Siam Emerald — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

This is a new Thai restaurant in Long Island called "Siam Emerald". I'm a native Thai and I can guarantee that the taste is authentic. This is the same taste you will be experiencing when you are in Thailand. The restaurant specializes in authentic Northern Thai food. I went there for lunch and started with the Appetitezer called "Tuna Flowers", they use a dice tuna mixed with lime, roasted rice and fish sauce served on a cracker which is very tasty. If you like "Larb" (Thai-ESarn food), you are definitely going to love this menu! Good presentation for this menu too, I would recommend it!

Next one is the Chicken Satay, I love the peanut sauce and "Ajard Sauce" which is a mixture between sweet and sour. Chicken is a little thick and I wish it had a little smoke from wood on the chicken that would make this dish perfect but overall, this is a good menu with authentic sauce. It is not perfect but definitely a good choice too!

The last appetizer is Papaya's salad. Wow, this is real street food and it is very authentic! The way the green crispy fresh papaya salad chopped is exactly the same you can find at Thailand street food. The taste is also authentic and you can adjust the level of spiciness. Very refreshing!

On the main dish, I got Kung Ma Kam Emerald, This is just wow, a tamarind sauce which gives a sweet and sour get along really well with a crispy shrimp. When you eat it with Kale, that is even tastier! I would recommend this menu.

The last one is Nam Prik Ong, this dish is a Thai Northern style that you won't find regularly in another Thai restaurant in NY. This dish is simple but the best with the dipping vegetables. I would definitely recommend this menu too.

Overall this place has a lot of interesting menus. A fine dining restaurant where you can come to enjoy the food or have it with some beer, cocktails or whiskey. The bar looks fabulous and I'm definitely going to come back to taste more...

I was blown away from the change of interior. I used to go to the thai restaurant that used to be at this location all the time. The new owners completely gutted and renovated the place and it is so modern chic and gorgeous. Anytime i go to a new thai restaurant i always need to get their pad thai and thai ice tea 1st to know if i want to come back again. Well i most definitely be coming back. The thai ice tea was fantastic! Not overly sweet. Just perfection. I was worried about not being able to get good pad thai anymore, once the former restaurant closed. But im happy to report that the pad thai is just as good, if not better!! Service was so accommodating and on top of everything. Constant refills. Always checking up to make sure everything was good. Very quick to clean up. My husband wasn't a fan of his dish at first, but they were happy to remake the dish without the fish sauce. Afterwards, he was happy. It was good! They were so sweet to accommodate the change. The atmosphere is definitely a nice date night spot. Very chic and intimate. The bar is gorgeous. The drinks are beautifully made. The food is beautifully plated as well. Note that this place no longer has a back entrance point, so park on the street, or the parking lot adjacent to Greek town. You can park at the parking lot in the back but you will have to walk over to enter through the smaller parking lot (adjacent to greek town) to get to the...

What can I say besides WOW. What a stunning experience This restaurant is beautifully decorated with the floral vines on ceiling it feels like you are eating in middle of the rainforest. Perfect experience as we got there little early for a 6PM reservation but they had our table waiting for us.

Regarding service the Wait staff was so on point never once did I have to ask for more water or change of plates as they were on look out for empty glasses and dishes that needed to be changed. Well run and trained when it comes to customer satisfaction.

Food and Drinks!! The Butterfly Lemonade was absolutely delicious and such a cute color of purple wished I had taken a picture. For sure I would say try this if you go. Also tried the lychee Thai Tea that my spouse had would highly recommend that as well. Food was very flavorful and cooked perfectly . As this was our first time we tried a few different apps and shared mains so we know what to get next time. Everything was so good I really don’t know what to order next time as it’s too hard to pick only one. But I’ll mention a few options. The Salad was sooo good wish I had taken one to go. And the chicken massaman curry dish that I ordered was on point. Nice to see a new restaurant start off great. Do yourself a favor and...