About this spot
Chalong Southern Thai is one of the standout spots in Hell's Kitchen, New York. It's the kind of place locals argue about on Reddit and food bloggers can't stop posting about.
💡 Tips before you go
- Tip 20% — it's expected and servers depend on it
- Book ahead for dinner on weekends, especially popular spots
- Portions are large — sharing is common and welcome
Menu29 items
Appetizers
Coconut crisp, grilled shrimp, and famous curry paste from southern Thailand
Baerng Golae (S)
$18
Crispy fried hand-cut mid wings, fried garlic, and scallions
Peek Gai Tod
$16
Crispy puffs filled with savory curried potatoes, onions, carrots, peas, and black pepper
Potato Puff Stick (VG)
$16
Dabbed fried whole fish, sweet fish sauce, fried garlic, and julienne scallion
Seafood Platod
$45
Fresh dry scallops, seafood sauce, chili paste, fried shallots, cilantro, mint, and pea shoots
Lumpu Salad (GF, S) (Limited)
$19
Fresh Pomelo, fried cured branzino, chili, lemongrass shallot, mint, cilantro with nahm pla whan dressing
Yum Som-O (S)
$18
Steamed dumpling with crab meat, shrimp, and pork, fried garlic, and southern-style dipping sauce
Jeeb Pu
$19
Steamed rice dumplings filled with sweet radish, peanut, black pepper, and salted coconut dressing
Phuket pak mor (VG) (Peanut)
$16
Mains
6 hrs. Braised New Zealand goat in homemade aromatic Southern curry, seasonal fruit, served with grilled Roti bread
Meat Goat Curry (S)
$32
6 hrs. Braised pork belly with a mix of soy wine and Thai spices, fried shallots, and pickled jalapeno
Moo Hong (Phuket Style Stewed Pork Belly)
$26
Aromatic Southern Thai curry paste, shrimp, ground pork, and stinky beans
Sator Goong (VS)
$29
Braised brisket with homemade green curry, basil, long hot chili, Thai eggplants, and krachai
Green Curry Brisket (GF, S)
$29
Chilean sea bass fillet with seafood chili lime broth, chili, garlic, mint, pea shoots, and cilantro
Steamed Fish (GF, S)
$33
Crispy duck confit, potato, pickled shallot, fried onion, dill and cashew nuts
Massaman Duck Confit (Tree Nuts) (S)
$34
Crispy tender pork belly, fried garlic, and chili come with chili lime dipping sauce
Moo Ko (S)
$28
Flat rice noodles, chicken, egg, baby Chinese broccoli, and pickled chili
See Iew Chicken
$22
Flat rice noodles, shrimps, squids, egg, long hot chili, Thai basil, krachai, and young peppercorn
Kee Mao Seafood (S)
$24
Fried rice with beef rump cap, egg, scallion, fried garlic, fried shallot, cilantro, and pickled chili
Khao Pad Mun Nuer (Beef Rump Cap)
$29
Fried rice with head-on jumbo shrimp, egg, garlic, scallion, fried garlic, fried shallot, and cilantro
Khao Pad Mun Goong (Jumbo Shrimp)
$29
Fried rice, colossal crab meat, egg, and squid with the aromatic squid ink sauce, fried garlic, cucumber, and cilantro come with prik nam pla
Noodle & Rice Squid Ink Fried Rice
$29
Grilled turmeric-rubbed Chilean sea bass fillet wrapped in banana leaves
Pla Mok Krueng (GF, S) (Limited)
$32
Jumbo lump crab meat, crispy soft shell crab, and betel leaves in coconut curry
Crab Curry (S)
$32
Southern-style tom yum soup, Chilean sea bass fillet, Thai holy basil, mushrooms, chili, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, shallot, and cilantro
Tom Sompla (GF, S)
$33
Stir fry medium well, top sirloin cap, habanero, Thai holy basil, onion, chili
Picanha Kra Praw
$29
Stir-fry rice noodles in coconut curry cream, shrimp, mung bean sprouts and a side of vegetables
Mee Pum Riang (Southern Style Pad Thai) (S)
$27
Stir-fry shrimp in scrambled egg curry, garlic, chili, onion, and scallions
Goong Karee (Dairy)
$29
Sides
Grilled roti (2 pieces)
Roti
$10
Sautéed assorted mushrooms in a vegan garlic sauce
Mushroom J (VG)
$22
Stir-fry house green leaf vegetables
Wok of Green (VG)
$14