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Hommali brings the warmth of a Thai home to the West Village
Three women from Thailand open their first restaurant together, designed by Surrane Design.
Hommali is the first restaurant of their own for three women who came to New York from Thailand and met working in the city's restaurants: chef Chattchakorn 'Benz' Khajornchaisan, general manager Kritayanee 'Air' Promsarin and operations lead Pichalak 'Picha' Srigungvarl. Their West Village restaurant is meant to feel like a Thai household, right down to the name. Hom mali means jasmine rice, which comes free to every table and runs through the menu.
Brooklyn's Surrane Design laid out the space like a traditional Thai house, with a series of distinct areas rather than one dining room. An eight-seat bar sits at one end and a 20-seat dining den with banquettes for bigger groups sits in the middle. Upstairs, a mezzanine under a skylight has communal seating and a semi-private room.
The colours tell the life story of the rice plant: fresh green, golden yellow, earthy brown, soft beige and creamy white. Terracotta floors recall the courtyards of Thai homes. Shelves double as partitions and hold vintage Thai cookbooks from the late 1960s and early '70s, found at a flea market. A rice-plant light greets you at the door, and a dry-ageing room for duck sits beside the wine cellar, both on show.
It sounds like a genuinely personal place.
Our summary of a story from Hospitality Design, published 25 September 2026. Read the original
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