Lotus of Siam
Thai restaurant in Las Vegas
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Lotus of Siam is a Thai restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the U.S.
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]
Cuisine
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]