Na-Oh Bangkok: Dine In A Kinda Creepy L-1011

Na-Oh Bangkok: Dine In A Kinda Creepy L-1011

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There are a surprising number of aviation-themed dining experiences out there, and here’s another one I didn’t know of until now. And it actually seems to serve decent food.

Na-Oh Bangkok is a restaurant in Bangkok located in a repurposed Lockheed L-1011 Tristar.

According to the restaurant, the name “Na-Oh” comes from “Noah’s Ark,” and the restaurant is described as offering a “futuristic food journey,” with “diaspora” being the main theme. According to the restaurant:

“Diaspora talks about an imaginative scenario after the doomsdays, where all the living creatures has evacuated on to Na-Oh. The story portray sequences of life and emotions, sadness, sorrow, lost celebration and the feeling of adrift inside this gigantic figure through the food.”

So, um, like, that’s quite a commitment to a theme. Was the theme of dining in an airplane in a city not enough, and they had to go for a full-on doomsday scenario where we’re supposed to feel sorrow and sadness, and where the restaurant is full of taxidermy?

The menu at the restaurant is constantly changing. Here’s a three course menu, which retails for 1,199 THB (~40 USD):

Then here’s a five course menu, which retails for 1,800 THB (~60 USD):

Here’s a promotional video about Na-Oh Bangkok (is this an escape room, or an aviation-themed dining experience?):

Here’s a video someone uploaded of their recent dining experience here (and yes, he did say “faux-grass”):

Bottom line

I’d love to dine at Na-Oh if/when I’m ever allowed in Bangkok again… I think. I love the concept of dining in a repurposed L-1011, while I’m slightly less enthusiastic about dining in a taxidermy-filled restaurant that has a doomsday scenario. That part of the experience sounds more like an escape room than a nice restaurant to me. But to each their own, I suppose.

What do you make of Na-Oh Bangkok? Would you dine here?

(Tip of the hat to JRL)

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  1. Fed UP Guest

    why would anyone want to eat crappy western food when they are in Thailand ?

  2. RobPHX Guest

    If you want to watch a doomsday Noah's Ark movie, watch "Snow Piercer". It's by the same director as "Parasite" although a few years earlier.

  3. Paolo Diamond

    Hipster bullshit and psycho-babble at outrageous prices, out in the boondocks. Awful. Pass.

  4. Scudder Diamond

    Sam,

    I'm not sure it is... anymore! I know a guy that made tens of millions of dollars selling off the old family dairy farm in Suffolk Co.

  5. Sam Guest

    I wasn't aware that Long Island beef was a thing...

  6. DeePeeGrumps Member

    Meh. Seen stranger concepts in SE Asia...

  7. Jon Guest

    Found this on the Thai Sky plane: https://www.efe.com/efe/english/entertainment/thai-creatives-transform-decommissioned-plane-into-fine-dining-restaurant/50000264-3224708

  8. Ben Dover Guest

    @Sid Downe

    Agreed.

  9. D3kingg Diamond

    @Stan Dupp

    Indeed. Good to know JRL is alive and well.

  10. TravelinWilly Diamond

    What was the chain-of-ownership for this plane, and how’d they get it into the city?

  11. Tim Dunn Diamond

    They clearly skipped over a few lines of the narrative. The animals in Noah's Ark were alive - for a good reason.

  12. Bobo Member

    There is much talk in Bangkok about waiving the quarantine with a vaccine and negative test. We shall see ...

  13. Jon Guest

    Cool ! Anybody know who flew this L10 ?

  14. Stanley Guest

    Actually Thailand is supposed to be open to most countries these days. Main requirement is 14 quarantine. After that you are free to explore the country.

  15. Ben Dover Guest

    It's therapeutic to me to know that, whatever goes on in the world, JRL keeps on doing his own thing. More power to him.

  16. Bgriff Diamond

    The development the aircraft/restaurant is located in is also pretty cool, full of little hipstery restaurants and art. Though fair warning, I had a hard time getting a Grab to come to that part of town to pick us up when we left, so you might want to pre-arrange a car for your departure.

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Fed UP Guest

why would anyone want to eat crappy western food when they are in Thailand ?

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RobPHX Guest

If you want to watch a doomsday Noah's Ark movie, watch "Snow Piercer". It's by the same director as "Parasite" although a few years earlier.

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Paolo Diamond

Hipster bullshit and psycho-babble at outrageous prices, out in the boondocks. Awful. Pass.

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