Yotaka & Alex Martin

2025 Food & Wine Best New Chef

Alex and Yotaka Martin are the chefs and owners of Lom Wong and Mr. Baan’s Bar and Mookata in downtown Phoenix. They started as a pop-up in their living room and grew both concepts into nationally recognized award winning restaurants. Alex and Yotaka exceed in creating unique restaurant concepts unlike any other in Phoenix. Their styles are influenced by living and working in small villages across Thailand, as well as their own individual heritages, and focus on traditional methods, sincere flavors, and showcasing sides of Thai and other cuisines that are underrepresented in the United States.