Best Thai Restaurants in Sydney

After nearly two decades of running  kitchens across the globe in leading restaurants, Perth born Annita Potter has opened  her own restaurant, Viand, in Sydney’s Woolloomooloo. Annita comes with enormous credentials having worked at David Thompsons critically acclaimed restaurant in Londons Nham followed by moving to Singapore to open Long Chim, then opening Aaharn, David Thompsons first fine dining restaurant outside Thailand. Now in Sydney with her own restaurant, Viand,  this is a unique food concept unlike any other Thai restaurant in Sydney. As well as exceptional Thai cuisine, Potter wants Viand to stand out from other restaurants with multifunctional spaces celebrating premium wines, exceptional Thai cuisine and  an impressive kitchen stage.

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Thai Rock Restaurant in Potts Point offers all of your favourite Thai dishes, with plenty of meat, seafood and vegan options. Thai Rock restaurant is also well known for its specialty - a volcanic heated rock brought to your table with your choice of meats or seafood to cook to your liking. Consider booking Thai Rock for your next private or corporate event. With packages and spaces to cater for small intimate gatherings to large scale events and reasonably priced banquet menus, you can be assured your event will be a success.   

Dinner daily from 5pm

Right in the heart of Paddington’s buzzing Five Ways, with tables that sprawl onto the pathway outside, this Paddington stalwart functions as a Thai restaurant by night and café by day. Open seven days, the authentic Thai menu ensures Eastern Suburbanites get their South East Asian fix while, gym junkies sip fresh coconuts by day.

Following the highly successful Long Chim in Perth, David Thompson brings his authentic and creative Thai flavours to Sydney with the second Long Chim in Australia. Inspired by the vibrant and bustling streets of Bangkok, the decor is light industrial married with bright food packages and furnishings. The menu is alive with fire engine red chilis, elegant glass noodles and the zest of lime and is diverse taking diners and their taste buds on a sensory journey. P

In the heart of Thaitown opposite the Capitol Theatre, Chat Thai is renowned as one of Sydney's most authentic South East Asian restaurants. Everything here is fast, fresh and easy on the wallet. The only problem you'll have is choosing just one dish from the menu. This Haymarket favourite has an around-the-clock queue of hungry diners waiting to get a table from opening time until 2.00am. 

Thai Pothong is one of Newtown's most popular Thai restaurants, boasting a colossal 300-seat dining room and a mammoth menu. Its extensive offering encourages the sharing of meals and navigates vegan, gluten-free, seafood and meat dishes, plus a solid wine list.

Spice I Am restaurant has wooed Sydney-siders with its fiery fare and simple surrounds, making for an authentic taste of Thailand in inner-city Sydney. After opening in 2004 to the rapture of Thai diners, Spice I Am has since garnered a strong reputation for dishing up the best Thai food this side of Khao San. Spice I Am has opened in Victoria Street Darlinghurst.

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Holt Street is now home to a handful of cute little cafes and eateries and Muum Maam is one of the best. The fit out is very ‘Surry Hills' with long communal wooden tables, brightly painted wall features, and exposed light bulbs hanging from the walls. All your Thai favourites are on the menu, as well as a selection of house specialities such as five crab and prawn rice net spring roll and san jan pad Thai noodles.

Though Marrickville is best known for its Vietnamese offerings, Let's Eat Thai is making its mark on the suburb. A small army of devotees keep coming back for traditional dishes that are big on flavour and innovation, and soft on your pocket.

Southern Thai cuisine is known for its heat and tongue-tingling, nose-watering spiciness and that’s the order of the day at Chinatown’s Caysorn Thai. Try the house specialty: sour fish curry with lime juice, but pile on the Asian salad ingredients to douse the fire in your mouth.

Open for lunch Wednesday-Friday and dinner Tuesday-Sunday

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In the heart of Thaitown opposite the Capitol Theatre, Chat Thai is renowned as one of Sydney's most authentic South East Asian restaurants. Everything here is fast, fresh and easy on the wallet. The only problem you'll have is choosing just one dish from the menu. This Haymarket favourite has an around-the-clock queue of hungry diners waiting to get a table from opening time until 2.00am.