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The Best Pad Thai in Toronto

The best pad Thai in Toronto is the saucy tumble of noodles that satisfies cravings for salty, sweet, sour in every heaping mouthful. Gussied up with shrimp, eaten with chicken, vegetables or simple tofu, it's a fresh combination that never loses its appeal.

Here is the best pad Thai in Toronto.


Koh Lipe
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Koh Lipe

With a menu of Southern Thai staples, this restaurant tempts hungry hordes to its Baldwin Village and Scarborough locations. A tamarind-sauced jumble of noodles and egg, tofu, bean sprouts, chives and veggies, the team's pad Thai can be customized with tender morsels of chicken or plump, rosy shrimp.

Sala Modern Thai
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Sala Modern Thai

Danforth East diners head to this spot for pad Thai made with heaps of fresh ingredients but not a spec, as chef Mo attests, of ketchup. Options include a traditional dish and a zippy take inspired by tom yum.


Sisaket Thai Kitchen
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Sisaket Thai Kitchen

There's no shortage of tasty eats at this cozy Scarborough restaurant but pad Thai still makes its way onto most tables. The reason? Chef's devotion to freshness, balance and cooking everything — from sauces to curry pastes — from scratch. Served medium, it can also be spiced up for those who like things fiery.

Pai
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Pai

Celebrated chef Nuit Regular regales diners with punchy, herby, sweet and savoury dishes from Northern Thailand as this restaurant with two Toronto locations. A heaping bowl of chef Nuit pad Thai is a vibrant amalgam of ingredients heightened by tamarind and palm sugar sauce, house-roasted peanuts, shredded cabbage and your choice of chicken, beef, shrimp or tofu.


Jatujak on Victoria Park
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Jatujak on Victoria Park

This casual spot with multiple Toronto locations doles out bowl after bowl of noodles coated in silken sauce. Aromatic and rich, loaded with egg, veg and add-ins, it's the type of dish that inspires cravings — and routine visits.


Khao San Road
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Khao San Road

There's a choice of pad Thais at this bright Entertainment District restaurant. Happily, whether you opt for the Bangkok style or the three flavours you'll feel as though you made the right one. Order the former, for noodles hit with dried shrimp, fish sauce and pickled radish or the latter, if dried chili, lime and long leaf cilantro float your boat.

Mengrai Thai
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Mengrai Thai

Run by Sasi Meechai, an Iron Chef, this Corktown restaurant is known for gourmet plates brimming with a surfeit of flavour. The team's selection of pad Thais — sweet, original and Sasi's special — are so good, even the Royal Thai Government is a fan.


Chiang Mai Etobicoke
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Chiang Mai Etobicoke

Restaurants in this chain (with locations on the Danforth, in Liberty Village and more) are stylish spots for slurping rice noodles bathed in traditional, curry-spiked or tom yum-style pad Thai sauce. Feeling boogie? Order yours with lobster instead of the usual protein.

Isaan Der
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Isaan Der

Expertly stir-fried pad Thai is just one of the many draws to this restaurant, with locations in Riverside and the Junction. Made with oyster and fish sauces, chives, lime, tamarind and more, it hits every flavour note you crave.

Lead photo by

Fareen Karim at Isaan Der. Additional photos, @kohlipeto, @sisaketthai_to


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