Thestaurant: Top 8 Thai Restaurants to Eat in NYC
Do you want to find top thestaurants in New York? Many people love Thai food and find it delicious.
Many individuals enjoy Thai cuisine because it has unique and delicious tastes. Some people enjoy it because it’s both good for them and delicious. It’s not important why you like Thai food, but the good news is that Thai restaurants in New York serve more than just pad Thai or curry now. When you eat at a thestaurant, you can pick from delicious food from different parts of Thailand.
There are lots of places to eat Thai food in New York. To find the best thestaurant, you should know where to search.
We put together a list of the eight greatest thestaurants in New York. We hope this will make things a little bit simpler for you. Pick a restaurant that you like the food and can afford it.
1. SriPraPhai
Sripraphai Tipmanee started this small thestaurantin Woodside in the 1990s. At the time, she also operated a bakery. Her menu gradually grew to include more Thai dishes as the restaurant became a New York city success story.
Even after a somewhat glitzy expansion a few years ago, the Queens eatery remains defiantly delicious — a ferocious rebuttal to complaints that it’s impossible to get good Thai in New York. Crispy catfish salad, fiery beef panang, and sauteed pork with chiles are among the highlights.
2. Center Point
This Woodside restaurant is like a fancy Thai mom’s kitchen, with a menu that spans the country. Start with the shrimp and betel leaf fritters, a beachside snack from southern Thailand that’s served with a sweet dipping sauce and a pair of fresh betel leaves.
This Memorial spot specializes in northeastern (Isaan) dishes, which are less fishy and more flavorful than their Southern counterparts. Its large brick-floored dining room with mismatched tables and doors is the perfect backdrop for a dinner of Isan staples.
3. Noods n’ Chill
New York City is no stranger to bottomless brunch, but this Williamsburg spot offers a different spin on the concept. This Thestaurant specializes in noodles (including blood boat and lychee curry), along with Isaan and southern dishes and even some Chinese Thai from Bangkok via owners Benjaporn Chua, Preawpun Sutipayakul, and Jirawat Sutipayakul.
Decorated like a street market, this massive space serves complete meals that evoke Thailand’s rural region. Don’t miss the visually stunning Moo Sarong, made with chicken wrapped in purple butterfly pea flower dough.
4. Ugly Baby
Located in Carroll Gardens, this dynamic bar-meets-restaurant offers modern takes on traditional Thai flavors. The menu features dishes like the Moo sarong, a mouth-watering pork meatball wrapped in noodles and served with a zingy sauce.
Other dishes include the krapow kai daow, a mound of chile-laced pork and herbs over rice, which has already earned a dedicated following, as well as the laab ped udon that is sure to make you sweat. If you’re a spice-head, this is the place for you!
5. Hot Box
In a closet-sized space that’s designed to resemble a night market, Hot Box is a Park Slope Thai spot with an exciting menu of grandmother recipes, street food from Bangkok and regional dishes. The standout is the krapow kai daow, a mound of roast pork in sweet dark sauce and rice topped with a runny egg.
This upscale newcomer to the LES serves up the sort of authentic-sounding dishes that only a few places in NYC do, like naem khaw (tongue-tingling crispy catfish salad) and tum poo pla rao (a funky fermented anchovy salad with slivers of savory crab). You can’t go wrong here.
6. Somtum Der
Somtum Der serves up spicy, funky dishes from Isan (the northeastern region of Thailand). Chef Kitmahawong’s namesake papaya salad comes in multiple variations. Try Tum Thai Kai Kem ($11), which is flecked with salted duck egg for umami.
Carnivores will want grilled pork skewers and a dish of spicy minced catfish. But unless you are used to the sour, spicy, chile-riddled cuisine of Bangkok’s Isan street carts, the menu here is bound to overwhelm you. Ask for everything to be prepared a little hotter than usual.
7. Mitr Thai
Over the past decade, a clutch of new Thestaurants has expanded on traditional favorites like colorful curries, tart soups and basil stir-fries. These thestaurants, including MayRee and Mitr, are bringing food from multiple regions of the country to the city’s tables.
The people of southern Thailand share certain dishes with their northern neighbors in Burma and Laos. They also eat non-glutinous rice as the staple, and their most famous curry is kaeng matsaman, which tastes sweet, savory and acidic thanks to roasted spices.
8. THEP
The Park Slope-based team behind THEP is renowned for unapologetic, delicious LA Thai. The menu showcases regional dishes from throughout the country, from fiery Isan recipes to creamy curries and noodle dishes.
Expansions and renovations have added a back patio to the cozy interior, but the food is still just as good as ever. Snag a table out back for lunch to try the crunchy and fresh tornado starter, or order the crispy catfish with mango slaw.
