Soothr

"If you pride yourself on knowing about the best Thai restaurants in the city, Soothr’s food is required eating. This place serves central Thai dishes you may not have seen elsewhere in Manhattan, like sukhotthai tom yum noodles, and specialties from Bangkok’s Chinatown hub. (Whatever you do, order the koong karee.) Whether you stop by for a meal in their gazebo-esque backyard or spend a night with a takeout tub on the couch, your Soothr experience will be headline news during your next catch-up with a friend." - will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, kenny yang, neha talreja

"This East Village heavy hitter boasts a pair of specialties, including multiple noodle varieties from Sukhothai in Central Thailand, and soups and other culinary highlights of Udon Thani in northern Thailand, via owners Chidensee Watthanawongwat, Kittiya Mokkarat, and Supatta Banklouy. The menu also has some Thai Chinese dishes from Bangkok, including koong karee — shrimp in egg sauce." - Robert Sietsema, Eater Staff

"East Village Thai restaurants have long stretched the dining public’s idea of the cuisine. The food of the Chinese community within Bangkok is one example. In this vein, Soothr showcases koong karee, a colorful dish of shrimp in egg sauce. Other highlights involve food from Central Thailand’s Sukothai, where two of the owners, Kittiya Mokkarat and Supatta Banklouy, come from. A third owner, Chidensee Watthanawongwat, hails from Isan." - Eater Staff, Robert Sietsema

"If you didn’t know to look through the indoor dining room, you probably would never notice this Thai spot’s gazebo-esque back garden. They have sidewalk seating available, but you should do your best to sit in the secluded backyard here. Soothr specializes in some hard-to-find dishes from Bangkok’s Chinatown hub, including a shrimp and egg curry called koong karee. It’s rich and heavy on shrimp paste, and eating it in the backyard here will probably force your brain to associate gazebos with shrimp for years to come." - hannah albertine

"Soothr is an East Village restaurant that serves central Thai dishes, like sukhotthai tom yum noodles and specialties from Bangkok’s Chinatown hub. Whatever you do, order the koong karee. This curry has a pleasantly gooey shrimp-and-egg consistency, and every rich bite tastes like shrimp paste just called curry powder to say "I love you." The dining room is huge, with a lively bar and mood lighting that make this one of our go-to Thai spots for a nice night out. And their gazebo-like backyard is one of our favorite summer dinner spots." - bryan kim, hannah albertine, nikko duren, arden shore, will hartman