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Lotus of Siam

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Lotus of Siam is a Thai restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada in the US.

History

The restaurant opened in 1999 on East Sahara Avenue.[1][2] In 2010 the owner and chef, Saipin Chutima, opened a Lotus of Siam in New York with a partner, but the next year she left the partnership.[3]

The Sahara Avenue location served as the only location while the Flamingo Road extension underwent renovations in 2022.[4]

A related location opened at Red Rock Resort in 2022, operated by daughter Penny Chutima.[5]

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Cuisine

The restaurant serves traditional northern Thai dishes.[1][6]

Reception

Jonathan Gold wrote in Saveur that it was "the best Thai restaurant in North America...[and] has become probably the most famous Thai restaurant in the United States".[7][8] Adam Platt, writing in New York Magazine, called the restaurant "one of the premier Thai destinations in the West".[9] Wine Spectator called its wine list one of the best in an Asian restaurant in the US.[10]

Chutima, who runs it with her husband and daughters, was co-winner of the James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest in 2011.[7]

References

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