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    KRU

    4.2 (102 reviews)
    Closed 5:30 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Classy
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Chicken
    Anna K.

    Beautiful modern Thai restaurant in Greenpoint :) this place is so beautiful, open-wide nice welcoming warmth. They have many Japanese Sake options and I appreciate that. They do offer 3 choices of course as prefix meal for $55 we tried them and it was great. Squid salad was everyone's favorite. Beef green curry was great. Everything was so modern taste and new. It goes well with sake.. Will def come back in the summer time!

    Heidi B.

    Absolutely amazing dinner at Kru! My husband surprised me with a dinner reservation for our anniversary dinner and it was so special. The combination of flavors was like a symphony in my mouth. The drinks were perfectly paired with the food. We started with a sparkling Reisling with our apps. Later I had a rosé sake with floral notes from Paris that I am still dreaming about. My favorite dish of the night was the crispy noodles, not only was it delicious but it was so incredibly pretty and special, topped with small edible flowers. Highly recommend for a date night or special occasion.

    Mia H.

    This modern Thai/Thai fusion spot in Williamsburg is a good spot for a date night. The interior is intimate, and cozy. Service here is good. I came here for a group dinner with three friends and we ordered their steak tartare, lamb shank, and branzino (they have a fairly small menu). Everything was pretty solid. I enjoyed their steak tartare and thought that it was really unique that they paired the dish with fried tripe. Notes of lemongrass and other spices were really strong, reminding me of Southeast Asia. The lamb shank was flavorful and the meat was so tender. And, the branzino was also delicious. I would note that the portions were a lot smaller than we expected, and everything was a bit on the pricier side. Overall, a nice restaurant for some good food but I would personally prefer more authentic, casual Thai food.

    Thai pot pie - too spicy for me but everyone else LOVED this
    Tansy W.

    Omg I absolutely loved this place. A modern, inventive take on Thai food! Highlights were the squid salad (so fresh with an amazing, lick your fingers clean sauce), the lamb (must order - our favorite dish of the night and I usually don't even like lamb), the crispy honey soy pork belly, the crispy noodles, and the Thai rice omelette with the crab add-on. Others loved the special Thai pot pie but it was too spicy for me (I'm a baby when it comes to spice). The beef tongue was also not bad but very spicy. The only dishes I wouldn't recommend are the lobster tartare (which was weirdly the waiter's rec - the thick fried seaweed was unpleasant and I didn't love the lobster, which was lightly poached) and the bone marrow (massive but some parts lacked a little flavor and overall was just average). I was in love with the 2021 Stirm Pinot Noir they had from Santa Lucia Highlands. Highly recommend!!

    Lobster tartare
    Andrew K.

    This place has been on our list for a while in our never ending quest to find the best Thai food but ultimately don't know that it lived up to expectations. I'll start by saying that the ambience is super cool with the open garage concept that you just walk into. The decor feels like someone's living room in a way. And the service is super friendly. We went late so it was pretty quiet in a good way. The menu itself is not so large but is somewhat interesting sounding in its diversity. We started with the lobster tartare. It's billed as one bite but can definitely be two (which made me feel better for the price) and it's a fairly good bite. The jackfruit salad was pretty good- I can see why everyone seems to order it. I don't know that the flavoring of the jackfruit stood out as anything over the shallot but it was still a good dish. The beef tongue curry we were warned would be spicy and it certainly is. I do feel as if maybe the bowl was too large for the amount of food you get because it looked a little sparse? I don't know that the meat itself really added anything to the dish and maybe a different cut would have been better. Crab omelette we probably could have skipped- didn't taste very much crab and it wasn't anything otherwise special. The branzino surprised me as I'm usually not a fan even though we get it all the time. I loved that it was deboned and I actually quite enjoyed the texture of it-not a typical preparation at all for branzino.

    Lobster tartare
    Christopher C.

    A big fan-- the waiter warned us the beef tongue curry was spicy and it surely was (but quite worth it), we didn't have a chance to try the small plates, but we wished the lobster tartare one biter was a bit bigger for an $8 plate-- Drinks were delicious and I'd for sure get the branzino and pork belly here! Cheers!

    Crispy honey pork belly

    Delicious food, okay service, tucked away location. Very interesting place to eat. Excellent menu.

    Jackfruit salad

    Food is great. Wine and sale selection are all amazing. Jeff helped me pick the wine to pair with food. Good service.

    Vivian L.

    We came for restaurant week and we were so excited to try everything! I love a cold noodle and the salad was really good. The bone marrow was also cooked with an incredible curry sauce which went well with the bread. We also ordered the branzino and the beef tongue. The branzino was great but the beef curry didnt have much meat in the dish. The service was a bit slow, I think they were understaffed because I only saw a few people working between the waiters, bar staff, and host. But the servers were all very nice. The restaurant is beautiful and we were seated in the back.

