‘Best Thai restaurant in the US’ shutters after major family drama turns to complete disaster

From Pad Thai to padlocked. Lotus of Siam, long revered as the “best Thai restaurant in America” by influential food critics, will shutter its outpost at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas after roughly four years. And Sin City insiders say there’s a drama raging behind the scenes of the shock closure — publicly touted as a mutual agreement between landlord and tenant in a statement issued by Station Casinos, which operates the popular Summerlin resort. Lotus of Siam’s Red Rock location in Las Vegas is shuttering, according to a shock announcement this week. “This isn’t a naturally occurring breakup,” local watcher Scott Reuben wrote at Vital Vegas — touting the fact that most restaurant leases last five to ten years as a dead giveaway. Lotus of Siam debuted in the late 1990s at a humble sto