NaKorn Urban Thai (Evanston)

We’re out of towners (from Brooklyn) and chanced upon NaKorn for dinner while on a college visit.

The food is excellent. Very delicate. Very delicious. Some of the best Thai food we’ve ever eaten. We tried several dishes including the papaya and pomelo salads, shrimp Pad Thai, the beef noodle stew and more. Our server was wonderful and made me do a blind test of some wines for fun. So wonderful and special.

This restaurant should be on the Michelin Guide radar, even as a Bib Gourmand.

We hope to be back. What a wonderful experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Congratulations to the entire NaKorn staff on your 12th anniversary!
The service was outstanding, the drinks were excellent and the food was absolutely delicious - as always.
Thank you for a wonderful night!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Unreal food and cocktails with tons of vegan options. Kind staff and delicious food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

NaKorn is a great place to gather to enjoy the company of friends and family and to enjoy delicious food and beverages.

Excellent food and service. Each dish was very flavor able and the waiter was helpful without being overbearing.

Delicious Thai food. I appreciated our server's knowledge and careful attention to my gluten free needs. While the live saxophone music was lovely, the musician was literally next to our table which complicated conversation.

I have been here about 4 times in total including today. Incredible food, friendly service from a variety of their servers, and a relaxed atmosphere to match. Between all of my visits some of my favorite dishes have been the shrimp tapioca crackers, the fried branzino, and have had a variety of items on their specials that change out every now again (Croissant sticky rice ice cream dessert, Hat Yai Fried chicken, etc.). The Bangkok mule is also a solid cocktail!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I really want to like this place more. I have the impression it's "gourmet" Thai, which is exactly what I'd like to try, but, at least for me, the dishes haven't really lived up to what I expect. The food is not bad but neither is it exceptional and I can get better Thai from a storefront restaurant. The dining room itself is nice, though, so that's a plus although it does get loud there, which detracts from the experience I'm seeking.

This was outstanding thai food with great service and had music at night. It's a lively place that is lots of fun.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing food, service, and ambiance. Lively but not too loud to have a conversation. Very accommodating. Food was spectacular. Only "negative" is it was pricey, but not more so than most similar (and some not as good) restaurants. Worth it for us, will be back!

Extremely fast service and delicious food :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The waiters here are terrible! The younger they were, the worst they behaved. Don’t bring family, friends or a date here…there are better Thai restaurants with better staff elsewhere in town. Can’t believe they’re calling this an upscale Thai place; maybe in their dreams.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

First time here for my son's birthday, came because the reviews seemed pretty good but definitely overrated. We ordered two appetizers, the chicken wraps and the poached prawns. Let's start with the prawns they were in a tom yum broth that had good flavor but nothing can ruin a dish more han having it served to you barely lukewarm, I even asked the waiter if this dish should be hot and he said it's supposed to be, he did ask if we wanted to send it back, but honestly I've given up on sending dishes back anymore, it seems like it's the norm anymore, we just ate it anyway. We also ordered the chicken lettuce wrap, which left a lot to be desired. The chicken was dry and could have use a side of some kind of dipping sauce, which most lettuce wraps come with at most restaurants, but can someone please tell me why you would put the chicken mostly over the lettuce? They should be put on the side having to carefully pull out the lettuce from under the chicken, having to be careful so you didnt have chicken flying around when you pulled a piece out from under the chicken is crazy, placing the lettuce this way only left us with mostly soggy lettuce leaves NOT GOOD. We also did not care for the flavor profile of the chicken, definitely had better elsewhere..my son did enjoy his coconut curry braised chicken and it had good flavor, I had the sauteed tiger prawns with thin noodles, my dish was extremely sweet, all you could taste was the sweetness not savory at all, which totally ruined this dish for me it was also very dry too, there's should have at least been a little more sauce on this dish so it wasn't so dry while eating. Over all, my son wasn't excited for this birthday dinner, looks like I'll owe him redo someplace else. Don't think we'll be back here again,

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Great ambiance to chat over drinks and apps. There are large windows overlooking patio seating.

The popcorn chicken and short ribs are easy go to dishes. Lots of variety on the cocktail menu.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious food, nice music

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5