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I brought 5 people for dinner and ordered the tasting menu. Every dish was fantastic and they brought an enormous amount of food. Just wish this place was open for lunch. It's so close to my office...

Cozy nondescript place. Crowd seems discerning and well traveled: like the people one sees traveling in Vietnam. In fact, the food is excellent and authentic though the drinks were also as disappointingly weak as those one gets in Vietnam. Meat and fish oriented but as a vegetarian I left very satisfied. Service prompt and friendly.

Visiting NYC for two weeks and spent some time in Chelsea. Omai offered lovely fresh flavors and quality ingredients. Had a great lobster salad and my partner had the omelette for first course. Both were great. Entree was great too. I had the Duck with tasty dipping sauce my partner shrimp and pork combo. After a couple of dinners of over cooked Italian - we are going there again tonight!

When this restaurant 1st opened 7 or so years ago, I came here a fair number of times and found the food to be pretty good. I was there last night for the 1st time in quite a few years and, boy, has this place gone way down hill. When the 1st appetizer I ordered, Grill Calamari Salad, was brought to the table both me and my friend immediately noticed a smell emanating from it that's very hard to describe except that it smelled revolting. I tried to not think about this and took my 1st bite. Perhaps the calamari was spoiled but it tasted absolutely vile and contained so much salt that I immediately called the waiter over and told him that the dish was inedible. I ordered the Grilled Prawn Wrap in its place and saying it was tasteless at best is the best I can say. I remember ordering this years ago and it was so much better. For my entree I ordered the Sauteed Chicken with Spicy Lemongrass Sauce. Again, I used to order this dish all time and it was quite good. Last night it was vile. The "sauce" contained so much salt that, while I was starving and decided to force myself to eat some of it, I was unable to get past eating 1/2 of the dish because it was so bad. When I told the waiter that this dish, in addition to my 1st appetizer, was also extremely salty, he responded by saying "Other diners don't think it's salty". What a great response. Anyways, clearly the original chef is no longer there which is too bad because this place really doesn't deserve to be open under the current kitchen management. The worst.

Had dinner Thurs evening. Service was prompt and pleasant. There were three servers who took care of the entire room, so we never had to wait. I agree that the lychee martini was weak, but it was frosty cold and delicious. My friend had the passion fruit mohito, which was much better. We split the lemongrass beef rolls which were out of this world! Then we had the pork and vermicelli and sauteed snapper, with a side of bok choy. Everything was exactly as expected, fresh and tasty. And very nice sized portions, which surprised me. The dessert menu looked very good but we saved the calories for next time. We will definitely be back. The only negative I can think of is that the place is small and the tiny tables are very close. Luckily our neighbor diners on either side used their indoor voices, as did we. I can see how it could be uncomfortable if someone talks too loudly.

Expensive, but the food is good. One very nice waitress, the other one very grumpy and not once had a smile on her face. The waiter - same as the grumpy waitress. I had Lichee martini - very weak...almost like drinking lichee juice. NOT a good value -- expensive with grumpy service. Will not go back.

I have been going to O Mai since it opened and have never had a bad meal. The food is always on point (favorites include: monkfish on crispy rice cracker, chili lime snapper, summer rolls) and the atmosphere is quiet, charming and neighborhood-ey. It's always crowded and lively but it's also easy to get a reservation, even on short notice. Highly, highly recommended by a lover of Vietnamese food.