Rice is usually the thing you stop noticing on a Thai menu, and Hommali is a whole restaurant built to make you notice it. Three friends from Bangkok, two of them Eleven Madison Park alumni, open on September 2 with a kitchen that dry-ages its own beef and grinds its own curry pastes from a rotating cast of Thai chiles. Labor Day weekend is your first real chance at a table, and both bookings and walk-ins are open.
What to expect
The kitchen's northern-style larb is made as a tartare of dry-aged beef heart with a cured, cooked and fried tripe cracker, and other dishes include a tom yum seafood cocktail, dry-aged duck breast with fermented chile sauce, and penang curry with beef cheeks. Dessert is a roselle sorbet made from hibiscus juice under fermented rice cream. The bar leans on infusions and fermentations, with a michelada-spritz hybrid built on Singaporean jasmine-an
Good to know
- Dinner only, Wednesday to Sunday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
- Reservations are recommended and open on Resy for September 4, 5 and 6, but walk-ins are welcome.
- Tables are timed: the restaurant asks parties of two to keep to 1.45 hours.
- White jasmine rice is complimentary with every meal - that is the whole point of the place.
- Ask for the Thai chile tincture at the table if you want the spice level pushed higher.
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Common questions
When does Hommali open?
Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Its Resy calendar carries no bookable reservations before that date, and opens dinner bookings from September 2 onward.
Is it open on Labor Day weekend?
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, yes, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. It is closed on Labor Day Monday, September 7.
What does the name mean?
Hom mali is Thailand's national jasmine rice. One of the owners notes it can also mean kissing on the cheek in Thai.
Do I need a reservation?
The restaurant recommends one and takes bookings on Resy, but it also says walk-ins are always welcome.
