Our story
A mother's touch, from our motherland.
Rice Thief started as a small delivery operation, a ghost kitchen in Sunnyside sending soy-marinated crabs across Queens. Now we've opened our first home and full-service restaurant in the heart of where it all began: Long Island City.
We're focused on true traditional Korean flavors and a mother's touch, bringing family recipes and an unforgettable experience to a cuisine you don't find often in New York.
In Korea, food this good is called bap doduk, a "rice thief": you keep eating rice just to have more of it. That's what soy-marinated crab does, and it's why we named ourselves after it.
We travelled to Korea to source the freshest, highest-quality crabs we could find. Today the Rice Thief menu goes beyond crab: marinated red shrimp, abalone, braised pig trotters, gamjatang and other nourishing Korean stews, served in a cozy room with sleek wood and hanji-screen decor.
Focused on true traditional Korean flavors and a mother's touch.
