Surin | סורין

The place

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Surin (סורין) is a Thai restaurant that opened in late 2025 at HaShikma 1 in the G Center Savyon, the shopping complex that in recent years has turned into something of a food magnet for the Ono Valley (Mila, Dolce Mila, Moon Beit Shean all operate there). Surin is the second venue from the Thai 148 TLV group, who’ve been running a Thai kitchen on Dizengoff Street since 2024. Savyon gives them about 180 seats — roughly 60–70 more than the Dizengoff original — and a young, family-heavy audience that suits the format.

The group behind it

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Thai 148 was built as a deliberate “test site” by partners Gal Cohen, Din Reichel, Asaf Cohen and Elad Adler, who run several other Tel Aviv venues. After roughly a year of operating Thai 148, they went looking for a second home — not a branch, they insist — and signed a long-term lease with the G City group (reportedly ~NIS 6 million, 15 years) to build Surin.

The restaurant is named after Surin, a province in northeast Thailand, and the menu was developed after the team’s “inspiration tour” in Thailand. Chef Omi, who also runs the Dizengoff kitchen, built the menu; the stated ambition is that Thai food in Israel “has yet to fulfil even a fraction of its potential” and Surin is designed to push on that.

The menu

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• Starters and salads take up a disproportionately large share of the menu — the team’s way of encouraging long, shared, tasting-board style meals.
• A cold bar for on-view pestle work: som tam, larb, other pounded salads made in front of the diner.
• A cocktail bar alongside the kitchen — the place is built to function as a bar as well as a restaurant.
• Thai classics — curries, noodles, stir-fries, grilled dishes — reinterpreted with a more modern, ingredient-forward plating than you typically see in Israeli Thai restaurants.
• Strong vegan and vegetarian options.

The Ontopo, Mako and JPost reviews from the opening season all single out the salads and the playful cocktail list.

Press

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• Jerusalem Post / Walla!, Jun 2025 — Welcome to Sorin restaurant in Savyon
• Mako, Jan 2026 — אכלנו בתאילנדית החדשה של קבוצת תאי 148 בסביון
• Ontopo, Feb 2026 — חריף, מתוק ומפתיע: הכירו את סורין

Practical

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Address: HaShikma 1, G Center Savyon Phone / WhatsApp: 053-582-4630 Web: surin.co.il Instagram: @surin_savyon Facebook: Surin savyon Hours: Mon–Thu 18:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–00:00 (weekend lunch) · Sun closed Reservations: surin.co.il/הזמנת-שולחן Features: full bar · cocktail programme · cold bar · vegan-friendly · non-kosher · family-friendly