    Toasted Branzino
    Pranav N.

    Chef Ohm, the founder of Kru (and of Fish Cheeks as well), trained under the legendary David Thompson basically the OG of non-Thai Thai chefs. He took Thompson's Nahm, one of our favorite spots in Bangkok to #1 on Asia's Top 50 list so the man knows his stuff. At Kru, don't expect your usual Pad Thai or watery curries; the food's got serious style. Yes you can taste the sweet, sour, salty and spicy combinations that make it unmistakably Thai, but this is all fancy. We did their 3 course for $45 Restaurant Week menu (with an upcharge on the salmon and the lamb) tried the following - Crabmeat Tartlet - a small portion of crab meat nicely stacked on a canapé. The crab meat was chunky, fresh and barely a hint of coconut cream and thai chili paste and fish sauce with tamarind allowing the crab meat to shine. The portion was truly just a bite and we were left wanting for a little more. Lobster Tartare - this was lobster meat mixed in with some tomato adding the umami flavor on a nori strip and was quite unique. Was adequate for 2 bites. Squid Salad - was a Thai take on ceviche. Thin squid strips marinating in a lime juice, cilantro, chili dressing punctuated with thinly shaved lemongrass refreshing on a hot summer day. Salmon Watercress salad - norweigian salmon over red watercress leaves toppped with salmon roe. The refreshing Thai dressing with a little lime, chili, fried onion and galangal made for an excellent foil to the fatty salmon. Roasted Branzino - The branzino was deboned, wrapped in a banana leaf with coconut cream dill and a mild red curry paste. Their take on the steam fish custard 'Hor Mok Pla' and was topped with tomato slices which was a bit unusual. Lamb Shank with Massaman reduction. - One of the best lamb dishes I've ever had. The entire lamb shank had been roasted to perfection - the meat was just perfectly cooked. Seemed nice and crusty on the outside but one light poke at it and the moist meat just separated from the bone and collapsed on to the rich unctuous curry. We usually find lamb rather gamey but the meat here had none of that funky taste and the rich complex Massaman reduction took it to the next level. We will definitely be back with a bigger group to explore the rest of the menu.

    Branzino
    Alex H.

    KRU in Williamsburg is a Thai restaurant crafting dishes from historic recipes that are rarely featured on the pad Thai-heavy menus more ubiquitous to US Thai restaurants. We started off with the squid salad (similar in flavor to a papaya salad crossed with ceviche) and crispy noodles. For mains we had the roasted coconut milk BBQ Cornish hen with a fiery, rich curry balanced by a side of coconut rice, smoked duck breast and braised vegetables, whole stuff branzino deboned and served with curried rice inside as well as a side order of tender sweet pork belly. KRU may have become our favorite Thai restaurant in NYC. We relished the chance to try dishes that were foreign to our knowledge of Thai food. Definitely a must-try restaurant for Thai food lovers

    SE & SW sour
    Gab G.

    Made a reservation and came on a Saturday night. They had a Restaurant Week menu that seemed like a pretty good value, but it was a lot of food, so we skipped that and just ordered off the regular menu. I tried: + Passionfruit mezcal margarita + Old fashioned + SE & SW sour + Winter boulevardier + Crabmeat relish + Young jackfruit salad + Pineapple curry with whole Maine lobster + Whole stuffed deboned branzino + Ice cream Peach Melba My favorite cocktail was the margarita, and the standout dishes were the crabmeat relish, jackfruit salad, and lobster curry. Unfortunately we had terrible service from our designated server, though the other staff (runners, manager) were great. 4.5 stars.

    cauliflower salad
    Morlene C.

    KRU came onto the Northern Williamsburg dining scape touting 100 year old recipes from Thailand with plenty of soul. They promptly slayed the media circuit, receiving a lot of buzz, despite a saturated Thai restaurant scene here. While these accolades had my hopes set quite high, my meal felt not completely aligned with my palate (lol very diplomatic speak, I know). The melon chicken soup was the dish I regretted ordering most, served in a tepid soup and chicken that had barely any flavor but a sharing dish they charge a pretty penny for. I preferred the cauliflower salad's cruciferous crunch against the tomato sauce and a sweet and savory jackfruit salad made even tastier with crispy fried shallots on top. Bonus points for the happy hour rose at $10, which I'll happily toast to again when it feels like rose weather again. It was a bit of a wallet busting feast for what you get, especially for me who couldn't enjoy much of their red meat inclined menu. This restaurant might fare better as a power lunch spot.

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