozens of ingredients pounded by hand each day, with flavor shaped by the exact order they’re layered into the mortar—are the most complex and fresh I’ve tasted, building flavor upon flavor, and thoughtfully swap in local ingredients here (what might be pomelo becomes local citrus); every visit reveals something I didn’t know existed." - Megan Spurrell

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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