Mahaniyom
About
Mahaniyom is a Thai tapas bar in Brookline serving home-style Thai cooking made from scratch along with handcrafted cocktails. The menu is built around small, shareable plates meant for family-style eating, and the kitchen aims to capture the taste of home in a cozy neighborhood room. In Thai, the name means “very popular” or “beloved,” a word tied to spiritual and mystical beliefs that the team sees as a reminder to make food guests love.
The team is made up of restaurant industry veterans, including alumni of Shojo and of Thai restaurants in Boston and on the West Coast. They see food and drink as a way to share contemporary Thai culture, tell stories and bring people together around flavors they cherish. Building on the restaurant’s success, the group opened Merai, a cocktail-forward sibling spot in the same neighborhood, in 2024.
What to Know
- In 2025 Mahaniyom earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
- The same year it received a Michelin Exceptional Cocktails Award for Northeast cities.
- It was the only Boston restaurant to earn both distinctions in the same year.
- It is a partner of Meet Boston.
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