Room Service

In a dramatically renovated space formerly occupied by Cuban-Chinese hybrid La Chinita Linda, Room Service aims to create the clever Chelsea-Thai hybrid, with a sleek interior mixing standard Thai fare with a few entrees not normally found on the Manhattan Thai menus: Isaan-style catfish, pandan leaves chicken, espresso duck, and a rather clever weekend brunch menu. The 60's lucite bubble chair near the entrance suggests all manner of licensed licentiousness, but not exactly what the menu proposes: "We hope our food provokes the delight of eating local food on the cracked sidewalks of Bangkok." (For that we'd need to see those beloved deep-fried giant crickets in all their glory, along with 95% relative humidity and mismatched chairs while dining roadside on Rama IV Road.) Nevertheless, Room Service has great style and flair to match its clever dishes.