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Lom Wong
Thai
A black bungalow in downtown Phoenix that turns out northern Thai food rooted in Chiang Rai, where the chef grew up cooking alongside her mother and grandmother. The menu is built to share, the flavors run deep, and the cocktails are doing interesting things with fish sauce and fresh coconut cream. Yotaka Martin took the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest in 2025, which in Phoenix is basically a neighborhood fact at this point.
Seventeen honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Food & Wine Yotaka Martin · Best New Chefs
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: Southwest · Yotaka Martin
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: Yam Mamuang Boran · Best Dish in a Supporting Role
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Foodist Awards 2023 · Finalist · Emerging Restaurant of the Year
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Chef · Best of Phoenix · Yotaka 'Sunny' Martin
- The Infatuation The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- AZ Central The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Thai Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Thai Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Thai Restaueant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Yam Mamuang Boran · The 10 best bites we tasted at Phoenix restaurants
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southwest · Yotaka and Alex Martin
One number, weighted & current 94
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Charcoal-grilled Thai sausage Phoenix New Times, 2025
- Eggplant in hand-pounded curry paste Phoenix New Times, 2025
Nearby in the record closest first
- Mr. Baan’s Bar and Mookata Thai Eat · 47
- Sottise French Eat · 79
- The Pemberton Eat · 44
- Pedal Haus Brewery Eat · 67
- Kahvi Coffee + Cafe Eat · 65
- Arizona Wilderness DTPHX Eat · 71
- Phoenix Center for the Arts Do · 36
- Lovebite Dumpling Chinese Eat · 75
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